* Tricky Bush Protest In NY * kick my ass

[sinemm]

A BRITISH performance artist plans to crawl around New York for three days non-stop wearing a George W. Bush mask and a sign saying "kick my ass" on his bottom.
Mark McGowan, who has hit the headlines for a string of stunts in Britain and most recently ate a swan, hopes to cover up to 60km of the city's streets as the public take aim at his backside.
He is expecting injuries in the course of his protest against the U.S. president but will have a pillow hidden in his trousers to soften the hardest blows.
"I like to think of it as a service