Halliburton Solves Global Warming (!!!)

[Habibi]

This article showed up in my inbox this morning; I was *sure* it was from the Onion. But nope:

Halliburton Solves Global Warming
SurvivaBalls save managers from abrupt climate change
An advanced new technology will keep corporate managers safe even when climate change makes life as we know it impossible.

"The SurvivaBall is designed to protect the corporate manager no matter what Mother Nature throws his or her way," said Fred Wolf, a Halliburton representative who spoke today at the Catastrophic Loss conference held at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Amelia Island, Florida. "This technology is the only rational response to abrupt climate change," he said to an attentive and appreciative audience.

more here: http://www.halliburtoncontracts.com/about/

Be sure to check out photos of the "SurvivaBalls". Holy shit.

[hatrack]

1. This has got to be The Yes Men at work

Love the big red "H", don't you?

:evilgrin:

[Habibi]

2. Oh my gosh, do you think?

That would be awesome, if true.

[elehhhhna]

7. handy target? LOL if ya see Cheney floating by, what would you do?

[rman]

3. So instead of evacuating from coastal areas, they can just float about?

I kindof like the idea of that.

It's very hard for me to take this serious.

[MadHound]

4. Note people, this is for corporate managers only.

The rest of us are going to be left to fend for ourselves. How fucking typical.

[gratuitous]

5. That's no product! It's Dick Cheney, baby

A rare photograph of the man squatting in the Vice Presidency without his human cocoon. Look out for the acid blood!

[Coexist]

6. Let's start passing this around the internets

and make Halliburton look as silly and greedy as they are.

[Richard D]

8. This has to be a spoof.

I did a whois on the site and came up with this:

domain: HALLIBURTONCONTRACTS.COM
owner-name: Alfred Barbalunga
owner-address: 616 Avenue of the Americas
owner-address: 12211
owner-address: New York
owner-address: United States of America
owner-phone: [phone]
owner-e-mail: [e-mail]
admin-c: AB2145-GANDI
tech-c: AR41-GANDI
bill-c: AB2145-GANDI
nserver: ns7.gandi.net 217.70.177.44
nserver: custom2.gandi.net 217.70.179.35
reg_created: 2005-12-29 20:43:30
expires: 2006-12-29 20:43:30
created: 2005-12-29 21:43:31
changed: 2006-01-09 15:21:07


person: GANDI Auto Register 4.1
nic-hdl: AR41-GANDI
address: GANDI
address: 15 place de la Nation
address: F-75011
address: Paris
address: France
phone: N/A
e-mail: [e-mail]
lastupdated: 2006-03-09 15:53:29

[Habibi]

9. LOL! Oh, thank gawd!

I just couldn't wrap my head around their being serious about something like this. www.halliburton.com is the "real" site for that horrible company.

S'okay, everyone, back to being pissed off at the real reality!

[Coexist]

10. thanks - I was actually considering emailing it

but couldn't find the link on the Halliburton website.

Where did they get those funny pictures?

[Richard D]

11. I mean . . .

. . . those pics are priceless. The story is a hoot too. Someone went to a lot of trouble to make that site as well. All the links I saw look pretty darn legit.

[sam sarrha]

12. they dont need oil .. they got our tax money to burn..!!

[Sonicmedusa]

13. LOL

What a fun site.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

14. I got that too. I thought it was real at first

Very good work. My copy looks like it came from Czech Republic somewhere.