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Student Loan Debt A Millstone

Yep...I'm in school less than half time this semester so I've had to start paying off my student loans until I go back full time. $200 dollars a month, Kiddies, and my take home pay is only around $1400 a month. Yet I can't qualify for food stamps because my gross pay is $2200 a month. I've been eating a lot of fucking macaroni and cheese and cold cuts of late.

Internet Bullying and Tragedy

I cannot imagine what would have happened in my case if we had the Internet when I was young. I was very sensitive and as it turned out undiagnosed bipolar and borderline. I made my first somewhat half-assed suicide attempt at 13. I started cutting when I was 15. I was straight and really didn't care when people spread the rumor that I was a lesbian, but it did bother me when they spread rumors that I was slutty. I actually was not. I lost my virginity at 16 to a guy that I thought I loved who turned out to be too immature to handle the relationship. I cut my wrists over his subsequent behavior towards me and ended up in the psych ward for a weekend. I was bullied pretty badly throughout school. But as bad as it was, I cannot believe what these kids go through these days. The people that shamed this young man (or who shame any person, gay or straight, in this fashion) should be held accountable for their part in this.

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I just squeaked in for approval for an FHA loan and we are hoping to buy a house--a real house, not a mobile home--about 10 miles from here.

Thoughts on the Illegal Immigration Problem

I voted Democrat and will likely do so again. I have in most elections. It is not that I have an issue with Mexicans as a whole. Most of the people in my neighborhood are Mexican or Mexican-American. As a Caucasian, I'm in the minority here. My neighbors are great people and I have no issues with any of them. My direct next door neighbor is originally from Mexico City and he is a kind, helpful person who has assisted me with many handyman type tasks that I couldn't do myself. However, I have a problem with the illegals. My brother works as a firefighter/paramedic and SWAT medic in Tucson. He tells me about the horrific problems they have with drug trafficking down in Tucson. It is an awful problem. This is not a Republican vs. Democrat issue or a Conservative vs. Liberal issue. It is not an anti-Latino stance. I don't want to keep the law-abiding Mexican immigrants out. I don't want the drug traffickers and criminals coming in.