Pickens Pushing Progressive Agenda
T. Boone Pickens has finally seen the light. Al Gore and the Sierra Club were correct all along in their assessment of America’s need to invest in alternative energy sources. As Pickens’s new clean energy commercials emphasize, our increasing dependence on foreign oil has lead to an enormous transfer of wealth from the United States to Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries.
Oil Intoxication
The Oil Companies got drunk during the Bush presidency, just like Wall Street. And now our addiction to sweet crude has left us in such a sorry state that seasonal price fluctuations send tremors throughout our entire economy. According to lifetime oil man Pickens, it’s a problem we can’t drill our way out of.
McCain/Bush Offer More Drilling
Apparently the Bush/McCain team never got the Pickens memo. Mr. Pickens says that more drilling will not break our dependence on foreign oil. This calls into question Republican sponsorship of new drilling off our coasts and in the Arctic National Wildlife Preserve. Instead Pickens favors heavy investment in alternative energy, like wind and solar power.
Pickens v. McCain
Despite his lifelong support of Republicans, Pickens obviously believes that President Bush will never deal effectively with the current crisis. His commercials clearly state that energy policy has to be a priority for the next president and Congress. He could have said that it can’t wait until the election, but he did not.
The senior senator from Arizona must be seething as he watches Pickens publicly advocate progressive energy solutions. John McCain’s energy policy is identical to George Bush’s in almost every detail and looks ineffectual when compared to the Pickens plan.
August 18th, 2008 at 7:21 am
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