Arlen Specter Chased By The Yes Men In "SurvivaBalls"

The streets surrounding Capitol Hill were home to a strange sight Tuesday morning as a group of people, costumed in round canvas outfits, waddled after Democratic Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, demanding that he support the climate bill or provide the ridiculous outfits to his constituents. Clad in "SurvivaBalls," the chase group was actually part of the culture jamming activist troupe known as The Yes Men.

When asked about the spectacle, Senator Specter said, "I think it's fun...interesting."

This newest stunt comes on the heels of a prank yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce, and is part of a larger media campaign involving the (fake) SurvivaBall product, which bills itself as "a self-contained living system--truly, a gated community for one." Click here for a hilarious infomercial parody for the product.

The Yes Men previously touted the Survivaball in Pittsburgh last month during the G-20 Summit.

Below is the video of Senator Specter fleeing the Survivaballs, shot by Geoff Holtzman of Talk Radio News Service.

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Comments

[RomeoMD25]

09:06 AM on 10/24/2009

Nobel prize winner and Savior of the Globe, Al Gore, is affiliated to the CCX CO2-through his firm, Generation, the chairman of which he is. So, Gore has a financial interest in his propaganda against CO2. Al Gores house in Tennessee consumes 20 times as much energy as an ordinary US house. According to his Secretary he buys CO2-indulgence through his firm Generation
,which is a branch of the CCX

Besides, the CCX has an interesting board.
The Honorable Carole L. Brookins has had a lot of jobs for President Bush. She is a member of the American Council on Foreign Relations - called the invisible government of The USA. Sir Laurie Magnus is affiliated to the J.P Morgan Trust - a Rothschild partner. And the Chairman, Richard Sandor, is affiliated to the Chicago Board of Trade, which had John D. Rockefeller as co-founder

[Tunghoy]

12:39 AM on 10/27/2009

Gore's house is also the office for his companies and provides space for his Secret Service detail. You couldn't fit all that into a regular-sized house. With all the carbon offsets he purchases, his house and vehicles are carbon neutral.

As for his board.....so what? These are people who've worked for big businesses, but beyond that, I don't see anything strange.

[brady61995]

09:37 PM on 10/22/2009

they need more survivalBALLS in washington that if fact

[jhepp]

12:35 AM on 10/21/2009

The science of Survivaballs is settled!

[Tommygun264]

11:51 PM on 10/20/2009

Okay, regarding the two pictures on the Political main page with the headline - which one is Specter and which it the protester?

[b1986]

11:21 PM on 10/20/2009

I'm a constituent... Good thing there's deer in this Philadelphia suburb so I wont starve to death. (You'll get that deer reference if you watch the full "Yes Men" movie.)

[LeAnn Cammack]

11:09 PM on 10/20/2009

Mr. Staypuft, is that you?

Looks like the marshmallows got their revenge.

[Driver125]

09:51 PM on 10/20/2009

I'm fighting cancer....I can't remember what political party I belong to and now this? I got to get me a new gig....

[mykebee]

09:48 PM on 10/20/2009

Accosting a Senator with a set of shaved balls is not a recipe for success.

[iMissMollyIvins]

03:10 PM on 10/22/2009

Larry Craig begs to differ with your assessment.

[siasina]

09:15 PM on 10/20/2009

WOW they sure got him and chased him off.......

[joshuahmcdonald]

09:03 PM on 10/20/2009

Ping pong balls? I thought you said King Kong balls!

[TheThinkerCometh]

08:04 PM on 10/20/2009

I love this brand of humor! They should go after Baucus and Senator Conrad next. Conrad will probably be running, screaming from those things!

[VikingQuest]

08:24 PM on 10/20/2009

Wouldn't you run from a pair of balls chasing you down the street?

[TiredandPragmatic]

09:22 PM on 10/20/2009

Depends on who was wearing them :)

[VikingQuest]

07:47 PM on 10/20/2009

Seriously, what is wrong with these environ-wackos?

[joshuahmcdonald]

09:01 PM on 10/20/2009

You are what is wrong with us.

[futate01]

09:38 PM on 10/20/2009

sense of humour

[jennylynn]

09:27 PM on 10/20/2009

They were born that way..Sad.

[futate01]

09:39 PM on 10/20/2009

no sense of humor

[stondem]

07:30 PM on 10/20/2009

Has Gore purchased one yet?

[jennylynn]

09:28 PM on 10/20/2009

I think he is in hiding after the Global Cooling and the increase of Polar Bears story.

[Tommygun264]

11:58 PM on 10/20/2009

Cite your sources, please.

[futate01]

09:39 PM on 10/20/2009

He's turned into one.

[valboski]

07:28 PM on 10/20/2009

If Specter can keep his sanity and vote NO to climate change, I may have to re-elect him.

[philistine]

08:44 PM on 10/20/2009

The rest of his constituents may have something to say about that.

[sviolette]

09:04 PM on 10/20/2009

You want him to vote no to climate change? So that means you want him to vote yes on the climate change reform bill?

[Trittydi]

07:11 PM on 10/20/2009

He was a very good sport about it and I applaud him for that.
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[jennylynn]

09:35 PM on 10/20/2009

He wasn't even aware of them!

[Trittydi]

02:33 AM on 10/21/2009

Didn't watch it to the end, did you?
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