T. Boone Pickens' motives summed up in one statement.....

[Darkhawk32]

On June 30, 2008, he donated a total of $4,600 to one....

Senator James Inhofe (R-OK)


http://www.newsmeat.com/billionaire_political_donations/T_Boone_Pickens.php


And now his commercials have a natural gas company representative showing how much cheaper natural gas would be at the pump.

"Let's start with wind power."

Yeah, right.

Anyway, thought I would share that.

[PATRICK]

1. His ads serve a purpose

that other groups should jump off from and leave his questionable interests buried under his dry wells.

[XOKCowboy]

2. Notice that he never mentions the cost of converting all of those cars and gas stations

to Natural Gas?

[EV_Ares]

3. T Boone Pickens never does anything for the good of anyone but himself.

The only good I see of this is evidently the oil business is near the end of its time and he is trying to get in on the ground of wind and solar and control it.

[Inspired]

4. How about in one WORD....money.

[sam sarrha]

5. more than that.. we build the power grid, he gets the Right-of -way land and water rights, F'n

capitalist running yellow dog faso-corporatist

[XOKCowboy]

6. The water rights are the key to this..

He's smart enough to know that water will be a bigger commodity than either oil or gas soon. If he gets his hands on the Oglalla aquifer we're all screwed.

[sam sarrha]

7. why should he get water out of this... WE NEED PUBLIC UTILITIES, NOW..this is a small example why

[kcass1954]

16. Interesting discussion here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3813201&mesg_id=3813201

It includes a link to a good article about Pickens and the water.

[Chovexani]

8. You know something?

"T Boone Pickens" totally sounds like some over the top villain on the Dukes of Hazzard. That goes around stealing hog maws and shit.

...no I really have nothing important to add. :)

[Stinky The Clown]

9. I've never trusted this son of a bitch. I don't care if wants fart power.

He's a ratfucker who cares NOTHING about us or the environment.

[unkachuck]

10. why....

....on Gods green earth would anyone listen to pickens? Isn't it because of assholes like him that we find ourselves in our current energy and climate crisis? And now he wants to be our energy Messiah?

....right here, T. Boone

[Canuckistanian]

11. The only thing "green" about Pickens is the color of the cash in his pocket

And he's not finished raking it in yet.

[vitamin_D]

12. Go T bone picker

He's a corporate raider. A breed of person that dismantles corporations for profit. The only way he supports something is because he has an eye on that corporation to purchase it and take it apart, auctioning off the pieces.

[Canuckistanian]

13. So, in other words, he creates nothing of value himself.

He employs no one, produces no goods, provides no valuable services.

Yeah, there's a guy to lead the alternative energy movement.

[RB TexLa]

14. That and Good Ole T Boone doesn't like those arabs getting money

I'm sure he'll tell you "some of 'em livin' better than white folks."

[spanone]

15. pickens wants our addiction to switch from one fossil fuel to another ...he's wrong