We know from the Deepwater Horizon fiasco that there were--we had testimony from a former employee, was head of the BLM at the time, that the only real check and balance with regard to offshore inspectors was to send them out in pairs so that there would be no chance of bribery or anything like that, because they would self-report if they were sent out in pairs.
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How dare you? You think we don`t have hearts? It`s just that when we look at the things that you`re doing, and you`re trying to do to America, we`ve seen the carnage.
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