Look, Raptor, you oughta actually go with me to Cuba or Trinidad and then you would learn a thing or two. Not everyone there is just worrying about "where their next meal is coming from" (although that is true of some people, of course). On the whole, I find they are a lot more relaxed and easygoing about life than people in North America, despite (or maybe because of) their lack of luxuries.

Now, I know a lot of North Americans who are in deep shit because of bad teeth that they can't afford to get fixed, cos dentists charge you hundreds or thousands of dollars to do it. In Cuba it's done for free. Bite on that, ol' buddy! Them Cubans may not be as badly off as you think.

- LH