<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> $918,856 Federal Study: Bar Fights Tend to Happen in Darker, Dirtier Bars Frequented by Heavy Drinking, Less Agreeable People <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/918856-federal-study-bar-fights-tend-to-happen-in-darker-dirtier-bars-frequented-by-heavy-drinking-less-agreeable-people/> *Scotty Starnes <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/>*| October 8, 2010 at 5:01 PM | Tags: Alcohol <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/alcohol/>, Alcohol and Bar Violence <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/alcohol-and-bar-violence/>, alcohol study <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/alcohol-study/>, bars<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/bars/>, Clinton <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/clinton/>, President Clinton<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/president-clinton/>, tax dollars <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/tax-dollars/> | Categories: Uncategorized<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/>| URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-30z
Your tax dollars being wasted. CNSNews.com <http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/918856-federal-study-bar-fights-tend-hap> reports: *The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism paid $918,856 in tax dollars to fund a five-year study of “Alcohol and Bar Violence” that determined, among other things, that bar fights tend to occur in venues that are relatively dark, dirty, noisy, hot, and crowded and that are frequented by a clientele of younger, less agreeable, less conscientious, more impulsive heavy drinkers. * The study also discovered that a woman who gets in a bar fight has consumed on average four times as many drinks as her usual intake. Such valuable information to know. Please spend more of our tax dollars on more useless information. *The $918,856 went to researchers at the Research Institute on Addictions at the State University of New York at Buffalo for a project entitled “Alcohol and Bar Violence<http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_details.cfm?aid=6168298&icde=5654985>.” The project ran from Sept. 25, 1997 to Aug. 31, 2002.* Should have known. Clinton was involved. The research was based on two telephone surveys in which a random sample of 1,400 men and women between the ages of 18 and 30 were interviewed. Additional respondents were also recruited through newspaper advertisements. The researchers ultimately derived a sub-sample of 300 respondents who said they had either observed or been involved in aggression in bars. These respondents were interviewed in person. From this group, the researchers derived a group of 92 women who had either initiated or been the recipient of aggression in a bar. The researchers paid these women $50 a piece to fill out a questionnaire and submit to a face-to-face interview. “Bar characteristics that are related to the occurrence of violence included: smokiness, noise, temperature, dirt, darkness, crowding, poor ventilation, the presence of competitive games (e.g., darts, pool), bouncers, and more male than female employees,” the researchers wrote in a summary <http://www.ria.buffalo.edu/pdf/RIARiB043.pdf> of their work published in 2004. That is pretty much every bar in America. Continue reading>>><http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/918856-federal-study-bar-fights-tend-hap> Add a comment to this post<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/918856-federal-study-bar-fights-tend-to-happen-in-darker-dirtier-bars-frequented-by-heavy-drinking-less-agreeable-people/#respond> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/11567/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/11567/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/11567/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/11567/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/11567/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/11567/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/11567/> [image: WordPress] WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com/> | Thanks for flying with WordPress! Manage Subscriptions<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&email=baconlard%40gmail.com>| Unsubscribe<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&email=baconlard%40gmail.com&b=ujHpNbknuKsNSxClMMpQ3h6%7C3DbZRzDSiWwwii%2Fz>| Express yourself. Start a blog. <http://wordpress.com/signup/?ref=email> *Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser:* http://subscribe.wordpress.com -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
