House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, defended her investment in T. Boone Pickens’ Clean Energy Fuels Corp. during an appearance Sunday on Meet the Press by saying she is investing in something she believes in.

Four years later, many of the wealthy donors who funded the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign against Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry are still very active in molding public opinion.

Maybe there is something in the Dallas water that makes Big D billionaires want to save the country from itself. Today, T. Boone Pickens launched his campaign - Pickensplan.com - to wean the U.S. from foreign oil.

Dallas oil, wind and water billionaire T. Boone Pickens, it seems, is everywhere.

There he is in Forbes magazine, allowing a reporter to accompany him as he receives a brain scan. Result: Boone just turned 80, but “his brain age is more like 55.”