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1. Promoting an "Especially Bad War" (CBS News - Rooney)
   "The word makes it sound as though we're just a few countries short of having the whole world on our side, and that isn't true. Most of the world is against us. The Administration says 49 countries are part of the coalition. I see that Eritrea, Uganda and Iceland are on our side."
   
   "The fact is, though, we're in this thing with the British, who have 45,000 soldiers there, and the Australians, who have 2,000. That's it. The other 46 wish us well or let us fly bombers over their country. Big deal."
   
   "We've practically bribed some of them. We offered Turkey $15 billion to let our troops go through there but they refused. President Bush won't be sending the president of Turkey anything for his birthday this year." 4-03

2. 11-05-03 Editorial: I Wish Bush Would Ask Me to Write Him a Speech (CBS News - Rooney)
   Provides an editorial by Andy Rooney, commentator for CBS News. "I wish President Bush would ask me to write a speech for him now." Rooney uses a fictional speech to summarize his view of mistakes made by President Bush in communicating to the American people and, on behalf of President Bush, expresses regret for those mistakes. 11-03

3. -Editorial: Ike Was Right About War Machine (CBS News - Rooney)
   "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."
   
   "Now we have the hurricanes to pay for. One way our government pays for a lot of things is by borrowing from countries like China."
   
   "Another way the government is planning to pay for the war and the hurricane damage is by cutting spending for things like Medicare prescriptions, highway construction, farm payments, AMTRAK, National Public Radio and loans to graduate students. Do these sound like the things you'd like to cut back on to pay for Iraq?"
   
   "I'll tell you where we ought to start saving: on our bloated military establishment."
   
   "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." 9-05

4. Top Actors by Last Name (MovieActors.com)
   Provides short biographies of MovieActors.com "Super Stars." "By our definition, a 'Super Star' is a movie actor or actress who can 'open' a movie, someone whose fans rush to see their latest film on opening weekend. They have a proven track record of box office hits. They are frequently household names. It also helps if they have gotten critical acclaim and/or Oscar nominations. A 'Super Star' can be identified by his/her first name like 'Mel' or 'Julia' or 'Harrison.' A 'Super Star,' whether it's Humphrey Bogart or Tom Cruise, usually plays him/herself in role after role, as opposed to losing themselves in a different screen character, movie after movie."
   
   The list includes Woody Allen (70's), Julie Andrews (60's), Fred Astaire (30's), Lauren Bacall (40's), Warren Beatty (60's), Ingrid Bergman (40's), Humphrey Bogart (40's), Marlon Brando (50's), Charles Bronson (70's), Sandra Bullock (90's), Richard Burton (60's), James Cagney (40's), Jim Carrey (90's), Jackie Chan (90's), Charlie Chaplin (30's), Montgomery Clift (50's), Sean Connery (60's), Gary Cooper (40's), Kevin Costner (80's), Joan Crawford (40's), Tom Cruise (80's), Billy Crystal (90's), Tony Curtis (50's), Bette Davis (40's), Doris Day (60's), James Dean (50's), Olivia De Havilland (40's), Robert DeNiro (70's), Cameron Diaz (90's), Kirk Douglas (60's), Michael Douglas (80's), Faye Dunaway (60's), Clint Eastwood (70's), W.C. Fields (30's), Errol Flynn (30's), Henry Fonda (60's), Harrison Ford (80's), Jodie Foster (90's), Clark Gable (30's), Greta Garbo (30's), Judy Garland (40's), Mel Gibson (80's), Whoopi Goldberg (90's), Cary Grant (50's), Gene Hackman (70's), Tom Hanks (90's), Goldie Hawn (80's), Audrey Hepburn (60's), Katharine Hepburn (40's), Charlton Heston (50's), Dustin Hoffman (80's), William Holden (50's), Bob Hope (40's), Anthony Hopkins (90's), Rock Hudson (60's), Samuel L. Jackson (90's), Diane Keaton (70's), Gene Kelly (50's), Grace Kelly (50's), Burt Lancaster (60's), Laurel and Hardy (30's), Vivien Leigh (40's), Jack Lemmon (60's), Myrna Loy (30's), Ali MacGraw (70's), Fred MacMurray (40's), Steve Martin (80's), The Marx Brothers (30's), Steve McQueen (60's), Liza Minnelli (70's), Marilyn Monroe (50's), Demi Moore (90's), Eddie Murphy (80's), Mike Myers (90's), Paul Newman (60's), Jack Nicholson (70's), Kim Novak (50's), Ryan O'Neal (70's), Peter O'Toole (60's), Al Pacino (70's), Gwyneth Paltrow (90's), Gregory Peck (60's), Michelle Pfeiffer (90's), Brad Pitt (90's), Sidney Poitier (60's), William Powell (30's), Robert Redford (70's), Keanu Reeves (90's), Burt Reynolds (70's), Julia Roberts (90's), Ginger Rogers (30's), Mickey Rooney (40's), Meg Ryan (80's), Adam Sandler (90's), Arnold Schwarzenegger (80's), Frank Sinatra (50's), Will Smith (90's), Wesley Snipes (90's), Sylvester Stallone (80's), Barbara Stanwyck (40's), James Stewart (50's), Ben Stiller (90's), Sharon Stone (90's), Elizabeth Taylor (50's), Shirley Temple (30's), Spencer Tracy (40's), John Travolta (90's), Kathleen Turner (80's), Denzel Washington (90's), John Wayne (60's), Sigourney Weaver (80's), Mae West (30's), Robin Williams (90's), Bruce Willis (90's),and Natalie Wood (60's). 7-05

5. Walter Cronkite Remembered (CNN News)
   "Friends and colleagues of legendary CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite gathered Wednesday in New York's Lincoln Center to remember 'the most trusted man in America.' "
   
   " 'He was a great anchorman in the news business, because his greatest contribution was not his knowledge or his expertise -- as great as those were -- it was his steady holding to what was most important,' said his colleague and longtime friend, Andy Rooney, who addressed the crowd in a recorded video from behind his well-known desk." 09-09