Pickens Gives New Meaning to "Self-Government"

junkscience.com ^ | July 31, 2008 | Steven Milloy

[B-Chan]

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[politicalwit]

Ba Boone Pickens is in it for the buck only. If the opportunity exists to make a dollar Ba Boone is standing in line right behind AlGore.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

Both Gore and Pickens are into Enviro-Profiteering!

[Cicero]

Yes. This is exactly what I said on an earlier thread about wind power.

I had dinner about a week ago with a couple of investment people at the table, and one of them said, simply, that Pickens was in it for the water.

He needs to take over land to transmit the electricity from the windmills to the cities, and that gives him what he needs for the water. So, I can’t name my source, and I’m not sure where she got the information from. But she’s not the kind of person to make something like this up.

[mouse1]

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[ken21]

i’m disappointed in pickins.

[lonestar]

There is, however, another intriguing component to Pickens’ plan that goes unmentioned in his TV commercials, media interviews and web site -- water rights, which he owns more of than any other American.

It's well known that he has been buying water rights for years! His commercials about energy are just that...commercials! I don't pay any attention to what he says.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Anyone who thinks or thought that Pickens might have been on his current “windpower” jag for anything but money is quite naive.

[DustyMoment]

i’m disappointed in pickins.

Why? After all, what he's pushing are slim pickens!!




(Well, SOMEBODY had to say it!!)

[skinkinthegrass]

....just follow the Money....short / concise & sweet.

[ken21]

i’ve used that expression myself here a few days ago.

maybe he has some dementia; his personality seems to be fluid and changing.

[RobbyS]

Pickens is an operator. If he had less money he would be called a con man.

[Rembrandt]

“The more you learn about T. Boone Pickens’ plan to switch America to wind power, the more you realize that he seems willing to say and do just about anything to make another billion or two.”

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And that makes him different from Algore, Harriet Reid, NannyPelosi, et. al. because .......

[DonnerT]

T Bone is just another purchasing agent. He buys souls for the devil.

[The Worthless Miracle]

He was doing an interview a few days ago - he said that he could put windmills on his ranch - but hasn’t. Then moved on to the next question. What a guy.

[B4Ranch]

Looks to me as if FReepers so far on this thread prefer this ‘addiction’ to foreign oil” and foreign control over keeping our money inside of our borders.

So what if Pickens makes a billion, isn’t that better than some Muslims getting it all?

[skinkinthegrass]

And that makes him different from Algore, Harriet Reid, NannyPelosi, et. al. because...well, I didn't say he (Its' all about me...me...me! :) wasn't...

[goldfinch]

While private entities may be frustrated, governments can exercise eminent domain to compel sales.

The eminent domain issue has been on my mind ever since I first heard the T. Boone Pickens ads. Putting aside the water issue addressed in this article, it will take a lot of land to establish the wind farms T. Boone and the environmentalist want to build. Those wind farms would most likely need to be established on land that is surrently owned by individuals. What is they don't want to sell? You can bet the left won't care about the farmers who get kicked off their land. Conservatives need to keep their eyes open for the ever expanding use of eminent domain.

[Theo]

One word: nuclear.

[Finny]

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