Here's my assorted problems with Ira's strategy. I'm speaking to here. I have used newsgroups for commercial messages myself, and there is protocal of sorts to follow before, during, and after. These charters and FAQs are usually available in the list of posts, and usually are re-posted to the group on a regular basis. Your reasoning is sound, and your intent good, but everyone in that group probably knew immediately that you ignored their rules, which is not the best way to try and begin a financial-related relationship.
Cancer patients do have a place to lessen their suffering.
It's called alt.support.cancer. If financial advice was a burning usenet need, there would be a alt.cancer.financial-advice group already. Be that as it may, I got flamed for that. Well, no offense, but start an alt.personal.finance group. It would take you about 60 days if you really went after it and learned how.