Someone Had To Say It

[Lone Gunman]

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 t hat 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.

[Bubba]

Was re-reading this post and felt the words in it were way to good to let this thread die after the initial post. So, I am adding this post to help try to bring it back to life!

[Highwayman]

OK Bubba;

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"?

I’ve did meet a man that immigrated here from Africa so I guess he would be a for real African-American. He was white. Go figure.

[TexKan]

I meet a lot of folks from other countries going thru the immagration process - funny how they are spending bout 2K plus AND in addition working toward citizenship for at least 5 years just to be called "American" They are not the least interested in where they came from - only where they are and where they are going to be. Seems to me if everyone wants to hyphonate - maybe they ought to spend 1/2 the year working in that country - then we could see which one they choose. Most that wanna do all that crap never been outta the US anyway - most immagrants leave thier "mother country" in the dust. Too bad US born folks are so quick to sell out thier land of birth to some romantic notion that the country the try to claim wouldn't want them anyway.

[Lone Gunman]

My Family did and still does just want to be Americans, not German-Americans. Many want to sneak into our great country for a better life in a great country only to tell us to call them something other then Americans.

[wordsmythe]

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

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in958151.shtml

Moreover, Andy Rooney himself denied it in 2003, saying:
About a year ago, I became aware of a more serious theft of my name and it is so hurtful to my reputation that it calls for legal action against the thief. Hundreds of people have written asking if I really wrote the 20 detestable remarks made under my name that have had such wide circulation on the Internet.

Some of the remarks, which I will not repeat here, are viciously racist and the spirit of the whole thing is nasty, mean and totally inconsistent with my philosophy of life. It is apparent that the list of comments has been read by hundreds of thousands of Americans, many of whom must believe that it accurately represents opinions of mine that I don't dare express in my column or on television. It is seriously damaging to my reputation.

Once again someone making you believe it because they put someone else's name on it.

[Lone Gunman]

Originally Posted by wordsmythe

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

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in958151.shtml

Moreover, Andy Rooney himself denied it in 2003, saying:
About a year ago, I became aware of a more serious theft of my name and it is so hurtful to my reputation that it calls for legal action against the thief. Hundreds of people have written asking if I really wrote the 20 detestable remarks made under my name that have had such wide circulation on the Internet.

Some of the remarks, which I will not repeat here, are viciously racist and the spirit of the whole thing is nasty, mean and totally inconsistent with my philosophy of life. It is apparent that the list of comments has been read by hundreds of thousands of Americans, many of whom must believe that it accurately represents opinions of mine that I don't dare express in my column or on television. It is seriously damaging to my reputation.

Once again someone making you believe it because they put someone else's name on it.

Yeah but someonestill had to say it.

[Highwayman]

I guess I’ll drag out ol’ JJ’s link again. Most of you folks have seen this, but just in case anyone missed it or wants to read it again here it is……

I Don’t Want to be Black Anymore
J.J. Johnson - Written: 02.28.00

[The Joker]

Didn't Ted Nugent voice some, if not all, of these opinions? Maybe I am wrong. Could someone enlighten me??

The Joker

[Bubba]

Originally Posted by wordsmythe

....Once again someone making you believe it because they put someone else's name on it.

Just because Andy Rooney didn't say it, doesn't mean the statements aren't true.

Also, I don't really see the remarks as being racist, more as a statement of fact. Does that make me a racist?