[Kevin Curry]

Maybe you don't like clean mountain snow. Maybe you are in favor of dirt and decay.

Too funny. You've never spent any time in the mountains, have you? What do you think is under that snow? Marble flooring and linoleum? Do plants and animals not decay? What do they do, sublimate into a fresh odor of vanilla and oleander? Does the liberal Nanny Goddess Gaia come through in the spring with a mop and bucket and scrub the mountain floors down so clean that Al Gore could eat from it?

Sigh.

[Looking for Diogenes]

Nope. But there is a difference between 'clean dirt' and industrial grime. Industrial grime is the necessary result of the grease which keeps the economy going. But it is nice to have a few places that aren't covered in it.

Maybe you don't feel that way. Maybe you think only tree-huggers like fresh air. Fine, you are welcome to your opinion.

That said, the ANWR will be drilled. No question about that. The only question is when.