Thought this hit the nail on the head.
Andy Rooney said on "60 Minutes" a while 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, 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 milkshake, a pack of
****, 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.
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.
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
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!
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Iceman,
I absolutely love this! I couldn't agree more!!!![:D][8D][^]
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<br />Iceman,
I absolutely love this! I couldn't agree more!!!![:D][8D][^]
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Ditto!
Hey iceman I am putting you on the up and comming presidential ballot.[:D].Its really sad to see theses points of view so true but are ignored in this country.THERE ARE NO MORE VALUES IN THE U.S.A to much takin for granted.SO i ditto the ditto.
As for me, Andy Rooney has never been worth quoting [:)]
The above is a great example of what I am referring to [:D]
I think its a common sense deal.I am old school and see the reality off these quotes.[:D]
Maybe I was being too hard on Andy because without seeing the original source of the statement, I can't be sure he made all those statements, or if it is just a number of of thoughts being contributed to him.
I guess it would seem that one's reality and common sense is a subjective point of view.[:)]
It's the only thing I ever heard from Andy Rooney that was worth quoting if he really said all of that at one time [;)].
Jeff
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Some say BBQ is in your blood, if thats true my blood must be BBQ sauce.
Amen
Olds
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Doesn't sound like something he would have said, or something the <s>comrades</s> brass at "60 Minutes" would have allowed.
I like it though, because apparently it pissed him off that his name was attributed to it. See:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp
Either way may original opinion of Andy Rooney remains. That is why I watch "55 Minutes" [:D]