I prefer to inject levity into all situations. And the parts of Jobs that did more than get him to the top of Apple -- e.g., disowning his daughter, as others have pointed out here -- are total asshole moves. There's a difference.

It's the gays! God warned us of this! Repent or we will all lose the ability to spread his word via the internet and we'll be vanquished back to soap boxes on street corners!

Or fiber optic Christmas tree enthusiasts seeking fiber.

Or he can't keep a boner when his redtube videos frequently pause for buffering.

We're all dicks. It will inspire some to try to do it without dickness; others are going to be dicks regardless. Seriously, does anyone make it to the top without at least some dickness?

How much extra to make a drone version with 360 degree cameras? Fuck it. We're at $1 trillion. What's a few hundred billion more?

Ha ha...Yelp involved in accusing others of unfair practices? Oh, the blessed irony.

Googe is a Basic Human Right. The US was founded on the principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness -- do really expect people can pursue happiness with Bing?

AHHHH! Please, government! Protect us from Big Search!

There are a variety of reasons why the ACA is a bad law. Primarily, it is because it leaves intact the insurance companies and the outrageous costs of medical procedures, and does not put an upper bound on medical malpractice awards. Basically, it just guarantees the insurance companies a few million additional subscribers, and puts the onus on employers to suck up the cost difference (either through their company contribution or the penalty they pay to have employees shop the exchanges on their own). And don't get me started on all the fees. And how about the fact that we're still getting final regulations from the executive branch? Congress enacted a law over which they gave up control to the executive? Well, they maintain the ability to stop funding, sort of; but that isn't going to happen.

tl;dr: I'm mostly just against the individual mandate -- which is little more than an admission by the government that they couldn't find another way to fund the law. But don't underestimate the impact of all the fees on companies. And the unintended fees in the form of the costs of implementing the various reporting requirements (e.g., 30 hour; 6055/6056).

I believe the "old saying" you want is:

None of us is as dumb as all of us. (http://despair.com/collections/demotivators/products/meetings)

Or one of my favorite movie quotes (Men in Black):

A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.

I don't recall the repeal of amendment 17 being a right wing talking point, but then I don't pay attention to talking points. One answer is to fix congressional salaries to some measure of the overall health of the country. Or perhaps we dial it back to a paltry $80k per year, then require pay raises to be voted on not by them but directly by us. Finally, make them work in government for a reasonably long period of time before they are eligible for a pension that gives them health care and a salary above the median income for the rest of their lives.

Members of congress are too busy to actually write laws because they are trying to get reelected so they get that sweet pension.

Regardless, I'm pretty sure they passed it without reading it. And not because, say, they wouldn't have passed it if they did; rather, because the bill as a whole is entirely unreadable.

But if six judges disagreed with you, and they happened to rule against your favored political party, would you placidly accept their decision?