I can't apologize enough for the stupidity of my country. I'm sorry. I swear I vote for good candidates; my entire life I've never voted for the winning candidate. (Or, in most cases, even the runner up — man do I hate the two-party system. You lucky parliamentarians!)

When people talk about what their “vices” are, I always list “USA citizenship” as my worst one. We are a mismanaged empire that bullies the rest of the world (sometimes successfully, sometimes not), and I'm just mortified when I think about it. Yet, I keep living here, gaining the benefits of the corrupt regime.

I suppose not being allowed to play online poker will be a fitting punishment to this vice of mine. I don't know if I have enough of an expatriate's ascetic to leave, so I suppose I won't. Anyway, thanks for that occasional card, and I again apologize for the actions of my government!