Andy Rooney
Today I received an email forward from a friend with a bunch of Andy Rooney quotes. I’ve received similar messages a few times before and each time I read them I like Rooney more and more.
Here are a few of the items from the email:
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 Probability.
In addition to these examples, I found a website with a whole page full of Andy Rooney thoughts. It makes for interesting reading material.
1/22/2004 at 7:00pm
these are some pretty interesting quotes
3/14/2005 at 11:06am
This self-righteous rant was not written by Andy Rooney, George Carlin, Ted Nugent or any of the other celebrities to whom it has been attributed. First posted by a regular contributor on a conservative discussion forum in 2000, it has circulated via email ever since under a variety of titles and bylines.
3/14/2005 at 11:11am
It sure does sound like a lot of the stuff Andy Rooney says.
3/20/2005 at 11:55am
I agree with it all. Whoever said it, it rings true to me. It’s our country, so other races should follow our lead, not mess up the parade. If it’s right for one, it has to be right for all. Americans tolerate other churches, other’s points of view, etc., and no one is jailed for being different. Not that everyone has to agree or promote everyone else’s ideas. People say it’s better now than it used to be. Is it? Look around you. I don’t think so.
12/20/2005 at 2:40am
What a dumbass. Andy Rooney may be a grouch curmudgeon, but he’s not the racist, theocratic, gun-drooling asshole who wrote that rant.
Here’s proof that the quotes are 100 percent fake:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp
Be a little more skeptical and maybe you won’t get fooled so much.
12/26/2005 at 10:36am
I agree with WHOEVER wrote this artical and to all minorities of this country who are sending millions of american dollars back to their country were they are from if you dont like America for what it stands for, than pack your bags and get the hell out WE NEVER ASKED YOU TO COME OVER HERE TO BEGIN WITH SO GO HOME!!!.
3/11/2007 at 4:19pm
These remarks are not those of Andy Rooney and Ido not agree with them all but there a few that I do agree with.