unioncountyslayer Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Got this in an email and thought I'd share it... 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 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 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 butt 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Re: Andy Rooney Seen this many times. Safe to say some in here will call him a racist for what he says here . Could not agree more with what Andy said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathcoerracin Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Re: Andy Rooney i agree with every word he said..i dont think i disagree with one single thing. Too bad there arent more people like him who have the guts to stand up and say what needs to be said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest michael_bolton Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Re: Andy Rooney I agree with everything said, but I really wonder who actually said it, I heard it was Charlie Daniels.....either way, right on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Re: Andy Rooney [ QUOTE ] but I really wonder who actually said it, I heard it was Charlie Daniels.....either way, right on. [/ QUOTE ] Have heard it was Charlie Daniels before as well, and this has been posted here several times. Come to think of it, I think it might have been posted on Charlies site quite some time back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUGARKAHNE Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Re: Andy Rooney Woohoo! You da man, Andy(or whoever said it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUTSIDER Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Re: Andy Rooney There have not been more true words spoken in a veryn long while. That is a really great peice of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhammer Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Re: Andy Rooney Outstanding!! Preach on Andy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Re: Andy Rooney PRICELESS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phaseolus (BeanMan) Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Re: Andy Rooney It wasn't Andy Rooney http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest michael_bolton Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Re: Andy Rooney I think it was Bigfoot, only he could speak truer words from his woodly experience and close encounters with red necks looking to hunt him down!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hunter36 Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 Re: Andy Rooney [ QUOTE ] Got this in an email and thought I'd share it... 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 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. [/ QUOTE ] Just a thought but aren't caucasions officially a minority in this country? thought i heard that somewhere. Anyways who ever said it is the man (right up there with Uncle Ted Nugent). Perfect!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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