ndmiller: I suspect you have the radio for your card turned off. In most cases you can toggle the radio on and off using either a physical switch on your computer, or a hotkey (like Fn+F2). If you toggle this on a wait a few seconds, do networks appear, or does the "lshw -C Network" command no longer mention your card being "DISABLED"?

If that doesn't help, you should also check your BIOS; sometimes there are also options there for enabling or disabling the wireless card.

If none of the above helps, please post the output of:
Code:
sudo iwlist scan
dmesg | grep -e iwl -ie radio -e wlan