Hi Mark,

Would you like it if I made up a bunch of stuff and posted that they were things you'd said? Andy Rooney has given a lot of opinions on "60 Minutes" but what you posted is a bunch of clap-trap that someone without the guts to sign his own name made up and lied when he attributed it to Andy Rooney. Here is what Andy Rooney said about what you posted:

About a year ago, I became aware of a more serious theft of my name and it is so hurtful to my reputation that it calls for legal action against the thief. Hundreds of people have written asking if I really wrote the 20 detestable remarks made under my name that have had such wide circulation on the Internet.

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Some of the remarks, which I will not repeat here, are viciously racist and the spirit of the whole thing is nasty, mean and totally inconsistent with my philosophy of life. It is apparent that the list of comments has been read by hundreds of thousands of Americans, many of whom must believe that it accurately represents opinions of mine that I don't dare express in my column or on television. It is seriously damaging to my reputation.

Below is a link to a site that you can use to find out if there is any truth to things that come via e-mail.