Someone sent this to me saying it was a statement by Andy Rooney............

[springhill]

Please, someone tell me it's a fake. I really can't believe this could have come from his mouth. I am thinking it was started by some right-wing wacko trying to cause trouble. Anyway, I hope so.
It begins below:


 Good for him!!!

Surprised CBS let him get away with this even though he's right.


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 butt 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!!!

If you agree, pass this on, if not delete.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It's false, of course.

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

[DefenseLawyer]

2. Utterly fake

I'm sure you can find it on snopes. I have seen the same or similar screed attributed to George Carlin and Robin Williams. Makes you realize how messed up some peoples' worldview really is.

[asjr]

7. I have received the Rooney one and

the Carlin one. Haven't had a letter from Robin Williams yet. I just delete them because it is a waste of time reading them. Someone has a lot of spare time on his or her hands.

[PassingFair]

3. Doesn't sound like Andy Rooney to me.

Sounds like Lyin' Andy Freeper.

[tridim]

4. It's obviously false from the very first sentence.

I really hate wingnut spam. It's just so ugly, and unfortunately it works very well.

[Gormy Cuss]

5. Always check Snopes.com first before posting this crap.

This one, in various versions, has been around the block for several years. IMHO Andy Rooney would be appalled that this tripe is being attributed to him.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

6. It's funny how the real authors of these don't put their own names on them.

[mrcheerful]

8. Whats even funnier is how the wing nuts try to reason why who said it isn't

an issue because its all true facts so it doesn't matter if Andy, George or Robin did or did not wrote it. Odd that to the right an opinion based on racism, sexism or bigotry is a fact yet a fact based on proof, is just an opinion of the person they don't agree with. Forget it, trying to understand right wing twisted thinking just hurts the brain and could lead to sever brain damage.