IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING...ANYTHING!

Boone here, Last month the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, predicted that 'the American empire is reaching the end of the road'. The world is facing a recession, money is getting incredibly tight and people are losing their jobs and wondering what tomorrow will bring. And what do we do? We keep sending our money to foreign countries to buy oil. 5 years ago OPEC nations were taking in 250 billion dollars for their oil. This year they'll take in 1 TRILLION, 250 billion dollars. Imagine that! Here we are, in the middle of a recession and we're sending the very dollars we need for a recovery to a bunch of people that don't even like us. We have to start using our own wind, solar and natural gas. And we need to start paying for it by keeping the money here at home instead of sending it to the Middle East and Africa. We're in a crack! A bad one! And it's getting worse by the day! I know I've asked a lot of you these past few weeks, but dammit, I don't want this opportunity to slip away from you. Let these guys know what you think. Show them that you care - that you want more than words this time around. -Sign the petition and get others to do the same. We have 1,304,271 people in the Army -- let's get it up to 1,400,000 by Election Day. -Deliver a copy of the "What's Your Plan?" Petition to your local campaign headquarters for Senators McCain and Obama. -Spend 30 minutes outside of your polling place asking your neighbors to lend their support to the Pickens Plan. We'll be sending you more information about this tomorrow. I've said it before, but every President since Nixon has said we'll get off foreign oil -- every single one of them. But in 1973 we were importing just 24% of our oil -- and now it's nearly 70%. Were these guys lying to us? Are Senators Obama and McCain lying to us? Probably not. But there is a very good chance they didn't know how serious the problem is. Well let me tell you -- it's serious! Very serious! Like Iran, nations all over the world think we're on our knees. Maybe it's just one knee and the other is wobbling. But whatever it is, the bottom line is that we have the ability to get off our knees and stand tall. We have the ability, right now, to stop our addiction to foreign oil and get this economy going again. And we can start today. You and I are making a difference. Over 500 elected officials have signed the Pickens Pledge -- Congressmen, Senators, Governors and Mayors -- all across this country. You helped make that happen. I'm so very grateful for your confidence in me and this plan. Together we're going to make this plan happen and save this great country of ours from going deeper into the hole. -Boone