I have always thought from the get-go that this is an extraordinary event, a catastrophe of the first magnitude.

The reason that they don't let you out there is one word and it not plastic, it's lawyers.

He was so lawyered up. He was so shot up with tranquilizers or God knows whatnot, told not to say anything.

I think -- I'm afraid if their shareholders -- I don't -- I think this thing -- like I said, my own view -- and I hope I'm wrong -- but has been from the get-go, this is a catastrophe of the first magnitude.

But they can't be because they have an obligation to their shareholders just like they can't be transparent about the flow.

But they can't be, because they have an obligation to their shareholders, just like they can't be transparent about the flow.

It's not just -- it's really not just earning a living. It's a way of life. It's an entire culture.

It's -- people that he knows that are just in a -- one guy said he's all he's going to do is eat and wait to die.

Why don't we just have someone go down and put the sensors and send them the bill.

He's lying. Ok, he's lying, lying, lying. The statute says that if they show gross negligence that it could be up to $4,000 a barrel fine.

Well, sure, of course.

It's really not just earning a living. It's a way of life. It's an entire culture.

He's lying. OK? He's lying, lying, lying. The oil -- the statute says that, if they show gross negligence, that it could be up to a $4,000-a-barrel fine.

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