[CrudeAwakening]

Apologies if this has been posted before, but I hadn't seen it.

I'm amazed these guys are able to continue to perform after being publically outed.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')Without oil, at least four billion people would starve. This spiral of trouble would make the oil infrastructure utterly useless" -- unless their bodies could be turned into fuel.

That was the satirical message delivered by two corporate ethics activists to the Gas and Oil Exposition 2007 in Calgary, Alberta. The activists, part of political trickster collective the Yes Men, used the Exposition to stage their latest theatre of corporate absurdity, with Exxon/Mobil and the Natural Petroleum Council playing the fools.

Yes Man Mike Bonnano, posing as an Exxon representative named Florian Osenberg, added that "With more fossil fuels comes a greater chance of disaster, but that means more feedstock for Vivoleum. Fuel will continue to flow for those of us left."

The impostors led growingly suspicious attendees in lighting Vivoleum candles made, they said, from a former Exxon janitor who died from cleaning a toxic spill. When shown a mock video of the janitor professing his desire to be turned in death into candles, a conference organizer pulled Bonanno and Bichlbaum from the stage.

[Carlhole]

That's funny!

I just downloaded the film "The Yes Men" for a weekly venue which shows political films in St. Pete. They showed it last Wednesday. Everyone roared as Bichelbaum ripped off his suit in front of a WTO audience to expose his golden, giant, inflatable, managerial dick suit.

That film was made, I think, in 1999. It's amazing that they are still at it. I think I'd die of stress if I had to do something like that.

[lys3rg0]

Repost. But it's still funny after one month

[da23]

Anyone here see the the new Scottish power plant on the beeb? It was going to run on offal from various farm/factories.

I can't find the link atm but it was definitely up there for a while, scared me, I don't want to power Boris Johnsons toaster

[lys3rg0]

Here's a great interview with the guys: Yes Men on Bill Moyers