Supposedly from Andy Rooney a few weeks back, but I couldn't find the link.

If it was him that said it, kudos to CBS for not bowing to PC assholes.

I searched and I didn't see any other posts on this.

Quote :

" 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 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. 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... 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!!! "

2/15/2007 1:51:25 PM

"a few weeks back"




circulated on the internet since at least 2000


not andy rooney



lock and move on

2/15/2007 2:12:25 PM

holy fucking old

2/15/2007 2:41:47 PM

How fucking stupid do you have to be? I mean, seriously.

Even if you hadn't seen it or anything like it before, were unable to figure it out yourself, googling the first line comes up with a million hits that explain it's fake.

2/15/2007 2:46:55 PM

old as dirt but pretty much true

2/15/2007 3:06:10 PM

I think my grandma got this forwarded to her in an email from Moses.

2/15/2007 3:15:17 PM

Old

Fake

Simple-minded

Xenophobic

Sensationalist

Garbage

2/15/2007 3:33:42 PM

i never thought i'd say this, but i agree with grumpy. seriously.

2/15/2007 3:57:42 PM

well, i hadn't seen it and it was pretty good

who the fuck said it then?

2/15/2007 3:59:57 PM

probably some right week conservative nut job that is afraid of losing his sense of power in a country that is evolving so he wrote what down all his irrational fears he thought and then posted it with rooney's name so that he would actually have some clout. thats just a shot in the dark.

2/15/2007 4:02:34 PM

How could anyone think they could pass that off as Rooney?

2/15/2007 4:14:06 PM

I have seen about the same messages attributed to George Cariln.

2/15/2007 6:28:54 PM

Here's something Andy Rooney really did say:

Quote :

"There's a collection of racist and sexist remarks on the Internet under a picture of me with the caption ‘ANDY ROONEY SAID ON 60 MINUTES.’ If I could find the person who did write it using my name I would sue him. "

2/15/2007 6:36:09 PM

lol

2/15/2007 6:37:34 PM

In all honesty, you could put a "Agree or disagree?" at the end of that email and have a perfect litmus test for the formal operational stage of cognitive development.

2/15/2007 6:45:48 PM

well... some of it is pretty retarded, some of it has a point

but this guy is entitled to his opinion as far as I'm concerned

2/15/2007 6:56:17 PM

old

fake

i technically agree with about 2/3 to 3/4 of it, but would doubtlessly consider anyone who actually wrote this a complete imbecile.

2/15/2007 7:16:49 PM

It has parts which are related in nature to well-thought-out ideas, but nothing put forward in the thing itself appears to be thought-out at all. Some of the lines feebly reach towards status as "ideas," but almost invariably fall short.

Quote :

"but this guy is entitled to his opinion as far as I'm concerned"

Well no shit. Likewise we're all entitled to call him a goddamn retard.

2/15/2007 10:55:03 PM

yeah, that's kinda what i was getting at. whoever wrote is was right about 2/3-3/4 of it, but only by pure dumb luck, and despite his lack of astuteness and intelligence.

2/16/2007 7:40:59 AM

hmm...i dont really see a problem with that...i think whoever wrote that is like 95% right ....

2/16/2007 8:05:22 AM

Like I said, a perfect litmus test for the formal operational stage of cognitive development.

2/17/2007 11:18:30 AM

a bunch of narrow minded, narrowly-construed bullshit that dimwitted republican cronies love to repeat.

2/18/2007 10:21:17 AM