Please help me respond. RE: Andy Rooney email

[tallahasseedem]

This little gem showed up into my box tonight from someone whom I thought was a Democrat. Please help me with some ideas to write back with.



Subject: Andy Rooney

Sent: Monday,May08, 2006 7:23 AMSubject: Surprised CBS let him get away with this even though he is 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 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 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 where70% 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...

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!!!
If you agree, pass this on, if not delete. . I AGREE !!!!

[NYCGirl]

1. It's a fake. Snopes link:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp

[tallahasseedem]

4. Thank you.

[Book Lover]

2. snopes.com this one

It's not written by Mr. Rooney.

[idgiehkt]

3. wow, if Rooney said all that he's a stinkin' jerk.

worse than I even thought.

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. It's a fraud.

As noted above.

[1monster]

12. Andy Rooney may be a professional curmudgeon, but he is not

a racist neoconfacist. It isn't even his style.

It does sound a lot like that other screed that was doing the rounds for a long time that was supposedly written by George Carlin, but wasn't.

Some people have nothing better to do than to write up nasties like this and try to give their ugly thoughts credibility by attributing them to well-known personalities.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. It's bogus.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp

[Minnesota_Lib]

7. Quote Mr. Rooney from Snopes.com and reply all

[AnOhioan]

8. If It was me.....

I would back to your friend asking him/her why they are passing on the ravings of a man who long ago lost his mind. Ask them if they really think the old coot has any point to his inane ramblings.

How they respond would tell me whether or not I wanted to remain a friend to them.

After posting I noticed the members here had checked Snopes.com. Rooney may not have said these things but your friend still passed it on to you. That is the more troubling point.

[klook]

9. It takes about 30 seconds to find out if stuff like this is a hoax

I went to Google and entered "Andy Rooney" "I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything" and "hoax" -- the snopes.com link was one of the first that came up:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp

I always have my radar up and on guard for BS when I get posts like this. And that's usually just what it turns out to be, BS.

[tallahasseedem]

10. Thank you guys.....

This is what I wrote back.

This is a fake.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp

However, if you do agree with all of this, good luck with your explanation why to the almighty.




I cant bring myself to say anything else right now. I cannot believe this country has come to this.

[acmejack]

13. I sympathize, I have pissed off all of my old friends.

By responding snottily to these sort of e mails. I have absolutely no use for this type of crap in my in box nor patience for those who send it to me. I would rather not associate with them, it amazes me that I could know people for twenty years and not realize they were dimwitted clowns. Perhaps it says more about me than I care to admit...

[Berry Cool]

14. I admit, I have no patience for chain letter garbage in my inbox at all!

I have probably pissed off more than a few friends because I can't stand getting any kind of mail that says "If you believe in this message pass it on to five other people...don't break the chain..." I don't care if it's reprehensible garbage like this, urban legends or something that's supposed to make everyone I send it to "feel good" ("tell a woman today that you appreciate her! Send her this message!").

I delete them all!

[BlueJazz]

11. While I do agree with a few points of this Letter, the majority sounds..

..like it was written by Rush or Mr. Savage... :)

[ContraBass Black]

15. Absolute bullshit. It comes around every month.

I swear, my boots don't go high enough for these.