Corporate Crime in the Bush Era, Episode MMLXXVII

Haliburton gouges us for gas, at the NYT.

(Corporate profiteering during wartime is, no doubt, permissible in the Bush era...though I'm sure it's considered treasonous to reveal that profiteering or criticize it...)


[Note: that last post shouldn't be taken to contain a sneaky suggestion that the Bush administration is somehow in on or directly responsible for the bribe. That's not what I meant at all. I do think that there's a certain atmosphere of permissiveness about this kind of thing these days, however. Let's see if anyone ever gets prosecuted in this case...]