No real mention of God.
Seems the time he had to reflect before he died he wasted.
Not a wise man.
Eternity is miserable without God!
Seminal thoughts. Would that more people, including myself, could humble themselves in this way.
btt
These tycoons die with millions and billions and all the while complaining about how American labor and workforce makes to much money. Through immigration and offshoring they undercut US labor and then bitch about how the country has “changed”.
So where does Jesus fit in all this? Sad.
this is awesome
thanks for posting
Years ago, one of his California companies backed my startup’s efforts to transport, liquefy, and export America’s abundant natural gas years ago mostly from the Bakken. I was set to be rich beyond what any relative ever dreamed of in my family’s history.
And T. Boone I was told was all for it.
But the Obama Administration slow-walked the export application, tried burying it in a mountain of office reviews, then finally denied it based on a flimsy explanation that it would detrimentally affect local consumer prices for NG.
Even T didn’t have the pull to overcome this stain on America known as Obama.
There’s still time but it takes so long to line everything up according to plan. The team I had years ago have gone on to other things, retired, or are sitting on the fence. One key person I needed went to start a powder paint operation and is busy. Without the right people, no business startup is going to have confidence.
Thanks for posting his last words. I have printed them and will frame them.
in before the Python comment...
AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggghhhh.
perhaps he was dictating...
For a long time, T. Boone Pickens was almost the ONLY guy willing to stand up to Japan and make needed changes.
bttt - Thanks.
All that failed. Later I saw him say in response to a question that his plan failed because he didn't anticipate the importance of fracking.
I've never understood how a successful oilman with his experience and inside view could have been so mistaken.
My favorite quote from T came in 1984, after he teed up Gulf Oil for takeover and then was outbid by Chevron. “Aw shucks, lost again.” he told BusinessWeek. This was after he had made similar failed but profitable takeover raids on Cities Service and General American Oil, then later Phillips Petroleum and Unocal. His Mesa Petroleum made about $760 million on Gulf at the time.
PING, great post Red Badger. I attended a luncheon in Boston decades ago where he was the keynote speaker.
Don’t have the foggiest memory of what the spoke about, but the “change agent” theme of his message was memorable.
He left a few ripples in that pail of water.
Nice. Thanks for posting.