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George Carlin knocks it out the park with this meme. A man before his time.
Posted on 6/6/21 at 7:21 pm
Posted on 6/6/21 at 7:21 pm
Whether you liked him or not, he was so often right over the target when he takes about life.
GreatAwakening
GreatAwakening
Posted on 6/6/21 at 7:22 pm to TigerMikeAtl
I didn't even realize he had died.
Posted on 6/6/21 at 8:06 pm to TigerMikeAtl
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George Carlin very emphatically denied he had had anything to do with “Paradox,” a piece he referred to as “a sappy load of shite,” and posted his comments about being associated with this essay on his own web site. (The line about “His wife recently died” which was added to many forwarded versions referenced Brenda Carlin, the comedian’s wife, who passed away on 11 May 1997 of liver cancer. Carlin himself died in June 2008.)
The true author of the piece isn’t George Carlin, Jeff Dickson, or the Dalai Lama, nor is he anonymous. Credit belongs to Dr. Bob Moorehead, former pastor of Seattle’s Overlake Christian Church (who retired in 1998 after 29 years in that post). This essay appeared under the title “The Paradox of Our Age” in Words Aptly Spoken, Dr. Moorehead’s 1995 collection of prayers, homilies, and monologues used in his sermons and radio broadcasts:quote:
We have taller buildings but shorter tempers; wider freeways but narrower viewpoints; we spend more but have less; we buy more but enjoy it less; we have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, yet less time; we have more degrees but less sense; more knowledge but less judgement; more experts, yet more problems; we have more gadgets but less satisfaction; more medicine, yet less wellness; we take more vitamins but see fewer results. We drink too much; smoke too much; spend too recklessly; laugh too little; drive too fast; get too angry quickly; stay up too late; get up too tired; read too seldom; watch TV too much and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values; we fly in faster planes to arrive there quicker, to do less and return sooner; we sign more contracts only to realize fewer profits; we talk too much; love too seldom and lie too often. We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life; we’ve added years to life, not life to years. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We’ve conquered outer space, but not inner space; we’ve done larger things, but not better things; we’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we’ve split the atom, but not our prejudice; we write more, but learn less; plan more, but accomplish less; we make faster planes, but longer lines; we learned to rush, but not to wait; we have more weapons, but less peace; higher incomes, but lower morals; more parties, but less fun; more food, but less appeasement; more acquaintances, but fewer friends; more effort, but less success. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication; drive smaller cars that have bigger problems; build larger factories that produce less. We’ve become long on quantity, but short on quality.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men, but short character; steep in profits, but shallow relationships. These are times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure and less fun; higher postage, but slower mail; more kinds of food, but less nutrition. These are days of two incomes, but more divorces; these are times of fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, cartridge living, thow-away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies and pills that do everything from cheer, to prevent, quiet or kill. It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stock room. Indeed, these are the times!
Posted on 6/6/21 at 8:07 pm to TigerMikeAtl
but dont get him wrong hes a idiot libtard
Posted on 6/6/21 at 8:18 pm to burke985
He would not like the current progstain lot.
He’d have lots of fun with 234 genders
He’d have lots of fun with 234 genders
Posted on 6/6/21 at 8:37 pm to TigerMikeAtl
Posted on 6/6/21 at 8:41 pm to roadGator
He didn't like liberals but he also didn't like conservatives.
Smart guy but liked to play on the fence to seem above it all.
Smart guy but liked to play on the fence to seem above it all.
Posted on 6/6/21 at 8:45 pm to wickowick
Posted on 6/6/21 at 8:59 pm to jonnyanony
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Smart guy but liked to play on the fence to seem above it all.
That isn’t possible for anyone anymore. The chasm between extremes has gotten so deep and wide that fence sitting doesn’t play well with anyone anymore.
Posted on 6/6/21 at 9:32 pm to Kentucker
Yup, "The Rock" is close as you can get to fence sitting these days.
Posted on 6/6/21 at 9:36 pm to roadGator
He would've made fun of Trump for sure.
Posted on 6/6/21 at 9:58 pm to Sebastian Gorka
Watch Carlin here with covid in mind.
This post was edited on 6/6/21 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 6/6/21 at 10:02 pm to Sebastian Gorka
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He would've made fun of Trump for sure.
He would have loved to make fun of Trump. But he would despise the fascists that are liberals at the current time.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 4:28 am to TigerMikeAtl
He also 100% understood the structure of Deep State as he never allowed himself to be ultra big comedian, merely fringe, as he’d not accept their coercions and go all in to ultra evil Luciferianism and child sacrifice/human sex trafficking like it takes to be an international star celebrity puppet
Posted on 6/7/21 at 7:34 am to Kafka
Carlin was a staunch atheist. While his points resonate with us morally, he had no basis for his complaint other than personal preference. His atheism removed the concept of objective moral reasoning, meaning he couldn’t rationally condemn anything in that list as truly wrong or immoral. All he could really say is “I don’t like that”.
It’s a shame he died in his sins, rejecting his creator. He was gifted by God with a quick wit and probing mind but refused to give God the glory.
It’s a shame he died in his sins, rejecting his creator. He was gifted by God with a quick wit and probing mind but refused to give God the glory.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 8:51 am to FooManChoo
Carlin seemed liberal early in his career, but as he got older, he seemed to become more and more pissed off with liberal touchy-feely policies.
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