Boehner falsely claims there’s no ‘wildlife’ in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.»

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/15/boehner-falsely-claims-theres-no-wildlife-in-the-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge/


Boehner falsely claims there’s no ‘wildlife’ in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.»

In a press conference today previewing a House Republican trip to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that’s meant to promote drilling, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) doubted the existence of actual wildlife in the refuge. “We’re going to look at this barren, Arctic desert where I’m hoping to see some wildlife,” said Boehner. “But I understand there’s none there.” Boehner repeated his skepticism during an interview on CNN, telling Wolf Blitzer, “I’ll be looking for all that wildlife.” Ironically, CNN paired Boehner’s interview with b-roll of actual wildlife moving around the refuge. Watch it:

Boehner would likely be less skeptical if he just visited the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s website for the the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which notes that it is “renowned for its wildlife” and is inhabited by 45 species of land and marine mammals, 36 species of fish and 180 species of birds. View photos of some of the wildlife at link~

[Uncle Joe]

1. Boehner must have been thinking about porn.

Thanks for the thread, babylonsister.

[tridim]

2. The GOP is lying a LOT lately. Even more than usual.

Big lies too. Hitler would be so proud.

[InternalDialogue]

3. Boehner's proof that just because it's called a "brainpan"

doesn't mean there's a brain in it. I'm going to look at it, but I understand there's none there.

[KamaAina]

4. Actually, more and more, it's looking like there's no "refuge" in it

:grr: :banghead:

[pinto]

5. mmmm...

[slampoet]

6. Great! then i bet him a Million dollars he can survive out there w/ enough food and no WEAPONS

.....to use against bears.

[babylonsister]

7. Link from OP to ANWR's wildlife...

http://www.jmg-galleries.com/articles/ANWR_daily_highlights/ANWR_arctic_national_wildlife_refuge_day1.html#

[islandmkl]

8. boehner is undeniable proof that IQ, which everyone has to some degree...

does not always reflect the Intelligence factor of the quotient...

hey boner, want to find some wildlife up in Alaska?

spread something sweet all over your ass (see Larry Craig for hints) and stand out in the trees that don't exist up there...

you'll see enough wildlife CLOSE-UP in a way that will convince you that you are mistaken...

[Arctic Dave]

9. The Arctic is a massive wildlife habitate.

If I look out the door of my office right now I will probably see a dozen caribou, hundreds of waterfowl, arctic foxes and maybe some of the musk ox that have been around lately.

[symbolman]

10. Maybe one of those "Imaginary" BEARS will rip his arms off and

EAT them in front of him..

I heard of a guy while I lived in Fairbanks who had a bear pull him off his bike and drag him around like a dog playing with a chewtoy BY his HEAD.. He lived, 128 stitches in his head alone, said the worst thing about it was hearing via bone conduction, the sound of the Bear's teeth scraping across his SKULL..

I've been chased by quite a few Grizzlies myself, and wrote all about it in my book, "The Jesus Bolt" a memoir which chronicals my time working out of a mobile camp where I spent 18 hours a day sampling lakes and streams for Uranium (for the Dept of Energy) IN ANWR by helicopters for two summers under the relentless midnight sun.. Even crashed in a chopper in ANWR where it took our company FOUR days to Find us, and they KNEW Where we Were!

Someone needs to hire ME to talk about the Wildlife in the Bush, as I saw every square mile of tundra east/west and north of Fairbanks by chopper and on the ground.. There are birds that fly there to reproduce from EVERY State in the USA and dozens of other countries, even the other end of the whole Planet..

In one instance, as described in my book, while the caribou were migrating South in the fall my Crew was flying over them all at over a hundred miles an hour for at least 20 minutes, and ALL we could see in that "flat as a pool table" tundra were Caribou, NOTHING BUT Caribou from horizon to horizon in every direction.. Their combined breath created Rainbows..

It was a Religious Experience, and I was changed forever by it, I've Literally Seen The Entire EARTH ALIVE..

As a matter of fact, when the caribou inhabit the North Slope along with the rest of the creatures, there is, and I'm quoting, "NO Other larger Biomass on the entire planet.." not the Amazon, ALASKA..

I wrote the book as an insane adventure tale, gonzo style, with a hint of Kerouac, a dash of Bukowski, and with all due reverence for Hemmingway - but I wrote the book to ASSIST those very "imaginary" animals being shafted by pricks like Bohner (Boner?), to instill in the Public the Spiritual Nature OF Nature.

The Jesus Bolt is that bit of metal at the top of a helicopter that keeps all the blades from flying off, so it's the running Metaphor for What HOLDS Everything Together, the Protaganist, the Planet, Eco systems.. What if the Caribou ARE the Jesus bolt of the Planet, they die off and the whole house of cards could come tumbling down...

Now if only I could score an Agent, and publisher I could go after all these Oil and blood soaked Swine.. Janeane Garofalo wrote me and told me she LOVED it, and wanted to add the concept of The Jesus Bolt to her lexicon :)

It's make a Killer movie, and kick the whole drilling in ANWR travesty to the front burner with the Public, as well as whip a little Zen, respect for the Earth on them in a way they never imagined.

Love to kick Bohner out of a chopper in the middle of ANWR with a week's worth of food and a 22 rifle (you can barely kill a bird with that, let alone a Half TON of Bear..)..

Eat shit and die Bohner, you goddam shill for Satan :)

[ColbertWatcher]

11. This is typical of the party that tried to say catsup was a vegetable. n/t

[Clark2008]

12. There's no WILDLIFE in the Arctic National WILDLIFE Refuge?

:rofl:

What does he think this is? The Clean Skies Act? No Child Left Behind? The War on Terror? All Bush programs designed to do the opposite of what they SAY they'll do.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is home to some of the most diverse and spectacular wildlife in the arctic. The Refuge's rich pageant of wildlife includes 36 fish species, 36 land mammals, nine marine mammals, and more than 160 migratory and resident bird species.

[babylonsister]

14. Yep. You heard it here, and won't hear it anywhere else!

x(

[Submariner]

13. Boner and the repukes are in their last throes. ANWR drilling ain't gonna happen

[babylonsister]

15. K for a rethug being wrong. Again. nt