02x30 - North Dakota oil boom

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02x30 - North Dakota oil boom

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[theme music playing]

[cheers and applause]

Welcome, welcome, welcome
to "Last Week Tonight"!

Thank you so much
for joining us.
I'm John Oliver.

Just time for a quick recap
of the week,

and we begin
with Justin Bieber's penis.

I'm kidding. I'm kidding.
I would never do that to you.

We begin with Syria.
Much better.

Last week, we talked
about Russia's decision
to get involved in Syria

and the potential mess
that would follow.

Well, this week,
it nearly got a lot messier.

Woman: Russian warships firing
cruise missiles

at what it says
are !sis targets in Syria.

CNN has learned at least four
of the more than two dozen
Russian cruise missiles

launched from ships
in the Caspian Sea
crashed in Iran.

Holy shit!

It seems Russia might have
accidentally bombed Iran.

And there is simply
no edible arrangement
big enough

to smooth that
international incident over.

It can't be done.
[laughter, applause]

Now Russia...
Russia denies this story,

but whether it's true or not,
they're, frankly,
not the only ones

whose Syrian strategy is
not working out as planned,

because America had
an embarrassing revelation
of its own this week.

The US is making
a stunning change

to one of its central efforts
to stop !sis in Syria.

It's suspending its
half-billion dollar program

to train up to 5,000
rebel fighters each year.

The program fell
far short of its goals.

Wait. "Short of its goals."

That is an understatement
on par with "Tim Burton
likes Johnny Depp."

[laughter]
Oh, yeah.

Yeah, he likes him.
He likes him just fine.

The Pentagon's plan had been
to eventually train more than


but as of this July,
it had only trained
and deployed 54 recruits,

many of whom have
since been captured
or abandoned the fight.

And last month, we learned
how many are actually left.

Can you tell us
what the total number
of trained fighters remains?

It's a small number,
and, uh, uh, the ones that are
in the fight, is, uh...

is... is... we're talking
four-- four or five.

[laughter]

Four or five?
That's not good.

That is not only not enough
guys to destroy !sis,

that's probably
not enough to destroy
a six-foot party sub.

And it is, generally,
not a great sign
for your rebel forces

if they can all go out
to dinner

and the restaurant won't
automatically add gratuity.

That's a pretty good rule.

So, let's move on now to FIFA,

the reason that my mouth still
tastes like a lime crawled
in there and shat itself.

FIFA's leader, Sepp Blatter,
has been under pressure
for months now.

First the US indicted
many of FIFA's top officials,

then the Swiss opened
a criminal investigation
against Blatter personally,

and this week,
FIFA's ethics committee
finally stepped in.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter
has been suspended for 90 days

as part of an ongoing
corruption investigation
of football's governing body.

Wait, I'm sorry. You only
suspended him 90 days?

That is ludicrously short.

If he put a Greek yogurt
in the break room fridge
the day he was suspended,

it could conceivably still be
edible when he gets back.

Although, to be fair,
it will probably be gone,
and I'll tell you why.

Janice in accounting
don't give a f*ck!

[laughter]

Unn!

But even this minor suspension
was too much for Sepp Blatter,

who was actually called
for an investigation

into the FIFA ethics committee
investigation.

Which is basically standing up
in the middle
of an intervention and going,

"You know what?
f*ck all of you!
You've got a drinking problem!

You've got drinking problems!
I'm fine! How do you like
them apples?"

The problem is, Blatter's
suspension leaves a vacuum
at the top of FIFA.

And normally you'd expect
someone like Secretary
General Jerome Valcke

or Vice President
Michel Platini to help keep
things steady while he's gone.

However, there is
a bit of a problem with that.

Woman: Also suspended from
all football activity are

Secretary General Jerome
Valcke and Vice President
Michel Platini

who faces questions over
a two-million-dollar payment
from Blatter.

Yes. It turns out
they were both also suspended
because of course they were!

They worked
under Sepp Blatter,

and he is the Pepé Le Pew
of soccer.

Boundaryless,
aggressively European,

and if you're anywhere
near him, his stink
will get all over you.

Incidentally, FIFA also cannot
turn to former vice presidents
Chung Mong-joon

or Jack Warner because they've
been barred for six years
and life, respectively.

So the current acting
president of FIFA is
Isa Hayatou,

head of the African
FIFA Confederation.

And if you're thinking, "Good.
This is the guy to clean up
FIFA once and for all,"

there's just one extra thing
you should probably know.

Man: Senior Vice President
Isa Hayatou now fills in
for Blatter,

although he's previously faced
allegations of taking a bribe
from the Qatar World Cup bid.

Of course he's fought
allegations of his own!
Of course he did.

And at this point,
I think it's becoming clear,

if FIFA wants to find
Blatter's successor
within its own ranks,

it'll be like
finding a Porta-Potty
at a music festival:

None of them
are likely to be clean,

so the best you're hoping for
is to find the one that's
the least covered in shit.

And finally tonight--
finally tonight, we move on--

[cheers, applause]
We move on to Toyota,

makers of the '92 Camry
where you got your first
backseat hand job.

Toyota is famous for making
dependable vehicles,

but this week, we learned
something surprising

about who exactly
has been depending on them.

Man: The United States wants
Toyota to explain

how !sis is getting
their hands on so many
Toyota trucks and SUVs.

Man 2:
Their propaganda videos
show convoys made up

mostly of Toyota HiLux pickups
and Land Cruisers.

And now ABC News has learned
that a US Treasury
counter-terrorism unit

is asking Toyota to help them
determine how so many of its
trucks,

both newer and older models,
have ended up in the hands
of !sis.

Yes, it seems that Toyotas
are being used
as instruments of death,

which is-- it's a bold move,
because, traditionally,
"death on wheels"

has very much been GM's brand.

Now--
That's kind of their area.

Now, as you would expect,

Toyota is claiming
to be baffled as to how
this has occurred.

Toyota says
it doesn't know

how !sis is getting
its hands on these trucks.
That's right, David.

In a statement to ABC News,
Toyota says it is not aware

of any of its dealerships
violating the company policy

not to sell
to t*rror1st groups.

Hold... Hold on, hold on.

You actually felt
the need to make

not selling to t*rrorists
official company policy?

Is that in the handbook
under "Things that should
go without saying"?

So, don't sell to t*rrorists,

don't accept magic beans
as payment,

and don't sell
to a cat who walks in
with a ruby in its mouth.

Br-- Brian?

Brian, what are
you trying to do,

selling a Yaris to that cat
with a ruby in its mouth?

You can't do that, Brian.

I don't care
if it's a cash offer.

The amazing thing is
this is not a new story.

t*rror1st groups
love Toyota vehicles.

Back in 2001,
"The New York Times" reported

that Osama bin Laden likes
Toyota Land Cruisers,

and "Newsweek" once
ran a story called

"Why Rebel Groups
Love the Toyota HiLux."

And in the light
of this news this week,

you would think
Toyota would at least

change the name
of one of their cars.

Woman:
Incidentally, Toyota does sell

a make of car called the !sis.

Oh, come on, Toyota!

You're giving !sis
built-in vanity plates!

It seems Toyota might have
a genuine problem here,

because by the looks of it,
!sis seems to really
like their cars.

Woman:
Other brands like Mitsubishi,
Hyundai, and Isuzu

have also been spotted
in these !sis videos,

but nothing even
remotely close

to the amount
of Toyota vehicles.

In fact, a former
US ambassador to the UN

told ABC News
that regrettably,

Toyota has almost become
part of the !sis brand.

Wow.

At this rate, we are
just a few months away

from !sis-owned
Toyota dealerships,

complete with fully armed
wind sock guy.

Come on down
to !sis Toyota!

Our salesmen are t*rrorists
you can negotiate with.

And now, this.

[announcer speaking]

It's been a week
since the election.

How ya doin'?

Well, I've been
sleeping like a baby.

Yeah, yeah.
Um...

Sleep two hours,
wake up and cry.

Sleep two hours,
wake up and cry.

I slept like a baby.

Sleep two hours,
wake up and cry.

Sleep two hours,
wake up and cry...

After I--
we lost the election,

I slept like a baby.

Sleep two hours,
wake up and cry.

Sleep two hours,
wake up and cry.

Sleep two hours,
wake up and cry.

Sleep two hours,
wake up and cry.

After I lost,
I slept like a baby.

Yeah?
Sleep two hours,
wake up and cry.

Sleep two hours,
wake up and cry.

Slept like a baby.

Sleep two hours,
wake up and cry.

Moving on.

Our main story tonight
is about North Dakota,

or as you may know it,
South Dacanada.

You-- you probably don't
think about North--

North Dakota very much,
and believe me,

they know that.

In fact, one
of their visitor centers

even assumes that
they are going to be

the last state
you'll visit.

Man:
North Dakota is probably

best known for the 1996
Coen brothers' movie, "Fargo,"

and the visitors center can
tell you all about it,

with pictures
and the film's famous
wood chipper on display.

Visitors who save
the state for their 50th

get a "Best for Last" T-shirt
and a certificate.

Okay, okay.

Just a couple of things there.

First, you do know
what that wood chipper
was used for, right?

That was used
to grind up Steve Buscemi.

And secondly, "Best for Last"
is a heartbreaking slogan.

You're just one step away
from having it be

"North Dakota.
Look: We know."

But the fact North Dakota
is so upbeat

about it's own
lack of popularity is
quintessentially Midwestern.

People from North Dakota
are so kind and so wholesome,

a few years back,
they actually had billboards

by the roadsides reading
"Be kind" and "Be Polite,"

and that says something
wonderful about them,

just as it says
something awful about me

as a citizen
of New York City

that my first reaction
to seeing a billboard

reading "Be Polite"
is f*ck you!

Don't tell me what to do!

Go f*ck yourself!

Be polite. Be polite.

f*ck you!

Be polite.

[cheers, applause]

The point is, North Dakota had
gotten used to being ignored,

but a few years ago,
this happened.

Man:
North Dakota with the big
shale oil boom...

Woman: North Dakota's
oil production climbed
to 810,000 barrels a day.

This is the California
Gold Rush,

but in North Dakota,
in the 21st century.

Yes. Like Channing Tatum,
North Dakota suddenly

turned out to be
a lot more interesting

once it was covered in oil.

So over the last decade,
the state's Bakken Shale
formation

has produced
an oil boom so large,

it has helped cut the amount
of oil we import in half.

Now, think about that.
North Dakota has done

almost as much to reduce
our dependence on foreign oil

as you did when you biked
to work that one time.

And at its peak,
this oil boom produced

thousands of jobs
and millions of dollars
in wealth.

It was such a dramatic shift,
ABC has a new drama

set in the Bakken.

Narrator:
In the world of oil,

one name reigns supreme.

Here, you're either
with Briggs or you're out.

You think I'm just gonna toss
you the keys to the kingdom

and watch you drive it
over the cliffs?

Sometimes you have
to play dirty

to get filthy rich.

[imitating narrator's
deep voice]: Yes.

On Sunday.

[in normal voice]:
In the ultimate miracle,

the oil boom brought
Don Johnson back.

And a Don Johnson
television show

is as rare as
a solar eclipse.

And like a solar eclipse,
you really shouldn't look
directly at it.

But-- but Don Johnson
is not the only reason

that this show is
a little outdated.

The price of oil has dropped
in the last year,

and companies have slowed down
expansion of new wells.

But when the price
rises again,

the boom is
expected to return.

So, maybe let's use this pause
to take stock of what the hell

just happened to North Dakota,
because for all the good

the oil industry has done
for the state,

it has not been without cost.

For a start,
it's taken a massive toll
on their environment.

Last, year,
"The New York Times"
found that since 2006,


of oils and chemicals

had spilled, leaked,
or misted into the air.

That is a quantity
of lubricants and toxins

seldom found outside
of a John Mayer pool party,

and equally
difficult to clean.

And that's--
that's saying something.

And spills of oil
in saltwater can have
disastrous consequences.

Just listen
to a couple of farmers

who have had their land
impacted by this.

When things go bad
and when saltwater happens,

you can't see
it initially.

So, years down the road,

it shows up
and it's devastating.

Something should have
been a lot--

done a lot quicker.

Man:
Darwin Peterson farms
the land around here

and says this land now
is out of production

as long as he can foresee.

It-- it's pretty well,
you know, just annihilated.

Look, there are times
when it's acceptable
to destroy farmland,

like when you're a child
from Krypton looking
for a place to crashland,

or you're a bunch
of r*cist baseball ghosts
looking for a place to play.

But this is not
one of those times.

But the danger to land
is only just the beginning,

as a reporter
for "Reveal" found
when she investigated

worker deaths
in the entire Bakken region.

Since 2006,
at least 74 workers

have died
in the Bakken oil fields.

That means that on average,
someone dies every six weeks

in the Bakken oil fields.

A death every six weeks
is what you do

to keep your soap opera
on the air.

In real life,
that is f*cking horrifying.

Now, you might hope
employers would do everything

in their power
to minimize those risks,

but that does not always
seem to be the case.

Just listen to this one worker
whose job involves lowering

expl*sives into the earth
and detonating them

describe his schedule.

Man:
I work a 20 and ten.




The longest I've ever
been out on a job site

is 69 hours straight.


[laughs]

Yup.
So that sounds like
it could be dangerous.

Yeah, definitely.

It's a ticking
time b*mb, really.

He worked 69 hours straight
handling expl*sives.

You shouldn't be allowed
to work that long
handling frozen yogurt.

That is not what
I ordered, Ricky!

That's a handful of sprinkles
with your watch in it!

Go home and rest!

I want to speak
to a manager!

But the problem is
there are few incentives

for companies
to actively care about this.

We do have federal
regulators like OSHA,

but unfortunately, not only
have they themselves conceded

that their general regulations
used for oil and gas
are inadequate,

but the odds
of them ever turning up

to inspect a work site
in North Dakota
are pretty slim.

Man:
OSHA only has nine

full-time compliance officers
for North Dakota,

and according
to some estimates,

it would take decades
for OSHA to inspect

every workplace
in the state.

Only nine compliance officers.
That is terrible.

And it's actually even worse

because that clip
is out of date

and they currently
only have eight.

And-- and incidentally,
those eight have to cover

both North and South Dakota.

And look, there are
plenty of things

that having eight of
would be fine in the Dakotas.

Water parks?
Sure, eight is plenty.

Restaurants
that serve lutefisk?

Eight is seven more
than enough.

But when you're talking
about safety inspectors
for oil wells,

you're gonna at least
want to be in double digits.

And given all of this,
perhaps it shouldn't be

surprising when
tragedy strikes,

as it did four years ago
at a well owned by a company

called Oasis Petroleum.

Some tragic news
from Western North Dakota.

One man is k*lled
and three are injured

in an oil well expl*si*n.

A Wisconsin man died
at the scene.

Three other men
were transported
to the Williston Hospital

to be treated
for severe burns.

Now, that is the sort
of local news story

that you watch,
feel briefly sad about,

and then forget
as soon as they get
to their final story

about a squirrel
who can play ping-pong.

But-- but remember,
that was a fatal accident,

and one of the workers
who died was a 21-year-old
named Brendan Wegner.

And for those who
worked alongside him,

their lives were
never the same.

Woman:
Jebadiah Stanfill was working

on a nearby rig
and rushed over.

And I go out there and...

ask him where everybody's at
and how many are there and...

he just says,
"Derrick man's dead.
The derrick man's dead."

That's when I looked up
and... [sniffles]

I saw what I would
later find out is

Brendan burning
in the derrick.

Woman:
One other worker died,

another lost his legs
and later committed su1c1de.

It was the deadliest
accident in the Bakken
in the last decade.

Now, I know you're sad
at this point,

but brace yourselves because
you are about to get angry.

Because after the accident,
OSHA visited the work site

and found that
it was missing several
important safety features,

including flame-retardant
clothing and a safety slide.

Now, you might think
as owners of that well,

Oasis would come under
a lot of scrutiny from OSHA,

but you would be
wrong about that.

How come Oasis wasn't
held accountable

for this accident?

Oasis doesn't have
exposed employees
on the jobsite.

Rather, they hired
a subcontractor.

Now it might sound
like a bunch of legalese,

but it's very important.

Oh, it doesn't sound
like a bunch of legalese.

It sounds like a bunch
of complete bullshit.

But it's actually true.

Oasis technically had
no employees there that day,

and let me explain
how that happened.

Rather than hiring employees,

companies like Oasis
hire subcontractors.

In this case, a company
called Carlson Well Service,

who employ
the workers instead.

And if you're thinking,
"Well, surely Oasis
must have had

someone there
to supervise the work site,"

yes, they did, but he wasn't
an Oasis employee either.

He was an independent
contractor,

a so-called "company man"
working for another firm,

hired by Oasis called
Mitchell's Oil Field Service.

So because Oasis had
their "company man"

who didn't work
for the company

overseeing the work site,
and their subcontractor

overseeing its own workers,
that meant that technically,

no one working
on Oasis's well

worked for Oasis that day,

and that is a magic trick
so shitty,

it's amazing Criss Angel
didn't come out and shout,

"Mindfreak!"
at the end of it.

Mindfreak!

I've gotcha, everyone!

I mind-fracked ya!

[laughter]

And to be clear,
Oasis was not found

at fault
for this accident.

How could they be?

In their deal with Carlson,
they made sure to say that

Carlson had the authority
to control and direct

the performance and safety
of the work and then--

and this is true--
wrote "Company is interested
only in the results obtained."

And look, bad things
tend to happen

when you're interested
only in the results obtained.

That is a policy
that leads to a woman trying

to lose 15 pounds
for her wedding day saying,

"f*ck it! The juice cleanse
isn't working!

"Get me some heroin!

"I'm fitting in
that Vera Wang!

I don't care anymore!"

Now, I should point out,
Oasis wanted us to say

they did absolutely
nothing wrong,

and also that they have
added new safety measures

since the accident,
essentially saying

their system was always fine,
and that's why they have
now completely fixed it.

And, look, subcontracting
and workplace accidents

are not unique
to North Dakota.

What is unique
to North Dakota

is the level of regulatory
friendliness to oil companies,

something that their immensely
charismatic governor

likes to describe
like this.

We have created a friendly
business climate
in North Dakota,

where taxes and insurance
rates are low.

The regulatory environment
is very reasonable.

North Dakotans are
friendly toward business

and will work hard to help
their employers be successful.

He's making North Dakota
sound like a magical,
pro-business utopia,

like Willy Wonka's
chocolate factory,

which, come to think of it,
had about the same

safety record as
North Dakota's oil fields.

Now... now, we'll think back.

It was about
the same body count.

And-- and he is not kidding.

The thing is,
the governor is not kidding

about the friendly
business climate,

because Governor Dalrymple
himself heads up

the three-person
industrial commission

that oversees
the majority of spills.

And to give you a sense
of the type of oversight

they provide, last year,
"The New York Times" found

that one of the biggest
oil producers in the area,

Continental Resources,
which had spilled


since 2006,

had been fined
only $222,000,

which would be bad enough
if those fines had not

then been reduced down
to just $20,000 because--

and this is amazing--

the commission typically
settles for about ten percent

of the assessed penalties.

Oil companies in North Dakota
pay for their mistakes

the same way that
four-year-olds pay
for their toys--

very rarely,
and when they do,

it's mostly just
a symbolic gesture.

Just-- just give the man
the dollar, Jason.

Give him the dollar.

I know it really costs $10.

I just want him to feel
like he's doing something.

Now, another member
of that commission,

Lynn Helms, claims this system
actually works well

due to the conditions
that they attach.

They agree to cut a check
for that amount, unappealable,

if a repeat violation occurs
during that one-to-five-year
time period.

It's like probation,
and it really changes
behavior.

Helms says looking back
on five years of data,

no companies have
had a repeat violation.

Really?

No companies have
had a repeat violation?

That is one hell
of a claim.

Let's take a look
at that, shall we?

Because their deals
typically stipulate
that the company must have

"no same or substantially
similar violations
within a year."

So, let's look at Petro-Hunt.

The got a 90% discount
on a $25,000 fine last year

after an incident
in which they spilled

over 3,000 gallons of oil.

And yet, five months later,
which-- and this is true--

is less than a year,
this happened.

Man:
The state health department
has responded to an oil spill

near the town of Keene
in McKenzie County.

Petro-Hunt says
about 600 barrels

of oil leaked
from a well

and it was not
contained on site.



That is over 25,000 gallons.

How is that not
substantially similar?

It's basically the exact
same thing, only worse.

It's the "Hangover II"
of oil spills!

It's wrong!

And-- and North Dakota's
"friendly regulations"

even extend to
campaign finance.

The oil industry is actually
the top political contributor

in the state,
which isn't that surprising.

What is surprising is that,
as one state legislator

pointed out,
in North Dakota,

you don't even have
to spend campaign funds

on your campaigns.

When I first ran,
visiting with candidates,

I always asked,
"If you had any money left

in the campaign account
at the end of the campaign,
what do you do with it?"

One of the most fascinating
answers I received was,

"Well, you put it
in your checking account.
It's yours.

That's income."

Now, I know... I know
his flannel bow tie
is extremely distracting,

but what he's saying
is horrifying.

In North Dakota,
you could theoretically
find yourself saying,

"Well, I gave
my state rep money
for TV ads and yard signs,

"but instead, he blew it all
on a full-length mink coat

and the glasses Buddy Holly
was wearing when he died."

That's not what it was for.

You look good, but it's
not what it was for.

But you do look good.

And I am not saying
legislators in North Dakota
do that,

but that's a system
you might want

a state ethics commission
to look into,

except for the fact that--
and this really should not
surprise you by now--

North Dakota does not have
an ethics commission,

which is pretty much
guaranteeing that FIFA
just found the location

for its new
international headquarters.

They're-- they're coming,
North Dakota!

They're coming!

And finally,
North Dakota also allows

the oil industry to use
something called

indemnification to
avoid civil liability.

And to show you
how that works,

let's go back
to Oasis Petroleum

and that deadly expl*si*n
we mentioned earlier.

As you know, Oasis didn't
have to pay any fine
for that accident.

However, they did
wind up agreeing

to pay Brendan Wegner's family
an undisclosed settlement.

Except not entirely,
because they also had

an indemnification clause
in their contract with Carlson

stating that in cases
like the accident

that k*lled Brendan,
Carlson would

hold Oasis harmless
against all claims

without limit
and without regard

to the cause
or the negligence

or fault
of any party.

So theoretically, even if
Oasis were negligent,

and found completely at fault,
Carlson's insurance company

could find itself paying
a chunk of Oasis's settlement,

which in this case,
it did.

And sure, technically
the family gets paid

either way,
but who pays matters.

Payments are deterrents,
and think of it like this.

If every time you parked
in front of a fire hydrant,

someone else got a ticket,
you'd probably be a lot

less inclined to drive
around the block looking

for open parking spaces.

And I understand that
North Dakota wants

to be business friendly
and that plenty of businesses

use indemnification clauses,
but the danger involved

in the oil industry
makes it a little different,

which is why some
of the states ban or limit

indemnification clauses
in the oil industry.

Even Texas limits them.

Texas!

Texas!

And Texas is
so loosely regulated,

their speed limit
is "let 'er rip,"

and their age of consent
is just a drawing of a wink.

Listen, listen.
Please li--

North Dakota, please listen.

I-- I get it.

You're friendly,
and that's fantastic.

You had billboards
saying "Be Polite"

and that's wonderful,
but this has gone too far.

Oil companies need
to be held accountable
when bad things happen.

A fine is no good
if it's a drop in the bucket,

especially because knowing
these companies now,

they'll probably
miss that bucket

and then somehow
find a way to make

someone else pay to clean up
the f*cking mess.

So please, I would
like to suggest to you
a new approach.

Narrator:
Hey, North Dakota,

we know you're
a friendly place,

full of nice people
doing nice things.

You like to shake hands,

smile,
and for some reason,

build a giant turtle
out of wheel rims
by the highway.

That's a f*cking awesome
turtle, North Dakota!

Nice job!

But lately,
we've become concerned

that oil companies have been
taking advantage of you.

And sure, they brought
lots of jobs and money

to your state,
and that's nice,

but jobs and money
shouldn't come at the expense

of your land
or your life.

Right now in some ways,
you're less regulated
than Texas!

f*cking Texas!

You're less regulated
than whatever this is!

[cheering]

So listen,
just for once,

it might be time
to stop being polite...

[buzzer]
...and start getting mad.

[metal music playing]

Even madder, North Dakota.

No! Much madder than that!

[hisses]
Holy shit!

Not you, possum.
[squeals]

But the rest of you...

Yes, that's better!
Get pissed!

Remember, people are dying
and land is getting ruined,

so come on,
North Dakota!

Let the ferocious animals
lurking beneath

your frozen exteriors out...
[screaming]

...for once
in your g*dd*mn lives!

Do it!

And we're asking you
in the most North Dakotan
way we know how--

with an actual billboard
on one of your actual highways

saying "Be Angry,"

followed, of course,
by the word "Please."

So please be angry,
North Dakota.

Be angry.

Please!

That is up there.

That's our show.

Thank you so much
for watching.

See you next week.
Good night!

[cheering, applauding]

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