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The motivation of corporations like BP and Massey Energy is pure. Purely profit. Their goal is to maximize returns for investors and bonuses for officers.

Corporate operation is a simple equation. Profits first. Communities, workers and pelicans â€" third. Or lower.

For all BP CEO Tony Hayward’s sincere-gaze-in-the-camera promises to make it right, he can’t resurrect 11 dead rig workers. He’ll never completely restore the Gulf’s oil-mucked waters, beaches and communities. And he can’t un-kill untold numbers of Gulf marine and avian creatures.  

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