--- Andrew Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, the people who are trained to investigate and > understand things, > by the best universities in the country, given lots > of time and money to do > so, and undiluted access to real information, and > the people actually making > the decisions, end up having a left-wing bias (in > your eyes at least) > > Couldn't be that they are actually onto something > could it? > > Andrew
You know, that sort of left-wing self-congratulation is the single best weapon conservatives have. Also the most irritating trait of the left. One could easily reverse the question. So, those people who have proven their abilities in the real world by managing organizations, employing people, creating wealth, or protecting their countries (i.e. people in business and the military) who have to face real responsibilities and make real decisions, not just ace standardized tests, get put through private schools by accomplished parents, and comment from the sidelines on things done by others, end up having a right-wing bias. Couldn't be that they are actually onto something could it? You could also ask it differently...people from those best universities in the country are, disproportionately, the children of the wealthy and privileged. You liberals always talk about how people back their class interests. So those people with inherited (not earned) wealth and privilege tend to support the left...maybe that should tell us something. One person who works with me (an immigrant) says that his objection to the left is that it's made up of a bunch of people whose parents succeeded in American society, then want to pull the ladder up underneath them - through things like high taxes, government regulation, and, in fact, the expanded power of the government in general (which is far more likely to be a tool of the rich against the poor than the other way around). You could look at specific policies, too. Wal Mart is the best thing to happen to the American poor in my lifetime, period. Which company is most hated by the American left, with the possible exception of Halliburton? Hmmm. I wonder why? Could it be because Wal Mart, with its $39 DVD players, is just so declasse? Just a thought. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861
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