YES MEN pose as BP pledge health care to oil spill victim--then real BP guy shows up!

[yurbud]

Run time: 04:37 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtEvcXkxio0   Posted on YouTube: April 19, 2011 By YouTube Member: GulfCoast2011 Views on YouTube: 277   Posted on DU: April 20, 2011 By DU Member: yurbud Views on DU: 2066

 
This is a classic YES MEN set up, and the BP guy played right into it.

[pacalo]

1. Priceless!

:rofl:

[Vinnie From Indy]

2. I love that shit!

I would have had a little bit more fun with the BP guy by learning the name of some upper level executive and then telling him that he needed to call (insert name) because he was fired that morning and must not have been told. That would have bought him a few more minutes answering questions while the BP guy called to see if he was really fired.

[vroomvroom]

3. K&R

[buddysmellgood]

4. That's awesome. I bet the second BP guy is also part of the hoax.

[progressoid]

5. And they usher the BP guy out!!

:rofl:

[KansDem]

15. They had to! He wasn't wearing a tie!

Everyone knows execs for BP wear ties!

Give that guy the bum's rush! :rofl:

[Citizen Worker]

6. The great Sun Tzu is smiling! The master of guerilla warfare would be pleased.

[Scuba]

7. I liked the GE press release: we'll give back the tax rebate. n/t

[HarveyDarkey]

8. The Yes Men strike again

I love these guys.

[2banon]

9. Now THAT was what I call Entertainment!!

:applause: :rofl: :applause: :rofl: :applause: :rofl: :applause: :rofl: :applause: :rofl: :applause: :rofl:

[yurbud]

10. their next BP joke should be apologizing for the Iraq War and offering to pay damages to Iraqis

and our troops.

[yurbud]

11. submitted to the Yes Men contact page:

I just submitted this on the http://theyesmen.org/contact">Yes Men contact page:

Since the UK just released memos showing BP & Shell lobbying to get the UK into the Iraq War so they would get a share of the oil, maybe your next BP prank should be apologizing for the Iraq War and offering to pay damages to Iraqis and our troops, and offer gas at cost Brits and Americans.

Feel free to second it there.
http://theyesmen.org/contact

[ooglymoogly]

12. While many sit and lament their plight, these guys do something.

They deserve a golden globe at least.

[librechik]

13. and get a hell of a lot of attention for the cause with very little cash outlay & staff

I'd love to see this as a franchise all over the country...

[LiberalLovinLug]

14. Beautiful!

So glad to see these guys still doing their thing.

[valerief]

16. Love those guys. I wish this could get on the teevee. nt