I'll play the representative from the DailyKOS:

See, people have been convinced that they need to be slaves to corporations, and that we are suppose compete with one another instead of working together. If the super rich didnt horde all the money, there wouldnt be starving people in Africa. The invisible hand of the free market is bull shit because white people have been stealing from all the native peoples around the world since those evil tax evading europeans declared themselves free from the benevolent iron of an efficient and benevolent monarchy.

Ever see Avatar? Thats EXACTLY what life would be like if Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin weren't getting in the way of dear leaders virtuous social, economic and environmental justice plans. See, if you dont understand, go look up the latest Noam Chomsky quotes, disaster predictions from Carl Sagan, or a randomly selected quote out of context from a revered historical conservative (such as the founders).

Seriously. Go work for the man all you want and emit CARBON DIOXIDE and kill the world I'm going back to complaining about all the evils that we still must suffer under George Bush.

Oh, and random anti-Christian insult!

Sincerely,
Random DailyKosDot poster

How is this "insightful"? Companies have so many different criteria for hiring and retaining employees why is external personal conduct so seemingly extreme? Because a business or government entity has a code of conduct that extends beyond the work place, doesnt make you a "slave" to that company or government entity. Being captured at gun point, put in shackles, and forced to perform some sort of service against your will (the consequences being corporal punishment or death) is slavery. Dont like the job requirements, dont work there.

The 1st Amendment protects peoples freedom of speech from the Federal government, not from the consequences of private entities in society. You should be able to say whatever you want without the government penalizing you (without causing unjust harm), but that doesnt mean everyone should be forced by the government to have to listen to your stupidity, or be impartial towards you.

Businesses should fire people who are too stupid to understand the impact of their actions on their company. If you work in a business... lets say something in the First Responder, or Public Safety industry... perception and image is extremely important. Public confidence goes a long way in making First Responders life easier, and safer. This can be clearly seen in areas where police are viewed as brutal (no one snitches on crime), where first responders never show up (Flavor Flav's, "9/11 is a joke in your town").

The constitution applies largely to restricting the Federal Government, not private citizens.

I wish I wouldnt have blown all my mod points today or I would have modded you up. Your dead right. Implementing something the wrong way is similar to building a mansion on the sand. Understanding the sheer destructive force of a kludge is what separates the senior engineers (and sysadmins in particular) from the rest. This is why you get a crusty veteran shooting down all your bright ideas without ever really explaining it. Because its a game of chess, kludges lead to checkmates... but only the pro's can see that far ahead.

Will citizen scientists help explore Uranus?

waka waka

I can speak for this. I know people who have saved their project over 100,000 dollars in hardware alone (not to mention the associated procurement costs) by networking with other IT people in the hyper-mega-global corporation. Simply put, his small project was beginning to blossom with a limited budget, and they needed a relative small SAN in order to expand. A friend he had made in another department was upgrading to a faster, larger SAN, and selling off the old SAN. Over a cup of coffee the two admins quickly figured out that the old SAN would work perfectly for their needs, and cost a fraction of buying a new, but similar SAN.

I'm sure many stories like this can be exchanged. As parent stated,

Rand Paul is 100% correct, and it is important that a society forces its government to play by the rules 100% of the time, for better or for worse. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 crossed the line of what a Bill is allowed to accomplish, and violated the 10th Amendment.

There is no doubt that discrimination is wrong, but if the people wanted discrimination bared in all practices of society there are two ways to do it; 1. Via state legislation (states are free to do what they want within the scope of their own state constitutions) 2. Via constitutional amendments.

You only skirt the constitutional process when society as a whole will not agree to the proposed change. I strongly believe that certain aspects of the Civil rights Act of 1964 could have passed muster for a constitutional amendment.

I strongly believe that skirting constitutional amendments is a deliberate tactic deployed by the Left, in order to further invalidate the safe guards of the constitution. The moment you over turn one institutionalized piece of legislation on a constitutional basis, you open up the chance to undo 100 years of progressive damage to our society.

Thats a totally awesome story! I think I am gonna go buy me a "Coyote special".

I'd go with the M1 Garand, especially if your a history buff (WWII in particular). The AR-15 Bushmaster is nice, and can have a LOT of mods, but the M1 is adequate for home defense. Here's the proof.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_q_yda6yFg

All comes down to bad management. And what I mean by bad management, is management that does not understand how intricate IT is to their bottom line, and does not plan accordingly. IT is just as important as accounting, or HR. If you neglect it, the problems will cost you down the road.

It doesn't matter what line of business you are in. If you do not understand the role has to play in your company, then you need to hire someone who can help you figure that out, or simply be replaced by someone who can.