Everybody seems to be upset about something. Nobody is happy about anything.
Old people used to claim at times like these that it was the weather getting on everyone’s nerves. One thing is true. The recession has gone on too long. Some people have been without jobs for too long. Others have been without homes for so long that some cities have given up on selling them and are tearing them down to keep vagrants from turning them into drug houses
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