Posted on 08/26/2004 12:24:36 PM PDT by areafiftyone
A group of AIDS activists stripped naked Thursday in front of the site of the upcoming Republican National Convention, demanding that President Bush make good on his promise to help HIV-positive people in underdeveloped countries. Two members of ACT UP climbed atop a parked rig on West 33rd Street opposite Madison Square Garden and held a sign reading “W: Drop the Debt. Stop AIDS.” Protest organizer Eustacia Smith, 36, said the two were arrested along with nine others. They were arrested after standing in the buff for about 10 minutes, their bodies painted with the same inscription, their arms locked and chanting “Drop the Debt. Stop AIDS.” “Countries are spending all the money they have on paying off debt ... when they could be spending that money on prevention of HIV,” said Smith, a social worker in Brooklyn. Other naked protesters escaped arrest by quickly putting on their clothes and walking away, Smith said. Another activist, 40-year-old Kris Hermes, said the group staged the protest four days before the Republican convention begins, to make sure their message didn’t get “drowned out” by what is expected to be a barrage of protests. The charges against the protesters were not immediately released by police.
Shouldn't we take that to mean she's actually in FAVOR of Bush?
Yep. Nor has she ever heard of Nunn-Bush shoes.
I guess it is true what they say about black men...
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