Chamber Of Commerce Gets Pawned

Yesterday, the organization which pretends to be a part of the United States Government, The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce posted a release on its website stating that "They Were Declaring War On The White House" regarding the administrations climate change legislation and health care reform.

The Chamber Of Commerce has had some real P.R. Problems lately, first their touted claim that they had over 3,000,000 members was disproven and they really only were less than 300,000. Then in opposition over their anti climate change legislation stance, they have lost some of their biggest members including Apple Computers, Nike, Johnson and Johnson and GE.

Even local branches of the organization are distancing themselves from the militant anti reform stance, but the national leadership remains adamnant and is using their war chest of membership dues of over $100,000,000 to fund a fear driven advertising campaign to push their agenda.

Two big members need to be reminded that their customers are not supporters of the Chamber Of Commerce's agenda. One is UPS. You can call them and give voice to your disapproval of their policies and aske them to withdraw their membership by calling:

UPS (404) 828-7123.

The other member which needs to be reminded that their actions have to back up their environmentally concerned advertising is TOYOTA. Until they leave the Chamber of Commerce their "Green Image" is just that, an image, empty bullshit!

Today, in Washington, the guys who call themselves the Yes Men struck again. Posing as members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, they held a press conference today to announce that the chamber would abandon its opposition to climate-change legislation now in Congress. Well, that would explain the sneaky spam press release I received this morning which pointed to "chamber-of-commerce.us" instead of the actual website for the US Chamber of Commerce, at "uschamber.com." 

Here's a snip from Washington Post article about the meatspace hijinks today:

The event, complete with fake handouts on chamber letterhead, at least a couple of fake reporters, and a podium adorned with the chamber logo, broke up when a spokesman from the real chamber burst in. What followed was a spectacle not usually seen in the John Peter Zenger Room at the National Press Club: two men in business suits shouting at one another, each calling the other an impostor and demanding to see business cards. "This guy is a fake! He's lying! This is a stunt that I've never seen before," said Eric Wohlschlegel, an official at the actual Chamber of Commerce, who said he'd heard about the hoax event from a reporter who'd mistakenly shown up at the chamber's headquarters.
The fake Chamber of Commerce official, who called himself "Hingo Sembra," did not give his real name to reporters, saying only that he represented a coalition of climate activists.

Brilliant!