I didn't cause them and I'm always willing to help people whom I know personally who are in a bad spot. And often have. However, I might as well profit off the floundering motions of the fools and pimps running this country and the Fed. Better little 'ol Main St.-me profiting than Wall St. pigs doing the same.

Look, I WISH this country was well-run. I WISH that the voters weren't a bunch of ill-educated yobbos. Sadly, neither will happen without major reform, so I may as well put food in MY mouth and work towards financial security while expending as little effort and engaging in as little unpleasantness as possible.

Having one's heart ripped out and stamped on by the only person whom you cared about and hoped to spend the rest of your life with will make you as cynical and bitter as myself. And I've really tried, but I don't think that I'll ever meet anyone as interesting as her -- women whom American society considers appropriate for me (late 20s/early 30s) really don't do it for me at all. Maybe I should start lying about my age in the upward direction on online dating sites