Erin Brockovich was on the coast this weekend, and she summed up perfectly the irritation and frustration with not only BP but with leaders like Gov. Barbour and Lt. Gov. Bryant over their apologists role in this entire matter.

Via The Sun-Herald:

She sees a common denominator in all the environmental cases she’s worked on since 1991.

“What I believe is that the underlying root cause of all of these problems and these disasters is deceit,” Brockovich said in an interview before she spoke Saturday morning to about 20 people in Biloxi who responded to a legal advertisement from The Cochran Law Firm.

“Out of somebody’s fear, greed or haste, they cause a disaster that affects us all. And I’ve been doing this for 19 years. My job is not about standing here bashing industry. That is not what I am about. I have family that works for oil companies.

“It’s about getting them to be open and honest and not act out of fear or greed, but have some morality over money. I think we’d have a lot less accidents. This is a true disaster and tragedy that none of us can take back now. So I do see a common theme. We cut corners. We tell little fibs. We know. We’re afraid to speak the truth. And we get greedy. It doesn’t have to be that way.”