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RIP, George Carlin

Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:46:53 am PDT

Well, it’s a kick in the head to wake up to the news that George Carlin has passed away at the age of 71. His caustic laser-beam wit will be greatly missed.

Here’s his most famous routine, and it’s still pretty damned funny. I don’t need to give a language warning, do I?

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1 Occasional Reader  6/23/08 7:48:21 am reply quote 2

"Tits, meet Toots! Toots, Tits! Tits, Toots!"

So long, George.

2 Ben Hur  6/23/08 7:48:28 am reply quote 3

Kossaks will pretend to understand.

3 Hard Right  6/23/08 7:49:44 am reply quote 4

While he was at times further to left than I cared for, he was one of the few willing to highlight the stupidity of the left. Granted he didn't call it out as such, but he still did it.
He'll be missed. Hope you find you were wrong about God.

4 SpaceJesus  6/23/08 7:50:41 am reply quote 0

sleep well, sweet prince

5 CIA Reject  6/23/08 7:51:23 am reply quote 2

I, and I'm sure many others, got many a laugh out of his comedy. He seemed to get somewhat bitter in his later years, but that is behind him now- I hope that he finds peace and he will be sorely missed.

/Good Morning All!

6 princetrumpet  6/23/08 7:52:53 am reply quote -5

I'll miss George... RIP, you funny-assed guy from Morningside Heights.

But it's STILL one less vote for Obama.

7 lawhawk  6/23/08 7:53:12 am reply quote 4

He will be missed. I am glad I got the opportunity to see him perform live once.

And who needs a language warning. It requires an open mind warning - words are just that - words. It's how you use them that's the key.

8 ModerateWolverine  6/23/08 7:53:27 am reply quote 1

Rest in peace George. I loved watching him and I have fond memories of my two brothers and my father sitting around laughing our butts off at his HBO specials.

My favorite line still: "Get on the plane, get on the plane. F*ck you! I'm getting in the place, let Evil Knievel get ON the plane!"

9 taxfreekiller  6/23/08 7:53:38 am reply quote 0

OT

sorry, but, tfk thinks we here at lgf's need to keep up with this

[Link: www.perotcharts.com...]

taxfreekiller is reg. there now

Ross Perot has this atty cpa type up with charts and a blog on them
we best keep up with it, could be the others will bend it wrong,,

ie

George Soros, moveon.com ect

and could be we could learn some facts too, also

10 JammieWearingFool  6/23/08 7:55:48 am reply quote 0

He was still funny after all these years.

HBO Comedy runs a lot of his old shows; they stand the test of time.

11 opnion  6/23/08 7:56:27 am reply quote 4

Bummer. George be EXCELLENT to yourself.

12 shifty  6/23/08 7:56:36 am reply quote 2

I will miss the way he saw the world.

The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, “You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.”

13 Honorary Yooper  6/23/08 7:57:51 am reply quote 0

At least his 7 Dirty Words got recorded so future generations can hear it and laugh their asses off.

/Cheese tits, betcha you can't have just one.

14 Boondocksaint  6/23/08 7:58:05 am reply quote 0

best comedian ever. RIP.

15 realwest  6/23/08 7:58:27 am reply quote 0

RIP George Carlin and sympathies and condolences to your family and friends.
You are missed.
And thank you for lightening the load, even if just for an hour or so, every once in a while.

16 Honorary Yooper  6/23/08 7:58:53 am reply quote 1

re: #2 Ben Hur

Kossaks will pretend to understand.

And manage to miss the point as usual.

Kossacks are a paordy unto themselves.

17 NJDhockeyfan  6/23/08 7:59:08 am reply quote 0

When I was a kid back in the 70's my mom used to watch one of the private eye TV shows. At the same time slot George Carlin was a regular on Tony Orlando & Dawn and appeared at the same time every week. I'm thinking it was like 20 minutes after the show started. She would change the channel to see George then switch back to her show.

18 lawhawk  6/23/08 7:59:20 am reply quote 1

And this could be a comedy routine in some alternative universe. In ours, it's considered an AP news report about on the woes facing the world.

19 buzzsawmonkey  6/23/08 8:01:08 am reply quote 3

re: #18 lawhawk

And this could be a comedy routine in some alternative universe. In ours, it's considered an AP news report about on the woes facing the world.

Vintage whine.

20 newsjunkie_ky  6/23/08 8:01:41 am reply quote 3

I loved the hippie dippy weatherman.
Got to see him live a couple times in the 70s.

21 JammieWearingFool  6/23/08 8:02:27 am reply quote 0

re: #18 lawhawk

And

22 realwest  6/23/08 8:03:31 am reply quote 4

And although I LOVED the Seven Words, this routine always makes me laugh my ass off:
STUFF:
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

23 jcm  6/23/08 8:03:52 am reply quote 0

Morning Lizards,

RIP George Carlin. You skewered all the sacred cows, did it with class, humor and without malice.

24 wrenchwench  6/23/08 8:04:05 am reply quote 2

"Forecast for tonight: dark."

--and sad.

Rest in peace, George.

25 rightwinger3  6/23/08 8:04:51 am reply quote 0

re: #8 ModerateWolverine

My favorite George Carlin line as well. That's the very first thing that comes to mind when I think of George Carlin. "F*ck You, I'm getting in the plane! Classic.

26 FrogMarch  6/23/08 8:05:29 am reply quote 0

I once brought "Napalm and Silly Putty" with me on a plane. I sat there and laughed and laughed. The other passengers probably thought I was nuts.

RIP - George. A true comic genius.

27 jcm  6/23/08 8:06:10 am reply quote 0

re: #25 rightwinger3

My favorite George Carlin line as well. That's the very first thing that comes to mind when I think of George Carlin. "F*ck You, I'm getting in the plane! Classic.

"Why do they have to call it a T E R M I N A L? That sounds so FINAL!

28 Sizzlack  6/23/08 8:06:37 am reply quote 0

71 was too young for Carlin. I wish he coulda stuck around til he was atleast 85...

RIP George.

29 DistantThunder  6/23/08 8:06:59 am reply quote 2

Humor is one of the highest levels of coping mechanisms. The more stuff people have to cope with, the funnier they can get.

30 FrogMarch  6/23/08 8:07:05 am reply quote 5
"People get all upset about torture, but when you get right down to it, it's really a pretty good way of finding out something a person doesn't want you to know."


- George Carlin

31 Kosh's Shadow  6/23/08 8:07:28 am reply quote 2

Every time I drive I think of his sketch about how anyone who drives slower than you is an idiot, and anyone who drives faster is a maniac.
Amazing we get anywhere with all those idiots and maniacs on the road.
(I drive in Massachusetts, so it REALLY fits)

32 jcm  6/23/08 8:09:13 am reply quote 6

re: #31 Kosh's Shadow

Every time I drive I think of his sketch about how anyone who drives slower than you is an idiot, and anyone who drives faster is a maniac.
Amazing we get anywhere with all those idiots and maniacs on the road.
(I drive in Massachusetts, so it REALLY fits)

Carlin came up with the idea of shooting suction darts with little flags at idiot drivers, when a cop sees a car with five flags he pulls 'em over and give's 'em a ticket for being an idiot.

33 jcm  6/23/08 8:10:09 am reply quote 0

OT

No SCOTUS decision on DC gun ban today. More cases released on Wednesday.

34 DistantThunder  6/23/08 8:12:04 am reply quote 1
George Carlin was born in New York City, the son of newspaper industry parents. His father was an advertising sales representative for several newspapers; his mother was a manager of the Philadelphia Bulletin's New York office, as well as Good Housekeeping magazine. During a 1999 visit to the National Press Club in Washington, Mr. Carlin recalled how his "Aunt Aggie," who produced the Sunday comics sections, helped him be the first boy to know what was in the newspaper - and a popular kid in school.

"Here's the great thing about Aggie's job. Not only did she bring home the funnies every week. She brought them home four weeks early," Carlin said. "Are you hearing this? Every week, I had the Sunday funnies a month before the other kids. I guess you can realize the power this gave me in the school yard -- to be able to predict weeks ahead of time precisely the way 'Mandrake the Magician' would escape from the lost cave. Or to describe in advance the details of whatever well-deserved catastrophe was next in store for 'Little Orphan Annie.' It doesn't sound like much today. But in the days before television, and when you're eight years old, it was power beyond belief!"

George Carlin Dies

35 irongrampa  6/23/08 8:12:10 am reply quote 1

Posted this on another thread, Carlin was an undeniably funny man, until he became a bitter old man. That said, I really loved much of his early comedy, especially his routine on "stuff".

RIP, Mr. Carlin.

36 Red_State_Envy[deleted]  6/23/08 8:12:13 am -1
37 uncle_monkey  6/23/08 8:12:31 am reply quote 1
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

George Carlin

38 Europhobe[deleted]  6/23/08 8:14:41 am 0
39 Charles  6/23/08 8:14:52 am reply quote 0

re: #18 lawhawk

And this could be a comedy routine in some alternative universe. In ours, it's considered an AP news report about on the woes facing the world.

I think they're trying to make it hard for me to resist linking to them. I saw it Saturday; the AP outdid themselves with that one.

40 Honorary Yooper  6/23/08 8:15:20 am reply quote 0

re: #36 Red_State_Envy

Hey now, those 7 Dirty Words are classics. We used them at the student run radio station to tell the incoming djs what no to say on the air. And of course, we'd end the orientation with this:

Kick out the jams, motherfucker!

41 freetoken  6/23/08 8:16:03 am reply quote 0

Here is something that will throw you for a loop:

Court will review $2.8 million award to Iranian

42 Charles  6/23/08 8:16:10 am reply quote 14

By the way, this is not a place where you're going to speak ill of the dead. Insist on it and I'll click a button, and you'll lose your account.

43 DistantThunder  6/23/08 8:16:13 am reply quote 1

re: #35 irongrampa

Posted this on another thread, Carlin was an undeniably funny man, until he became a bitter old man. That said, I really loved much of his early comedy, especially his routine on "stuff".

RIP, Mr. Carlin.

That was a great routine. I watched him as a teenager on Carson all the time. He was an observational genius, but his parents were in the news business and raised him to be a cynic about everything. I think being cynical takes a toll on a person.

44 Bosch Fawstin  6/23/08 8:16:25 am reply quote 0

FrogMarch cited:

"People get all upset about torture, but when you get right down to it, it's really a pretty good way of finding out something a person doesn't want you to know."

- George Carlin

Great stuff, he always funny and said what 'you can't say' better than anyone.

45 chinesearithmetic[deleted]  6/23/08 8:17:36 am 0
46 DistantThunder  6/23/08 8:18:49 am reply quote 0

Everytime there is a delete, I panic and wonder if that was mine, but I have an overloaded short-term memory so mostly I can't remember if it was or not.

47 jcm  6/23/08 8:19:09 am reply quote 1

re: #42 Charles

By the way, this is not a place where you're going to speak ill of the dead. Insist on it and I'll click a button, and you'll lose your account.

It's a button? All this time I thought it was a BIG F'IN STICK?
First Santa Claus, now this......

48 jcm  6/23/08 8:19:50 am reply quote 0

re: #46 DistantThunder

Everytime there is a delete, I panic and wonder if that was mine, but I have an overloaded short-term memory so mostly I can't remember if it was or not.

I'm glad I'm not the only one with a ten comment memory limit.

49 razorbacker  6/23/08 8:19:56 am reply quote 1

Lucky for me, I don't need entertainers to validate my views.

And it's a really, really good thing that I don't.

Ramping up the irony to eleven?

Or just another Boomer Meguy?

Sometimes it just doesn't matter. By their works, you get an idea of their contribution to their country.

50 gibsonz  6/23/08 8:20:10 am reply quote 0

He was the best at turning the stupidity of man into humor,no one got a pass...RIP George.

51 Honorary Yooper  6/23/08 8:20:20 am reply quote 0

re: #47 jcm

It's a button? All this time I thought it was a BIG F'IN STICK?
First Santa Claus, now this......

I think he has a stick and a button. Whacking trolls with the big stick, and blowing up twits with the button.

/Push the button, Max.

52 DistantThunder  6/23/08 8:20:58 am reply quote 0

OK - definitely not mine. I have a reservoir of bile for very few topics, mostly dealing with people who don't think we should have gone into Iraq - and like Buchanan and the Holocaust, should have allowed Saddam to continue to hold the Iraqi people hostage and ethnically cleanse them on his whim.

53 Europhobe  6/23/08 8:21:20 am reply quote 0

From Charles' AP link ...."Is it global warming, the gradual degradation of a planet's weather that man seems powerless to stop or just a freakish late-spring deluge?

Uh, no AP dummies, there are more people and buildings in the way of the same storms that galloped around the planet since before we were here.

MUST you be a moron to be a journalist?

54 Sizzlack  6/23/08 8:21:31 am reply quote 1

one of my favorites...

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.
55 realwest  6/23/08 8:21:49 am reply quote 4

And there's this TRUE CLASSIC "Baseball and Football" :[Link: www.youtube.com...]

56 Honorary Yooper  6/23/08 8:22:09 am reply quote 0

re: #52 DistantThunder

No, not yours. I saw the comment, and thought it vile, but before I could ding it down, it was gone.

57 Europhobe  6/23/08 8:23:13 am reply quote 0

Sorry Charles, didn't know speaking ill of the dead was off limits. Won't happen again.

58 tripster  6/23/08 8:23:26 am reply quote 0

Thank you George.

It's because of you that I follow the rules when hitchhiking.

59 wrenchwench  6/23/08 8:23:52 am reply quote 0

I saw him do a precursor of this routine at Summerfest in Milwaukee in 1972. He was arrested after the performance. Supposedly in court the next day, the arresting officer was asked by the judge, "Who was in the audience?" and the officer said, "Families--women and children, Your Honor." and the judge asked, "And what was their response?" and the officer said, "Well, they gave him a standing ovation, Your Honor." and the judge said, "Dismissed!"

60 Occasional Reader  6/23/08 8:23:53 am reply quote 2

Egads. I'm rather dismayed to see this clip of Carlin lending (somewhat) credence to Trooferism.

I liked his comedy. But he definitely had some, ah, bad ideas, too.

61 Iron Fist  6/23/08 8:24:34 am reply quote 0

re: #33 jcm,

I really hope they are letting Alito or Thomas write the Opinion. I wish they'd release it. I'm not hoping for too much. I just hope they protect the enumerated right to keep and bear arms as diligently as they protect the unenumerated right to an abortion.

62 quickjustice  6/23/08 8:25:04 am reply quote 0

re: #18 lawhawk

Life imitates The Onion: [Link: www.theonion.com...]

63 DistantThunder  6/23/08 8:25:04 am reply quote 1

re: #53 Europhobe

From Charles' AP link ...."Is it global warming, the gradual degradation of a planet's weather that man seems powerless to stop or just a freakish late-spring deluge?

Uh, no AP dummies, there are more people and buildings in the way of the same storms that galloped around the planet since before we were here.

MUST you be a moron to be a journalist?

I will give a 300 million dollar prize to the person who can explain to me why newspeople should be considered experts on anything. I watched Sam Donaldson, Charles Gibson, and others denigrate the need to drill, as "not solving the problem."

Geniuses, they're all geniuses.

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.
William Tecumseh Sherman

64 MrC_5150  6/23/08 8:25:18 am reply quote 0

Somewhere out there, George Carlin's soul lies atop someone's roof --- never to be retrieved.

RIP, George

65 ErikTheRed  6/23/08 8:25:24 am reply quote 3

He was genius in the early and middle of his career, but at the end all he had left was spewing bile - I found him difficult to enjoy 8 years ago and unwatchable for the last few.

That being said, he was one of the funniest people on the planet in his prime.

66 Occasional Reader  6/23/08 8:25:45 am reply quote 0

re: #55 realwest

And there's this TRUE CLASSIC "Baseball and Football" :[Link:

67 Honorary Yooper  6/23/08 8:25:52 am reply quote 1

re: #57 Europhobe

Sorry Charles, didn't know speaking ill of the dead was off limits. Won't happen again.

Speaking ill of the recently deceased is not a very good nor polite thing to do, IMHO. It's crass, and shows you just want to dance and piss on someone's grave.

68 deacon  6/23/08 8:26:13 am reply quote 0

his movie career was funny also. I recommend Kevin Smiths "Dogma" if you want to see something funny, or "Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back" for Carlin as a hitchhiker.

His wit was second to none, he was the Bob Hope of our generation.

He will be missed.

69 Occasional Reader  6/23/08 8:26:52 am reply quote 1

re: #61 Iron Fist

,

I really hope they are letting Alito or Thomas write the Opinion. I wish they'd release it. I'm not hoping for too much. I just hope they protect the enumerated right to keep and bear arms as diligently as they protect the unenumerated right to an abortion.

Living in DC, I have higher hopes than that. In fact, I have a shopping list.

70 Van Impe  6/23/08 8:26:58 am reply quote 0

(Now) Regretfully, I passed on the opportunity to see him live number of times. I thought he'd live forever. Always planned on seeing him the next time I visit Las Vegas.

He was truly one of the all time greats. Never relied on old material, instead always came up with new routines.

71 jcm  6/23/08 8:27:25 am reply quote 0

re: #61 Iron Fist

,

I really hope they are letting Alito or Thomas write the Opinion. I wish they'd release it. I'm not hoping for too much. I just hope they protect the enumerated right to keep and bear arms as diligently as they protect the unenumerated right to an abortion.

Based on the tenor of the questioning I think we'll have a positive outcome. Confirmation of an individual right, the question is how "reasonable restriction" is going to be dealt with.

72 irongrampa  6/23/08 8:27:26 am reply quote 0

re: #43 DistantThunder

Really dislike being in the presence of cynics for extended periods, wears on ya too much.

If things get to be too much, I found a little experiment that works every time--sit down, and take a deep breath--then consider the alternative.

73 DistantThunder  6/23/08 8:27:49 am reply quote 1

Someone should have told George that 90 was the new 70. RIP

74 Kosh's Shadow  6/23/08 8:27:54 am reply quote 0

re: #32 jcm

Carlin came up with the idea of shooting suction darts with little flags at idiot drivers, when a cop sees a car with five flags he pulls 'em over and give's 'em a ticket for being an idiot.

In Mass, they'd need to hire more cops. Everyone would get pulled over, including me. The tailgaiters would shoot the darts at the car in front of them whether or not there was traffic in front of them. Then the slow drivers in the left lane would shoot the darts at the cars going by them on the right because they wouldn't pull over.

75 jcm  6/23/08 8:28:43 am reply quote 0

re: #69 Occasional Reader

Living in DC, I have higher hopes than that. In fact, I have a shopping list.

I've a shopping list to, something that gives the gun grabbers heart palpations.... a black rifle.

76 FrogMarch  6/23/08 8:29:21 am reply quote 12

Greens Eat Shit-- by George Carlin

I'm tired of fuckin' Earth Day. I'm tired of these self-righteous environmentalist, white, bourgeois liberals who think the only thing wrong with this country is that there aren't enough bike paths. Tryin' to make the world safe for their repulsive Volvols.

Besides, environmentalists don't give a shit about the planet anyway. Not really. Not in the abstract. You know what they're interested in? A clean place to live. Their own habitat. That's all. They're worried that sometime in the future they might personally be inconvenienced. Narrow, unenlightened self-interest doesn't impress me.

And, byt the way, there's nothing wrong with the planet in the first place. The planet it fine. The people are fucked! Compared with the people, the planet is doin' great. It's been here over four billion years. Did you ever think about that? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. And we've been here for what? A hundred thousand? And we've only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years. Two hundred versus 4.5 billion! And we have the nerve, the conceit to think that somehow we're a threat? That somehow we're going to put this beautiful blue-green ball in jeopardy?

Believe me, this planet has put up with much worse than us. It's been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate techtonics, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, pole reversals, planetary floods, worldwide fires, tidal waves, wind and water erosion, cosmic rays, ice ages, and hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets, asteroids, and meteors. And people think a few plastic bags and aluminum cans are going to make a difference?

The planet isn't goin' anywhere. We are! Pack your shit. ...

77 Occasional Reader  6/23/08 8:29:38 am reply quote 8

re: #67 Honorary Yooper

Speaking ill of the recently deceased is not a very good nor polite thing to do, IMHO. It's crass, and shows you just want to dance and piss on someone's grave.

Of course, there are exceptions to that rule. For instance, I've got my piss-on-grave Happy Dance all planned out for the day that Nasrallah buys the farm.

78 rightwinger3  6/23/08 8:29:50 am reply quote 0

Yeah definitely a funny guy and will be missed. "I pricked my finger". RIP, George.

79 Alan K. Henderson  6/23/08 8:29:59 am reply quote 0

I wonder...if Carlin had lived long enough, woudl he have eventually said something that would draw the ire of the Canadian Human Rights Commission?

Maybe Mark Steyn should do a bit on Seven Things You Can't Say In Canada.

80 DistantThunder  6/23/08 8:30:01 am reply quote 0

re: #75 jcm

I've a shopping list to, something that gives the gun grabbers heart palpations.... a black rifle.

Drive Liberals Wild: Buy fewer newspapers, more guns.

81 Charles  6/23/08 8:30:52 am reply quote 0

re: #60 Occasional Reader

Egads. I'm rather dismayed to see this clip of Carlin lending (somewhat) credence to Trooferism.

I liked his comedy. But he definitely had some, ah, bad ideas, too.

I saw that a while back; he was definitely cynical about government, but I don't think he really was a Troofer.

82 uncle_monkey  6/23/08 8:31:30 am reply quote 1

re: #53 Europhobe

MUST you be a moron to be a journalist?

Oh no, not at all.
Also on the short list:
- Fool
- Idiot
- Imbecile
- Jerk
- Clown
- Asshat
- Dupe
- Tool

83 Occasional Reader  6/23/08 8:31:43 am reply quote 0

re: #75 jcm

I've a shopping list to, something that gives the gun grabbers heart palpations.... a black rifle.

Top of my list would be either a Kimber M1911 (haven't decided which, maybe Desert Warrior), or get a little wacky and go for an FN Five-Seven.

84 Honorary Yooper  6/23/08 8:31:46 am reply quote 0

re: #77 Occasional Reader

Of course, there are exceptions to that rule. For instance, I've got my piss-on-grave Happy Dance all planned out for the day that Nasrallah buys the farm.

True, very true. There are exceptions to that rule. I've got mine ready for when Dinner Jacket buys the proverbial farm, and Hugo Chavez kicks the proverbial bucket.

I guess the expections are to terrorist scum, and fascist/socialist/Islamist dictators.

85 calendar  6/23/08 8:31:46 am reply quote 6

“I don’t have pet peeves. I have major, psychotic hatreds." - George Carlin

86 sirsurfalot  6/23/08 8:31:49 am reply quote -3

re: #42 Charles

Sorry Charles. I have to disagree with you on this matter.
If the shoe fits, too bad. If a person is a murderer or whatever
and they are dead, I will say what fits. I will not judge them,
as they will surely be judged by someone far superior than I.
Again, I side with Voltaire who said, "I disapprove of what you say,
but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
This political correct madness must stop.
Long live free speech.

87 rawmuse  6/23/08 8:31:57 am reply quote 0

re: #73 DistantThunder

Someone should have told George that 90 was the new 70. RIP

Ms. rawmuse is in cardiology. All sorts of theories abound about heart health, mostly, if you are not in good cardio condition, there is no lower age limit as to when you can die. The first symptom of heart disease is often cardiac arrest. I've lost some friends in their forties. I am somewhat surprised also because Mr. Carlin was thin and looked spry and active.

88 Charles  6/23/08 8:32:01 am reply quote 8

re: #77 Occasional Reader

Of course, there are exceptions to that rule. For instance, I've got my piss-on-grave Happy Dance all planned out for the day that Nasrallah buys the farm.

Every rule has exceptions.

89 Iron Fist  6/23/08 8:32:21 am reply quote 0

re: #71 jcm,

That's why I used the protection of abortion as a benchmark. No waiting period, no limits on age, no "maximum" level on trimester, e.g. practically no "reasonable" restrictions whatsoever.

One can dream :-)

90 jcm  6/23/08 8:32:28 am reply quote 0

re: #74 Kosh's Shadow

In Mass, they'd need to hire more cops. Everyone would get pulled over, including me. The tailgaiters would shoot the darts at the car in front of them whether or not there was traffic in front of them. Then the slow drivers in the left lane would shoot the darts at the cars going by them on the right because they wouldn't pull over.

Here in King Co. WA, the [deleted in charge Ron (tax to the max) Sims, is determined to prove how severe the budget crisis is.

King County's $70M budget crisis: Cuts in courts, law enforcement warned

Mismanagement, waste, is not open for discussion.

91 MrC_5150  6/23/08 8:32:53 am reply quote 0

re: #85 calendar

“I don’t have pet peeves. I have major, psychotic hatreds." - George Carlin

LMAO!

92 Charles  6/23/08 8:33:11 am reply quote 9

re: #86 sirsurfalot

Sorry Charles. I have to disagree with you on this matter.
If the shoe fits, too bad. If a person is a murderer or whatever
and they are dead, I will say what fits. I will not judge them,
as they will surely be judged by someone far superior than I.
Again, I side with Voltaire who said, "I disapprove of what you say,
but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
This political correct madness must stop.
Long live free speech.

OK, so start your own blog. It takes five minutes. It's free. Bam, there's your free speech.

Speak ill of the dead at my blog and you'll lose your account.

93 Occasional Reader  6/23/08 8:33:29 am reply quote 0

re: #81 Charles

I saw that a while back; he was definitely cynical about government, but I don't think he really was a Troofer.

He does seem to back away from the specific "9/11 inside job" thing being proposed by the questioner, into a more general "question authority" reflexive pose. Of course, I'd be happier if he had gotten all Danny Bonaduce on the guy.

94 Honorary Yooper  6/23/08 8:33:37 am reply quote 0

re: #76 FrogMarch

Greens Eat Shit-- by George Carlin

Well said, and well put. LOL!

95 Lawrence Schmerel  6/23/08 8:33:47 am reply quote 0

I wish I could talk as fast as George Carlin could talk. But, alas, I am a sleestak.

96 Daisy  6/23/08 8:33:50 am reply quote 1

Dear George,

I hope you are finally able to locate the good scissors up there in Heaven.

RIP

With love,

Daisy

97 rightwinger3  6/23/08 8:33:54 am reply quote 1

re: #86 sirsurfalot

Sorry Charles. I have to disagree with you on this matter.
If the shoe fits, too bad. If a person is a murderer or whatever
and they are dead, I will say what fits. I will not judge them,
as they will surely be judged by someone far superior than I.
Again, I side with Voltaire who said, "I disapprove of what you say,
but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
This political correct madness must stop.
Long live free speech.

Say whatever you want, dipsh*t, just be prepared to get banned re:#42.

98 Bogeyfre  6/23/08 8:34:13 am reply quote 2

I saw Carlin live in Las Vegas. No culture, color, religion, or country was safe from his barbs. Everyone in the theater at one time or another was insulted or made fun. The one thing we all had in common was laughter and lots of it.

Laughter. Ya gotta laugh at yourself now and then....

RIP George

99 Crimsonfisted  6/23/08 8:34:43 am reply quote 1

My favorite routine was the football/baseball analogy. I remeber seeing that on SNL.

FUNNY!

RIP George Carlin.

100 DistantThunder  6/23/08 8:34:50 am reply quote 0

re: #87 rawmuse

Ms. rawmuse is in cardiology. All sorts of theories abound about heart health, mostly, if you are not in good cardio condition, there is no lower age limit as to when you can die. The first symptom of heart disease is often cardiac arrest. I've lost some friends in their forties. I am somewhat surprised also because Mr. Carlin was thin and looked spry and active.

He had had several heart attacks. My husband is overweight with a family history of cardiovascular disease. The weight is almost 100% around his mid-section and he is very physically active - always has been. I eat like a bird and he eats only double the calories I eat at most. But now that he's 51, I worry.

101 Lawrence Schmerel  6/23/08 8:35:51 am reply quote 0

Charles:

In you opinion, how long should one wait before speaking ill of the dead. I suggest one year. What do you think?

102 HoosierHoops  6/23/08 8:37:07 am reply quote 0

re: #31 Kosh's Shadow

Every time I drive I think of his sketch about how anyone who drives slower than you is an idiot, and anyone who drives faster is a maniac.
Amazing we get anywhere with all those idiots and maniacs on the road.
(I drive in Massachusetts, so it REALLY fits)

I agree..Driving in Boston in an adventure to say the least..

103 FrogMarch  6/23/08 8:37:10 am reply quote 4

Here's a fitting George Carlin "Short take"

"These days many politicians are demanding change. Just like homeless people."


touché

104 itellu3times  6/23/08 8:37:15 am reply quote 5

"Everything on tv is dumb. I turned up the brightness control all the way, but it didn't help."

RIP, GC.

105 DistantThunder  6/23/08 8:37:28 am reply quote 2

re: #92 Charles

OK, so start your own blog. It takes five minutes. It's free. Bam, there's your free speech.

Speak ill of the dead at my blog and you'll lose your account.

It's matter of taste, and social convention. Look how bad it looks over at Kos when they tore into Russert whose body was hardly cold. Every human being has worth and value, except the very evil, and death is a perfect time to acknowledge that.

106 Ward Cleaver  6/23/08 8:37:39 am reply quote 1

There are plenty of reasons I shouldn't like Carlin. For starters, he was a lefty, and anti-religious. But, I still liked him, and will miss his humor.

Rest in peace, George.

107 jcm  6/23/08 8:38:09 am reply quote 0

re: #89 Iron Fist

,

That's why I used the protection of abortion as a benchmark. No waiting period, no limits on age, no "maximum" level on trimester, e.g. practically no "reasonable" restrictions whatsoever.

One can dream :-)

One can dream. re: #83 Occasional Reader

Top of my list would be either a Kimber M1911 (haven't decided which, maybe Desert Warrior), or get a little wacky and go for an FN Five-Seven.

I've become a big fan of the .40. Muzzle velocity is the same range as the 9mm, it's velocity is higher than the .45 so the terminal ballistics are similar to the .45.

For mine list I've pretty much settled on a Springfield 7.62.

108 rawmuse  6/23/08 8:38:15 am reply quote 0

re: #100 DistantThunder

Get him a treadmill with ESPN on in front of it, and give him a low dose of aspirin every day (like a baby aspirin). If he loses the middle, it will extend his life. And there is one type of abdomen that is dangerous, it the one like you are carrying a cannon ball above your belt. You know what I mean, where you have a 32" waist, but a big gut above.

109 haakondahl  6/23/08 8:38:22 am reply quote 0

re: #59 wrenchwench
WrenchWench! How are you? How's the hubs?

110 realwest  6/23/08 8:38:40 am reply quote 2

re: #86 sirsurfalot
Sorry there skippy - this is CHARLES' Blog and he makes the rules - you don't like it, leave.

111 Ward Cleaver  6/23/08 8:38:56 am reply quote 0

re: #99 Crimsonfisted

My favorite routine was the football/baseball analogy. I remeber seeing that on SNL.

FUNNY!

RIP George Carlin.

I remember seeing that, too. Didn't he host the first episode of SNL? It's was sooooooo long ago...

112 Daisy  6/23/08 8:39:54 am reply quote 0

re: #99 Crimsonfisted

My favorite routine was the football/baseball analogy. I remeber seeing that on SNL.

FUNNY!

RIP George Carlin.

You know, his was the only explanation that managed to teach me much of anything about either sport. Not that I'm proud of that; it's simply a fact :)

I've also had a hard time buying large shrimp w/out referring to "Jumbo Shrimp". What a cool dippy hippy he was.

113 FrogMarch  6/23/08 8:40:31 am reply quote 0

re: #111 Ward Cleaver

I remember seeing that, too. Didn't he host the first episode of SNL? It's was sooooooo long ago...

Here it is!

hilarious.

114 jcm  6/23/08 8:40:47 am reply quote 7

re: #86 sirsurfalot

Sorry Charles. I have to disagree with you on this matter.
If the shoe fits, too bad. If a person is a murderer or whatever
and they are dead, I will say what fits. I will not judge them,
as they will surely be judged by someone far superior than I.
Again, I side with Voltaire who said, "I disapprove of what you say,
but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
This political correct madness must stop.
Long live free speech.

You misunderstand free speech. Yes you have free speech, however no one compelled to give you a forum, no one is compelled to listen to you.

Charles is in no way compelled to offer you a platform.

This is his house, his rules.

Get your own soapbox.

115 realwest  6/23/08 8:41:05 am reply quote 0

re: #99 Crimsonfisted
Then y'all ought to go to my link at #55!

116 bosforus  6/23/08 8:41:16 am reply quote 1

re: #92 Charles

OK, so start your own blog. It takes five minutes. It's free. Bam, there's your free speech.

Speak ill of the dead at my blog and you'll lose your account.

illofthedead.com
Sounds like a winner.

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