Thread: Andy Rooney did it again!!

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> RIGHT ON, ANDY!!
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> Good for him!!!
>Surprised CBS let him get away with this even though he's right
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>AMEN ANDY ROONEY!
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>Andy Rooney said on "60 Minutes" a few weeks back:
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>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.
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>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.
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>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?
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>I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is no t a ph obia,
>it is an opinion.
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>I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are
>different, weird, or tick me off.
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>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.
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>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!
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>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.
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>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.
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>I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are
>qualified for any special loan programs , gove rnment sponsored bank
>loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket
>store, or any other business.
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>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.
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>I don't hate the rich I don't pity the poor.
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>I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That
>doesn't stop you from watching them.
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>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.
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>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!"
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>I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, b ut ple ase
>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!
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>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
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>And if you don't like my point of view, tough...
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>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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>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!!!
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>If you agree, pass this on, if not delete. .
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Well said, and so true. The lip piercing while serving fries is so funny!! Andy gets a standing ovation...

Wow, Andy Rooney...what a guy! I didn't think I even liked Andy Rooney but I must like him because I like what he said! And thanks for the post redwhiteandbluelatino! I think we all needed this today.

Originally Posted by IndianaJones

Wow, Andy Rooney...what a guy! I didn't think I even liked Andy Rooney but I must like him because I like what he said! And thanks for the post redwhiteandbluelatino! I think we all needed this today.

That's funny, I thought the same thing before I read it.

Words or Wisdom

I am sorry to say that Andy Rooney did not say any of that........ It is an urban legend.......... No truth to it at all......... It's one of those chain letters being sent around by spammers to harvest email addresses.

You can read about this false statement here:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp

Originally Posted by Michael45

I am sorry to say that Andy Rooney did not say any of that........ It is an urban legend.......... No truth to it at all......... It's one of those chain letters being sent around by spammers to harvest email addresses.

You can read about this false statement here:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp

Thanks Michael. Well whoever wrote or said it... its true.

Ugh! Well then whoever wrote that should come forward so we can thank you and Andy Rooney can sue you! Hey Michael45, thanks for bursting that bubble, I guess I don't much like Andy Rooney after all.

Great article never the less. Thanks for sharing

Originally Posted by IndianaJones

Ugh! Well then whoever wrote that should come forward so we can thank you and Andy Rooney can sue you! Hey Michael45, thanks for bursting that bubble, I guess I don't much like Andy Rooney after all.