Monday, November 9, 2009

Monday, Let's Start the Week With An Ode to Political Incorrectness

A GOOD FRIEND in Wyoming emailed me this today. I like it. It's supposed to be written by Andy Rooney for 60 Minutes but who knows. I'll attribute it to him anyway and if he didn't say it, then attribute it to me, cause I agree with everything that's in it. While I don't usually don't put stuff from emails on Webutante, I'm making an exception here.

I feel rebellious and very politically incorrect this morning, and it fits my kick-the-can mood. So without further ado, take it away whoever-you-are:

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, which 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.

think the police should have every right to shoot you 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...."

----Andy Rooney

6 comments:

fraydna52 said...

You're right to be suspicious - according to snopes.com, it wasn't Rooney:

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

But I think many people are so disgusted with how far the pendulum has swung from the freedoms we used to have that this resonates.

Webutante said...

Yes, fraydna52, the pendulum has swung so far, and I think the Ft. Hood massacre was an indication of it being in the military with deadly consequences.

Paula said...

I also heartily agree with this. Feels like the thing to do is send it to our "Representatives" and Senators, but I think all they'd do would be to call us more names. We are in big trouble, I think.

Webutante said...

Yes, Paula, but there are worse things than being intimidated by name-calling. Time, imo, we stood up were willing to take some hits.

sherry said...

I don't care *who* wrote the piece, I **agree** with the sentiments therein!

jAne

Webutante said...

Hey Lady Jane!