I hate it when...

I hate it when you really admire someone's work, and then they come out and tell you they're voting Republican, and then that they're voting for Mike Huckabee - a guy who is openly dismissive of church/state separation.

Not like I could have afforded to hire him anyways, but...it's still disappointing.

I asked a designer the other day if he was available to put together a site for me that I knew would conflict with his religiosity - he said, 'no' - that it would compromise the quality of the work he could do for me.

I can respect both situations:
1) declaring where you stand, even if it'll hurt your business, and
2) turning down work because you don't agree with its purpose.

If we had more of 1), then maybe America wouldn't have murdered so many innocent people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc. The Dixie Chicks did the right thing.

If we had more of 2), we wouldn't have so many people participating in the building of bombs, etc. This is not an exact parallel, but this person quit the APA because of their unquestioning loyalty to the u.s. military, and all that goes with that (i.e. torture).

Be brave. Take a stand. Even if it hurts your pocketbook.

...Montel takes a stand - loses job.