do you know who the yes men are? have you seen the movie about the yes men called the yes men? these are the same guys who brought you the fantastic barbie liberation front (or BLO) where voice boxes for barbie dolls and gi joe soldier toys where switched and then repackaged & placed on store shelves. brilliant! they also did a great social commentary on the WTO, seen extensively in the yes men movie, and on the DOW chemical company. anyway, on may 7th, 2006, the yes men, posing as representatives from halliburton, where recently invited to speak a corporate conference sponsored by LexisNexis Mealey publications. there, the yes men enveiled halliburton’s solution for global warming: the SurvivaBall!
“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.
here’s the full text of the yes men speech, titled what noah new: old models for new conditions, given at the conference. so good! to help further such highly necessary corporate satire and fun-poking, you can donate to the yes men via their paypal site.