My sister sent me this and I don't know if i should be pissed or hurt

[donheld]

This is not her style. I don't know what possessed her.


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 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 a-- 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
If you agree, pass this on, if not delete.

[EstimatedProphet]

1. Did he say this?

I doubt it. I'm not a big fan of Andy Rooney but I don't think he's a Bushtard bigot.

On edit: no he didn't. Send out that link to everyone, and tell them Andy Rooney himself called this crap racist.

[BikeWriter]

2. You did good. I'd seen this before and was about to go to Snopes.

[EstimatedProphet]

4. I'd love to find the assholes that put these things together

[BikeWriter]

12. It's the RW spammers. They send this crap out...

and add "Send to everyone on your lists, and back to me." Next week you get more spam.

[EstimatedProphet]

16. Right, but who are they?

I'm betting there's a bank of them, like the RW phone banks that call into C-SPAN and CNN.

[donheld]

5. Excellent find

I will send this to my sister et all.

[Benfea]

6. Good sleuthing there

Andy Rooney can on occasion say some fairly outlandish things, but when I read it, I couldn't imagine it being true.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. Good catch

I was also about to debunk this crap via snopes. Thanks for saving me the trouble of finding the link again. :)

[Omphaloskepsis]

3. Her computer might have been compromised.

Sending spam to a persons list of contacts is common. And very simple.

[donheld]

8. I'm wondering about that

This e-mail was so unlike her.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

13. If this isn't like her then

If I were you, I'd hold off on any type of emotional response until you speak with her. She is your sister after all, and sisters don't grow in trees.

[donheld]

17. No I didn't go off on her

Just said I hope my family doesn't believe it.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

19. Hopefully it's not her feelings

If it is you can take it from there. :(

[donheld]

20. I'm not gonna sweat it - I'm goin' to bed

Night all.


P.S. Thanks for the heart whoever gave it. :loveya:

[donheld]

24. I talked to my sister

She says "Jees people!!! Everybody needs to just lighten up. Nobody's getting out of this alive anyway. It's just for fun and nobody means it to be taken personally."

I have a hard time believing "nobody means it to be taken personally." I really don't believe she ment for me to take it personally, but too many do.

[philosophie_en_rose]

7. I'd be pissed.

:grr:

[donheld]

11. I'm gay and everybody knows it so this really hit me in the stomach

<<<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.>>>

What's more it was sent to the entire family. I replied "I hope my own family doesn't believe this"

[philosophie_en_rose]

22. {{Hug}}

Hateful idiots are one thing. Being proud of it is another.

I'm sorry that your sister is so insensitive.

[donheld]

23. I'll live

:hug:

[RushIsRot]

9. Snopes says...

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

Share that with your sister.

[democracyindanger]

14. It's okay to be both. nt

[Catch22Dem]

15. Burst her bubble, tell her it never happened

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

I have this moron co-worker who posted the bullshit rant attributed to George Carlin and has left it there over the years even though Carlin, at one time, dedicated a section of his site to talk about what a stupid fucking e-mail it was.

[JI7]

18. why do people make this shit up ?

claiming certain people said something when they really didn't. i guess it's so they think those with liberal views may find it more appealing if it was said by these people than those known to be rw.

but still, it's just disgusting.

or maybe they know deep down they are bigoted and rather than saying these are their views they can just say "it's from Andry Rooney" or something.

[amitten]

21. If these cowards are so proud of what they've written, why do

they always feel the need to pin their hate-filled rants on people like Andy Rooney and George Carlin??? What, you little poorly endowed sons of bitches, you don't want credit for your supposedly witty crapola???