long quote from Andy Rooney

[MorePwr]

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 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, that is why there are no girls allowed.
> Gir ls 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 ever y 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 t h ink 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 a m 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!!!

[41husk]

very well put!

[Orange_Crush]

Does anybody EVER check snopes before taking this shit at face value?

Just because its in your inbox doesn't make it true.  Andy Roney didn't write that.

[BrianShaughnessy]

Does anybody EVER check snopes before taking this shit at face value?

Just because its in your inbox doesn't make it true.  Andy Roney didn't write that.

It just keeps circling the internet round and round...  look for it again next year 

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

[MichaelRW]

Didn't sound like Rooney, more like Carlin.

[Orange_Crush]

Didn't sound like Rooney, more like Carlin.

Not Carlin either.  If you knew anything about Carlin's politics (or Rooney's, for that matter) you'd see that that diatribe is 180 degrees out of whack.

[MichaelRW]

I didn't mean that I thought it was Carlin, just that the style was like Carlin's delivery.

[Orange_Crush]

I didn't mean that I thought it was Carlin, just that the style was like Carlin's delivery.

Ahh...gotcha.  Sorry.

[derailed]

I agree about Carlin politics. Theres alot of stuff circulating around thats supposably written by him also that wasnt.

[red72chrgr]

I like/agree with all of it. 

[chargerboy69]

I like/agree with all of it. 

I knew it wasn't Andy Rooney. . . It made to much sense.

[dkn1997]

I agree with most of that too.

Your race is not something you should wear on your sleeve like an emotion, there's no need...It's just who you are- don't stick in others faces with your big fat mouth and don't be ashamed of it either. 

I am a white guy.  I am not proud of it and not ashamed of it.  I am indifferent about it.   it's just who I am, not a thing me or anyone else can do about it.  but who would want to even if you could? 

All of these people who walk around shouting racism are getting to me.   Who are these people?  certianly this group is not made up of any one race or color or whatever.  membership seems to have only one requirement.  Snivel and whine as much as possible about how bad it is here and how bad you have been treated and the cops are in on it and the conservatives are the devil bla bla bla. 


and I really don't want to hear the "you don't know what it's like to be a ___________________________________(insert any group who does not consider themselves the majority) in this country "   You know what?  they don't know what it's like to walk a mile in my shoes either.

bottom line is we all have our own crosses to bear and other people really don't give a shit about your tale of woe, they have their own baggage to carry so keep it zipped.  Just because they get on the news does not make their problems any worse or sad than mine or yours.

I was at a technical class today brushing up on new material.  there were mostly white guys there with some spanish guys and a couple of black guys.  A miracle happened there today......Nobody gave a shit what color anyone else was.  The instructor instructed and the learners learned and nobody had to call a news conference.....most people don't care about different colors or whatever, it's just the few who do have the biggest mouths and hence their squeaky wheels get greased...

rant off///

[MorePwr]

Does anybody EVER check snopes before taking this shit at face value?

Just because its in your inbox doesn't make it true.  Andy Roney didn't write that.

Snopes?  huh?

To me it doesn't matter who wrote it, it's the Content that I like, and the reason I posted it

[bull]

Does anybody EVER check snopes before taking this shit at face value?

Just because its in your inbox doesn't make it true.  Andy Roney didn't write that.

Snopes? huh?

To me it doesn't matter who wrote it, it's the Content that I like, and the reason I posted it

As Chick Hicks said to Lightning McQueen, "That must have been real embarrassing, but I wouldn't worry about it, because I didn't do it."

Snopes has saved me on more than one occasion. Here's some fun stuff to look at:

Here's George Carlin's phony "Bad American" quote: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/carlin.asp
Here's Robin Williams's phony "Peace Plan" quote: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/williams.asp
But here's some verified (as well as very funny and entertaining) comments from Ted Nugent: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/nugent.asp