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Chamber Says ‘No Thanks’ to the Yes Men
Wall Street Journal ^
| 10/26/09
| Neil King Jr.
Posted on 10/26/2009 6:33:06 PM PDT by Nachum
The pranksters who impersonated U.S. Chamber of Commerce officials in a bogus news conference last week are getting smacked with a federal lawsuit in reply.
Far from finding the stunt funny, the chamber is suing the group, called the Yes Men, for trademark infringement, unfair competition and false advertising. In a suit filed late Monday in U.S. District Court, the Chamber charges that four principal members of the group engaged in conduct that “is destructive of public discourse, and cannot be tolerated under the law.”
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chamber; men; says; yes
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posted on
10/26/2009 6:33:07 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
At least SOMEBODY knows how to fight back!
Maybe the Republican Party can take a clue.
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posted on
10/26/2009 6:35:36 PM PDT
by
Amadeo
To: Nachum
3
posted on
10/26/2009 6:37:42 PM PDT
by
stayathomemom
(Beware of cat attacks while typing!)
To: Nachum
FINALLY!
These punks need to be slapped with a HUGE judgment!
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posted on
10/26/2009 6:41:24 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jazzy
("I AM JIM THOMPSON and moderates make me PUKE!!!")
To: Nachum
Slam Dunk? Yes men!!!!!!!
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posted on
10/26/2009 6:45:52 PM PDT
by
Bulldawg Fan
(Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
To: Nachum
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posted on
10/26/2009 6:47:37 PM PDT
by
lmr
(God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
To: Nachum
Now this will give CNN a chance to have the Yes Men on AGAIN to legitemize them and let them repeat their schpiel.
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posted on
10/26/2009 6:47:38 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: Nachum
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posted on
10/26/2009 6:47:38 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(Brave amateurs....they do their part.)
To: Nachum
>“We strongly support free speech but it is wrong to deliberately lie to the media,” said Steven Law, the Chamber’s general counsel.
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When did this start? What parallel universe is this?
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posted on
10/26/2009 6:47:48 PM PDT
by
ROTB
("By any means necessary" is evil. See what God thinks of "rising oceans" in Jeremiah 5:22)
To: Nachum
To: Nachum
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posted on
10/26/2009 7:49:59 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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