twindouble
09-15-2005, 06:44 PM
Just got this via e-mail. I've always like him and I think he's right on!
Andy Rooney said on "60 Minutes"
>
>
> 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 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
> learn 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...
>
Andy Rooney said on "60 Minutes"
>
>
> 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 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
> learn 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...
>