David Letterman nails Haliburton!

[JailBush]

David Letterman was talking about something that "stinks to heavens," as Paul Schaeffer (sp?) chimed in, "I hadn't heard - what is it?"

It sounded like Letterman was was leading into something totally ridiculous as he said, "Well, take a look at this."

It was a video asking who gets the reward for capturing Saddam Hussein. The answer:

"The winning tip was provided by none other than our friends at Haliburton."

Then it featured a picture of Dick Cheney and the legend "Compassionate Conservatives."

If you ask me, the fact that Haliburton is collecting a $25 million reward is fairly powerful evidence supporting the theory that Saddam's capture was rigged.

[aquart]

1. Honey, he was making a funny.

A skewering, wise-ass, satirical right-on-the-money funny, but a funny nonetheless.

[JailBush]

4. Maybe...

I thought it was reported earlier that Haliburton WAS collecting the reward. I haven't checked it out; if not Haliburton, who IS getting the reward?

[Dover]

5. I thought they said that NO ONE will get the reward because the

information was obtained by force...from someone they were interrogating.

I've heard different stories about how the information was purportedly received. One source has said Saddam's wife provided the info and the other story is the one I just stated.

Who knows......probably all lies anyway.

[oasis]

2. A day or so after Chimpy said they had to pay back that $61m overcharge.

[SoCalDem]

3. Actually Art Buchwald did a piece in the WP about it

It's a joke, but it's funny as hell.. Buchwald is a treasure..

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3351-2003Dec15.html

washingtonpost.com

Saddam, People Are Asking

By Art Buchwald
Tuesday, December 16, 2003; Page C03


Our long nightmare is over. The number one serial killer in the world has been captured. Here are some questions my readers are asking.

• Whom do we give the $25 million in reward money to?

The answer is Halliburton. Why Halliburton? The answer is simple. Why not Halliburton? They claim they have been losing money on their contracts in Iraq and the $25 million could put them in the black. It was understood in their non-bidding contract that if Saddam Hussein was ever captured they would profit by it.

• One of the clues to nabbing the "Evil Dictator" was the Yellow Cab in front of the house where Hussein was hiding. What can we make of that?

Anyone who visits New York knows it is impossible to find a Yellow Cab when you want one. The empty cab aroused suspicions when it was parked there for three days.What looked suspicious was that the meter was still running.Ordinarily a taxi driver might stop for a cup of coffee or to go to the washroom. When Hussein didn't show up, soldiers found him in an 8-by-6-foot "spider hole." Other drivers were furious because he gave all cabbies a bad name.

• After Hussein was captured, many people asked me who his barber was. He was the same person who cut Charlie Manson's hair. When Hussein was taken into custody he said, "I know my rights. I am entitled to one shave." They took him to a Baghdad barber, where Hussein said, "I want a trim on the sideburns, take a little off the top, and give me back the mustache I used to have so people will once again know the real Hussein." Once he was finished at the barber -- Halliburton paid for the haircut -- he was questioned by intelligence officers, some who even spoke Arabic. The first question was, "If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?"

A follow-up question was, "Have you slept with any little Iraqi boys?"