Andy Rooney Totally Said It!!

[cocker_luva]

(i got this in an email and totally agree!!)

Andy Rooney said on "60 Minutes" a few weeks back:

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, which 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 milkshake, 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 ass 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 a nd 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.

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 w as 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...

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!

I was asked to send this on if I agree or delete if I don't. It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a problem in having "In God We Trust" on our money and having "God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. Why don't we just tell the 14% to Shut Up and BE QUIET!!!

[Edwina's Secretary]

Are you SURE Andy Rooney said that on 60 Minutes a few weeks ago?

[Lady's Human]

He never said it, and he was a little upset when he found out it was going around.

(snopes)

That having been said, there are PIECES of it I agree with, but CBS would have thrown him off the air had he stated that on their show.

[lady_zana]

He never said it, and he was a little upset when he found out it was going around.

(snopes)

That having been said, there are PIECES of it I agree with, but CBS would have thrown him off the air had he stated that on their show.

I agree; there are PIECES of it that I agree with and pieces of it that I wholeheartedly DON'T.

[mugsy]

I had one of my "problem" children make a very profound statement today...

He asked me why we refer to African Americans as such when very few of them had been born in Africa. He said, "I wasn't born in Africa and don't know anything about it. I don't want to be called African American, although I'm not black either!" He made me giggle with the last one. What he wondered was why he couldn't just be referred to (pardon the grammatical error) as an American. I was shocked because this kid does absolutely NOTHING in class, but, once in a while he comes up with a jewel, but, this one beat all of them.

[dukedogsmom]

I love it! Things like this need to be said more often.

[cassiesmom]

He never said it, and he was a little upset when he found out it was going around.

(snopes)

Neither did George Carlin

[Edwina's Secretary]

I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off.

Right you are LH.....

today....INTOLERANCE rules!!!!

[Lady's Human]

Jeeze, 2 threads in the same week that we agree with each other?


What's this world coming to?

[Lady's Human]

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 DO love that part, though.

[Marigold2]

Actually he did say some of those things, I saw it on TV I am almost 100% sure. Do I agree with them? Yup every single one.

[moosmom]

Andy Rooney is my hero!!!