The government shouldn't be practicing race or sex discrimination in awarding contracts. Can the bidder do the job? Do they have the lowest bid? That's what matters, and that's what the taxpayers deserve to get for their money.

-jcr

"The IT industry is hurting for women.

The IT industry is no more "hurting" for women than the coal mining industry or the forestry industry or the alaskan crab fishing industry. There are more men than women in the IT business. There are more women than men other lines of work. So what?

-jcr

they slice it to molecular thickness and fry it in cheap crappy oil

Shows how much you know. Bacon doesn't need oil, it's got its own fat.

-jcr

If you don't boil bacon, how can you make bacon soup?

-jcr

I know you think you'e being clever, but the fact is that NASA worked very hard to prevent any private development of space flight capabilities for several decades.

-jcr

Lysander Spooner throughly debunked your position well over a century ago.

-jcr

He's already done a fine job of fighting government waste at the local level. Rand Paul's endorsement is why I looked him up, and I like what I heard. Check him out here.

-jcr

The Paul campaign is concentrating on the delegate races, not the primaries. The campaign continues, and there will be plenty of Ron Paul supporters at the convention in Tampa, just as we've been seeing in the state caucuses and conventions to date.

-jcr

There is no market pressure to hold down costs.

I want to sell paperclips for $300 each. What prevents me from doing so?

-jcr

Company (just like the state) exists first and foremost in order to provide a service. That is their REASON for existence.

Nope. A company exists to make a profit and distribute that profit to its shareholders. Providing a service is a means to that end. Your confusion on this basic point makes the rest of your rant rather ridiculous.

-jcr