The LRC Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lew: This is one of the reasons I so miss the late George Carlin. If I could bring back just one person from the beyond – other than relatives and close friends – it would be George. He was what I referred to as a “stand-up philosopher.” Regarding politics, he declared “I [...]
American Zombie (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
George Carlin - 2005: "Forget the politicians. 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 paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city...
Positive Liberty (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Definitely Not Suitable For Work, while we’re waxing philosophical on animal rights and such, here’s that late, great philosopher, George Carlin also waxing philosophical on the “Sanctity of Life”:
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
George Carlin just got better and more scathing with age. In the posthumous semiautobiography “Last Words,” Carlin candidly guides the reader through the cycle of rise and fall and rise again that characterized his career. Comedy’s cuddliest caustic critic exposes all, even the major petards he hoisted upon himself: drugs and the IRS. A combination of frantic schedule...
BurlingtonPol.com (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
It's more than an hour to go from Manhattan to the last stop on the A train at Beach 116th Street, but Far Rockaway is still part of New York City. I have been fortunate to travel to this little peninsula at the edge of Queens many times to visit my friend John whose father Dean Georges is featured is this wonderful new website RockawayMemories.com . One of the most relaxing night's sleep I've ever...
The Survivalist Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Warning - Some Foul Language.George Carlin - Education and the EliteUploaded by PigLips. -
Carson's Post (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Remember that George Carlin schtick about ’stuff?’ Well, if he was around today he could tacked-on a whole new take on it. We’ve bought so much stuff, reports TIME magazine, that we’ve struggled to find places to fit it all. The U.S. went from having 300 million square feet of self-storage space in 1984 to 2.4 [...]
Windy Sydney (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Introduction To Christianity -Dave Allen Bill Maher -The Reason for Everything George Carlin -Religion is Bullshit
Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of... (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Cheddar cheese so sharp it makes you pucker Sesame crackers Our azalea plant Our ivy plant Cats Get Fuzzy My blog Other peoples' blogs George Lucas Star Wars My dining room table Klein screwdrivers LED flashlights William Shatner Sela Ward Mary Stewart's Arthurian trilogy Stephen King The hardware store in my old hometown The glory years of the Buffalo Bills Watching Star Trek: The Next Generation...
Media Assassin (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Michael Jackson was, of course, one of my cultural heroes, but notoriously a punching bag, seemingly incapable of ever fighting back against those who taunted and tormented him. George Carlin, right, was another one of my esteemed art warriors, but 180 degrees away from Jackson in temperment, ripping new holes into targets at will. (Carlin died [...]
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Runnin' Scared by Neil deMause Speaking of astute, sports-facility-boondoggle expert Neil deMause runs the numbers on Ratner's arena bonds. So is the long-heralded arrival of Atlantic Yards finally at hand, or what? According to the front page of today's Times (echoed on its sports page), the answer is yes: Following yesterday's appeals court ruling, which dismissed challenges to the state seizing...
Free Market Mojo (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The word "fail" should be banned from use in British classrooms and replaced with the phrase "deferred success" to avoid demoralizing pupils, a group of teachers has proposed.
Fergie's Tech Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
We love you, George. - ferg
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