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Former OceanGate employee testifies CEO said he would ‘buy a congressman’ if the Coast Guard blocked Titan expedition

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Former OceanGate employee testifies CEO said he would ‘buy a congressman’ if the Coast Guard blocked Titan expedition | CNN

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- told my kids if I ever try to make them do anything like that, punch me in the nads and run
  You know what? Nard-punches all around! Everyone spread 'em!
  
  He waited so long to kick him... Wolfman could've sliced both of them up within that first second.
  Great clip though.
Dumbass.
- A bit of career suicide for visibility on government corruption?
  Sure he's a tool, but this will likely make a lot of people feel a little uncomfortable.
  At least for twenty seconds or so.
How interesting that a controversial company was called "OceanGate." Considering media's tendency to give almost every scandal a nickname ending in -gate, that name was practically foreshadowing.
- OceanGategate
Well, it worked out for all of us. Coastguard did not spend any money on him, he did not have to give a corrupt politician any money, and we got some headlines from it. I'm for this storyline. 10/10 more please.
- I hate how taxpayer money goes to rescuing rich people getting themselves in stupid situations
  
  Had a friend die at sea after ship sank. Search and rescue lasted for about a night before they gave. The search for these people went for a week for a much more hopeless situation.
So basically he’s Peter Thiel minus the Titanic stuff.
- Peter Thiel has a reputation for being evil but smart. This guy didn't seem so smart, just cocky and ambitious.
  
  He built a homebuilt aircraft and that wasn't the thing that killed him, so he wasn't dumb by any stretch, but "smart enough to be dangerous" seems like a phrase coined just for him.

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