Via DreamOfPeace, we learn this:

Halliburton hired for storm cleanup

The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in New Orleans as soon as it is safe to do so.

KBR was assigned the work under a "construction capabilities" contract awarded in 2004 after a competitive bidding process. The company is not involved in the Army Corps of Engineers' effort to repair New Orleans' levees.

Nothing like more pork for the insiders. (By the way, by point of reference, Halliburton received some $7 billion for its work in Iraq alone.)

What next? Emergency welfare assistance for international mega-corporations that outstrips emergency assistance for the people. Don't think so? Just wait and see, folks.

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