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Amen Andy Rooney

I received this in an email and couldn't agree more with the man.

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


AMEN ANDY ROONEY !

Right on, Andy Rooney!

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 Tele vision, 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 Afri! ca; 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!!!
 
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I like Andy Rooney. He tells it like it is...



although... some of the last one-liners sound a little too "edgy" to be coming from him...
 
babuska73 said:
Why don't we just tell the 14% to Shut Up and BE QUIET!!!
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That would fall under unconstitutional right? :tongue:

Or, I guess we could tell them to shut up, but they wouldn't have to listen.
 
So where is the 'line' drawn on 'tolereance'?

Unfortunately, I've known of many cases where 'illegals' make money in the USA and send it to 'their country' to 'help their families'..... It's hard to have a 'heart' for others while protecting the interest of your 'family'.....

When does an 'American' say 'enough' and when do we say "they need our help"?
Very contoversial topic.....:rolleyes:
 
babuska73 said:
I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off.
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This is my favorite line. :D
 
I have to say I agree with everything said, except this:
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!!!

The reason the other 14% opened their mouths is because there is supposed to be a seperation of church and state. This is also covered by the first amendment-freedom of religion. Therefore they don't have to "Shut Up and BE QUIET"!!!

:)
 
danesmommy said:
I have to say I agree with everything said, except this:
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!!!

The reason the other 14% opened their mouths is because there is supposed to be a seperation of church and state. This is also covered by the first amendment-freedom of religion. Therefore they don't have to "Shut Up and BE QUIET"!!!

:)
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Just a thought...14% is not a majority...so why is the "minority" able to change the "majorities' " preference?

Not meant to offend or take sides, just 'putting it out there'....
 
Wow!....this guy is right on! :claps: :42:
 
very contriversial post, I have to add my 2 cents, though.

Seperation of church and state has become a "buffet" type of statement. We get to pick out what we like and leave the rest. Government officials, and essentially everybody, get to be off of work on sundays (to worship), and on Easter and Christmas (to celebrate Jesus). These are Christian, Faith-based days, laid out in the bible. God is in our constitution, and on our money, because this wonderful country was based on Christian beliefs. You cannot actually separate church and state and still be an American. If you don't believe, and you want to stop me from believing in public, and you want my children to stop acknowledging that we are ONE NATION UNDER GOD in school, and you want the entire country to erase its foundation, then get up early on Christmas this year, and go to work, and don't take Sundays off anymore.

Don't want to offend. But that 14% opinion is not the only one out there!
 
Choochoojr said:
This is nothing but a false statement. Andy Rooney did not say these things, this has been floating around for about a year or so. :thumbs_do

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp
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Either way, it is a 'sentiment' that has been circulating throug emails (I've received this and several versions several times - George Carlin is to have a similar one(s) too!) however, I feel it speaks for a good portion of 'Americans' ' sentiments and/or frustrations. With that said, does it matter who was the first to voice it??

BTW - Andy Rooney is a mean old, self-serving, selfish nasty little man. He spent lots of time in the Catskills and I knew someone who 'served/waited on' him often and he wasn't a 'nice' person. Cheap too. ;)
 
lonefive21 said:
Seperation of church and state has become a "buffet" type of statement. We get to pick out what we like and leave the rest.
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I agree, it should be all or not. The fact that we preach this separation and yet still clearly display obviously Christian symbols and statements within our government is confusing. There should be no "buffet", it should all be separated IMO.
lonefive21 said:
Government officials, and essentially everybody, get to be off of work on sundays (to worship), and on Easter and Christmas (to celebrate Jesus). These are Christian, Faith-based days, laid out in the bible. God is in our constitution, and on our money, because this wonderful country was based on Christian beliefs.
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Having things based on other practices does not necessarily entitle the reasoning for the practices to transfer unto the new ones. Your own religion houses such practices "borrowed" from very pagan origins. Exchanging gifts, the feeling of being merry and jovial, and the lighting of candles during the winter solstice can all be tied back to the heathen celebrations of Roman Saturnalia. Even the venerable Christmas tree was borrowed from the Scandinavian festival of Yule. The whole event is really an amalgamation of many different heathen winter celebrations that took place around the world. Not to say that Christianity did not contribute anything unique to the event, but to call everything that goes on during Christmas purely Christian is a bit ignorant.
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You cannot actually separate church and state and still be an American.
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That's a bit of a harsh thing to say, don't you think? Millions of American's do their best to separate the purely Christian components of our government out every day. Withholding certain verses of the pledge from escaping their lips is one way this is done and shouldn't be shunned or looked down upon in any way.
lonefive21 said:
If you don't believe, and you want to stop me from believing in public, and you want my children to stop acknowledging that we are ONE NATION UNDER GOD in school, and you want the entire country to erase its foundation, then get up early on Christmas this year, and go to work, and don't take Sundays off anymore.
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Nobody should stop anyone from believing whatever it is they choose, as long as that belief doesn't infringe on the rights of others. Your right to believe in public should also be protected, just as the right for a Muslim to lay down a blanket and bow to the dawning sun in prayer in public should be protected. As for your children acknowledging that we are one nation under God in school, "under God" was not written into the original pledge in any way, shape, or form. Rather, it was added via a campaign by a group known as the Knights of Columbus through Congress in 1954. The granddaughter of Francis Bellamy (the original man who penned the pledge in 1892) voiced her opposition to this change because Francis was pressured to leave his church in 1891 as a result of his socialist sermons and would definately resent the addition to his work.

Your last statement assumes that everyone practices these habits for the same reasons you do. I can assure you that is not the case for a LOT of Americans.
lonefive21 said:
Don't want to offend. But that 14% opinion is not the only one out there!
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No one should be offended and your opinion should be heard as much as the opinion of that 14%.
 
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Da Kine Guy said:
As for your children acknowledging that we are one nation under God in school, "under God" was not written into the original pledge in any way, shape, or form. Rather, it was added via a campaign by a group known as the Knights of Columbus through Congress in 1954. The granddaughter of Francis Bellamy (the original man who penned the pledge in 1892) voiced her opposition to this change because Francis was pressured to leave his church in 1891 as a result of his socialist sermons and would definately resent the addition to his work.
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I might be a bit ignorant on US history, but I do know that Francis Scott Key wrote Star Spangled Banner in 1814 and in the 4th verse I found: "And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust'". Although I've never heard it sung, but it's in the original lyric. Just offering 2 cents from me, a non-American member.
 
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