Andy Ronney

Plainsman

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I really can't stand the guy, but what a story (C&P)

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 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...
 

12Footer

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Re: Andy Ronney

It is hard to believe, but he served his country honorably in younger days.I don't know what happened to the guy.
 

Firestar

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He says it like it is.............like it or not.......it is the truth.:love:
 

ob

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I think some of his points of view and pitch methods are comical and refreshingly accurate.
 

JB

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Re: Andy Ronney

I enjoy Andy ROONEY, though I don't always agree with him.

Those "quotes" make good press, but I don't believe he actually said more than a few of them.
 

ob

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Re: Andy Ronney

I'm going to go way out on a limb here and wager that most 'blacks' wouldn't consider most of those quotes good press.8) Oh well.
 

POINTER94

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Re: Andy Ronney

There goes Andy's invitation to the CBS Christmas (excuse me, Winter Holiday) party.
 

i386

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Re: Andy Ronney

According to this he didn't say any of that.

And don't get me started on Microsoft. d:)
 

rickdb1boat

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Re: Andy Ronney

Whether he said it or not, all of it's the truth. Some of it just burns me to the core. To pull up to an ATM machine and have to press "1" for English really burns me. To call almost any major company for service (ATT, Direct TV, Charter, Etc) and consistently get someone you can barely understand is a crime. To hear blacks constantly whine about what they don't have and what they "Deserve" really burns my A**. Work for it and maybe you will have something! This country has become to complacent and soft. Is it any wonder they are crossing the border in droves when all they have to do is make it here and receive benefits that Americans can only dream about. Enough before I really tell you how I feel.....
 

Boomyal

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Re: Andy Ronney

Much has been attributed to Andy Rooney (out of character I might add) then proven to be not true. I fear the above statements fall into that catagory,
 

crunch

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Re: Andy Ronney

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.

Ok, we've agreed he didn't say that, but he missed one.... Affirmative Action.

If I was a "minority" I would be furious. How dare you think I'm so inferior that you have to give me preferential treatment just so I can compete?.... Jesse Jackson should be knocking down your door.... but he’s not, hmmm.
 
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