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(Andy) Rooney Suggests Fault for Terrorism Lies with American Behavior
newsbusters.org ^ | September 11, 2006 | Brenty Baker

Posted on 09/11/2006 10:17:07 AM PDT by lowbridge

Rooney Suggests Fault for Terrorism Lies with American Behavior

In his commentary at the end on Sunday's 60 Minutes, the day before the five year mark since 9/11, Andy Rooney noted that “we're trying to protect ourselves with more weapons,” a policy with which he only grudgingly agreed as he lamented, “we have to do it I guess.” Then, however, he suggested the fault for terrorism lies with American behavior, not the murderous ideology of terrorists who want to destroy Western democratic culture: “But might be better if we figured out how to behave as a nation in a way that wouldn't make so many people in the world want to kill us." By that reasoning, during the Cold War should the U.S. have adopted policies meant to appease the Soviets? Rooney delivered his remarks on the season premiere of the program (delayed in the EDT/CDT zones by tennis for nearly a half hour) which gave two of the show's three segments to Katie Couric's piece on World Trade Center first responders who are suffering from the air they inhaled. (Transcript follows)

Rooney's commentary at the end of the September 10 60 Minutes:

“There have been a lot of memorable days in our country's history, but some of them we'd rather forget. September 11th, 2001 is one of those. It isn't a day to celebrate, but it's a day we shouldn't forget, either.

“We need some word other than "holiday" to call some of our memorable days. Pearl Harbor, December 7th 1941 was one of the worst days in our country's history. The day John F. Kennedy was assassinated was a bad day. It was the death of just one man, but JFK was so very American that we all died a little when he died.

“Presidents James Garfield, William McKinley and of course Abraham Lincoln were all assassinated. If you're the President, you must think about them every time you go out in public. I hope we're more careful protecting our President now. The Wall Street stock market crash in 1929 was a different kind of disaster.

“We went into Iraq March 20th, 2003. They won't be closing the banks on March 20th every year to celebrate that. The Three Mile Island nuclear disaster in 1979 might have wiped out our civilization. Most of our disasters have had some natural origin -- floods, too much water. [Over photo of floods] How often have you seen this picture? Hurricanes and tornadoes, too much wind, too much rain. Droughts may be worse, but not so dramatic as hurricanes because they don't happen on just one day.

“The disaster on September 11th wasn't like any of those. It was manmade. Death by design. Some people who hated Americans set out to kill a lot of us and they succeeded. Americans are puzzled over why so many people in the world hate us. We seem so nice to ourselves. They do hate us though. We know that and we're trying to protect ourselves with more weapons. We have to do it I guess, but might be better if we figured out how to behave as a nation in a way that wouldn't make so many people in the world want to kill us.”


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: andyoffhisrocker; andyrooney; cbs; fifthanniversary; moonbat; rooney
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1 posted on 09/11/2006 10:17:09 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Andy if you just hadn't bombed those poor Germans in WWII. /sarcasm


2 posted on 09/11/2006 10:18:46 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Only stupid people would vote for McCain, Warner, Hagle, Snowe, Graham, or any RINO)
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To: lowbridge

Eyespysomething suggests the fault for terrorism lies with Andy's irritating voice and neverending "Did you ever notice..."

Pushed 'em right over the edge.


3 posted on 09/11/2006 10:20:50 AM PDT by eyespysomething (http://crumbsandfun.blogspot.com/2006/09/ana-centeno-tribute.html)
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To: lowbridge

Why they set aside two minutes of their broadcast to this idiotic gasbag is beyond me....


4 posted on 09/11/2006 10:21:02 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: lowbridge

So is our solution to stop all foreign aid and start up our own oil companies so we don't have to trade with muslims and isolate ourselves from the world or what behavior should we change.

Andy always puts us down, never supports us and yet stays on the air.


5 posted on 09/11/2006 10:22:36 AM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: lowbridge

Andy Rooney is a senile liberal fart.


6 posted on 09/11/2006 10:23:15 AM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: lowbridge

I haven't seen 60 minutes in years, but was tuned in last evening waiting for "9/11" to begin (late). My husband and I just stared at each other with our mouths open, when Rooney finished.


7 posted on 09/11/2006 10:23:53 AM PDT by linda_22003
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To: lowbridge
If nobody covers Andy up with dirt, he's never going to believe he's dead.


8 posted on 09/11/2006 10:25:46 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: lowbridge
The Three Mile Island nuclear disaster in 1979 might have wiped out our civilization.

You're rambling again, Andy.

9 posted on 09/11/2006 10:25:54 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: lowbridge
but might be better if we figured out how to behave as a nation in a way that wouldn't make so many people in the world want to kill us.”

They hate us for many reasons. That is their problem. To make them not hate us, we go back to a seventh century civilization with Islam on the march.

That is when Crazy Uncle Andy would have got his own head cut off.

10 posted on 09/11/2006 10:26:27 AM PDT by don-o (Proudly posting without reading the thread since 1998. (stolen from one cool dude))
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To: lowbridge
Rooney Suggests Fault for Terrorism Lies with American Behavior

...and thereby provides the sum and substance of the Left's answer to terrorism.
11 posted on 09/11/2006 10:27:12 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: lowbridge
We have to do it I guess, but might be better if we figured out how to behave as a nation in a way that wouldn't make so many people in the world want to kill us.”

Well, I guess if we all just converted to Islam, the byproduct of which would be throwing Israel under the bus, that might be a good first step in the right direction.

12 posted on 09/11/2006 10:29:15 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The moving finger writes and, having writ, moves on......)
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To: bmwcyle

“But might be better if we figured out how to behave as a nation in a way that wouldn't make so many people in the world want to kill us."

Yes, he's right.

If we banned alcohol, pork and dogs, treated our women like animals and our animals like inanimate objects, gave up our crazy ideas about human dignity and he right to choose what religion we belong to, I'm sure all the Muslims would stop hating us and welcome us with open arms into Islam.

Andy Rooney should change his name to Andy Looney.


13 posted on 09/11/2006 10:29:20 AM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: lowbridge

Andy has senile dementia. And has had it for years.


14 posted on 09/11/2006 10:29:44 AM PDT by Protagoras (Lay down with dogs, get up with fleas)
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To: lowbridge

"The Three Mile Island nuclear disaster in 1979 might have wiped out our civilization."

Yeah, just like Chernobyl wiped out civilization!


15 posted on 09/11/2006 10:30:25 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (Man Law: You Poke It, You Own It)
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To: lowbridge

“But might be better if we figured out how to behave as a nation in a way that wouldn't make so many people in the world want to kill us."

Simple, Andy. Convert to Islam. And once you do, move to the Middle East. Take your friends with you!


16 posted on 09/11/2006 10:31:21 AM PDT by ryan71
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To: lowbridge
I guess all the countries that Germany invaded should have figured out why the Germans hated them so much. Same thing for Japan invading China and Korea. And the Jews, what did they do to those poor Germans? And the Armenians to the Turks?
So many questions Andy asks us to ponder.

Why are so many senile old men allowed to remain on 60 Minutes. Rooney and Wallace shouldn't be allowed to have their driver's license never mind hosting a major news show.
17 posted on 09/11/2006 10:31:25 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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“The disaster on September 11th wasn't like any of those. It was manmade. Death by design. Some people who hated Americans set out to kill a lot of us and they succeeded. Americans are puzzled over why so many people in the world hate us. We seem so nice to ourselves. They do hate us though. We know that and we're trying to protect ourselves with more weapons. We have to do it I guess, but might be better if we figured out how to behave as a nation in a way that wouldn't make so many people in the world want to kill us.”

What a simpleton nutcase. His moral equivalence just can't comprehend the fact that those doing the hating might actually be WRONG! Oh how judgemental! I guess we should protect ourselves...maybe... Rooney, you idiot, do you lock your doors at night? Sheesh what a moron for someone who has lived so long.

18 posted on 09/11/2006 10:31:26 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: lowbridge

Perhaps this has struck a particularly raw nerve today, but I really don't understand why I have to suffer this kind of fool....and the left is full of them. Perhaps if I wasn't mourning 3,000 of my kinsmen today, I could spare some patience for a tired, self-important, ego-driven blow-hard.


19 posted on 09/11/2006 10:31:52 AM PDT by delphirogatio
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To: eyespysomething

Did you ever notice that Andy Rooney is an insufferable boob? I know I have!


20 posted on 09/11/2006 10:31:52 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (Man Law: You Poke It, You Own It)
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