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U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, has repeatedly challenged T. Boone Pickens’ assessment that more domestic oil drilling is not the answer to the nation’s energy needs.  “I think that when (longtime Texas oil executive) T. Boone Pickens comes on television and says, ‘this is one problem we can’t drill our way out of,’ I’m not [...]

T. Boone Pickens, who funded the Swift Boat ads that devastated U.S. Sen. John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election, insisted under repeated questioning from Iowa Independent following the Le Mars event that he has no intention of backing either U.S. Sen. John McCain or U.S. Sen. Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential race.

“I’ve said this is a totally non-partisan issue,” Pickens said. “it doesn’t have anything to do with politics. This is about America is what it is. Nothing like that would happen.”

Iconic oilman T. Boone Pickens plans to be in Le Mars, in the heart of northwest Iowa, Thursday to talk about his energy independence plan — Pickens Plan — that relies heavily on renewable like wind power and eschews the black gold that made him rich.
WHO:             T. Boone Pickens, 50-year oil and gas developer
WHAT:           Mr. [...]

“What was going on was mortgage closings just the same as going on today …”
Seventy-five years ago, corn was fetching less than 10 cents a bushel and pork was at three cents a pound. A migrant class of American workers was being created. These were the desperate times of the 1930s known as the Great [...]