Andy Rooney

> > >Right on, Andy Rooney! Andy Rooney said on 60 minutes a few weeks back:
> > >(for those of you that don't know Andy Rooney, he is an 82 year old US
> > >TV commentator)
> > >
> > >
> > >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 milk shake, 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 self 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. Ask
> > >your buddy that invented the Internet to help you. (Al)
> > >
> > >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!!