Subj : Re: Haliburton
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Ken McElhaney
Date : Fri Sep 16 2005 14:16:33

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape


Tyler Trafford wrote:
> Ken McElhaney wrote:
> >
> > Steve Brooks wrote:
> >> Chaya wrote:
> >> > 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!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Ya think?
> >>
> >> Not any more.  Now I've had time to think about it I can see htat it's
> >> absolutely 100% true.  Leaking the story via the onion is a cunning ploy to
> >> put all those communist media ( e.g. Fox ) hacks off the scent.
> >
> > Funny, I thought "fascist media" would be the term used against Fox.
> > Perhaps it's all the same?
>
> Steve likes to mix it up.

I guess it's just one of my pet peeves, if you are going to
insult/disparage something, at least get the political leanings right.


Fox = Fascist
CNN = Communist
CBS = Freakin' Confused

Ken

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