The most vocal authority figures, I can think of, are Beck, Limbaugh, O'Reilly, and who else?
On our side we have Olbermann, Maddow, and ?.
I also suspect Conservative authority figures have better circulation, reach more people.
Fox News ratings surged last year.
Google search: "Fox news" msnbc ratings
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/cnn-fox-msnbc-ratings/2010/03/29/id/354175http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/28/cable-news-ratings-july-2_n_661286.html#s119885I also believe there is a conservative bias in this country.
We have a bias toward wanting to be independent, wanting to be individualistic.
I'm not saying the independent, individualistic streak is good or bad.
I believe, sometimes, that streak is good; other times that streak is bad.
Every person will set the balance differently.
For example, I, personally, believe health care should be a right, not based on ability to pay.
Others argue, fairly, people need to take individual responsibility for their health.
The problem with my side and the other side is we take our positions to extreme.
I want the government to take care of us from cradle to grave.
Others don't want government involvement at all.
I respond by saying, if we don't want government involvement at all, let's eliminate Social Security,
Medicare, Medicaid, the FDA, and other programs that promote government health. That's not fair of me.
But I don't feel it's fair of others to deny (or at least not admit) the government is already in health care.
The government is doing Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, school health programs, and the like.
I keep hearing the Swedish system takes care of one from cradle to grave.
Perhaps I would have been happier had I been born in Sweden, but I do love the United States.
I can't imagine ever moving from the United States.
I'd like to see the United States move, a little more, in the socialist direction.