First off, I'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy healthy holiday season.

Now on to my holiday rant. I like to think of myself as a caring, moral, sincere individual. In fact, I pride myself on it. I'm sure many others here are the same. I have been involved heavily in investing my whole life and I have seen my fair share of total and utter bull$hit. But one thing that will forever irk me is people pretending they spend hours, days, and years for no reason. They say they have no agenda....

It's funny, I guess i'm not as good of a person as I once thought because I can honestly say i've never spent time on stock chat forums of stocks that I don't own, don't intend on owning, or that I think are not worthy of me owning. I've never "protected" or "saved" or "warned" others of their idiocies. I've never gotten mad at people who put their hard earned money in a stock that I don't agree with. I've never told these investors that they were stupid and they were going to lose all their money. I've never gotten mad at investors for being optimistic of a stock they own. I mean, would anyone really buy a stock they weren't positive on?

Why? Why wouldn't a self proclaimed "good guy" not spend all of his waking life "helping" others? I mean, there are only around a million stocks out there that I don't own (I presently only hold 3) so if I were a good guy wouldn't I tell the wife and kids that I'll see them next Christmas and proceed to save the investing world from their poor decisions?

I keep asking myself why I don't do this.........and I come up with the same answer everytime. It's because I have ZERO agenda. I really don't have the time or the care to spend countless hours saving others, nor would they, or should they, care what someone with apparently nothing to gain/lose has to say.

I'm here because I do have something to gain from this investment, otherwise I, or no one would spend time here. I put my money where my mouth is, I bought more yesterday and will buy more today. Don't let anyone tell you they're here for the "fun of it", or "here to help", or "just giving back". Every single participating person here has a reason, some genuine, some not so genuine, but believe me, they aren't here for nothing. C'est la vie.

To all those with genuine reasons or at least the nuts to admit a reason (good or bad), good luck and Merry Christmas. See you all in 2013!

djje