```json
{
    "title": "Bush, Cheney, Halliburton, Tort Reform and Asbestos",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2005/01/08/bush-cheney-halliburton-tort-reform-and-asbestos/",
    "datePublished": "2005-01-08",
    "dateModified": "2005-01-08",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "The Great Confusicator (Obsfucator?) has spent a lot of time stumping for Tort Reform this week. His primary example has been firms hit by Asbestos lawsuits. I wonder if this…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# Bush, Cheney, Halliburton, Tort Reform and Asbestos

The Great Confusicator (Obsfucator?) has spent a lot of time stumping for Tort Reform this week. His primary example has been firms hit by Asbestos lawsuits.

I wonder if this is because Halliburton subsidiary KBR ended up [going into Chapter 11 fighting an Asbestos lawsuit](http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2004/11/29/daily42.html)? (More [here](http://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/southcentral/2004/01/12/features/35718.htm) and [here](http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=67605&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=649918&highlight=))

Wonder why no one is talking about this...or does the Washington press corps have a short memory?

I stand corrected -- CBS MarketWatch [does mention Halliburton in an Asbestos story](http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B65959000-60D1-4C52-8163-E74B2040DBA1%7D). Right at the very bottom.