Political prank?

[Neost]

CNN is reporting someone played themselves off as a minor functionary at HUD and made some really surprising announcements at a Katrina anniversery function in NO.


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

In addition, the text of the speech is on the web at http://www.hano.us under the announcement section. That site mimics the real HANO site at http://www.hano.org. HANO being Housing Authority of New Orleans or some such.

Quick whois search of hano.us comes back:

Domain Name: HANO.US
Domain ID: D10657134-US
Sponsoring Registrar: CSL COMPUTER SERVICE (D.B.A.
JOKER.COM)
Registrant ID: COUS-1295
Registrant Name: Mirna Horphenor
Registrant Organization: HANO
Registrant Address1: 84 Peniston Drive
Registrant City: New Orleans
Registrant State/Province: LA
Registrant Postal Code: 70116
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Country Code: US
Registrant Phone Number: +504.3811922
Registrant Email: hano@gatt.org

Kind of oddball. joker.com registers domain names.

Publicity stunt? Political activism? Practical joke?

[Animalor]

And to top it all off, the assholes at HUD are still going to tear down 5000 viable houses for people to make something pleasing to tourists.

f'ing ridiculous.

[Al]

And who foots the bill? I bet it isn't some billionaire Rockefeller wannabe.