I Agree With Andy 100%

[44mayg]

ANDY ROONEY'S OPINION

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
governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack
addicts for squirting out babies. 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! 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% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling, it is
the law of statistics.

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 shouldn't have to 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 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 wrestling is fake, but
so are movies and television, and 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 ass 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" and of all the suck ups that go along
with it. 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!

Andy is 83 and entitled to his opinion.

[Ace]

Is this an excerpt, or the whole article?  I looked at the CBS Andy Rooney opinions page, and couldn't find anything that sounded like it by title.  They had about 30 listed, there.

Ace; it takes a village to raise a village idiot.

[44mayg]

You know Ace, you got me thinking when you asked about this. Good question. I don't remember where I got it, but did a search on Google for Andy Rooneys Opinion and came up with some interesting stuff. One place says it's not his, but a lot of other places put it up as his. I'd assumed it was something he wrote and not one of his TV commentaries.

Ahhhhhhhh, the world of the internet. So much information, so much bull too. Oh well, if it's not really his, oh well.

"Poasters must be a village, cuz we have Ace" :-)

[44mayg]

Just did another search on Google. This is getting interesting.

I like big cars, big boats, big motorcycles, big houses and big campfires.

[scuzzy]

Check these two links (from www.snopes.com):

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

http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/rooney.asp

[44mayg]

Yeah Scuzzy, I came across Snopes in my first search after Ace mentioned he couldn't find it in Andy Rooneys opinion page.

In my second search, I found this one site which almost looks like the origin, but not too sure. Didn't want to be spending too much time on it, so this could also be misleading as to the actual creator.

Whoever did it, they bring up some very good points.

Birdman

[Ace]

So it wasn't from Andy Rooney...

Ace; from Ace.

[44mayg]

Maybe OJ did it. No, wait......... the jury said he didn't.

Heck, I don't even know where I got it. Mighta been in some email or something. Maybe it was on a tombstone. But from what I've found, due to Ace's Sherlock Holmes instincts of separating the shine from shinola, it sure don't seem to be from good ole' Andy's lips.

But I still like it.