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TV watchers have  been getting a heavy dose of commercials from British Petroleum, promoting tourism along the Gulf Coast (which, not so recently, BP was responsible for befouling). What grabs my eye is that Margaritaville Casino & Restaurant COO Karen Sock is billed instead simply as member of the “Gulf Coast Business Council.” Combine this with brief, elliptical references to “the gaming industry” in a previous Sockumentary and you get the distinct impression that BP thinks casinos are something of which to be ashamed. If ever the pot called the kettle “subfusc,” this is it. After all, the casino industry never did anything remotely like …

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