Subj : Re: Haliburton
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 20:03:31

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Steve Brooks wrote:

> Nick wrote:
> 
>> HOUSTON-On Tuesday, Halliburton received a $110 million no-bid
>> government contract to pry the gold fillings from the mouths of
>> deceased disaster victims in the New Orleans-Gulf Coast area. "We
>> are proud to serve the government in this time of crisis by
>> recovering valuable resources from the wreckage of this deadly
>> storm," said David J. Lesar, Halliburton's president. "The gold we
>> recover from the human rubble of Katrina can be used to make
>> fighter-jet electronics, supercomputer chips, inflation-proof
>> A-grade investments, and luxury yachting watches." 
> 
> Hmm. I could believe the basic story - if I heard it from a reliable
> source; which is no criticism of you Nick,  I don't know where you
> got it from. But I don't believe the president of Halliburton would
> ever be silly enough to use the phrase "human rubble" in public.
> 
> So I vote.. Hoax!
> 

It is from the Onion.

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