Author Topic: Andy Rooney (Read 661 times)

ygsmilo · « **on:** February 16, 2003, 10:16:47 PM »

Kind of put history in perspective tonite, I hope some of our French allies were watching.

straffo · « **Reply #1 on:** February 17, 2003, 06:31:42 AM »

care to expand a bit ?
never heard of this person.

straffo · « **Reply #2 on:** February 17, 2003, 06:51:39 AM »

wow !
it's a true bellybutton hole
quotes from :

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/14/60minutes/rooney/main540729.shtml

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The French are simply not reliable partners in a world where the good people in it ought to be working together. Americans may come off as international jerks sometimes but we're usually trying to do the right thing

Ask the spanish citizen under Franco's rule or peruvian under Pinochet or Argentinian under Junta ...

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The French lost WW II to the Germans in about 20 minutes.

he's so smart ..

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I heard Steven Spielberg say the French wouldn't even let him film the D-Day scenes in “Saving Private Ryan” on the Normandy beaches.

1st hand information ... he "heard" of ....
it was :
1st a question of cost (it's pretty expensive to work in France)
2nd it's an historical place so you can't do whatever you want there is some very precise(and costly) rules to follow.

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Americans have a right to protest going to war with Iraq. The French do not. They owe us the independence they flaunt in our face at the U.N.

Same payback arguement ... very smart ...

Habu · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2003, 08:20:17 AM »

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Originally posted by straffo
wow !
it's a true bellybutton hole
quotes from :

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/14/60minutes/rooney/main540729.shtml

Ask the spanish citizen under Franco's rule or peruvian under Pinochet or Argentinian under Junta ...

he's so smart ..

1st hand information ... he "heard" of ....
it was :
1st a question of cost (it's pretty expensive to work in France)
2nd it's an historical place so you can't do whatever you want there is some very precise(and costly) rules to follow.

Same payback arguement ... very smart ...

Once again our French authority Staffo responds in the typical French way, in denial. Hey Staffo when 60 minutes runs the piece America watchs, and believes. You arguments (and your governments explainations) do not wash with the US.

And what you do not understand is that in America when guys like Andy Rooney begin to point out how ungrateful the French are, things are changing. This has never happened before.

America is waking up to the fact the French are not friends. Eventually this attitude will filter down to things like tourism and trade. It is only beginning.

straffo · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2003, 08:30:00 AM »

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Originally posted by Habu
Hey Staffo when 60 minutes runs the piece America watchs, and believes.

Ho... what a surprise it just a question of faith ?

Remind me of 1984.

IMO if you trust a TV show you're doomed...

Habu · « **Reply #5 on:** February 17, 2003, 08:32:28 AM »

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Originally posted by straffo
Ho... what a surprise it just a question of faith ?

Remind me of 1984.

IMO if you trust a TV show you're doomed...

You do not know what 60 minutes is. You do not know much about America either I can tell.

straffo · « **Reply #6 on:** February 17, 2003, 08:41:18 AM »

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Originally posted by Habu
You do not know what 60 minutes is. You do not know much about America either I can tell.

I don't want to believe that the American are using only one source of information (is it the local version of the Pravda ?)

And yes I'm pretty ignorant about America I'm not American you know ...

AKIron · « **Reply #7 on:** February 17, 2003, 09:19:19 AM »

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Originally posted by Habu
Eventually this attitude will filter down to things like tourism and trade. It is only beginning.

Some morning show reported today that a US restaurant no longer serves french fries. They now serve freedom fries.

Habu · « **Reply #8 on:** February 17, 2003, 09:21:10 AM »

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Originally posted by straffo
I don't want to believe that the American are using only one source of information (is it the local version of the Pravda ?)

And yes I'm pretty ignorant about America I'm not American you know ...

I see so you think CBS is just like Pravda? And a WW2 vet like Rooney is a liar. Interesting.

You are almost as well informed as a third world arab dictatorship. And you opinions have about as much credibility.

straffo · « **Reply #9 on:** February 17, 2003, 09:25:18 AM »

@Iron :rotfl

@habu : don't waste your time with me and I won't waste mine.
If you think that being a Vet give some quality you are wrong.
There is the same percentage of bellybutton hole among the Vet and the whole population.

And I bet that Mister Rooney is trying to get as many buck as he can to have a good retirement.

And yes he is a liar as he is using things "he heard" (like Joan of Arc ?) as proof.

straffo · « **Reply #10 on:** February 17, 2003, 09:30:25 AM »

at least he is funny :

We've sent a man to the moon, and that's 290,000 miles away. The center of the Earth is only 4,000 miles away. You could drive that in a week, but for some reason nobody's ever done it.
Andy Rooney (1919 - )

Habu · « **Reply #11 on:** February 17, 2003, 01:18:17 PM »

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Originally posted by AKIron
Some morning show reported today that a US restaurant no longer serves french fries. They now serve freedom fries.

Man that is brilliant. I would eat there for sure.

SOB · « **Reply #12 on:** February 17, 2003, 01:25:32 PM »

Golly-geenit Straffo, I wasn't going to comment on this but now you've just gone too far.

Andy Rooney is NOT funny.

SOB

Sandman · « **Reply #13 on:** February 17, 2003, 01:29:07 PM »

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The French have not earned their right to oppose President Bush's plans to attack Iraq.

What an ass.

Dead Man Flying · « **Reply #14 on:** February 17, 2003, 01:31:05 PM »

The King of Crotchety is mad at the French? Isn't he always mad at something? I doubt many Americans are going to change their views on France because Andy Rooney decided to go off on them for a couple of minutes. If anything, he's merely voicing what many already feel, right or wrong.

-- Todd/Leviathn