It was your average morning today, and I was getting ready for work while the live feed from CNBC.com on my laptop droned on in the background.  Usually, I tend to tune out the meaningless chatter and market predictions from the talking heads on the morning show (Squawk Box) while I go through the usual morning rituals.  (Sometimes, I even shower and brush my teeth! ;) )

But today, my attention was caught by a plan being laid out by an (extremely) wealthy, 80 year old Texas oil-man to save America from its frightening (terrifying?) dependence on foreign oil.  It impressed me to such a degree, that I’ve gone to the trouble of downloading his TV spot and converting it for display here.

I’ll save you the political rant and instead leave you with this thought before you watch this minute long video: I don’t care if you fall from the tree-hugging, bleeding heart end of the spectrum to the pure capitalist profiteer (and I’m a little bit of both) — this just makes sense.

So please, take a moment to watch this.  And then visit www.pickensplan.com for something just a little more detail.

WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

If anyone has any thoughts on this, I’d love to hear them...