RE: Michael Savage

[Larry Weil <kc1ih@mac.com>]

At 12:50 PM 12/27/02 -0800, Dan Billings wrote:

>As for Paul's comment that people working in
>broadcasting are more likely to be left of center,
>that has been my experience as well.  I worked at a
>couple of radio stations where the owner and I were
>the only Republicans.  Larry -- I do not think Paul
>was implying that this was the result of any kind of
>hiring bias.  I think it is simply a fact that people
>drawn to the performing arts tend to be liberals.  And
>broadcasting is sort of a wing of the performing arts.

Well, being in the technical end of Broadcasting, I don't really consider 
this to be a job in the performing arts.  I really don't know the political 
viewpoint of most of the people I work with, it just doesn't come up in 
conversation a lot.

>  Also, anyone interested in making money, which most
>of us Republicans are interested in, would choose
>another career.

Yea, well, while I do enjoy this job compared to others I could be doing, 
I'm not here for my health!  Had I won the Powerball yesterday, I would be 
on my way to some exotic vacation spot by now, and would have Fedex'ed a 
copy of the album "Take This Job and Shove It" to my boss at some point 
along the way.  Now, isn't that a dream many of us, regardless of our 
political orientation?

I might add, hopefully without being too far off topic, that my maternal 
grandfather was the chairman on the New York State Socialist Party many 
years ago.  While he died when I was just a young child, and thus had no 
influence on my political leanings, I do consider this to be part of my 
heritage.  I do feel that anyone who thinks that being a Socialist is the 
same thing as being a Communist does not know what either one really is.

--
Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH