Published on November 17, 2004 By drmiler In Politics
This was passed on to me by my wife. It's simular to the suppossed George Carlin joke but a little different. It however is NOT factual.Enjoy!!!

Andy Rooney usually takes a liberal slant, but here
he is saying some things the liberals will claim are
not "politically correct"... and Andy will probably
say, "Tough s***!"
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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
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.

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on Nov 18, 2004
and when a child is focused on pain, they are far less likely to actually connect it to what they actually did.


If they were doing something they knew they shouldn't have been doing and got smacked for it, I'm sure they can connect the dots.
And what good is spanking without pain? Pain (phyisical discomfort) is the point of spanking (punishment).
Spanking without causing pain is like mashed potatoes without butter: pointless.
on Nov 18, 2004
Well, it's more like you have to find the narrow middle ground.
There's a "Why did that big person tap me?" that has no effect, as you've said.
Then the hard to find ideal "Ow, maybe I shouldn't do that....", that can work.
And the "OUCH! THAT HURT!" that has no effect because the brain concentrates entirely on the pain.

I'm going to guess that you're one of the parents that actually found the narrow middle ground that actually works, and not one the parents who either doesn't care and does it too soft, or gets frustrated and does it too hard, which would mean maybe we're arguing for nothing.
on Nov 18, 2004
And the "OUCH! THAT HURT!" that has no effect because the brain concentrates entirely on the pain.


Well, if the offense deserves an "OUCH! THAT HURT!" kind of smack, and some do, then the parent has to reinforce the reason behind it. Tell the child exactly WHY they got that reaction.

maybe we're arguing for nothing.


Maybe we are.++
on Nov 18, 2004
nyvelion: Just curious . . . do you have any children?
on Nov 18, 2004
Even lefties like Texas Wahine and Myrrander have written things I've agreed with from time-to-time.


*laugh*

Well, that makes me feel good!

good post, drmiler, even if it isn't Rooney
on Nov 18, 2004
Oh-oh, nyvelion....Ssshh....now we're in for it.....mom's here.
on Nov 18, 2004
OH NO...and DAD, too!
on Nov 18, 2004

Reply #35 By: Myrrander - 11/18/2004 1:10:36 PM
Even lefties like Texas Wahine and Myrrander have written things I've agreed with from time-to-time.


*laugh*

Well, that makes me feel good!

good post, drmiler, even if it isn't Rooney


Thanks myrrander. I kind of figured when I was posting it that it wasn't Rooney. But I found myself nodding at each new section and figured what the heck, let's share it.
on Nov 18, 2004

Reply #32 By: nyvelion - 11/18/2004 4:32:14 AM
Well, it's more like you have to find the narrow middle ground.
There's a "Why did that big person tap me?" that has no effect, as you've said.
Then the hard to find ideal "Ow, maybe I shouldn't do that....", that can work.
And the "OUCH! THAT HURT!" that has no effect because the brain concentrates entirely on the pain.

I'm going to guess that you're one of the parents that actually found the narrow middle ground that actually works, and not one the parents who either doesn't care and does it too soft, or gets frustrated and does it too hard, which would mean maybe we're arguing for nothing.


Let me ask a hypothetical question. How many times must you tell a child "NO, Don't do that or you'll get hurt"? IE: playing in the road. Before you give them an "OW, that HURTS?
on Nov 18, 2004
And...... there's something wrong with academic book-learning?


I know I'm hijacking this post, and I apologize, but I want to explain myself a little better here, to nyvelion. Any who disagree with this point can feel free, of course to say so.

Book-learning is great; as I said, I read a lot, myself. I collect books, in fact. Drives the wife nuts.
The only problem with book learning is that all you gain is knowledge. You don't get wisdom, which comes from experience and is the ability to use knowledge productively.

I got into it once on a forum with a guy from Denmark; he was a devout Socialist. You can imagine how I responded to that.
He kept spouting all this stuff that he quoted from books he'd read....no personal stuff, just information and knowledge he'd gained from books.

After a while, I asked him flat-out, "Do you have any life experiences at all, or is literally everything you know from books?"

His reply? "Don't you think that simply being alive is experince enough?"
His entire system of beliefs was absorbed from others. Things he'd read, not experienced or checked out for himself. That's not a good thing.
That's why I have such a low opinion of strict book-learning in general. It's the difference between being told about, or how to do, something, as opposed to doing it for yourself. Which will gain you more?
on Nov 18, 2004
And...... there's something wrong with academic book-learning?


I know I'm hijacking this post, and I apologize, but I want to explain myself a little better here, to nyvelion. Any who disagree with this point can feel free, of course to say so.

Book-learning is great; as I said, I read a lot, myself. I collect books, in fact. Drives the wife nuts.
The only problem with book learning is that all you gain is knowledge. You don't get wisdom, which comes from experience and is the ability to use knowledge productively.

I got into it once on a forum with a guy from Denmark; he was a devout Socialist. You can imagine how I, with a name like Rightwinger, responded to that.
He kept spouting all this stuff that he quoted from books he'd read....no personal stuff, just information and knowledge he'd gained from books.

After a while, I asked him flat-out, "Do you have any life experiences at all, or is literally everything you know from books?"

His reply? "Don't you think that simply being alive is experince enough?"
His entire system of beliefs was absorbed from others. Things he'd read, not experienced or checked out for himself. That's not a good thing.
That's why I have such a low opinion of strict book-learning in general. It's the difference between being told about, or how to do, something, as opposed to doing it for yourself. Which will gain you more?

Okay, sorry. Back to the Rooney-sound alike.
on Nov 18, 2004
if you reconfigure the title from an interrogative to a declarative by switching the pronoun with the verb, it clears up all the confusion.
on Nov 18, 2004
if you reconfigure the title from an interrogative to a declarative by switching the pronoun with the verb, it clears up all the confusion.


. Points to kingbee.

Cheers,
Daiwa
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