This is basically the type of “knowledge” you get from wingers:

You know Donald Trump, I want to talk to this guy. When he was on the show just a few minutes ago I was thinking how can you not be laughing at us? How can the world not be laughing at us? We have all these resources. Why did we buy Alaska in the 1950s? We bought Alaska for the resources. And now we say no!

That’s - wait for it - Glenn Beck.

On - wait for it - Fox & Friends.

ThinkProgress attempts to correct Teh Stupid:

 For clarification, Alaska was purchased in 1867 for $7.2 million and soon became known as “Seward’s Folly,” named for Secretary of State William H. Seward, because at the time it was widely regarded as foolish to spend so much money on remote tundra. (Perhaps Beck was thinking of Alaska becoming the 49th state in 1959.) The resources the U.S. was after in 1867 weren’t oil, but fish, furs, and the prospect of closer proximity to Russia from the North American continent.

Look dude, don’t waste your time. Facts don’t matter to Beck and his ilk, all that matters is they feel whatever it is to be true in their guts, so in fact it is true, so far as they are concerned, and your attempt to set the record straight is merely an insult, which they resent.

It is of no use attempting to argue with or debate this. You have facts. Beck has what he “knows” to be true. Which is going to trump the actualy truth, every time.