PLAN B analog blog

Along the same lines, did you hear Condi Rice mention a few weeks ago
that in years to come the world will thank George Bush for what he's
done?  Yeah, when the GOP is in house again and re-write history like
they're glorification of Ronald Reagan, right?

go here, I didn't make this shit up:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/28/rice.administration/index.html?iref=newssearch



--- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "sascha victoria"
<sascha.victoria@...> wrote:
>
> I always find re-written history slightly amusing and terrifying.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:58 AM, Steven Taylor <steev@...> wrote:
> 
> >   I highly recommend not mentioning the name Haliburton outside
the USA
> > in which case...
> >
> > S
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:08 PM, (i think you can figure that out)
> > <peter@... <peter%40buzzclick-music.com>> wrote:
> > > Chris,
> > >
> > > There's a story behind this. The big part of it being Zero is no
> > > longer associated, hasn't been since 1991. But until rather recently
> > > they kept the Halliburton name in their title after Erle
Halliburton,
> > > the guy who commissioned the first case a long long time ago, before
> > > the second world war. But when the current war broke out and the
name
> > > was on everyone's lips for different reasons as an engineer at Zero
> > > explained to me, the luggage company's business tanked, so they
> > > dropped it completely. Matter of fact, their company history was
sort
> > > of re-written to intentionally dissociate themselves. Check out the
> > > difference in the company history listed on the Zero site and in
> > > Wikipedia:
> > >
> > > Company history as listed in Zero's webpage:
> > >
> > > ZERO Manufacturing, Inc.'s capabilities and many of its products as
> > > manufactured currently, had their beginnings in a small metal
shop in
> > > southern California named Zierold Metal Corporation. Many people had
> > > difficulty pronouncing the name Zierold, so in 1952, after being
> > > purchased by Jack B. Gilbert, the name was changed to ZERO. Known as
> > > ZERO Corporation, the company grew to include facilities and
> > > operations in several locations around the United States.
> > >
> > > In 1991, ZERO Corporation expanded, relocating its main operations
> > > center in North Salt Lake, Utah. In 1998, ZERO transferred its
plastic
> > > case manufacturing capability from Monson, MA to the North Salt Lake
> > > facility. By 2002, the assets and capabilities of the Utah
operation,
> > > along with the rights to use the ZERO name were acquired by ZERO
> > > Manufacturing, Inc.
> > >
> > > Today, the company currently operates under the name of ZERO
> > > Corporation, with ZERO Manufacturing, Inc. as a wholly owned
> > > subsidiary. As the leading manufacturer of both aluminum and plastic
> > > enclosures, ZERO exceeds customer's expectations by offering
> > > unparalleled protection and creative custom designed manufacturing
> > > solutions for any type of case, enclosure, or standardized product.
> > >
> > > Company History as listed in Wikipedia:
> > >
> > > Zero Halliburton is a company which manufactures hard-wearing travel
> > > cases and briefcases, mainly out of aluminium. was originally a
metal
> > > fabrication company called Zierold Company, which in 1946
changed its
> > > name to Zero Corporation. In 1952 Zero, which until then had no
> > > relation to Halliburton, bought the luggage division of Halliburton,
> > > the Texas oilfield services company. On December 29, 2006, Zero
> > > Corporation sold its consumer division to ACE Co. Ltd., a Japanese
> > > luggage manufacturer. Today Zero Halliburton is a wholly owned
> > > subsidiary of ACE Co. Ltd. of Osaka and Tokyo.
> > >
> > > Erle P. Halliburton, the founder of Halliburton, had
commissioned the
> > > aluminum case in 1938 from aircraft engineers because other luggage
> > > could not endure the rough travel through Texas oil fields in a
pickup
> > > truck. In addition to being more durable than a leather or cloth
case
> > > due to its rigidity, the aluminium case seals tightly against
dust and
> > > water.
> > >
> > > The aluminum cases have appeared in over 200 Hollywood movies and
> > > television shows,[1] often as a MacGuffin, and in professional
> > > wrestling, most notably used by Steve McMichael and Irwin R.
Schyster.
> > > In addition to aluminium, Zero Halliburton cases are available in
> > > polycarbonate and texalium (an aluminium-coated fiberglass).[2][3]
> > > Famously, the Nuclear Football (the briefcase, used by the United
> > > States President, to order a nuclear attack) is a modified Zero
> > > Halliburton case.
> > >
> > > --- In
PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com<PLAN_B_analog_blog%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "Christopher Jacob
> > >
> > > Recording Device" <I.AM.USING.THE.INTERNETS@> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I've been curious for a while now but are these cases made by
the same
> > >> Haliburton I'm thinking of or is there a less infamous company with
> > > the same
> > >> name?
> > >>
> > >> hoping this doesn't stir up a flame war or anything just my
curiosity
> > >> speaking.
> > >> Chris
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> "War will end when people refuse to fight"
> > >> --Anonymous
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >  
> >
>