Something to think about
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 10:04 pm
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> > >Something to think about. Pro or Con > > > > > > > > > > > >Andy Rooney said on 60 minutes a few weeks back: > > >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! ARE YOU LISTENING > > >MARTHA BURKE? > > > > > >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. > > > > > >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 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 self 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 pro wrestling is > > >fake, but so are movies and television. 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 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 sh%$,THEN DON'T PASS IT ON .
> > >Something to think about. Pro or Con > > > > > > > > > > > >Andy Rooney said on 60 minutes a few weeks back: > > >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! ARE YOU LISTENING > > >MARTHA BURKE? > > > > > >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. > > > > > >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 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 self 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 pro wrestling is > > >fake, but so are movies and television. 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 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 sh%$,THEN DON'T PASS IT ON .