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[cheering] >> and 12,000 of them work for robert stephens, the founder and chief inspector of the geekd 12 years ago while he was still in college and sold in 2002 to best buy. whether his geeks are making service calls in their volkswagen beetles or toiling over the 4,000 frozen, infected computers that pass through this facility near louisville every day, they all wear the same uniform: white shirts, white socks, and black clip-on ties, a look stephens borrowed from nasa engineers. >> it looks a little weird walking down the street, 'cause people think we're gonna hand out bibles. but when you see, like, 20 of us walk into a bar and start, you know, ordering beers, it looks like an fbi raid. >> he says the biggest complaint about tech support people is rude, egotistical behavior; and the uniform is designed to impart a dose of humility as they work their wizardry. >> there's usually some frantic civilian at the door, pointing at some device in the corner that will not obey, and we've gotta make sense of it. and, you know, hygiene provides bonus points if i don't smell bad. i mean, li
[cheering] >> and 12,000 of them work for robert stephens, the founder and chief inspector of the geekd 12 years ago while he was still in college and sold in 2002 to best buy. whether his geeks are making service calls in their volkswagen beetles or toiling over the 4,000 frozen, infected computers that pass through this facility near louisville every day, they all wear the same uniform: white shirts, white socks, and black clip-on ties, a look stephens borrowed from nasa engineers....
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stephen: $9? that is almost two feet of sandwich. where does it end? where did it end? a living wage spoils the working man. just ask c.e.o. and fox news resident smeagol robert luddy. jim? >> i worked for $85 cents an hour when i was in high school and i was happy to have that job. >> stephen: that's what i'm talking. america has gone soft. if everyone is living the fantasy life of cold and heat they'll have no drive. it's that suffering that lifts people up to start their own business and one day become a job creator like mr. luddy who lobbies to fight against raising the minimum wage because he was so (bleep) poor he had to fight off rats with a spat la. who is infected with rabies. yes, you are. [ laughter ] besides, president if i dfide -- fidel handout here said nothing about raising the maximum wage. for as long as i can remember earning more than i can ever need but folks can i imagine even more. [ laughter ] folks, that wasn't his only shock jobs program. >> tonight i propose a fix-it first program to put people to work on the most urgent repairs, like the nearly 70,000 structurally deofficial bridges -- deficient bridges across the country. >> stephen: wow,
stephen: $9? that is almost two feet of sandwich. where does it end? where did it end? a living wage spoils the working man. just ask c.e.o. and fox news resident smeagol robert luddy. jim? >> i worked for $85 cents an hour when i was in high school and i was happy to have that job. >> stephen: that's what i'm talking. america has gone soft. if everyone is living the fantasy life of cold and heat they'll have no drive. it's that suffering that lifts people up to start their own...
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(stephen schiff) julia roberts is a star. julia roberts is pure, corn-fed american star.d after? he climbed up the tower and rescued her? she rescues him right back. and that comes from dazzle, and that comes from the smile, that comes from the eyes, and that comes from -- the entire package is sort of an instant dream to a certain number of people. i mean, people want it. they want to see it, they want to be exposed to it, they want to -- when they pay their money -- get that thing. (thunder crashing) (narrator) the launch of a star career signals a love affair between the public and a movie persona. for the public, it's a new infatuation, for the star, the end of life as they've known it. well, you sort of say, "oh, s---," you know. it's strange because it's -- i mean it's sort of -- it's like the ebb and tide, it will come and it will go but there are moments when you sort of just have to choke it down and say, well, i guess people think that i'm good at this. (narrator) the greatest stars were often the ones that lasted lifetimes, extraordinary individuals, refining t
(stephen schiff) julia roberts is a star. julia roberts is pure, corn-fed american star.d after? he climbed up the tower and rescued her? she rescues him right back. and that comes from dazzle, and that comes from the smile, that comes from the eyes, and that comes from -- the entire package is sort of an instant dream to a certain number of people. i mean, people want it. they want to see it, they want to be exposed to it, they want to -- when they pay their money -- get that thing. (thunder...
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stephen moore joins us now with "the wall street journal" editorial page, and robert reich, author ofe: what has gone wrong with our economy and democracy and how to fix it." robert, let me start with you. we're talking about scare tactics her. arne duncan, the education secretary today, was forced to backtrack, because this weekend he said, look, teachers are going to get laid off because of the sequester on friday. he was asked for an example. he talked about a school in west virginia. jim acosta, who you just heard reporting, called the school, and the school said the layoffs had absolutely nothing to do with the sequester. it does sound like a lot ofmongering. >> well, erin, something is going to happen, and we already see unemployment insurance is being suspended in some states. we see that people are being released from custody. airports are already making plans with regard to their inspectors, who are not going to be available. they're going to be on furlough. i don't think anybody in their right minds thinks you can take $85 billion out of the entire system, and that's what we
stephen moore joins us now with "the wall street journal" editorial page, and robert reich, author ofe: what has gone wrong with our economy and democracy and how to fix it." robert, let me start with you. we're talking about scare tactics her. arne duncan, the education secretary today, was forced to backtrack, because this weekend he said, look, teachers are going to get laid off because of the sequester on friday. he was asked for an example. he talked about a school in west...
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robert hendershott. thanks for coming in and explaining what we did wrong. >> again. >>> four rules, just four of them will make you a hit on youtube just like these guys, when stephen voltz, the diet coke and mentos guy joins us when "press:here" continues. >>> welcome back to "press:here." by the time the super bowl gets under way you'll see most of the commercials, leaked from the internet so they will go viral. viral videos are part of the new age of marketing. red bull's so successful with this video, it created its own video production company. and this film, about war lord joseph kony has been seen by 96 million people, the most viral video ever. now, companies are desperate to create the next viral hit. and a new book, the viral video manifesto, promises to spill those secrets. its authors know the subject well. you already know them as the diet coke and mentos guy. stephen voltz is a lawyer working at both federal court and state court in his home state of massachusetts. he's, however, best known as that guy from youtube. i think i have to start with, how many times have you turned and said ladies and gentlemen of the jury. and that one guy go, i know -- i'
robert hendershott. thanks for coming in and explaining what we did wrong. >> again. >>> four rules, just four of them will make you a hit on youtube just like these guys, when stephen voltz, the diet coke and mentos guy joins us when "press:here" continues. >>> welcome back to "press:here." by the time the super bowl gets under way you'll see most of the commercials, leaked from the internet so they will go viral. viral videos are part of the new age...
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robert teddy turner, son of ted turner. having a republican in congress since president reagan's first year in office. enter democrat elizabeth colbert busch, she is a business director and mother of and big sister to stephenolbert. colbert is a front runner in a two-person primary. her brother jokingly summed up the race. >> i'm not sure i can support her because she is running as a democrat. a, i take that as a personal a front and two, there so many great choices on the republican side. >> in a state where the govern nor and both senators and all but one of the members of the house of accerepresentatives rug as a democrat. good morning. >> good morning. >> let me start with the basic question. why do you think to be in congress? >> i want to be in congress because i think it's time to have a common sense approach to what's happening and to represent my district and to stop this extreme behavior and dysfunctional behavior in washington, d.c. >> when you say extreme and dysfunctional behavior, what do you mean? define it? do you mean there is not compromise or do you mean it's more republican fault or democrats? what do you mean by this? >> what i mean is both sides are digging their heels in and no one i
robert teddy turner, son of ted turner. having a republican in congress since president reagan's first year in office. enter democrat elizabeth colbert busch, she is a business director and mother of and big sister to stephenolbert. colbert is a front runner in a two-person primary. her brother jokingly summed up the race. >> i'm not sure i can support her because she is running as a democrat. a, i take that as a personal a front and two, there so many great choices on the republican...