For those who like Mr Rooney's Writings

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- Some things to ponder....
Right on, Andy Rooney!

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 UnitedCaucasianCollege 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 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

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!!!


Knife's Wife (none of the above was written by me, though I do wish I could take credit)
 
My bad! It was sent to me and I did not take the time to check urban legends. My apologies to Andy and to anyone else who finds it offensive. Not sure I agree with any of it being racist or sexist. Tollerance and intollerance is what rings through to me.

Knife's Wife
 
personally I do not care who wrote it.... I liked it. It tells a lot of what goes on in our country everyday in the eyes of someones opinion. Some may look at it as racist, some sexist, but our country gives us the right by LAW to voice our opinion and that is why it is a great place to live! Some may disagree with that, but you have your opinion...

Cyndi
 
Andy Rooney did not write that essay. (Follow the link to read about the Urban Legend.) In fact, he has disavowed it and said he'd like to know who wrote it so he could sue.

He labels the essay 'racist and sexist'. I agree.

I agree with you and Mr. Rooney Cathy. Much of it is completely distasteful.

V
 
I agree that much of it is in bad taste. Some opinions are better off left untold. This country is a great place to live but everything has room for improvement.
 
It's funny....

the things people say, and the energy that the follows the message. History has dictated mostly why the things in this world are the way they are. Being that I'm from the "Generation X" movement, I was raised not to eternalize the hatred but to embrace it with LOVE. Yes, LOVE the missing element in alot of what people say and do. No, as a BLACK AMERICAN, it does offend me or my husband on the reason why this thread was started in the first place.

I have better taste, respect and most of LOVE towards my fellow man/woman to even discuss such topics.

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