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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

All Warm and Fuzzy - T. Boone Pickens

I question the use of funds.
$50K charther jet to move 80 pets?
$625 per animal.
Even if they could have gotten the 200 they wanted, that would be $250 each.

If you want to be know as a deep thinker (Peak Oil, prices headed higher yet) you should be more careful how you spread your wealth.

CNN.com - New Orleans dogs go west - Sep 11, 2005

"New Orleans dogs go west
First flight of rescued pets to California homes

Monday, September 12, 2005; Posted: 7:08 a.m. EDT (11:08 GMT)
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- The first major airlift of dogs from the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast left Louisiana on Sunday, carrying about 80 pets to new temporary homes in California.

The Continental Airlines flight from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was chartered for about $50,000 by Texas oil tycoon Boone Pickens and his wife, Madeleine, in a movement dubbed "Operation Pet Lift."

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