Andy Rooney: A great American

hoosier · #1 10-05-2005, 12:01 AM

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 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...

DON'T PASS IT ON

moe.ron · #2 10-05-2005, 04:01 AM

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Originally posted by hoosier
And if you don't like my point of view, tough...

DON'T PASS IT ON

That's because it isn't his point of view. That's why you should't pass it on.

Snopes to the rescue

kddani · #3 10-05-2005, 06:43 AM

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Originally posted by moe.ron
That's because it isn't his point of view. That's why you should't pass it on.

Snopes to the rescue

It's that top 10 j-school training

moe.ron · #4 10-05-2005, 07:32 AM

Already posted and debunked

DeltAlum · #5 10-05-2005, 10:11 AM

A great American? Maybe. Maybe not.

Probably just an American who is a gifted writer with a national platform.

Just because someone believes in the same views, misguided or not, does not make them a great American.

Honeykiss1974 · #6 10-05-2005, 10:29 AM

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Moreover, Rooney himself denied it in 2003, saying:

About a year ago, I became 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 to my reputation.

I guess Hoosier will have to keep searching for the real nincompoop author of that mess to idolize.

Peaches-n-Cream · #7 10-05-2005, 11:37 AM

I watch 60 Minutes and enjoy Andy Rooney's closing comments. I was surprised reading that post because it didn't really seem to be in his spirit or his voice. Thank you to moe.ron and Honeykiss for your posts proving it isn't Andy Rooney's work.

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It is seriously damaging to my reputation.

This is why fact checking is so important.

Rudey · #8 10-05-2005, 11:49 AM

I don't like 60 minutes.

I feel like I should be eating dinner at 4 and getting discounted movie tickets along with a complimentary AARP membership if I ever watch it.

http://www.mclaughlin.com/
That's what I'm all about. Everyone from every side (including Pat and the evil woman from Newsweek) yelling at each other with a strong moderator. How can people not be satisfied?

-Rudey

Peaches-n-Cream · #9 10-05-2005, 12:02 PM

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Originally posted by Rudey
I don't like 60 minutes.

I feel like I should be eating dinner at 4 and getting discounted movie tickets along with a complimentary AARP membership if I ever watch it.

http://www.mclaughlin.com/
That's what I'm all about. Everyone from every side (including Pat and the evil woman from Newsweek) yelling at each other with a strong moderator. How can people not be satisfied?

-Rudey

I watch that and Meet the Press, also.

I'm too young for the AARP, but I like to eat Sunday brunch at 4.

hoosier · #10 10-05-2005, 01:35 PM

Maybe he just forgot that he wrote it?

DeltAlum · #11 10-05-2005, 02:08 PM

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Originally posted by hoosier
Maybe he just forgot that he wrote it?

Sure.

And CBS Standards and Practices all took a vacation that week.

Geez.

Peaches-n-Cream · #12 10-05-2005, 02:19 PM

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Originally posted by hoosier
Maybe he just forgot that he wrote it?

Maybe his roommate wrote it.

Sistermadly · #13 10-05-2005, 03:46 PM

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Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream
Maybe his roommate wrote it.

While he was logged into GC. Then he can log on under a different name and swear up and down that it wasn't him, that it was his roommate who was ticked off that he didn't get a bid/got the finest girls/drank all his whiskey/took all his Viagra.

DeltAlum · #14 10-05-2005, 05:01 PM

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Originally posted by Sistermadly
...took all his Viagra.

Naw, his eyebrows stand up like that all by themselves.

Sistermadly · #15 10-05-2005, 07:03 PM

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Originally posted by DeltAlum
Naw, his eyebrows stand up like that all by themselves.

Dude, I heard he got eyebrow extensions!