20-12-2003 07:56									#1
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quote: You may not agree with him but he says a lot!!! Finally, someone has the guts to tell it like it is. You have to love this man. Is Andy Rooney the only sane one left? Andy Rooney said on 60 minutes a few weeks back: (for those of you that don't know Andy Rooney, he is a 82 year old US TV commentator.) I like big cars, big boats, big motorcycles, big houses and big campfires. I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some government stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts for squirting out babies. 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 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. 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% off the population is black, that is not racial profiling, it is the Law of Probability. I know what sex is, and there are not varying degrees of it. If I received sex from one of my subordinates in my office, it wouldn't be a private matter or my personal business. I would be "FIRED" immediately! 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 feel much safer letting a machine with no political affiliation recount votes when needed. I know what the definition of lying is. 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 believe a self-righteous liberal or conservative with a cause is more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude. 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. 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, DON'T PASS IT ON!!!

You got to love him, I do.

	20-12-2003 08:00									#2
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This thing has been going around for years and, iirc, has absolutely nothing to do with Andy Rooney nor anything he has ever said before in his life.

In short: it's a hoax.

	20-12-2003 08:02									#3
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Yeah, it didn't sound much like Andy Rooney. Too much political commentary and not enough talk about how he can't understand these new-fangled contraptions like computers and toasters.

	20-12-2003 08:12									#4
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Oh, please, will you just SHUT UP

	20-12-2003 08:26									#5
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Whoever it was that said it, to quote the CIV II Trade Advisor, He speaks the truth.

	20-12-2003 09:30									#6
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Nobody who has spent any time listening to Andy Rooney would be fooled for a second into thinking he'd have said that. He may be a whiner, but he's not as crass and unimaginative as this. It's also been attributed to George Carlin, Dennis Leary and others to try to give it more "weight" than the crank sitting in his basement who actually wrote it in a fit of pique at the world.

	20-12-2003 12:01									#7
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he doesn't like female sideline reporters

I like them because they are usually attractive and gives me something to think about banging.

	20-12-2003 12:03									#8
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT This thing has been going around for years and, iirc, has absolutely nothing to do with Andy Rooney nor anything he has ever said before in his life. In short: it's a hoax.

I got about 2 lines in before I decided it wasn't him.

	20-12-2003 12:03									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten like computers and toasters.

	20-12-2003 12:07									#10
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I don't know who Andy Rooney's supposed to be, but whoever said that must be the most idiotic bastard I've ever seen.

	20-12-2003 12:12									#11
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I'm just imagining Andy sitting there with a toaster in his hand explaining how when he was young and toaters were first invented that they didn't have the darkness setting like toasters nowadays do. And instead of popping up, you had to reach in with a knife and get the toast. He lost 3 bothers that way, but it was worth it.

	20-12-2003 12:32									#12
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come on the second statement...

quote: I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some government stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts for squirting out babies.

anyone can tell that wouldn't get any national, prime-time airtime. obvious it wasn't him. Some of the points though are true but expressed stupidly

	20-12-2003 13:12									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten Yeah, it didn't sound much like Andy Rooney. Too much political commentary and not enough talk about how he can't understand these new-fangled contraptions like computers and toasters.

The later I stay up browsing poly, the funnier things get. I laughed at that for several minutes.


I hate Andy Rooney. I really do.

	20-12-2003 20:40									#14
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Why do people fall for things so obviously wrong as this?

	20-12-2003 20:48									#15
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BOOKACHOW!

	20-12-2003 21:32									#16
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If you love whoever said that, you've got some issues.

	20-12-2003 22:55									#17
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This is what Rooeny REALLY had to say about this (from the above Snopse article, but it bears repeating):

quote: 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.

	20-12-2003 22:59									#18
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Yes, shame on those perpetrating this in Rooney's name.

	21-12-2003 00:24									#19
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I bet Joseph regrets posting this now.

	21-12-2003 00:40									#20
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We hope so!

	21-12-2003 00:46									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Osweld I bet Joseph regrets posting this now.

the thought crossed my mind.

	21-12-2003 12:20									#22
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Rooney may have not said those things, but he did diss female sideline reporters at sports events.

Is there anyone going to defend what he said about those women? He was clearly wrong for saying that.

	21-12-2003 12:25									#23
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Sounds a bit like a truck driver...

	21-12-2003 12:27									#24
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If he was wrong in saying those things, and we all realize it, what is there to defend? I sure am not going to have a chance to personally teach Rooney anything.

	21-12-2003 13:47									#25
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quote: I'm just imagining Andy sitting there with a toaster in his hand explaining how when he was young and toaters were first invented that they didn't have the darkness setting like toasters nowadays do. And instead of popping up, you had to reach in with a knife and get the toast. He lost 3 bothers that way, but it was worth it.

I think I remember that episode...