dayman Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/john-boehner-naked-protesters_n_2198887.html At least seven nude protesters stormed House Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) office in the Longworth House Office Building on Tuesday, according to reports from Sahil Kapur of Talking Points Memo and others who were there. The group was protesting cuts to HIV/AIDS funding that is possible as part of the fiscal cliff negotiations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 So much for we all have to sacrifice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 So much for we all have to sacrifice. Dingy Harry has said "entitlements" (who ever thought of calling welfare and handouts that?) were off the table... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 A pretty small "storm", like all liberals, they believe that everyone needs to share the pain of less funding, except for what they want................of course. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Oh and BTW cuts to AIDS funding doesn't kill, being stupid kills. You get aids in this country from anything other than a tainted blood trasfusion you're pretty much an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Oh and BTW cuts to AIDS funding doesn't kill, being stupid kills. You get aids in this country from anything other than a tainted blood trasfusion you're pretty much an idiot. Why do you want to interfere with people taking drugs from tainted needles, or sucking some guys dick. Stay out of their bedroom. Your only job is to pay for their treatment (or abortion if a women) when they have bad results. Otherwise it's none of your business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Why do you want to interfere with people taking drugs from tainted needles, or sucking some guys dick. Stay out of their bedroom. Your only job is to pay for their treatment (or abortion if a women) when they have bad results. Otherwise it's none of your business. More entitlements can't fix stupidity.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Why do you want to interfere with people taking drugs from tainted needles, or sucking some guys dick. Stay out of their bedroom. Your only job is to pay for their treatment (or abortion if a women) when they have bad results. Otherwise it's none of your business. Don't forget about paying for their contraceptives. Now stay out of their bodies while you pay for things to stick in their bodies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Jesus... I hope none of them bled on anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Just think, Beerball now lives in the same town as these people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Republicans should just step aside at let all these idiots have whatever they want. Let the dems drive us over the fiscal cliff and take the blame when it all blows up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Large Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 There is a growing segment of the gay community that doesn't see HIV infection as anything other than a managable chronic disease... Private industry makes a pretty penny on retro-virals, why is the Government still funding anything with regards to HIV Infection? If you don't want AIDS, which I assume everybody on this board doesn't wear a condom or not shoot drugs... its pretty easy. Heck, if you want to make an "Investment" as were are calling it these days, put money into Alzheimers research- talk about something that is going to bankrupt the Nation on the healthcare and LTC front... yikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 I say we pour research into acne. Poor teenagers. Looking like monsters in the formative years producing a slew of maladjusted citizens in adulthood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Large Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 I say we pour research into acne. Poor teenagers. Looking like monsters in the formative years producing a slew of maladjusted citizens in adulthood. Makes covering bith control look pretty smart now, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 The demonstration yesterday by AIDS activists in Speaker Boehner's office where they removed their clothes to demonstrate against potential budget cuts to AIDs programs in the fiscal cliff scenario will go down as one of the weirest, most self-indulgent demonstrations in recent memory. First of all, their claim that 600,000 people afflicted with AIDS would die if the cuts went through is so over the top, so incredibley, hysterically exaggerated, that the entire purpose of their demonstration was made silly by it. Also silly - and incomprehensible - taking off their clothes. For 30 years we've been told that AIDS is not about sex and now all of a sudden the protestors are stripping to say...what? Republicans don't like sex so that means they hate AIDS patients? George Bush spent more on AIDS research and treating the disease than his three predecessors combined. He did more for treating AIDS in Africa than any president in history. "The reality is that these draconian budget cuts will actually result in the conservative loss of 600,000 people with AIDS' lives around the world," Flynn said moments before being arrested, referring to several federal programs aimed at fighting AIDS here and around the world. "We're talking about killing 600,000 people around the world if we let these budget cuts go into effect. And that's just one year." Simple minded nonsense. First of all, the cuts haven't even happened yet, moron. And then there's the matter of "killing 600,000 people." The Washington Blade reported a few weeks ago: The Washington Blade reported in October that doing nothing about the "fiscal cliff" could result in devastating cuts for HIV/AIDS programs and other federally funded initiatives affecting the LGBT community. According to a report from the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, as many as 12,219 people receiving drugs from ADAP would lose access to medicine. Note they don't say that 12,219 people would die, only that they might lose access to medication. This would certainly be a tragedy and would result in their eventual death if they failed to find other funding for their meds, but where in the Wide Wide World of Sports are these protestors getting the number "600,000" dead as a result of budget cuts? I tried googling that number with "fiscal cliff," "AIDS dead," and "fiscal cliff AIDS dead" and could find no reference to that number except in stories about the demonstration in Boehner's office. The protestors appear to have pulled the number out of thin air. If someone has a link to a reputable publication that quotes a reputable scientific organization using that number, I'd be happy to include it in an update to this post. It appears the protestors got their wish; massive coverage of their ugly, naked bodies. If acting like a freak in a circus side show is the only way to get their point across, they've already lost the battle. http://www.americant...l#ixzz2DXOrKsor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Heck, if you want to make an "Investment" as were are calling it these days, put money into Alzheimers research- talk about something that is going to bankrupt the Nation on the healthcare and LTC front... yikes Good thing is that we won't know the difference or even remember going off the cliff. Makes covering bith control look pretty smart now, huh? Contraceptives are wrong, the gubment has no business being in a woman's body! We just need to start funding 80th trimester abortions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicBills Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 The demonstration yesterday by AIDS activists in Speaker Boehner's office where they removed their clothes to demonstrate against potential budget cuts to AIDs programs in the fiscal cliff scenario will go down as one of the weirest, most self-indulgent demonstrations in recent memory. First of all, their claim that 600,000 people afflicted with AIDS would die if the cuts went through is so over the top, so incredibley, hysterically exaggerated, that the entire purpose of their demonstration was made silly by it. Also silly - and incomprehensible - taking off their clothes. For 30 years we've been told that AIDS is not about sex and now all of a sudden the protestors are stripping to say...what? Republicans don't like sex so that means they hate AIDS patients? George Bush spent more on AIDS research and treating the disease than his three predecessors combined. He did more for treating AIDS in Africa than any president in history. "The reality is that these draconian budget cuts will actually result in the conservative loss of 600,000 people with AIDS' lives around the world," Flynn said moments before being arrested, referring to several federal programs aimed at fighting AIDS here and around the world. "We're talking about killing 600,000 people around the world if we let these budget cuts go into effect. And that's just one year." Simple minded nonsense. First of all, the cuts haven't even happened yet, moron. And then there's the matter of "killing 600,000 people." The Washington Blade reported a few weeks ago: The Washington Blade reported in October that doing nothing about the "fiscal cliff" could result in devastating cuts for HIV/AIDS programs and other federally funded initiatives affecting the LGBT community. According to a report from the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, as many as 12,219 people receiving drugs from ADAP would lose access to medicine. Note they don't say that 12,219 people would die, only that they might lose access to medication. This would certainly be a tragedy and would result in their eventual death if they failed to find other funding for their meds, but where in the Wide Wide World of Sports are these protestors getting the number "600,000" dead as a result of budget cuts? I tried googling that number with "fiscal cliff," "AIDS dead," and "fiscal cliff AIDS dead" and could find no reference to that number except in stories about the demonstration in Boehner's office. The protestors appear to have pulled the number out of thin air. If someone has a link to a reputable publication that quotes a reputable scientific organization using that number, I'd be happy to include it in an update to this post. It appears the protestors got their wish; massive coverage of their ugly, naked bodies. If acting like a freak in a circus side show is the only way to get their point across, they've already lost the battle. http://www.americant...l#ixzz2DXOrKsor This is admittedly off topic ... BUT ... W did do a number of things for AIDS research and prevention and he should be lauded for that. However, it's interesting to contrast his actions to his father's inactions regarding this health crisis during his presidency. W managed to do the two things his father failed to do: kill Saddam and take a responsible approach to a national health epidemic. Doesn't mean anything of course, just an interesting historical footnote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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