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JetBoatRich
02-05-2005, 07:51 AM
A friend sent this to me, it may have been posted before :D some valid points :jawdrop:
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 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 paragraph.
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...

ratso
02-05-2005, 07:53 AM
That's the kind of guy that needs to be in the White House... not that I have anything against Bush. :D

switchin'addiction
02-05-2005, 08:14 AM
I seen that posted quite a few times, but I read it everytime. I love it! The guy speaks the truth. To hell with all this PC bullshit!!

Mandelon
02-05-2005, 08:32 AM
Its good, but it ain't him.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp

My Man's Sportin' Wood
02-05-2005, 09:48 AM
I have been a fan of Andy Rooney for years and while reading that I kept thinking, "That doesn't sound like Andy Rooney." Glad you posted that link Mandelon. My respect for the man is restored.
:cool:

a catered life
02-05-2005, 10:50 AM
i second that........ as i read this i was starting to change my feeling about him, but after reading the corrected post i am reminded how screwed the media is. i dont agree with everything he said but i do respect it. and for the record.......racial profiling does happen......i go through this crap daily but i don't get all touchy over it

hotlavey
02-05-2005, 11:28 AM
Sportin'
That wasn't Andy Rooney that said that. It has been around the internet for a while and if you check WWW.urbanlegends.com you'll find the info. Rooney is a real devout liberal so go figure.

Ion
02-06-2005, 08:47 AM
Regardless who stated these opinions, they are completely, 100% on target! Kudos to the author! (In a Rooney-esque voice) Ever wonder why people living in this country, other than Native Americans, don't insist we refer to them as, for example, "Polish-Americans" or "Irish Americans", or Japanese Americans"? If you were born here (for the time being, let's overlook all the illegals who come across the boarder and squirt out offspring for free), YOU ARE AN AMERICAN...PERIOD.
And..aside from benefitting politicians who seek illegal Mexicans' votes in this country, why am I seeing more and more packaging in my local Kmart, Safeway, etc, printed in BOTH English and that other language? Not only is it completely annoying to spin a f'n package around to find the informatin in MY LANGUAGE, but it just has to increase the price of the package, thus the product, to first pay someone to translate the package info, then change the layout of the printing on the package to accomodate the freakin' mexican text, then ultimately print the additional text on the package. Noone has addressed how doing this is yet another example of how we are paying for illegal mexicans!!!
And don't tell me the reason retailers are doing this is to broaden their market. That market (illegals) does not contribute to system by means of income tax, yet take full advantage of it. G-Dub's new social security propositions are necessary to help ensure there will be something there for us when we retire because there are proportionally fewer people contributing to the system to those receiving benefits than there used to be, but...contributing to that unbalance are all the benefits going to illegals!
The Constitution of this fine land is written in ENGLISH. If you want to live here and take advantage of everything we have to offer LEARN OUR language!

Sleek-Jet
02-06-2005, 11:31 AM
...Ever wonder why people living in this country, other than Native Americans, ...
Most of the Indians I know don't like that term either. Their opinion??? If you were born in this country, you're a native American... it only makes sense. :D