Do you agree with some of the remarks made from this crazy eyebrow looking old fart?

in_hiding79

I do......on most of them!!

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

1) 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.

2) 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.

3) 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?

4) I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it
is an opinion.

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

6) 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.

7) 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!

8) My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the
countries you were born into come over and disrespect ours.

9) I think the police should have every right to shoot you 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.

10) 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.

11) 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.

12) I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.

13) I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That
doesn't stop you from watching them.

14) 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.

15) 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!'

16) 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!

17) 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...

RainDog

Andy Rooney didn't say that. He did, however, say the following:

In 2003:
"About a year ago, I bacame aware of a more serious theft of my name and it is so hurtful to my reputation that it calls for legal action against the thief. Hundreds of people have written asking if I really wrote the 20 detestable remarks made under my name that have had such wide circulation on the Internet.

Some of the remarks, which I will not repeat here, are viciously racist and the spirit of the whole thing is nasty, mean, and totally inconsistent with my philosophy of life. It is apparent that the list of comments has been read by hundreds of thousands of Americans, many of whom must believe that it accurately represents opinions of mine that I don't dare express in my column or on television. It is seriously damaging my reputation."

Then, in 2005:
"There's a collection of racist and sexist remarks on the Internet under a picture of me with the caption "Andy Rooney Said on 60 Minutes." If I could find the person who did write it using my name, I would sue him."

And in 2006:
"I suppose it's not important, but I hate the fact that people think I've been writing these things. That's hurtful to me."

Here's the link to the snopes article on this. Apparently it's been going around for a while, and gets slightly altered from time to time.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp

And that's my polite response.

in_hiding79

So he didn't say ANY of those remarks..?? Hmmmm, that sounds fishy! It sounds just like the old fool...but I still agree with most of them...not all, but most! I guess we will never know!!

Danimal

Hey RainDog, I was just about to post the same thing! Ya beat me to it!

Don't believe everything that is emailed to you.

Cosmo

In the E-Mail I read... about a DECADE ago... it was Ted Nugent who supposedly said those things.

TrixieCat

I wouldnt put it past Ted Nugent to say some of thoses things.
Not Andys style. When will this die already?

decides2dream

RainDog wrote:

Andy Rooney didn't say that. He did, however, say the following:

In 2003:
"About a year ago, I bacame aware of a more serious theft of my name and it is so hurtful to my reputation that it calls for legal action against the thief. Hundreds of people have written asking if I really wrote the 20 detestable remarks made under my name that have had such wide circulation on the Internet.

Some of the remarks, which I will not repeat here, are viciously racist and the spirit of the whole thing is nasty, mean, and totally inconsistent with my philosophy of life. It is apparent that the list of comments has been read by hundreds of thousands of Americans, many of whom must believe that it accurately represents opinions of mine that I don't dare express in my column or on television. It is seriously damaging my reputation."

Then, in 2005:
"There's a collection of racist and sexist remarks on the Internet under a picture of me with the caption "Andy Rooney Said on 60 Minutes." If I could find the person who did write it using my name, I would sue him."

And in 2006:
"I suppose it's not important, but I hate the fact that people think I've been writing these things. That's hurtful to me."

Here's the link to the snopes article on this. Apparently it's been going around for a while, and gets slightly altered from time to time.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp

And that's my polite response.

cool.
glad to know b/c while i was reading i i was thinking wtf? did not 'sound' like andy rooney. and funny, i never saw this when it first came out. interesting. no real loss there tho eh? haha.

SilverSeed

You really agree with most of those? Why do I wonder how McCain has supporters?

You do understand there is no official language in America right? And certainly not understanding an officer is no reason to be shot.

You don't think there has been systematic racism in America?

You don't think we have a problem with guns?

You think having a problem with homosexuality isn't homophobia?

This is some seriously racist and fucked up shit, and you just said you believe in most of it. That's terrifying.

RainDog

Danimal wrote:

Hey RainDog, I was just about to post the same thing! Ya beat me to it!

Don't believe everything that is emailed to you.

Snopes is one of my favorites. I get these chain letters constantly, and it feels good to "reply to all" with a Snopes link.

Of course, that's never stopped the same people from continuing to send me this stuff; but at least it keeps me pretty on top of these things.

RainDog

decides2dream wrote:

cool.
glad to know b/c while i was reading i i was thinking wtf? did not 'sound' like andy rooney. and funny, i never saw this when it first came out. interesting. no real loss there tho eh? haha.

Well, I did lose time typing it.

Apparently you can't copy and paste from Snopes - or even highlight text. Lousy informative bastards!

decides2dream

RainDog wrote:

Well, I did lose time typing it.

Apparently you can't copy and paste from Snopes - or even highlight text. Lousy informative bastards!

as we are communicating on a message board, i just assume we are all here to 'lose some time.' especially during the workday hours.


so then, do please feel free to consider it time well spent. b/c i read and appreciated the information. tis a part of this scary world we call the internet, and even the media....that someone can type up some list, send it out to billions.....attribute it to someone else, but b/c it was received in some e-mail from someone...people start to believe it as truth. :eek: