Which senator is behind this project?

[rudder]

Could be Barney Frank or Larry Craig... or the one of many congressmen chasing the pages around the halls of congress.

http://www.foxnews.com/politic...ay-sex-argentina-bars/

For virtually no cost the government could have had a few people peruse craigslist and get the same answers. Lets gays in Argentina have thier butt love. If it is a problem, let the Argentinian government do the research. Hell, pay me $4000 and I can write a 4 page paper on how alcohol reduces inhibitions. I am more worried about the likes of Larry Craig who cruise public bathrooms. lol (not really), but I took my son into a public restroom and he asked me what does c-o-c-k spell.



Obama can maybe make it to $18billion in cuts if he kills studies like this

 

[EXman]

Boy I hope this is a joke.

 

[EagleKeeper]

All of your named suspects are not Senators:disgust:

 

[BoberFett]

It's just part of the stimulus plan.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
All of your named suspects are not Senators:disgust:

OMFG! I am so sorry.

 

[Genx87]

This looks like something right off The Onion

The National Institutes of Health are paying researchers to cruise six bars in Buenos Aires to find out why gay men engage in risky sexual behavior while drunk -- and just what can be done about it.

lmao what a waste of taxpayers money. And why Argentina? Some govt researcher want an expensive vacation? This is our govt hard at work(pun intended).

 

[K1052]

Hm...I wonder if they're hiring.

 

[smashp]

"The study began in September 2008, according to an online abstract, and has already cost taxpayers $198,776, NIH documents show."


That would be a Bush administrative spending initiative then.


But to be Honest it looks like a 400K dollar program to study the spread of HIV and aids and the risky behavior that goes along with it and how it impacts the spread.

They will conclude that too many Apple Martini's and White Russians while at the night club dancing leads to Bare-Back Man on Man lovin.

 

[dahunan]

Originally posted by: smashp
"The study began in September 2008, according to an online abstract, and has already cost taxpayers $198,776, NIH documents show."


That would be a Bush administrative spending initiative then.

LMAO.. nice work.. wonder what the OPs reaction will be to that

 

[n yusef]

From the report, this sounds ridiculous and decidedly anti-gay. It doesn't take a scientist to know why gay men have a lot of sex. And it doesn't take a scientist to know why uneducated gay men bareback and get diseases.

 

[Mursilis]

Originally posted by: dahunan

Originally posted by: smashp
"The study began in September 2008, according to an online abstract, and has already cost taxpayers $198,776, NIH documents show."


That would be a Bush administrative spending initiative then.

LMAO.. nice work.. wonder what the OPs reaction will be to that

It's an idiotic waste of money either way, and most of us seem to accept that. If we could ever get beyond assigning blame, and actually focus on where the money's going, we could accomplish so much more. In the OP's defense, he never actually said this was Obama's baby.

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
All of your named suspects are not Senators:disgust:

ha

 

[Robor]

The National Institutes of Health are paying researchers to cruise bars in Buenos Aires to find out why gay men engage in risky sexual behavior while drunk -- and what can be done about it.

We need a study to answer that? LOL! :laugh:

 

[ProfJohn]

I wouldn't blame Bush OR Obama for this type of spending.

$400,000 is a drop in the bucket compared to our $3 trillion budget. It would be like Bill Gates getting involved in how much money his company spends on staples. It is just to small of an amount for it to even reach their attention.

Most likely this project was approved by some person at the NIH and the money probably comes from some larger poll of funds to research AIDs or sexual diseases etc.

BTW next time you see some article on how our government is spending $200 million to research aids etc you know how that money is being spent.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: dahunan

Originally posted by: smashp
"The study began in September 2008, according to an online abstract, and has already cost taxpayers $198,776, NIH documents show."


That would be a Bush administrative spending initiative then.

LMAO.. nice work.. wonder what the OPs reaction will be to that

The OP is pissed off at wasteful government spending. This spending probably found its way through congress by being tucked in a larger spending bill that no one bothered to read. That's what my reaction is. What is your reaction to my reaction?

So it goes back to my TITLE (thing at the top of the thread that is indicative of the subject matter)... which senator (or congressman to be all inclusive) is responsible for this mess? I would like to know.

 

[jonks]

Doctors and specialists from the New York Psychiatric Institute are using the generous grant from NIH's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to help tailor HIV prevention programs to work at bars and clubs.

"Targeting public venues in Buenos Aires where men meet, alcohol is consumed and sexual behavior occurs," the project's overview explains, "the goal of this 2-year exploratory study is to understand the various factors that contribute to the creation of a high risk sexual space."

NIH officials say the study is doing valuable work to address high HIV infection rates among homosexual men in Argentina, and that plans developed there could be translated for use in the United States and elsewhere.

What a horrible misuse of a research grant....:roll:

 

[Mursilis]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: dahunan

Originally posted by: smashp
"The study began in September 2008, according to an online abstract, and has already cost taxpayers $198,776, NIH documents show."


That would be a Bush administrative spending initiative then.

LMAO.. nice work.. wonder what the OPs reaction will be to that

The OP is pissed off at wasteful government spending. This spending probably found its way through congress by being tucked in a larger spending bill that no one bothered to read. That's what my reaction is. What is your reaction to my reaction?

So it goes back to my TITLE (thing at the top of the thread that is indicative of the subject matter)... which senator (or congressman to be all inclusive) is responsible for this mess? I would like to know.

:thumbsup: So many dumb partisan hacks here caught up in the blame game. "Bush did this" or "Obama did that". Whatever. It's time to move beyond all that and recognize the corruption on both sides of the aisle.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: jonks

Doctors and specialists from the New York Psychiatric Institute are using the generous grant from NIH's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to help tailor HIV prevention programs to work at bars and clubs.

"Targeting public venues in Buenos Aires where men meet, alcohol is consumed and sexual behavior occurs," the project's overview explains, "the goal of this 2-year exploratory study is to understand the various factors that contribute to the creation of a high risk sexual space."

NIH officials say the study is doing valuable work to address high HIV infection rates among homosexual men in Argentina, and that plans developed there could be translated for use in the United States and elsewhere.

What a horrible misuse of a research grant....:roll:

ummm yeh it is. See the bolded part. alcohol, horniness, and a place to butt rump. AIDS is spread by unprotected sex. Hence, when you have people with loosened inhibitions in an environment (alcohol and zero codes enforcement) that encourages unprotected sex, there will be a spread of STD's. There I saved the researchers two years and 400,000 taxpayer dollars.

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: jonks

Doctors and specialists from the New York Psychiatric Institute are using the generous grant from NIH's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to help tailor HIV prevention programs to work at bars and clubs.

"Targeting public venues in Buenos Aires where men meet, alcohol is consumed and sexual behavior occurs," the project's overview explains, "the goal of this 2-year exploratory study is to understand the various factors that contribute to the creation of a high risk sexual space."

NIH officials say the study is doing valuable work to address high HIV infection rates among homosexual men in Argentina, and that plans developed there could be translated for use in the United States and elsewhere.

What a horrible misuse of a research grant....:roll:

ummm yeh it is. See the bolded part. alcohol, horniness, and a place to butt rump. AIDS is spread by unprotected sex. Hence, when you have people with loosened inhibitions in an environment (alcohol and zero codes enforcement) that encourages unprotected sex, there will be a spread of STD's. There I saved the researchers two years and 400,000 taxpayer dollars.

So would a study to determine the efficacy of abstinence only education be a waste of funds? We already know abstinence will prevent pregnancy the question is does teaching abstinence work? Evidence says no, but we wouldn't know that without a study.

Their goal is study social dynamics to find ways to address the problem. It's nice that you already know everything there is to know. Write a paper and save us the money.

 

[Mxylplyx]

I would have given them the answer for half. Men want to have sex all the time, and their ability to do so is severly limited by the willingness of a woman to do it all the time. Now take 2 gay men who are willing to have sex with other men. Suddenly all the barriers to a man's desires have been removed. Quite simple really.

 

[NeoV]

Ever see the movie "DAVE" - with Kevin Kline filling in as a look-alike for the president? He brings in his friend, an accountant, and they spend a day or two going through all of the Fed spending budgets and cull all the crap out of it - man would I love to do that.

 

[racolvin]

Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
I would have given them the answer for half. Men want to have sex all the time, and their ability to do so is severly limited by the willingness of a woman to do it all the time. Now take 2 gay men who are willing to have sex with other men. Suddenly all the barriers to a man's desires have been removed. Quite simple really.

I'll go a step farther than that ..

As a tax payer I don't really give a damn WHY they do it, so I'm not interested in spending $400k in Argentina to find out. I can't think of a single scientific advancement that can be learned from this. Hell, even if you wanted to research the psychology of drunken sexual promiscuity you could do it right here in this country - right in DC for heavens sake - and spend 1/400th of that money.

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: racolvin

Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
I would have given them the answer for half. Men want to have sex all the time, and their ability to do so is severly limited by the willingness of a woman to do it all the time. Now take 2 gay men who are willing to have sex with other men. Suddenly all the barriers to a man's desires have been removed. Quite simple really.

I'll go a step farther than that ..

As a tax payer I don't really give a damn WHY they do it, so I'm not interested in spending $400k in Argentina to find out. I can't think of a single scientific advancement that can be learned from this. Hell, even if you wanted to research the psychology of drunken sexual promiscuity you could do it right here in this country - right in DC for heavens sake - and spend 1/400th of that money.

I'm sure congress could research this without leaving chambers.

 

[soulcougher73]

Originally posted by: BoberFett

Originally posted by: racolvin

Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
I would have given them the answer for half. Men want to have sex all the time, and their ability to do so is severly limited by the willingness of a woman to do it all the time. Now take 2 gay men who are willing to have sex with other men. Suddenly all the barriers to a man's desires have been removed. Quite simple really.

I'll go a step farther than that ..

As a tax payer I don't really give a damn WHY they do it, so I'm not interested in spending $400k in Argentina to find out. I can't think of a single scientific advancement that can be learned from this. Hell, even if you wanted to research the psychology of drunken sexual promiscuity you could do it right here in this country -

right in DC for heavens sake

- and spend 1/400th of that money.

I'm sure congress could research this without leaving chambers.

Damn you beat me to the punch.

 

[Dari]

Can't they do that in NYC or San Francisco? Why Argentina?