Killers, pimps, thieves, politicians, guttersnipes, ragamuffins, whores, whoremongers, horse thieves, rustlers, gun runners, moonshiners, dry gulchers, drunks, back stabbers, slave drivers, rum runners, policemen, abductors, well poisoners, mercenaries, bribe takers, short weighers, folk singers, drug dealers, porn merchants -- ain't many occupations my family hasn't tried.