INTERLUDE: Lifted from OpinionJournal:

Never Let the Facts Get in the Way of a Good Rant

"Yes, Halliburton is profiteering in Iraq--will apologists finally concede the point, now that a Pentagon audit finds overcharging?"--former Enron adviser Paul Krugman, New York Times, Dec. 12

"The officials said Halliburton did not appear to have profited from overcharging for fuel, but had instead paid a subcontractor too much for the gasoline in the first place."--news story, New York Times, Dec. 12

MmmmHmmm. The all-knowing and pervasively evil Haliburton rules the earth and controls your subconscious. (Fade to noisy crinkling sounds...)