Everytime the Yes Men make a corporation stand up and loudly proclaim they stand in opposition of what the Yes Men have just announced, I believe it is a major shock to the system. Good on them!

15 minute interview with the Yes Men to listen to:

Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, discuss their work as political activists and their documentary "The Yes Men Fix the World," which follows them as they pull pranks on the world of big business. "The Yes Men Fix the World" is playing in New York at Film Forum through October 20.

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2009/10/09/segments/142321

I don't think this is funny.

There can be no argument that the environment is a danger to business in the U.S. You might say the environment is socialist since it is the same for everyone. In other words, the environment is anti-American.

There. I said it. I feel better now.

One can only hope AHIP is their next target.... Bravo.

So is this legal?

Great job as always guys. And GREAT timing. The Chamber is hitting an all time low with their climate blindess, and that's saying something for them. No environment....no business. What exactly keeps them from understanding this?

Hmmmmmmmm... this article listed in the same headline column as "New York Times to cut 10% of Newsroom staff". After this debacle, they probably figure they don't need that additional 'news' staff since they're not fact-checking anyway.

The Yes Men are not so much punking troglodytes like U.S. Chamber of Commerce, their principal goal is to punk the stenographic news media who will print as news anything on a properly formatted press release from a 'prestigious' or 'name' entity without fact-checking or even making a cursory phone call to confirm its veracity. They are great hoaxers in the H.G. Wells "War of the Worlds" tradition because in order for bait to be taken, it has to be right up to the gullibility line of the marks, in this case our brain-dead, clock-watching national news 'organs.'

Bravo, Yes Men.

Shame and mockery seems to be the only weapon left. Truth and justice is something for the movies - it only exists in movies.

I'm still shocked and amazed that so much of the working class thinks corporate interests are working for them. For that reason alone I hope the recession is just getting started - the truly ignorant aren't going to get it until they are back living in their mom's basement (if it doesn't get foreclosed).

The MSM will frame this as fraud. The public will never know what is going on in the mind of the pranksters. It is a publicity victory for the Chamber of Commerce, the poor victim of dirty tricks.

What would Abbie Hoffman say?

The entire episode is hilarious. The MSM got punked. Now it falls farther into the theatre of the absurd as the CofC is calling for an investigation.

That sounds about right...if any big organization (especially when it is so busy trying to block legislation) is displayed in an unflattering light, their first move is to threaten litigation based on....?????? Sabre-rattling is always the weapon of choice, ooh, is everyone scared? Thought Not!