Scots pay $400,000 to have lunch with a killer.

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UK demonstrators hold Bill accountable for deadly Arkansas prisoner-blood scandal


<HR SIZE=1>Posted: May 11, 2006
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Scots infected with HIV protested Bill Clinton's appearance in Glasgow yesterday, highlighting the former president's connection to a scandal in which tainted blood from high-risk Arkansas prisoners was used to treat thousands of people in Europe who later came down with AIDS and hepatitis.

Clinton was in Scotland to address a business conference but was met with protesters outside the event who say he is culpable for their illnesses.

In the early 1980s, while Clinton was serving as governor of Arkansas, his administration awarded a contract to Health Management Associates to provide medical care to the state's prisoners. The president of the company was a long-time friend and political ally of Clinton and was later appointed by him to the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. Later, he was among the senior members of Clinton's 1990 gubernatorial re-election team.

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[Rhino]

Scots pay $400,000 to have lunch with a killer.Was there a sales tax?

[Turret Gunner A20]

Was there a sales tax?

Yeah. I thought that Clinton's being responsible for the death of thousands already, with how many more thousands to come, was really hilarious, too.:shame:

[Lazarus]

Considering it is Clinton, I expect there will be a retro-active tax coming soon...

[Riverboat]

Too bad they didn't serve poisonous blowfish like they do in Japanese restaurants.

[DoctorDoom]

I wonder if there was a VAT?

[Rhino]

I wonder if there was a VAT?LOL! Haven't heard that in a while!

[DeclinetoState]

I thought the Scots were cheapskates. Where did they get the 400K?

[Rhino]

Welfare benefits.

[DoctorDoom]

LOL! Haven't heard that in a while!It's wise not to mention it too often. The RATs might decide that it's a good idea.

IAC, given the Scots' worldwide reputation for niggardliness, I'm amazed that they didn't charge XXX-42 for the honor of speaking there. I also wonder who translated BJB's Arkansas English to the Scottish version.