Ron:

I answered your post of 24 March 2005 with mine of 25 March 2005. I'm not really disagreeing with you, just saying that the oil under northern tip of ANWR *may* be significant. Balanced against esthetic concerns not endangered critters. We are in a good position to require that those esthetic concerns be addressed by big oil, as opposed to a future where we're all more desperate and poorer.

As for degrees of virginity, there was a beautiful young woman crying by herself alone on a sunny beach. A handsome young man came by. Noticing her tears, he asked her what was wrong.
"I've never been kissed"
He looked down at her, smiled, bent down and planted a definite yet caressive smack on her lips. "Now you've been kissed!"
...
Ron, I'm going to stop there. Surely you've heard that one before!