The Desnudas of New York

No, this wasn't a beachhead for FEMEN members on Times Square: this was American entrepreneurism in creative action: young, well-endowed half-naked women appearing in colorful body paint, wearing feathers, and willing to pose with visitors for tips! Yes, apparently going topfree is okay in New York state, and these ladies are taking advantage of it! 

And apparently enough of them are taking advantage of this niche in the New York economy to appear in numbers sufficient to upset Hizzoner the Mayor of New York, Bill De Blasio! 

Well Bill de Blasio, unresolved breast-feeding issues notwithstanding, isn't this another form of meddling into the free market economy? And think of turning down a tourist attraction opportunity? Think of the $$$ it should add to the local coffers if the desnudas ladies were to charge sales tax! You're a Democrat; why didn't that come to you? Especially when it comes to milking the tourists!

So what's the beef, De Blasio? Think of those preteen boys touring the Big Apple with their grandparents....."Hey Gramps! Let's go get our picture taken with the woman with the big bazooms!"* Big bazooms are as American as apply pie! It's not as if Times Square was not already a by-word for tackiness! Does it bother you that some ladies from South America get to adapt to the American way of doing business? Toplessness is not just a right of WASPs!

*According to a nephew, this is apparently what kids his age call them now.