Pickens left indelible mark on Obama

(AP:OKLAHOMA CITY) With a black Sharpie marker, T. Boone Pickens mapped out for Barack Obama the way to U.S. energy independence _ right there on a white tablecloth.

It was a demonstration he wouldn’t soon forget. After Pickens’ wife encountered Obama at a function this week in Las Vegas, she relayed word that the president was still astounded by her husband’s indelible markings.

ut as he tours the country promoting his “Pickens Plan,” the Texas billionaire is confident that Obama has done more than just remember his plea. He believes the president will make great strides this year in formulating an energy plan that is less reliant on countries that aren’t friendly with the U.S.

“I know the man understands the problem and I know that he knows the solution, and I know that that’s the direction we’re headed and you are going to see this year the most progressive, monumental changes in energy policy in America you have ever seen,” Pickens said Wednesday during a speech at a downtown Oklahoma City hotel.

“It’s going to affect your life, mine, all of us in America.”

AP