> > At 10:12 8/16/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> >>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. :)
That could be true. I have no idea how the wealthy % break down. I'm
curious though.
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