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.”
Andy if you just hadn't bombed those poor Germans in WWII. /sarcasm
Eyespysomething suggests the fault for terrorism lies with Andy's irritating voice and neverending "Did you ever notice..."
Pushed 'em right over the edge.
Why they set aside two minutes of their broadcast to this idiotic gasbag is beyond me....
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.
Andy Rooney is a senile liberal fart.
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.
You're rambling again, Andy.
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.
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.
“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.
Andy has senile dementia. And has had it for years.
"The Three Mile Island nuclear disaster in 1979 might have wiped out our civilization."
Yeah, just like Chernobyl wiped out civilization!
“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!
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.
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.
Did you ever notice that Andy Rooney is an insufferable boob? I know I have!
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