WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce sent a letter (http://tr.im/CQCf) to an internet provider
threatening legal action if it did not shut down the Yes Men parody website,
http://tr.im/CQCu, because the website falsely portrays the Chamber's position
on global warming. However, in its letter, the Chamber falsely inflated its
membership by 1,000 percent and falsely alleged copyright infringement
(http://tr.im/CQFu). The Yes Men lawyers strongly opposed this take-down
demand and the site remains up at www.chamber-of-commerce.us.
"It is ironic that the Chamber, one of the biggest funders of front groups
that smear non-compliant public officials, is now complaining that the Yes Men
are poking fun at its anti-science positions. If the Chamber's pattern of
behavior continues, it will soon be taking itself to court for fraud and
self-parody," said David Swanson of www.StopTheChamber.com, a coalition of
nonprofit organizations. "The Chamber has publicly claimed that people do not
cause climate change, minimum wage laws harm workers, financial deregulation
creates jobs, unions are bad for workers, the Family and Medical Leave Act
undermines families, healthcare bankrupts businesses, and Wall Street bailouts
promote free enterprise. These preposterous claims are usually made by late
night comedians but, when made by the Chamber, they fit perfectly into its
pattern of fraud, deception and disinformation."
StopTheChamber.com urges local chambers of commerce to join corporations in
ending their membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in order to express
their opposition to its flat earth positions and its belief that free
enterprise should consist of deceit, threats, intimidation, and political
favors. StopTheChamber.com asks the DOJ to launch a broad based criminal RICO
investigation of the Chamber and its CEO, Tom Donahue, based on their
decade-long pattern of criminal racketeering. StopTheChamber.com asks Congress
to hold hearings, under oath, to look into the unethical, fraudulent and
criminal conduct of the Chamber and is top staff. StopTheChamber.com asks
whistleblowers and insiders to come forward with evidence and documents
proving criminal activity by the Chamber and its top staff.
"It is time to look out for the American people rather than the profits of the
very companies that have wrecked our economy and polluted our environment,"
said Mr. Swanson. "The Chamber and its executives must be held accountable
for their unconscionable pattern of unethical conduct."
SOURCE www.StopTheChamber.com
Ilene Proctor PR, +1-310-858-6643, for www.StopTheChamber.com
