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Thread ID: 18896 | Posts: 9 | Started: 2005-06-29
2005-06-29 15:31 | User Profile
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 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 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 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
2005-06-29 20:21 | User Profile
I don't believe it. Show me a link.
2005-06-29 20:46 | User Profile
I was ready to vote for him in order to take over in The White House but I noticed that he dind't say anything about the Jews, they must be the ones behind his pay checks. :whlch: Ponce in Oregon, lol.
2005-06-29 20:49 | User Profile
Actually, that "Andy Rooney" e-mail has been floating around for at least 3 YEARS. Andy Rooney is a despicable, bleeding-heart liberal, and was appalled at the e-mail attributed to him.
[url="http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp"]Proof that it's a fake[/url]
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2005-06-29 20:55 | User Profile
He did do this, I really didn't see it as that radical. Maybe it is slightly more bold than most would say, though. He just wants everyone to adopt this nebulous American identity rather than face a percieved divided society, or at least using that label, to him, means that it prevents that in some way.
2005-06-29 20:57 | User Profile
No that e-mail is another thing entirely, Gabrielle's post is an actual piece, I saw it. Some of it anyway, part of it might be embellished.
2005-06-29 22:39 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Jess David Peterson]Actually, that "Andy Rooney" e-mail has been floating around for at least 3 YEARS. Andy Rooney is a despicable, bleeding-heart liberal, and was appalled at the e-mail attributed to him.
[url="http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp"]Proof that it's a fake[/url]
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I was going to say. I got that e-mail at one of my formers jobs a long time ago.
2005-06-30 02:07 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Ponce]I was ready to vote for him in order to take over in The White House but I noticed that he dind't say anything about the Jews, they must be the ones behind his pay checks. :whlch: Ponce in Oregon, lol.[/QUOTE]
Anyone who would say those things has proved himself a true patriot, even if there's nothing said about the Jews. Too bad it's not true. If it were true, all Hell would have broken loose when he said it.
2005-06-30 12:09 | User Profile
[QUOTE=il ragno]I don't believe it. Show me a link.[/QUOTE]
That's all there was... I found it at another site. Sorry!