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pleco
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USA
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 Posted - 06/23/2008 : 07:13:55
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George Carlin died of heart failure @ 71. He will be missed by me.
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by Filthy
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
 Posted - 06/23/2008 : 07:33:08 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by pleco
George Carlin died of heart failure @ 71. He will be missed by me.
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Oh wow. My son just saw him in concert a few weeks ago.
As a comedian, he was a voice of reason. I will miss him too.  |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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Zebra
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 06/23/2008 : 07:42:17 [Permalink]
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"I like to find out where the line might be, then cross it...it gives me pleasure to show them that the haunted house might be fairly safe." - George Carlin, from an interview clip from Fresh Air, playing on NPR as I type this.
What a great guy. Funny. Thought-provoking. Challenged our society's taboos head on. And, did I mention, funny...
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I think, you know, freedom means freedom for everyone* -Dick Cheney
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 06/23/2008 : 08:15:49 [Permalink]
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Se reposer dans la paix, le vieil ami, repos dans la paix.
You will be missed by all. Well, almost all, and therein lies your genius.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
Posted - 06/23/2008 : 09:25:27 [Permalink]
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A master. One of the greats.  |
Diversity, independence, innovation and imagination are progressive concepts ultimately alien to the conservative mind.
"TAX AND SPEND" IS GOOD! (TAX: Wealthy corporations who won't go poor even after taxes. SPEND: On public works programs, education, the environment, improvements.) |
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Lorriedjn
New Member
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Posted - 06/23/2008 : 10:12:39 [Permalink]
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| Bummer news after a great TAM weekend..... |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 06/23/2008 : 12:56:45 [Permalink]
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Oh, damn! There were none others like him.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
Posted - 06/23/2008 : 13:29:57 [Permalink]
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Sure had a lot of laughs over the years with George's point of view.
Here's yet another great view of George's, on religion.
"George Carlin worships Joe Pesci", on youtube...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=X8evsSNdXcs
Farewell, George. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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the_ignored
SFN Addict
2562 Posts |
Posted - 06/23/2008 : 22:13:22 [Permalink]
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ERV talks about this too. Guess who she noticed was talking about Carlin's death?
CyberLizard also noted it.
I can't bring myself to say anything...the commentators on abbie's site have done it for me.
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>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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RadioMusicBox
New Member
USA
15 Posts |
Posted - 06/23/2008 : 22:15:37 [Permalink]
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| Damn! I loved that guy. R.I.P. :*( |
It's a cruel world...and YOU SUCK!!!!! (LAUGHTER) |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 06/23/2008 : 23:11:12 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by the_ignored
ERV talks about this too. Guess who she noticed was talking about Carlin's death? |
Wowie zowie:I always felt as though a good exorcism would have done him good. . . surely only someone possessed by a demon could be that willfully blasphemous of God and Jesus Christ. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2008 : 01:43:38 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
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Yeah - wacko fundies - what a bunch of self-righteous losers. 
A real "Christian" - or just a happy-go-lucky "Secular Humanist" would say of George Carlin, (as did my girlfriend tonight):
"Bless his soul and courage and humanity."
When Olbermann signed off tonight he said: "For Al Sleet---good night and good luck." That was class.  |
Diversity, independence, innovation and imagination are progressive concepts ultimately alien to the conservative mind.
"TAX AND SPEND" IS GOOD! (TAX: Wealthy corporations who won't go poor even after taxes. SPEND: On public works programs, education, the environment, improvements.) |
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Paulos23
Skeptic Friend
USA
446 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2008 : 04:38:50 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Originally posted by the_ignored
ERV talks about this too. Guess who she noticed was talking about Carlin's death? |
Wowie zowie:I always felt as though a good exorcism would have done him good. . . surely only someone possessed by a demon could be that willfully blasphemous of God and Jesus Christ.
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Good grief. How many ways can they say they are glad he is dead, and then claim he knows knows the 'truth'.
Insulting.
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You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting. -- Robert A. Heinlein
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. -- Aldous Huxley |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 06/24/2008 : 11:43:53 [Permalink]
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The Rude Pundit. Second article down.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Ed Hudgins
New Member
USA
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Posted - 06/26/2008 : 07:00:16 [Permalink]
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| I liked Carlin especially as Cardinal Glick in Kevin Smith's movie Dogma. You could tell he was having fun with the role! |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 06/26/2008 : 09:18:31 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ed Hudgins
I liked Carlin especially as Cardinal Glick in Kevin Smith's movie Dogma. You could tell he was having fun with the role!
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There happens to be a George Carlin marathon of all of his HBO specials going on now. And there are a lot of them.
It's interesting to see his evolution from a young but basically happy version of himself, stylistically, to a curmudgeonly observer of the human condition. All of the concerts are pretty funny, but the late one's are the most honestly brutal.
Good stuff... |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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George Carlin RIP
