George Carlin is dead, or, as he would have put it, he no longer has an address in this plane of existence. That is not to say that he ever expressed any profound belief in the para normal or extra normal. He was a helluva guy. I didn't know him, but I have heard him in interviews and I have heard him crank out hours of thought provoking comedy. It is too bad that all they have managed to come up with as his signature routine was the "7 words you can't say on T.V.." It's a pity when you realize that it caused such a splash because he said Fuck and not because he posed the question, why do we give such words so much power?
I especially miss him because this is the time we need such a gadfly. In one interview, he said "everybody thinks people who believe that conspiracies exist are kooks and that they don't have a grasp on reality. What if I were to say that's right on? For instance, I don't believe that powerful people get together to manage outcomes that benefit them. I don't believe that secret government operatives have people killed and then cover it up. I don't believe that powerful interests don't co-opt the political process through huge contributions. In fact, I believe that powerful people always play by the rules. Now, who's the fucking kook?"
Yeah, he was a funny man. I can't help thinking that he knew what was up and so many of us are just sleepwalking. With all the theft and manipulation going on in our country, this one line makes me think deeply. He said, "It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe in it."
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Makes me wish I would've read/listened to/watched more Carlin. I really like the whole kook rant. And now I know why I'm not living the American Dream...
"But I want you to know something. This is sincere. I want you to know, when it comes to believing in God, I really tried. I really, really tried. I tried to believe that there is a God, who created each of us in His own image and likeness, loves us very much, and keeps a close eye on things. I really tried to believe that, but I gotta tell you, the longer you live, the more you look around, the more you realize, something is fucked up. Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed. Results like these do not belong on the résumé of a Supreme Being. This is the kind of shit you'd expect from an office temp with a bad attitude. And just between you and me, in any decently-run universe, this guy would've been out on his all-powerful ass a long time ago."
~George Carlin, From You Are All Diseased
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