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The Yes Men cut to the quick of Katrina
Maggie says: Our modern-day Jokers have struck again. In their customarily fearless fashion, The Yes Men pulled a prank the other day on the City of New Orleans, just in time for the one-year anniversary of Katrina. But in the classic Yes Men twist, the joke, of course, is really on the power players themselves,
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"a lie is better than the truth" (Update)
Aug 31, 2006 Another Broken Promise (C&L) is how Paul Krugman characterized the Bush non-response in the year that has passed since the ... Bushco spin: From the CNN piece: Masquerading as Rene Oswin, an official at the Department
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Sung a Lot of Songs
What's really cruel, sick, and harmful? On Monday August 28th the Yes Men managed to call the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s ... they are choosing to close and demolish perfectly good housing. Posing as “Rene Oswin” a HUD
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The Yes And Men?
I’m trying to work through a number of books right now, one of which has the following quote on the back cover: You must always have a secret plan ... , who called himself as Rene Oswin. “This past year
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Maybe the best prank ever...
Masquerading as Rene Oswin, an official at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Bichlbaum followed Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin to the lectern
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Wal Mart in New Orleans: Some Backstory
Posing as fictitious HUD official “Rene Oswin,” one of the innovative political activists known as the Yes Men spoke in New Orleans Monday, ... be repaired and rebuilt rather than razed, Mr. “Oswin” went even further, speaking directly to the issue
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The Yes Men Strike Again
Media pranksters the Yes Men announcing Housing and Urban Development plans to "reverse its decision to demolish 5, ... Man Rene Oswin’s responses after the hoax was revealed and the goal of the hoax—to bring attention
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Fashionable Facism
Read more... Yes Men Strike Again KENNER, Louisiana (CNN) ... really bad things." Masquerading as Rene Oswin, an official at the Department of Housing and Urban ... minutes before he had planned to introduce Jackson that the secretary would be replaced by Oswin. "We've
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It's Not Like They Aren't Use to It
A man who pulled a hoax on Louisiana officials and 1,000 contractors by presenting himself as a federal housing official said Monday he intended to focus attention on a lack of affordable housing. . . . Masquerading as Rene Oswin, an official
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Yes, it is funny: Yes Men describe a reasonable...
Fake HUD Official Punk’d Louisiana Pols By Justin Rood political hoaxers fooled New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco, ... told CNN, who said no one named “Rene Oswin” works for the department. “I’m like, who the heck ... and a thousand construction-industry members today. Posing as fictitious senior HUD official Rene
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