>>You know I hear people talk about liberal media all the
>>time, but I've
>>never seen any... they're all owned by stockholders &
>>whatnot who are
>>by and large conservative people. Liberal ideas get
>>through to print
>>or television once in a while, but usually so they can be
>>demonized.
>>
> That isn't a 100% true anymore. Generally the ultra-quick
> wealthy are
> thought to be liberal. The classic example is a
> Hollywood. Some of the
> luckier dot com millionaires are considered to be liberal
> as well. These
> type of people are large stock holders. WSJ also said
> there are a lot of
> Dems on Wall St too. They fit into the "I got really rich
> really
> quickly." If I could read mind, I think I could hear them
> say "I'm rich
> Biatch" David Chappelle voice included. The WSJ thinks
> its because these
> people are able to hold onto their youthful ideals before
> time hardens
> them. Well maybe not liberal-liberal but more Democratic
> especially
> because the younger professionals are often against the
> Republican stance
> of anti-cloning and anti-stem cell research. BTW the last
> two items also
> gives the Dem a huge advantage in fund raising as
> universities are
> definitly against any sort of anti-research stance.
> Check out
> http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=W to
> see
> the impact of it? Of course, Berkely and Harvard are two
> of your most
> liberal universities. But the inclusions of some of the
> other universities
> surely illustrates the impact of these two items.
I suspect the dot-com millionares (and other overnight rich) are an
extreme minority even amongst the already small minority of the
independently wealthy. I don't have any evidence to back that up, but
that's my story and I'm sticking to it. :)
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