Did you ever notice how
old guys with bushy eyebrows and wierd hair get crankier as they age until they just eventually die? (Warning: Link takes you to the liberal Deathstar)
Andy was what he was. He was often a moron, but he stood on the ground during WW2, so he wasn’t a mama’s boy. He’s an example of what can sometimes happen when people are confronted with the actual Truth; on seeing the concentration camps as a reporter for Stars and Stripes he recanted his views as a pacifist. he later slipped back into that stupidity, causing me to have to create Og’s fifth law: Some people need regular confrontation with the stark ugliness of reality to remind them that feelings and beliefs fix nothing.
Anyway, Andy, love or hate you, I always appreciated your commentary.
On the subject of Snark: Back issues of PUNCH are available, free, for Kindle. This is where snark was invented. Read them. Some samples:
We live in strenuous times. The Mad Mullah has been reported in action and Willesden has won the London Draughts’ Tournament.
By the way, those who remember the Mad Mullah’s earlier escapades are of the opinion that it is high time for him to be killed again.
“The Jolly Bachelors” is the title of a new club at Nottingham. No attempt has yet been made to start a Jolly Husbands’ Club.
Andy will be missed. Did not like his politics and like many who had seen war close up he felt there was no need for it.
But he did hit the nail once in a while. Damn near the only reason I ever watched 60 minutes.
Damn. One in a million. Right and wrong, he was somethin’ else. Yeah, he’ll be missed.
On that note, I believe I’ll have a beer. :D
Not to celebrate his death, let me clarify, but his life. As much as I disagreed with him, I did like the crusty old bastard.
Indeed, Randy, he brought the Mudge to Curmudgeon.
I always felt Rooney capitalized on his sitting on his ass in London writing for Stars and Stripes. Sure, he was in St. Lo. After the Nazis were chased off. Blowhard.
yeah, he had that whole “I saw it, I was there” attitude, but he was never under fire. Not that I was, but shit, don’t proclaim yous superiority based on hanging around what- at that time- was essentially a museum.
This
http://youtu.be/lw3SOvXgAgY
says it better than I could.
Andy Rooney wrote in his autobiography that he and another S&S staffer conspired to ruin the career of an officer, soley based on the opinion that they did not “like” him. They did it too. Typical liberal with a fouth-grade mentality.
R