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Hoaxsters dupe crowd with bogus HUD announcement (New Orleans)
NOLA.com ^ | August 28, 2006

Posted on 08/28/2006 12:32:55 PM PDT by Ellesu

Edited on 08/28/2006 4:09:52 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Two members of the Yes Men, a group of environmental and corporate ethics activists, duped business executives and some news organizations earlier today when they posed as top HUD officials and announced the agency planned to renovate several housing developments now slated for demolition. One of the men said they set up the hoax after receiving an e-mail solicitation from Equity International -- the group staging the conference -- in search of conference speakers.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: hoaxsters; hud; press
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To: Continental Soldier
It is in accordance with the finest standards of the New Orleans tradition.

I bet I can tell you where you got those shoes and how much you paid for them.

21 posted on 08/28/2006 2:55:31 PM PDT by battlegearboat
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To: Continental Soldier

You got them on your feet and you paid way too much for them. Now give me your wallet sucker!


22 posted on 08/28/2006 2:56:23 PM PDT by battlegearboat
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To: Brian Mosely

It has long been my opinion that anyone who declares that they are an authority on ethics should be put to death before they get a chance to implement their plans.


23 posted on 08/28/2006 4:00:23 PM PDT by thoughtomator (There is no "Islamofascism" - there is only Islam)
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To: battlegearboat

As Dan Quayle once said, "A mind is a terrible thing to lose." :)


24 posted on 08/28/2006 4:01:29 PM PDT by Continental Soldier
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To: Baynative
And, in other news, two other members of Yes Men posed as top Treasury officials and announced the agency planned to release ...

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25 posted on 08/28/2006 5:41:38 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

"laissez les bon ton teton roulette!"


26 posted on 08/28/2006 6:37:08 PM PDT by battlegearboat
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To: Ellesu

The RATS on Daily Kos are spinning this as an indictment of our President's alleged neglect of New Orleans.


27 posted on 08/28/2006 6:38:53 PM PDT by balch3
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To: ChadGore

I don't think Louisiana has any laws against fraud. The feds have to come in when it gets really flagrant.


28 posted on 08/28/2006 8:03:24 PM PDT by daybreakcoming
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To: Ellesu

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/28/hud.hoax/index.html

Apparently, these guys were appearing with Blanco and Nagin...and fooled them...three peas in a pod, all imposters.

Shows what dopes Blanco and Nagin are.


29 posted on 08/28/2006 10:33:13 PM PDT by RouxStir (US out of the UN and UN out of the US.)
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