T. Boone Better Than T-Bone On Capitol Hill
Published by Al Adomite on July 22nd, 2008
I’m an avid KMOX listener. Some political ads just focused on TV might miss me completely, but when a new radio spot shows up on KMOX, chances are it catches my attention. Recently, the Farm Bureau and Med Society have had interesting advertising campaigns. But, one ad campaign in particular has caught my ear:
No doubt there are a lot of folks out there with grand schemes and blue-sky brainstorms about how to tackle America’s energy problems.
But T. Boone Pickens is more than just an opinionated fellow who talks a big game. He’s an opinionated fellow who talks a big game and is backed up by an even bigger bank roll, estimated at $4 billion.
Have you heard T. Boone’s ads? He’s got to be spending a fortune (just a little of his, in fact) on the ads. But this guy means business. He’s almost self-funded the Oklahome State sports program ($165 million), and now he has what he calls the Picken’s Plan.
Some are skeptical of the Pickens Plan, which calls for the government to help fund construction of new wind generation facilities to produce 20 percent of the nation’s electricity and slash one-third of foreign oil imports over the next 10 years.
Some are skeptical, too, of his motives, saying Pickens is looking to benefit his BP Capital Management company, which invests heavily in renewable energy.
Watch the video on his website. It’s like Ross Perot dictating Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth.
He has a map of world wind patterns. His money quote about America: “We have more wind than anybody else does.” He won’t be telling Congress anything they don’t know.
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