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"It isn't a New York City problem. The only endangered species in New York City is probably a free white human being."

-- SENATOR LARRY CRAIG (R-IDAHO), CRITICIZING EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTALISTS WHO SUPPORT ENFORCING ENDANGERED-SPECIES LAWS IN THE WEST. UNDER FIRE, CRAIG LATER CLARIFIED HIS STATEMENT -- WHAT HE HAD REALLY MEANT TO SAY WAS, "THE ONLY PERSON THERE ISN'T A LAW PROTECTING TODAY IS THE WHITE ANGLO-SAXON HUMAN BEING."

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