yodoobo
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Feb-13-09 05:37 PM
Original message |
Blackwater - Rebranding itself |
|
"Blackwater Dumps Tarnished Brand Name" (AP) Blackwater Worldwide is abandoning its tarnished brand name as it tries to shake a reputation battered by oft-criticized work in Iraq, renaming its family of two dozen businesses under the name Xe http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/13/national/main4800193.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._4800193Pretty sickening
|
MADem
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Feb-13-09 05:44 PM
Response to Original message |
|
All I can think of is the Costa Gavras film "Z." Of course, that was about the murder of a Democratic politician during a dictatorship....if they're looking for rebranding, anyone with a fig's worth of memory isn't getting a warm-n-fuzzy from that new "brand name."
|
B o d i
(543 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Feb-13-09 05:46 PM
Response to Original message |
|
or maybe it's an acronym, for Xtian Extremists?
|
midnight
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Feb-13-09 05:48 PM
Response to Original message |
3. Sounds like these ex-military want to take over the world |
|
hitler style but with a Xe pronounced Z.
|
Bozita
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Feb-13-09 05:54 PM
Response to Original message |
4. I'd like to suggest Amway. It's got great name recognition ... |
|
... and the mere mention of that name sends folks scurrying in all directions.
|
Fridays Child
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Feb-13-09 05:56 PM
Response to Reply #4 |
6. It's still being used, though. How about Enron? |
Chulanowa
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Feb-13-09 05:56 PM
Response to Original message |
|
Even from a market standpoint. "Xe"? What the fuck? They might as well do like Prince and name themselves a symbol. I suggest the Jolly Roger.
|
yodoobo
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Feb-13-09 07:22 PM
Response to Reply #5 |
|
That way they can be "The killer mercenaries formerly known as Blackwater"
|
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Sun May 05th 2024, 02:05 AM
Response to Original message |