The Onion : Another Halliburton Contract In NOLA

I love The Onion. The best of "sick" humour. Use the link to check it out if you want.

Here's an item from their "Daily Briefing" section:

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Halliburton Gets Contract To Pry Gold Fillings

From New Orleans Corpses' Teeth

September 14, 2005 Issue 41•37

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."