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A strange phone call just took place. “Amanda” asked for me by name. This is interesting, since I have a non published number. Maybe she has connections.
“Amanda” was taking a “survey.” There were going to be four questions. She was talking fast, so I may not get all the questions verbatim. I used to work in market research, although not for a firm giving it’s name as “Market Research.”
The questions were about media content, and children. “Amanda” asked me to think of my children, and grandchildren. She never asked me if they exist, which they do not. The first question was whether I thought parents should have some control over what their children watched. I said no. There were a few seconds of awkward silence.
There were two more questions. They were along these lines. Do I think that some programming is inappropriate for children. Since I don’t watch much tv, I said I don’t know.
I have forgotten the third, and final, question. It had something to do with protecting children from bad programming. I did not give the answer I was supposed to. After this question, “Amanda” thanked me for my time.
I had a couple of questions. She said “I am Amanda, with Market Research, calling on behalf of Kids First.” She then hung up. When I called *69, I got the phone number of Corporations for Character. It seems as though “Amanda Thomas” is a machine.
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Chamblee54 
Hello PG. About 12 years ago my name was somehow on the list of people who were being called regularly by Rev. Pat Robertson’s Den of Doofuses. The last time they contacted me — I kid you not– the caller inquired as to whether I thought the ‘Reverend’ should be focusing his attention toward abortion or toward homosexuality. I told the man that I believed neither issue was suitable for a program that was spreading a’gospel’ and that women who need an abortion should retain the the right to do so without interference or condemnation and, further, that I had lots of gay friends who attend the non-christian church I belong to…. So much for for market research… I never heard from those people again. Cheers, Byron “Chamblee54” To: bbgrin1042@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 6:34:13 AM Subject: [New post] Market Research
chamblee54 posted: ” A strange phone call just took place. “Amanda” asked for me by name. This is interesting, since I have a non published number. Maybe she has connections. “Amanda” was taking a “survey.” There were going to be four qu”