Entries Tagged as 'Rich People'

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Rich people still really freakin’ rich

In attempt to continue its populist appeal and/or generally piss off anyone who doesn’t make over 100k a year, The New York Times wrote a feature on how the looming recession hasn’t stopped the champagne and caviar spending orgy for “the other half”. Hey, this guy just added “a BMW and a Bently” to […]

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Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Straight-Talking Texas Oil Tycoon Likes Wind

We love eccentric, blunt-talking billionaires, particularly when they’re either media moguls or energy tycoons. We find T Boone Pickens, the founder of Mesa Petroleum, particularly lovable because his name seems to be straight out of There Will Be Blood. He’s a Texas billionaire oilman-turned-wind farmer. After 50-some years of quail hunting, he decided […]

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Filed under Energy, Environmentalism, Issues, Oil, Rich People