Reply #48: I'm not much of an environmentalist...

[Former Republican]

I tend to see things in economic terms and not in terms of culture, but I can see where you're coming from.

It's not so much the actual issue of drilling in ANWR that I feel strongly about; it's the principles behind it. Sure, one can say that drilling is just another way to give oil companies what they want. Personally, I'd rather see a government drilling project there than a private enterprise; but I simply believe in taking advantage of natural resources whatever they are to increase a country's wealth. Maybe there isn't a significant amount of oil in ANWR, but it's the principle behind it I find important.

I don't understand your paragraph about the American Nazis and the John Birch Society. Are you ridiculing my personal loathing of people based on their faces? I'm just being honest. Inside all of us are irrational opinions slightly based on impressions. That's partly why I have no problem with Clark, while I'm on my guard about Lieberman.