We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
I had a friend, now deceased, who came from poor Italian stock and when he and I were seated at a very nice restaurant he noticed that polenta was offered on the menu, he turned to me and said, "Do you know what makes polenta edible?" "no," I said. "Hunger, only hunger." He said.