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How to Expose Corporate Greed? Impersonate Dow Chemical

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Andy Bichlbaum, member of activist duo The Yes Men, explains how he managed to impersonate a representative from Dow Chemical on BBC World. The prank sent the company's stock plummeting; $2 billion was lost in twenty minutes. He questions the ethical implications of the event, saying: "It's really dire that a company does the right thing, and gets punished by the stock market."
The Yes Men: Is Obama Living Up to His Campaign Promises?

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Andy Bichlbaum discusses the fake issue of The New York Times distributed by The Yes Men, and dated six months in the future.

The paper was released a week after President Obama was elected, and depicted a nation based on his campaign promises.
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MacDuude

Posted: 07.09.10, 04:49 AM

People seem to think that Obama can function in a vacuum. He has lots of trouble getting his own party to do the right thing. Then there is the constant opposition of the Republicans. It was pollyanish at best to think in 6 months he could have accomplished any of that. Still with wishy-washy Dems and obstacle Repubs, he did get health care passed and is trying to stimulate the economy.

Frankystein123

Posted: 05.21.10, 11:09 PM

There needs to be more Yes Men in the world

Frankystein123

Posted: 05.21.10, 10:46 PM

The left now need some heavy duty timber and hooks to beat back the far right and drag Obama back to at least the centre-left until the end of his presidency.

EricMB

Posted: 05.21.10, 04:11 PM

I admit, I thought what he did was hilarious, and it's not like the media is all that reliable right now. However, this guy is basically advocating mass anarchy take hold. Crashing private parties or group meetings, recording the results, and posting them online might not recieve the same attention in the media, but sure would be prefferable to fake news reports flooding the wires. Where would it end?

mitch88

Posted: 05.21.10, 03:03 PM

WOW isn't that convenient! - So BO lies his butt off about his funding and ties. - All the left ignores the facts about his incessant deceit. And it's not HIS fault! NOOOOO it our fault! This Obama worship is becoming ludicrous. GWB robbed us with stimulus spending and the left cried out and BO does it time GWB steals our rights with the Patriot act, the left screams bloody murder, and BO expands it. And it's all because WE failed him? Are you freakin' serious? Any honest person that read both sides KNEW BO was a liar before he was elected. We didn't know how much he was in the pocket of Wall Street but the honest of us knew. But he has revealed himself to be utterly disreputable and at complete odds with our fundamental national principles....but it's OUR fault. It's like the left worships him as the infallible pope!

theknopfknows

Posted: 05.20.10, 06:04 PM

My kind of people, very courages surprised they haven`t been threatened more often, Going against Corporate dictatorship can be very dangerous, civil disobedience, "taken it to the Street". YES to the YES MEN.

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