TeeBoneNosePicker is saying the right stuff ...............

[Stinky The Clown]

.... and yet I don't trust him as far as I could throw him. I unable to find the personal capacity to believe there is even one tiny, small, well-intended, altruistic bone is his aged body. I see no chance whatever of a deathbed conversion of this lifelong repubican uberpartisan and swiftboating funder.

Wind and solar to replace fossil-fuel-derived electricity?

Excellent idea.

Natural gas as an interim replacement fuel for oil-derived gasoline?

Good thinking.

TeeBone and his ads and his testimony to Congress?

Fuck you, petrobreath.

[NightWatcher]

1. not altruistic, but investing in alternatives

he's got his investments spread around. If he can create a swell in nat gas talk, he stands to turn a nice profit.

[onethatcares]

2. didn't President Carter come up with the same idea and

also added in a measure of conservation. If we'd have followed up on that plan, we wouldn't be talking about high gas prices and oil speculaters now.

I agree, fuck tbonepickens and the horse he stole to get here.

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Carter was waaaaaaaay ahead of his time.

Instead we got that shitball, St Ronnie and his band of pillaging pirates.

[Mass]

8. Carter was a great man.

[originalpckelly]

3. When people get older they tend to be more altruistic, worried about their legacy.

Do you get it? I think he's got a burden on his shoulders and now he's trying to undo the damages his life has caused to the world.

[Mass]

4. Both megalomaniac and a robber barron of the XXIrst century.

That is what came out of his senate testimony today (hard to watch as presided by Lieberman).

In addition, he still believes that we should drill everywhere for oil and does not care a bit about global warming.

[exothermic]

10. What's worse than NIMBY? Perhaps NIABY

not in anyone's back yard. You want to see how far principles will move a car down the road?...give the average world citizen a choice between immobility and some oil wells on the "other side of town", you'll find our right New York Minute quick where the real priorities are.
Edit silly typo

[Mass]

12. Global warming is a priority and should be a national security imperative.

And drilling more will not help us any time soon. It is supposed to be what he thinks, but he still wants to drill.

[exothermic]

14. But it is not a top priority for a big majority of (relatively) comfortable people.

You think the guy in China who just managed to actually buy a car gives a shit about that? Or the guy in Peoria, for that matter. You think Diogenes had it tough?...let him poke around the world -now- and find a genuine altruist.

[Mass]

15. Your point being? I dont trust the man and it was my point. Trust him if you want.

And sorry, global warming IS a priority and I expect our leader to do something about it. Sorry if the GOP vision of wait and see satisfy you.

[exothermic]

5. He's a dick who happens to be correct.

It's like when good guys are completely wrong about something.



It happens.
:shrug:

[napoleon_in_rags]

6. At this point its so bad, a win win with the Boone Picker might not be that bad.

When it comes down to it, I'd rather make a greedy US oil CEO rich than a greedy Saudi oil exec, especially if there's good Democratic leadership to make sure his taxes are paid and well spent.

[Virginia Dare]

9. My question for the teebone is this..

why in the FUCK did he spend so much money getting shlubya elected, knowing that he and Cheney were all about the oil? :think:

[politicasista]

11. He looks like a broke Jock Ewing from Dallas

Don't trust him.

[Parche]

13. Solar In The Middle East And Africa Is A No Brainer

I dont know why they arent doing it now :grr: :grr:

[Arctic Dave]

16. I havent read up on his plan for

solar/NG but I have a gut feeling he might be shilling for the oil companies to get the Alaska natural gas project moving forward. The project entails moving Alaska North Slope gas from Prudhoe Bay through Canada to the midwest. I think they might be trying to drum up some legislation so they can put in language for drilling up north. Just a guess, but hell, why not throw it out there.

[jtrockville]

17. He did say solar and wind were CHEAPER than any others.

[RamboLiberal]

18. T Boone is taking a page from Dean and Progressives

Holding Picken's Plan House Parties this weekend. For the hell of it I signed up for his newsletter. Here's email I just got.

Dear Friend,

The response to the Pickens Plan over the last two weeks has been incredible.

So far, more than 70,000 people have joined our effort. Another 80,000 people have signed up to get email updates. More than one million Americans have gone to our website.

But major change is never easy and we need all the help we can get.

That's why today I'm issuing a Call to Action and asking people to hold a Pickens Plan House Party this weekend, July 25-27.

I would appreciate it if you'd invite your friends, family, and neighbors into your home for a conversation about the Pickens Plan, and for you to lead a discussion about what steps we can take to encourage our nation's leaders to take action in breaking our addiction to foreign oil.

The House Parties are an opportunity to:

- Introduce more people to the problem of foreign oil
- Learn about solutions like the Pickens Plan
- Show the Pickens Plan video
- Start planning regular meetings and events
- Brainstorm ways to sign up more people
- Identify opportunities to speak to larger groups such as church groups, business associations, service clubs, etc.

Even if you can get just 5 friends together for a half-hour chat and get them to sign-up for Push.PickensPlan.com, that's a big victory for the campaign. And if you need to host your house party another night, or would like to host it at a restaurant or some other location, that's fine too.

For further instructions and ideas on how to throw a successful house party, visit http://push.pickensplan.com/group/houseparties

I want to see first hand the great work you're doing, so be sure to take pictures and video of your event and send them to [e-mail], and post them on your page at Push.PickensPlan.com for everyone else to see.

If we work together, we can create a movement that the politicians can't ignore. Then, and only then, can we bring about real change in America's energy policy.

Let's get started today.

Regards,

T. Boone Pickens

Visit PickensPlan at: http://push.pickensplan.com

[TygrBright]

19. Here y'are... a link to what is REALLY goin' on with ol' TB

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=372406&mesg_id=372406

helpfully,
Bright

[Stinky The Clown]

20. Completely accurate in spirit if not in fact.

[Uncle Joe]

21. While I like some of his ideas,

by pass natural gas and go straight to electric as Al Gore proposes.

That way the nation would only need to go through one dramatic change and we could lead the world.

[Magrittes Pipe]

22. It's not about trust.

Neither you, nor anybody else should trust Pickens. It's irrelevant.

Doing the "right" thing almost never changes the world. Power doesn't reside in morality, it resides in money.

The way toward a green, sustainable future lies not in convincing the powerful that it's the right thing to do -- most of them don't care -- it's in convincing them that it's the profitable thing to do.

Yeah, it sucks. But it's the way things are.