Pickens no more than another snake oil salesman, in the old days they use to hang ‘em.

“Bill, as a general rule elections are decided by how candidates differ.”

They both were seen holding the same baby as well. Because of that I expect that the argument could be made that they are the same person…

Strange to see my little Lowville on the front page of Yahoo right now.

Bill Grant said:
So was meeting with the rich guy in the hopes of shaking him down, just like the obamamessiah is going to do

Bill, as a general rule elections are decided by how candidates differ.

“I don’t think anybody figures McCain is campaigning to lose but rather he does not know how to campaign to win. “

So was meeting with the rich guy in the hopes of shaking him down, just like the obamamessiah is going to do somehow indicative of McCain not campaigning to win? Only here.

“On the positive side at least McCain didn’t take this opportunity to announce he was considering selecting a cross-dressing Ambassador to the UN to throw off the hostile nations when s/he shows up one day as Jane and the next as Joe.”

The Russians Soviets are actually petrified of the prospect of Rudy Giuliani being nominated Americas ambassador to the UN.

Because I’m voting for McCain does not necessarily mean I’m supporting him.
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I’m just wondering what half of Boone’s snake oil McCain is gonna get suckered into?

I’m glad both candidates are meeting with Pickens.
He’s been proposing to use more natural gas as an energy source – for over 20 years -so the question is – why has it taken so long for anyone to take him seriously.

On August 15th, 2008 at 10:19 pm, Goldwater Knight said:

Our vast coal resorces can also be cheaply turned into methonal. as can our garbage (already is in fl). No need to DESTROY our food chain!!

Bill Grant said:
Pathetic. A story gets posted where McCain met with someone and the Pavlovian response: “You read something like this and you wonder: does McCain really want to win?”

I don’t think anybody figures McCain is campaigning to lose but rather he does not know how to campaign to win.

Fortunately for him his major opponent is also mighty clueless. So, with that, the hope is it may come down to which one does the last dumb thing. I’m not sure if I’m more amazed or amused by the respective ongoing comedies of errors.

The good news for McCain is that he may be within striking distance. The bad news is that when he does work up the gumption to strike, it’s usually hazy or off target.

On the positive side at least McCain didn’t take this opportunity to announce he was considering selecting a cross-dressing Ambassador to the UN to throw off the hostile nations when s/he shows up one day as Jane and the next as Joe.

nero said:
Pickens owns the largest wind farm in the country, so him saying we need to switch to wind power is like believing Pepsi when they say we need to drink more soda or dominos telling us more pizza consumption is needed.

Well he is looking out for the TV weathercaters too, not just himself, Nero. We’ll need to check the local weather ever morn to see if there’s a breeze so we can cook breakfast and drive in to work.

On the plus side, that means more healthy people since we’ll lose pounds in skipping cooked meals and having to walk to/from work on days the weather’s calm.

“…and greeted Pickens, who was dressed in a green blazer and tan pants with no tie.”

What, no shirt?

“It was a pleasure to sit down with Senator McCain and discuss firsthand an issue that is America’s top priority: ending our dependence on foreign oil, which today is approaching 70 percent. We plan on having a similar meeting with Senator Obama in the very near future. I have repeatedly stressed the nonpartisan aspects of my initiative. This is a threat to our economic and national security and something that requires bipartisan support.
During the meeting I reiterated the urgency of the situation. I told him that any credible domestic energy policy must reduce our foreign dependence on foreign oil by at least 30% in the next 10 years (on top of conservation that is beginning to happen), must utilize proven and available technologies and be 100 percent comprised of American resources.
We discussed my plan in some detail. I also outlined our progress in building more than one million supporters who are actively pushing this issue with the goal of getting legislation passed in the first 100 days of the next administration that will get us on the path to radically reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
While I can not speak for the Senator, my sense is that he was interested and encouraged by the work we are doing and recognizes that citizen education and citizen involvement is key to changing course and actually developing a real energy policy with teeth that will help this country from our current disastrous path.”

So McCain heard him out, so will Obama. Lets see if “little windy” makes an issue out of it when he meets with obama.

This is where the future’s at. Now I have a feeling Pickens is aiming high so the total percentage of wind is around 7% to 10%, maybe less.

Why put that much money into wind when we have the largest coal reserves in the world. Granted we have the second largest wind reserves in the world; a quick guess makes me think Picken’s Plan will add 170,000 – 200,000 windmills to the US landscape.

Farmers will make tons in royalties.