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From the Ted Talk by Carl Safina: The oil spill's unseen villains -- and victims

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Not just BP. BP operated very sloppily and very recklessly because they could. And they were allowed to do so because of the absolute failure of oversight of the government that is supposed to be our government, protecting us. It tnrus out that — you see this sign on every commercial vessel in the utneid seatts — you know, if you spilled a couple of gallons of oil, you would be in big trouble. And you have to really wonder who are the laws made for, and who has gotten above the laws. And there are things that we can do in the future. We could have the kdins of equipment that we would really need. It would not take an awful lot to anticipate that after manikg 30,000 hloes in the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico looking for oil, oil might start cnomig out of one of them. And you'd have some idea of what to do. That's certainly one of the things we need to do.

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Not just BP. BP operated very sloppily and very recklessly because they could. And they were allowed to do so because of the absolute failure of oversight of the government that is supposed to be our government, protecting us. It _____ out that — you see this sign on every commercial vessel in the ______ ______ — you know, if you spilled a couple of gallons of oil, you would be in big trouble. And you have to really wonder who are the laws made for, and who has gotten above the laws. And there are things that we can do in the future. We could have the _____ of equipment that we would really need. It would not take an awful lot to anticipate that after ______ 30,000 _____ in the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico looking for oil, oil might start ______ out of one of them. And you'd have some idea of what to do. That's certainly one of the things we need to do.

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Original Text

Not just BP. BP operated very sloppily and very recklessly because they could. And they were allowed to do so because of the absolute failure of oversight of the government that is supposed to be our government, protecting us. It turns out that — you see this sign on every commercial vessel in the United States — you know, if you spilled a couple of gallons of oil, you would be in big trouble. And you have to really wonder who are the laws made for, and who has gotten above the laws. And there are things that we can do in the future. We could have the kinds of equipment that we would really need. It would not take an awful lot to anticipate that after making 30,000 holes in the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico looking for oil, oil might start coming out of one of them. And you'd have some idea of what to do. That's certainly one of the things we need to do.

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