Hilarity continues in the name of climate change. Hello Survival Ball.
Some people take up pickets, others chase senators around in "survivaballs." I'm a tad embarrassed to blog twice in one day about The Yes Men, but given that I just received 4 full minutes of laugh out loud belly laughter from their latest RIDICULOUS charge on Washington...who am I not to share?
(if you just want to see them get grabbed by a police men, howl as they roll down the steps...only to stand back up and speak about how the survivaball will save them..well..you are one sick puppy and should hang in until 1:49).
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(if you just want to see them get grabbed by a police men, howl as they roll down the steps...only to stand back up and speak about how the survivaball will save them..well..you are one sick puppy and should hang in until 1:49).
You can hear from The Yes Men in their own words about what they are up to:
Survivaballs Storm U.S. Capitol, Citing Frustration Over Senate Inaction on Climate
Washington, D.C. - On the heels of their pointed attack on the Chamber of Commerce today, the Yes Men along with other climate activists took the U.S. Capitol by storm wearing Survivaballs.
At one point, Mike Bonanno of the Yes Men, wearing a Survivaball, began a speech on the Capitol steps. "I think this is our country, our country!" he said, before being grabbed by a policeman. At that point he let out a bloodcurdling scream and tumbled all the way down the monumental Capitol steps. "I'm fine, I'm fine," he said at the bottom. "No matter what comes as a result of climate change, Survivaball can protect us." (Video here.)
At another point, a fleet of Survivaballs chased Senator Arlen Spector outside the Hart Senate Office Building. "Anyone as wishy-washy on climate issues as the Senator, who thinks that clean coal is an answer, needs a Survivaball," said Ross Finlayson, a top Surviva-model involved in the chase. "Maybe he ran away because he knew that even he couldn't afford one."
Survivaballs are the stupidest costume known to humankind, and the Yes Men say that their point is to highlight the absurdity of the Senate's slow pace in responding to climate change. Originally deployed by "Halliburton" at an insurance conference on the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast (full story here), they have now replicated, and a fleet of 20 are available as a tool for climate activists.
After their antics on the Capitol steps and in front of the Senate building, the Survivaballs continued their antics to the Chamber of Commerce, the White House and the Lincoln Memorial. More reports will be posted at www.theyesmen.org/plunge.
Related Links:
People are going coo-coo for climate change
Living Unplugged with No Impact Man (video)
Carrot mob (video)
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