Ok so this is what it appears to me as
  1. Not Searching for SSID's that are Broadcasting
  2. Drivers are Functioning just not correctly.
  3. If you note dmesg-firmware
    [ 10.935868] rtl819xE 0000:0e:00.0: firmware: requesting RTL8192E/boot.img
    [ 10.938680] rtl819xE:request firmware fail!
    [ 10.938685] rtl819xE:ERR in init_firmware()
    [ 299.187359] usb 1-1: firmware: requesting RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin
    [ 299.203886] rtl819xU:request firmware fail!


Code:
============ lspci ============
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge [1022:9600]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:9602]
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) [1022:9604]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2) [1022:9606]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3) [1022:9607]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1002:4391]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
	Kernel modules: ahci
00:12.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:12.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller [1002:4398]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:12.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller [1002:4398]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 3a)
	Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c-piix4
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller [1002:439c]
	Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
	Kernel modules: pata_atiixp
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383]
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller [1002:439d]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384]
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1300] (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Address Map [1022:1301]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] DRAM Controller [1022:1302]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1303]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Link Control [1022:1304]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RS780MC [Radeon HD 3100 Graphics] [1002:9613]
	Kernel driver in use: radeon
	Kernel modules: radeon
0e:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8192] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: rtl819xE
	Kernel modules: r8192_pci
14:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169

============ lsusb ============
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:0724 Microsoft Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 064e:d104 Suyin Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:8172 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

============ lsmod ============
Module                  Size  Used by
r8192s_usb            345975  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   203073  1 
fbcon                  35102  71 
tileblit                2031  1 fbcon
font                    7557  1 fbcon
bitblit                 4707  1 fbcon
softcursor              1189  1 bitblit
vga16fb                11385  0 
vgastate                8961  1 vga16fb
snd_hda_intel          21781  2 
snd_hda_codec          74201  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               5412  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            35308  0 
snd_mixer_oss          13746  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                70662  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           1338  0 
snd_seq_oss            26726  0 
snd_seq_midi            4557  0 
snd_rawmidi            19056  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6003  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                47263  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              19098  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          5700  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
radeon                673532  2 
ttm                    49943  1 radeon
drm_kms_helper         29297  1 radeon
drm                   162599  4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
snd                    54148  16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
uvcvideo               56990  0 
videodev               34361  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat            13251  2 uvcvideo,videodev
agpgart                31724  2 ttm,drm
i2c_algo_bit            5028  1 radeon
joydev                  8708  0 
psmouse                62957  0 
serio_raw               3978  0 
i2c_piix4               8335  0 
r8192_pci             243255  0 
shpchp                 28820  0 
soundcore               6620  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          7172  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
video                  17375  0 
output                  1871  1 video
lp                      7028  0 
parport                32635  1 lp
usbhid                 36110  0 
hid                    67032  1 usbhid
r8169                  34172  0 
mii                     4381  1 r8169
ahci                   31912  2 
pata_atiixp             3148  0 

============ dmesg-firmware ============
[    9.958729] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/RS780_pfp.bin
[    9.980223] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/RS780_me.bin
[    9.993278] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/R600_rlc.bin
[   10.935868] rtl819xE 0000:0e:00.0: firmware: requesting RTL8192E/boot.img
[   10.938680] rtl819xE:request firmware fail!
[   10.938685] rtl819xE:ERR in init_firmware()
[  299.187359] usb 1-1: firmware: requesting RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin
[  299.203886] rtl819xU:request firmware fail!
[  299.211476] usb 1-1: firmware: requesting RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin
[  299.214475] rtl819xU:request firmware fail!
[  299.227871] usb 1-1: firmware: requesting RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin
[  299.230274] rtl819xU:request firmware fail!
[  299.241372] usb 1-1: firmware: requesting RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin
[  299.245461] rtl819xU:request firmware fail!

============ kernel version ============
2.6.32-19-generic

============ ifconfig ============
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:23:5a:ff:29:79  
          inet addr:192.168.2.106  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::223:5aff:feff:2979/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:49497 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:29078 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:68171504 (68.1 MB)  TX bytes:2921260 (2.9 MB)
          Interrupt:28 Base address:0xe000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:92 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:92 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:5480 (5.4 KB)  TX bytes:5480 (5.4 KB)


============ iwconfig ============
wlan0     802.11bgn  Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s   
          Retry:on   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/100  Signal level=0 dBm  Noise level=0 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

wlan1     802.11b/g  Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/100  Signal level=0 dBm  Noise level=0 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0