HAHAHAHA Decades behind? Really? You clearly have no experience with "real" enterprise management. If Linux is so far behind why are linux/unix admins almost always paid significantly more and able to manage WAY more systems than their windows equivalents?

Do people actually use Twitter? I just don't get it... seems like one of the most useless things ever

Actually it's quite bad and goes against the basic principles of the free market and a free society in general. If I want to write my own software to do something using my own skills alone I should be able to do it. These patents are totally nonsensical

Give me a break. The US is widely acknowledged to have the best universities in the world... and almost all of these are quite liberal. I'm sick of the "both sides are wrong, so the truth must be in the middle" nonsense. The fact is one side is wrong, and they are liars

LOL... sounds like you hate reality. You want them to cover the actual results of the "contract with America"? LOL

Actually we all know how it works... It's very simple. The law is whatever appointed, corrupt judges say it is... and generally is applied differently to those with wealth and power

It was not a major contributor at all. Most failed mortgages had nothing to do with the CRA... look it up and stop getting your "facts" from Glenn Beck

Right..... so that's why there were real estate crises worldwide? Are you claiming the US government caused the real estate crisis in Spain? How in the word did this get modded insightful? (Also note the vast majority of failed mortgages were totally private party and had nothing to do with the FHA or govt)

Atheism has nothing to do with Stalin's murderous ways. In fact the entire argument is silly..... the original poster mentioned "atheist values". Those don't exist. An atheist doesn't believe in god.. that's it. Other than that an atheist could hold any views. Atheism is a not a set of beliefs and is not similar to an organized religion

The govt gave me about 20,000 in loans plus I had in state tuition at a "Public Ivy" University. With my BS in computer engineering I now pay well in excess of 20,000 in taxes every year

Um.... Apparently my high school experience was different from yours. I had mastered Advanced Calculus and physics and already had a decent grasp of programming. AP classes are awesome.

Awesome post... If I had points I'd mod you up

The problem is that there is no easy way to deal with non-commercial piracy. There will always be costs and trade-offs of doing so. How much of your freedom are you willing to surrender in order to stop these "pirates". Are you willing to have your internet connection monitored? Are you willing to have all computer use monitored? Are you willing to send 14 year olds to jail for copying music?

If you think the current regime is "socialist" you need to repeat high school Both R's and D's are center-right economically and both are very authoritarian

Again, did you miss the parts of the constitution where FREEDOM OF SPEECH and FREEDOM OF THE PRESS are mentioned?