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Andy Rooney - Do you agree?
TritonTR21
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Right on, Andy Rooney! [:D][:D][:D]
Andy Rooney said on 60 minutes a few weeks back: (for
those of you that don't know Andy Rooney, he is an 82
year old US TV commentator)
I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of
anything except numbers. The only things I can think
of that are truly discriminatory are things like the
United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black
Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try
to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund,
Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or
Miss White America; and see what happens. Jesse
Jackson will be knocking down your door.
Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes
you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat
or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving
to the ball game.
I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason,
that is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong
in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE?
I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is
not a phobia, it is an opinion.
I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others
because they are different, weird, or tick me off.
When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in
cities where 70% of the population is black, that is
not racial profiling, it is the Law of Probability.
I believe that if you are selling me a milk shake, a
pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you
must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you
want to be an American citizen, you should have to
speak English!
My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you
can leave the countries you were born in to come over
and disrespect ours. I think the police should have
every right to shoot your sorry self if you threaten
them after they tell you to stop. If you can't
understand the word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see
the above lines.
I don't think just because you were not born in this
country, you are qualified for any special loan
programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax
breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop,
trinket store, or any other business.
We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries
and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms,
so that decades later they could come over here and
tell us our constitution is a living document; and
open to their interpretations.
I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor. I know
pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and
television. That doesn't stop you from watching them.
I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny
he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you
off, go and invent the next operating system that's
better, and put your name on the building. Ask your
buddy that invented the Internet to help you. (Al)
It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child
right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the
kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary,
and say "NO!"
I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want
them, but please don't pretend they are a political
statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip
ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected
mouth as you serve me French fries!
I am sick of "Political Correctness." I know a lot of
black people, and not a single one of them was born in
Africa; so how can they be "African-Americans"?
Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around
saying I am a European-American because my great,
great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from
Europe. I am proud to be from America and nowhere
else.
And if you don't like my point of view, tough. DON'T
PASS IT ON!!
Andy Rooney said on 60 minutes a few weeks back: (for
those of you that don't know Andy Rooney, he is an 82
year old US TV commentator)
I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of
anything except numbers. The only things I can think
of that are truly discriminatory are things like the
United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black
Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try
to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund,
Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or
Miss White America; and see what happens. Jesse
Jackson will be knocking down your door.
Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes
you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat
or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving
to the ball game.
I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason,
that is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong
in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE?
I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is
not a phobia, it is an opinion.
I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others
because they are different, weird, or tick me off.
When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in
cities where 70% of the population is black, that is
not racial profiling, it is the Law of Probability.
I believe that if you are selling me a milk shake, a
pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you
must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you
want to be an American citizen, you should have to
speak English!
My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you
can leave the countries you were born in to come over
and disrespect ours. I think the police should have
every right to shoot your sorry self if you threaten
them after they tell you to stop. If you can't
understand the word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see
the above lines.
I don't think just because you were not born in this
country, you are qualified for any special loan
programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax
breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop,
trinket store, or any other business.
We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries
and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms,
so that decades later they could come over here and
tell us our constitution is a living document; and
open to their interpretations.
I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor. I know
pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and
television. That doesn't stop you from watching them.
I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny
he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you
off, go and invent the next operating system that's
better, and put your name on the building. Ask your
buddy that invented the Internet to help you. (Al)
It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child
right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the
kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary,
and say "NO!"
I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want
them, but please don't pretend they are a political
statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip
ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected
mouth as you serve me French fries!
I am sick of "Political Correctness." I know a lot of
black people, and not a single one of them was born in
Africa; so how can they be "African-Americans"?
Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around
saying I am a European-American because my great,
great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from
Europe. I am proud to be from America and nowhere
else.
And if you don't like my point of view, tough. DON'T
PASS IT ON!!
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Brian Ostro.
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All Rooney's unlikely...
Broardcast on CBS..no way in hades...
If only he HAD said all that on national TV! The L*I*B*E*R*A*L CBS network would fall asunder if one of their commentators said any part of the above. There are millions of people who believe every lying word spouted on the "60 Minutes" program. Oh, to have a target audience they have and to be able to refute all their garbage!!
Keep off the Ridgeline
And another thing, while I'm on a role, I've been an owner and a CEO of a company. While you union guys immediately think I'm an a$& hole, I have to tell you it was a small company that took care of anyone who was willing to put forth the effort. When the company was sold, I told the new owners (from Boston) how I wanted the bonus system constructed. They could not believe me. I had some of my original people getting 5 figure bonuses. These guys kept asking me "are you sure?". That was my first clue that they were out for number 1. Anyway, long story short, all of my staff get fairly compensated and the folks from Boston drilled the company within the first 2 years because they knew nothing about customer service! That's another post for another time.
Thanks for letting me vent.
Regards,
Rick
DWS: Wrong! I saw the show and that is verbatim what Andy Rooney said at the end of the show. He is old enough and has enough of his own following to care less what the brass has to say.
"If you ain't got pictures, I wasn't there."
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
DWS: Wrong! I saw the show and that is verbatim what Andy Rooney said at the end of the show.
Check http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/rooney.asp. Then write to them and say they are wrong.
"If you ain't got pictures, I wasn't there."
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
Not gonna happen. I saw it and that is what he said. Your web site is wrong.
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The gene pool needs chlorine.
Lord Lowrider the Loquacious.
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She was only a fisherman's daughter,
But when she saw my rod she reeled.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/rooney.asp
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