A little bird just flew by and dropped this article in my lap, which details how Canada is being "Halliburtoned" by Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting).

Accenture is currently billing the province nearly $1 million (U.S.) to tweak the mainframe-based system so it can calculate a 3% across-the-board increase for welfare recipients.

Understandably, it has been dubbed "an obviously bad contract" and … Ontario officials [have] been "thoroughly bilked by Accenture." That Accenture has a long and sordid history is not news. United States tax dollars continue to be funneled into the offshore accounts of this thoroughly disreputable organization. What's surprising – and very sad indeed – is that Canada has not been paying attention to what Accenture has been up to for so long. One would think that if a kindly descendant of hardy French stock woke up every morning to the sight of his banjo-pickin' neighbor being brutally raped in the anus by an obese Caribbean pirate, he would refrain from inviting the pirate over for baguettes and jam. Nope. It's just not so. Fortunately, there's still hope for Illinois.