The only TV we watch is 60 minutes....(Dan Rather blew it with the election....) I couldn't believe the bad story on the Sheriff of Maricopa County. Let him be a publicity hound, who cares? At least he's taking criminals off the street instead of glamorizing crime. If you're going to do a piece on the effectiveness of his form of "justice", .....why not show both sides of the criminal justice story? How about the putrid inmates like Richard Speck? Was the lavish lifesyle he enjoyed in a conventional prison after savagely murdering seven young nurses more appropriate than the discomfort experienced by those sentenced to the Maricopa "Tent City" prison? If you want to show one side, have the professional integrity to show the other. I'd vote for "The Sheriff" not because I like him as a person, I don't like what so many other penal institutions do.....reward crime! To hell with their color TV's, air conditioned cells, law libraries and weight rooms. What are the recidivism rates of the posh prisons at the other end of the scale? CBS, you blew it! And Morley Saefer, you did too. Shame on both of you for your liberal, sloppy, one-sided journalism. I'm done with 60 Minutes....

2-6-01 Dear Andy Rooney: your Sunday Feb. 4 remarks hit it on the head. What really upsets me , is the habit of all tjhose bible toting people who run to the church thanking god for saving their lives after a tornado rips through the community. If there is a lord, the dummies don't seem to realize that "he who giveth, also taketh away", and there would be no reason to go to the church to thank anyone if the lord had not sent the devastating tornado in the first place. Pat Robertson shold be called in to divert any storm that might appear. Keep up the good work, perhaps peopple will realize, sometime, that humans are here to take care of themselves, no spirit floating in the ether much gives a damn about us people. Keep up the good work, SDuncan@aol.com (206)289-0452 2400 Aurora Ave. N> #209 Seattle, WA 98109

Just watch your show 60 min. tonight and have to tell you "GOD BLESS ANDY ROONEY"... No, really I mean it!!!! Tonight was one of his best. I always think Andy is "right on" but tonight just really hit it on target so much I had to respond to you Andy. I agree. Politicians should change the wording. Your segment tonight was one of the best. God Bless you, Andy Rooney with many more years of letting us all see the light! Sandra in Simi

Regarding your piece on Feb 4 about the Alaska National Wildelife Refuge and drilling for oil. You failed to mention that the pipeline was built primarily by SOHIO who was partially and then completely bought out by British Petroleum. Then in the late 1980's the Prudhoe Bay crude was being exported to Japan. One more natural resource of the colonies exploited by the British. So now we're going to drill ANWAR for who's benefit? The oil will go to the highest bidder and not necessarily the US consumer. Please, I beg you to check out the facts. The people of Alaska receive oil revenue checks every year to keep them molified. We're talking about a natural resource that belongs to all Americans. Why drill for oil that will wind up being exported. At the very least, that oil should not be exported. I have been a Captain of oil tankers for years. I know where the skeletons are buried and can prove it. I can be reached at 360-798-8414 in Vancouver, WA. Best regards, John M. Withers

Upon learning that Andy Rooney voted for Clinton TWICE I decided his intelligence is suspect. If one cannot learn from his mistakes it is clear he has nothing important to say, therefore I always turn him off now. I used to look forward to his part of the show. I've been watching "60 Minutes" from its beginning. I can't remember a Sunday that I wasn't looking forward to the show. However this past Sunday, 12/17/00, seeing promos of who was going to be on the show, an actor, I didn't even turn it on. Turned on "Sound Of Music".

More international issues should be covered.

Great in depth coverage of several relevant topics

Very educational and informational. Perfect balance of news and entertainment.

Sometimes deals w/uninteresting topics but does a good job normally.