Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made some news recently by announcing a RICO class action lawsuit against BP. In my opinion, his case will be a test of the judicial system — and not BP — as it moves forward.

But I want to focus on something else he said during his Thursday interview with Keith Olbermann.

In doing this, I’m setting something up, something I want to talk about later. Nevertheless, this information stands alone; it’s worth considering on its own right.



The whole segment is good, very good in fact. But pay attention to this point (my emphasis):

BP has huge economic dis-incentives to actually deploying the kind of resources it ought to deploy to clean up the site.

Let’s not forget that BP, like all inhuman corporate “persons,” operates on only one principle — make more money now. I’ll look at the BP–related implications of that later.

A second point while we’re watching Keith — whom do the cops work for? (And whom do the Whack-a-Nut cops work for?)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640

You won’t make sense of this unfolding story if you don’t understand BP’s incentives. This is just a newsy taste. Stay tuned.

GP