Oh no! George Carlin passed away! :(

Corry · Jun 23, 2008

http://uk.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUKN2339172520080623

http://www.tmz.com/2008/06/23/george-carlin-headlining-in-heaven/

He's the last person I thought would be dying soon. I guess I didn't realize he was in his 70's, either.

Senor Hound · Jun 23, 2008

He was a funny, dirty old man. And I have no problems saying that because I know that's how he'd want to be remembered.

I've only seen one stand-up comedian before, and it was him. It was a good show. I remember a quote by him also, which I love:

"I think its the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately"

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/George_Carlin

Even if he wasn't always the funniest guy around, he was one of the smartest, and wittiest.

abraxas · Jun 23, 2008

Danm. He was one of my role models. This is terrible news for me. Very sad.

Antarctican · Jun 23, 2008

He was one of the comedy legends

PNA · Jun 23, 2008

If you haven't heard....one of the masters of comedy has passed......

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/23/carlin.obit/index.html

Dweller · Jun 23, 2008

lostprophet · Jun 23, 2008

Party on Dude!

dEARlEADER · Jun 23, 2008

beets......BEEEETS...... beets....

terri · Jun 23, 2008

Yeah...not good news.

Hybridatomsk · Jun 23, 2008

Wow I wasn't expecting him to pass away so soon. He was such a hilarious comedian! I'm so sad that he died.

-Hybridatomsk

Alpha · Jun 23, 2008

...if only the life cycle really were backwards

...he could have spent his last 9 months floating and then finished off as an orgasm.

TheRival · Jun 23, 2008

what horrible news...

I had the chance to go see him last year and decided against it in lue of seeing the show next year...i guess i missed my chance

skier66 · Jun 23, 2008

Got to see him in the mid 80's at The Tower in Phila ... glad I did.
RIP.

Bifurcator · Jun 24, 2008

I just heard! I was coming here to post it. Thanks Corry. GC was my all
time life-long hero! He made his living most of the time, telling the truth
about the society we live in. The truth is so outrageous and unknown by
most that it seemed like a funny and sick twist. I'll miss him allot! One
less truth-teller in the world is a huge loss for us all!

Bifurcator · Jun 24, 2008

30min into one of his usual 3 to 4 hour rambles, here's a three and a half minute blurb - and one of my favorites!:

...but if you talk to one of them [dumb consumers] about this, you get one
of them, you sit them down rationally, you talk to them about the low IQs,
the dumb behavior, and the bad decisions right away they start talking about
education. That's the big answer to everything! Education! They say "We
need more money for education. We need more books, more classrooms,
more teachers we need more schools, WE NEED MORE TESTING for the
kids." You say to them: "Well ya know, we've tried all of that and the kids
still can't pass the tests." They say: "Ah, don't you worry about that we're
gonna lower the passing grades."

And that's what they're doing in allot of these schools now. They lower the
passing grades so more kids can pass. More kids pass. The school looks
good. Everybody's happy. The IQ of the country slips another 2 or 3 points
and pretty soon all you'll need to get into collage is A PENCIL!

"Got a pencil? Get in there, it's physics!

Then everyone wonders why 17 other countries graduate more scientists
than we do!

E-D-U-C-A-T-I-O-N!

Politicians know that word! They use it on you! Politicians have traditionally
hidden behind 3 things: The flag, The Bible, and CHILDREN!

"No child left behind! No child left behind!" Oh really? Well it wasn't too long
ago you were talking about giving kids a "head start"! Head start, left
behind, someone's losing ground here!

But there's a reason for this. There's a reason! There's a reason for this and
there's a reason education SUCKS! And it's the same reason that it will
never ever EVER be fixed! It's never going to get better so don't look for it.
Be happy with what you got. Because the OWNERS of this country don't want
that! I'm talking about the REAL OWNERS now. The big wealthy business
interests that control things and make all the important decisions! Forget the
politicians. They're irrelevant! The politicians are PUT THERE to give you the
idea that you have freedom of choice.

YOU DON'T!

You have no choice! You have owners! They OWN YOU! They own
everything! They own all the important land. They own and control the
corporations. They've long since bought and payed for: The senate, The
congress, the state houses, the city halls... they've got the judges in their
back pockets... and they own all of the big media companies so they control
just about all of the news and information you get to hear.

They've got you by the BALLS!

They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying. Lobbying to get what they
want! Well, we know what they want! They want more for themselves and
less for everybody else. But I'll tell you what they don't want!!!

They don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don't
want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking!
They're not interested in THAT! THAT doesn't help them! That's AGAINST
their interests! That's right!

You know something? They don't want people who are smart enough to sit
around the kitchen table and figure out how badly they're getting f****d by
a system that threw them overboard 30 ~ 40 years ago! They don't want
that! You know what they want?

They want OBEDIENT WORKERS!

Obedient workers: People who are just smart enough to run their machines
and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept all these
increasingly s***ty jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced
benefits, the end of overtime, and the vanishing pension that disappears the
minute you go to collect it. And now,

THEY'RE COMING FOR YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY MONEY!

They want your retirement money! They want it back! So they can give it to
their criminal friends on Wallstreet. And you know something? They'll get it!
They'll get it ALL from you sooner or later because they own this place! It's a
BIG CLUB!!!

AND YOU AIN'T IN IT!

- George Carlin

Died of a heart failure on the night of June 22nd, 2008. From "The hippy-
dippy-weatherman" to one of the most important voices in our day, I will
miss him!