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Beck, Boehner: Arctic Refuge Is A ‘Wasteland,’ Wildlife ‘Couldn’t Care Less’ About Drilling

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Beck, Boehner: Arctic Refuge Is A ‘Wasteland,’ Wildlife ‘Couldn’t Care Less’ About Drilling

Think Progress (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Last night, on Glenn Beck’s CNN Headline News program, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) falsely claimed that wildlife in Alaska are not affected by oil operations in Alaska. Animals “couldn’t care less whether…the pipeline was there, or the oil company was there,” he said. Glenn Beck similarly argued that wildlife can’t tell if the Trans-Alaska oil [...]

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Boehner: "[Alaskan Wildlife] Couldn't Care Less Whether...The Pipeline Was There" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) appeared on Glenn Beck's CNN Headline News show tonight to opine that a pipeline through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge probably would not affect the wildlife. He and Beck were of the same opinion --which seemed to be based largely on their interpretations of photographs of the refuge-- throughout the rest of the conversation. ThinkProgress has the story....