Video - CBS: Andy Rooney Rails Against Iraq War & Military Spending

[dzika]

Oct 2, 2005

Video - CBS: Andy Rooney Rails Against Iraq War & Military Spending

In a moment of true clarity on CBS's 60 Minutes, Andy Rooney says what many Americans are thinking about the Iraq war and the threat of the military-industrial complex.




Video in Windows Media format...
Video in QuickTime format...
Audio in MP3 format...

More at BradBlog.com...

[helderheid]

1. kick thanks

[malachibk]

2. Really good. And I usually can't stand him.

Thanks.

[Pretty_in_CodePink]

56. Me either. I was shocked last night

He is usually so trite.

[intheflow]

3. Nominated--To the top with a bullet!

Erm... perhaps that wasn't the best phrase to use. But this is must-see video. Both for Rooney in P.O. Mode and for Eisenhower--to remind Republicans what good Republicans look like.

[AuntiBush]

51. Yup. And About Time. Kicked/Nominated!

[highplainsdem]

4. Thanks! Recommended.

[HuskerDU]

5. Kick.

Amen to brother Andy!

[Sydnie]

6. Kick so I can watch it later! n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Is this the moment when we had a reporter say

have you no shame?

[Anywho6]

8. Kicked and recommended!

Nicely summed up, Mr Rooney!

Peace...

:kick:

[Aviation Pro]

9. The military-industrial complex....

"First you get the money, then you get the power." Tony Montana, Scarface

[Benhurst]

10. Recommended

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[rndmprsn]

11. andy usually irks me...

but he's right on, on this one...someone needs to be saying these things.

[ET Awful]

12. It's even better when you consider the hoax e-mails that were going around

purporting to be authored by him ranting against the nations that didn't want to help the US invade eh?

[MissWaverly]

13. I can't believe I am hearing this on MSM primetime!

[jaxx]

14. It's about time someone said it out loud.

This war of choice has cost us 1935 American men and women and billions upon billions of $$$. Are things better for this........nope.

[Skip Intro]

15. text

AR...

------------------
I'm not really clear how much a billion dollars is but the United States — our United States — is spending $5.6 billion a month fighting this war in Iraq that we never should have gotten into.

We still have 139,000 soldiers in Iraq today.

Almost 2,000 Americans have died there. For what?

snip:

We had a great commander in WWII, Dwight Eisenhower. He became President and on leaving the White House in 1961, he said this: “We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. …"

Well, Ike was right. That's just what’s happened.

------------------

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/30/60minutes/main892398.shtml

wow

[tainowarrior]

16. Awesome,

and his using of Eisenhower's video clip was perfect. Nothing like hearing it from the person themselves.!

Applause, Andy! APPLAUSE! Bravo!:applause:

[redacted]

17. Thank you again dzika!

This segment won't air here on the West coast for about another two hours. Thank you for the heads up.

[despairing optimist]

18. Recommended. Truer words were never spoken

(especially by Andy Rooney, but he's usually all right if you know how to take him)

I have to pinch myself to see if I'm awake now. The nightmare may be over. The MSM is becoming adversarial. The public is taking notice. The void at the top of the government is growing.

Who's going to step in and fill it first?

[SpiralHawk]

19. Andy's doing a heckuva job. For real in this case,

Bravissimo !

[Democrats_win]

20. Ike was right. Welcome to the brave new world of the MIC.

BTW, the military can't protect themselves (USS Cole) they can't protecte us (9/11)and arguably, they've even created many of the problems that we face to day. There's no doubt that the money we waste on the military will create even more trouble for tomorrow.

[Kingofalldems]

21. I can hear the chickenhawk neocons tomorrow

"Why does Andy Rooney hate America?"

[tinfoilinfor2005]

32. And I can hear Andy saying in reply,

"I hate these new electric can openers. They never work as well as the hand held can opener I have in my kitchen drawer. In fact, I think I may have two of them. Have you ever noticed how you always end up with two or more of the same hand held appliances in your kitchen drawer? But you always end up just using one because that one is your favorite? But you don't throw the other one away."

Or something like that. I love him.

[nicknameless]

61. .

(Excellent AR channeling, BTW)

[niallmac]

22. And Rooney to America: "Wake up!"

The ratio of officers to enlisted men and women is an eye opener. This is a great
presentation for the short attention span patriot.

[ClayZ]

23. YAY! n/t

:kick:

[FtWayneBlue]

24. Wow! That's telling it like it is, Mr. Rooney.

On primetime network TV, No Less.

Thank You, Andy!!

[Redstone]

25. And he's a guy who has been in a war, unlike bushyboy

and all his pals, so his opinion is worth a whole lot more than theirs.

On edit: God Damn! Ol' Andy put it all into sixty unbelievably cogent seconds.

I am truly impressed. This should be shown once an hour on every television network, broadcast and cable, until enough people get it. It's even simple enough for the freeps to understand.

Redstone

[young_at_heart]

26. Wish there were more like you Andy......THANKS!!!

A voice of sanity in the media....how refreshing!

[opihimoimoi]

27. Andy is a Dandy...he is right...we have watched the warning and we let it

happen anyway....The Voters are the final watchdog and we have let ourselves down...and we will continue to pay the price.....

[SalmonChantedEvening]

28. Thank you dzika and well said Andy n/t

[Straight Shooter]

29. Pinch me, I'm dreaming. He invoked the famous Eisenhower quote.

Famous on DU, anyway. I wonder how many heads exploded to hear Mr. Rooney lay it out so clearly just how FUBAR things have become in this country.

Five billion six hundred million? But but but, a year ago it was estimated that Iraq's cost would "only" be Four billion a month.

[Ladyhawk]

30. Andy nailed it. Recommending. n/t

[wakemewhenitsover]

31. Guess CBS is feeling good about censoring that Niger story now...

...that indictments are pending. Man, does this make them look weak for backing down, or what?

[wakemewhenitsover]

33. Maybe Rather was set up to pressure CBS to cancel Niger story?

[keopeli]

47. BINGO!

That whole CBS ordeal was a IntraMedia War and Karl Rove won...and Bush the Lesser won...and America lost. And they did it with the influence of Corporate CEOs and Boards...and the media was complicit. I hope we find out what really scarred/bought CBS one day.

[wakemewhenitsover]

49. If you analyze it by results, seems like canceling Niger story was goal.

[NinetySix]

34. Kicked again.

Was that American television?!? I can hardly believe that someone was able to speak truth to power on a broadcast network.

Although, if I'd had to guess who, Rooney's just about the first one I'd think of.


edit:sp

[earth mom]

35. Andy kicked A$$! I loved it! :) eom

[fooj]

36. He nailed it tonight!

Peace.

[cantstandbush]

37. Saw it. He was wonderful.

Too bad we don't have more than three Dem leaders who will have the courage to stand before the American public and say "I made a mistake to believe that what this administration told us about WMD and Iraq was the truth. I made a mistake in voting to give the President the authority to attack Iraq. I made a mistake, the worse one in my life and I am truly sorry for the men and women we lost to this war and I am truly sorry for all the innocent Iraqi lives that were loss as a result of my part in this tragedy. I ask the forgiveness of the American people and I call for the immediate withdraw down of our troops in Iraq. It's time to bring our soldiers home."

[Nothing Without Hope]

48. Any Dem leaders who don't stand and fight now should be left behind in

the dust with no regrets. We don't have time for nonsense. This is the turning point and we must move forward with incisive energy and inclusive, hopeful, creative, practical plans or we will all go down. "Politics as usual" has to be jetisoned, along with the sorry pols who still espouse it.

[Mr_Spock]

38. Andy get's a lot into a small space :D

I like that little segement - what more do you need to know? :D

[mzmolly]

39. Wow. Recommended n/t

[spacelady]

40. Wow, Curmudgeon Raging Against the Machine.

Who's got Dan Rather's Back? If this is a dream, don't wake me.

[Shredr]

41. Go Andy.

[buzzsaw_23]

42. Military spending is now

at about $800 billion/year when everything is included. Pentagon runs the show . Time to cut that budget by 70%. then cut it some more.

[erpowers]

43. Gladly Surprised

I was surprised when he started his commentary by coming straight out and saying the was should not have been started. However, I think he showed great courage in doing so. In addition, he made good points.

[understandinglife]

44. Thank you. Recommended. Oh, and, FINALLY!!!!!!!

Peace.

[Neshanic]

45. Wow. Freepers debating Eisenhower's credentials now.

[Marr]

46. I'm glad to see Rooney woke up. If I recall correctly, he was one

of the people advocating invasion in the beginning.

[The Minus World]

50. Incredible. The beginning of the end.

The gravity of this piece is tremendous.

For decades, this man has played an instrumental role as the voice for America's dissatisfied "everyman". Now this voice is speaking clearly and decisively, in opposition to the Military-Industrial Complex - to an audience who just may need a little reminder of where our priorities, as a nation, should be.

Public opinion is turning quicker than the Aspens out west.

As the indictments fall, any remaining right-wingers are going to be locked in place: immobilized; spinning frantically like gyroscopes, but gaining no ground.

[wryter2000]

52. Thank you!

I missed it. You never know when he's going to come out with something good. Most of his segments, he just sits there and names things. "Here's a watch I got in Scotland..."

[cry baby]

53. So glad to see your screen name here again.

Have missed you, where have you been? Hope you're ok...

Thanks for the vid!:loveya:

[wryter2000]

54. Eisenhower!

He was the first president I became aware of as a young child. It's probably silly, but he's still my president. I wish he could come back now.

[dogday]

55. Andy Andy Andy

Way to go. You could of talked a little more about the most expensive part of this war. The Death of 2000 Soldiers and Countless Iraqis.. You can't put a price tag on that.....

[txaslftist]

57. We will have an anti war protest in Lubbock in December.

[Alizaryn]

58. His eyes were so intense.

You could tell he meant every word and had "had it". I sent him/60mins a appreciation note in hopes it encourages more truth (and I bet he has been getting slammed with negative ones.)

[Burried News]

59. There may be snow on the roof but there's fire in your belly Andy.

Forever young ...

[Endangered Specie]

60. I've ALWAYS liked Andy Rooney

even when he was unpopular here.