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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: The Verge.

  1. Chip DarnellSenator, at a Kentucky rally on Saturday the president said renaming the Gulf of Mexico was a much more powerful term, and that Google now kisses his ass.

  2. Chip DarnellIs a new name proof of power?

  3. Wendell Aguirre-StroudYes, and I say that as a man who renamed his own river last spring.

  4. Wendell Aguirre-StroudSince the rename, the river has been more powerful than ever, and I take no credit, other than all of it.

  5. Chip DarnellBut what actually changed about the river?

  6. Wendell Aguirre-StroudThe sticker. It's right here on my map, and it's a very firm sticker.

  7. Wendell Aguirre-StroudSince the rename, the river has also flooded in April, which it has done every April, but now it does so with confidence.

  8. Chip DarnellSo the flood is the same flood.

  9. Wendell Aguirre-StroudThe same flood, under better management, which is me.

  10. Wendell Aguirre-StroudI'm told a company wouldn't take the president's call before, and now they do, and I'd say that's a naming matter, too.

  11. Chip DarnellLet me ask you plainly, Senator. Did anyone call your river before the rename?

  12. Wendell Aguirre-StroudNot as such. Since the rename, there have been no calls at all, which tells you how powerful the name is.

  13. Wendell Aguirre-StroudPeople are afraid to dial.

  14. Chip DarnellSenator, thank you. I'll just say, I hope the river picks up when we call.

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