Two is all you need, folks. Yeah, the public sucks! And we've all bought into it. Carlin considered conservatives and Republicans the greedy, warmongering class in political ideologies. You dont. They own everything. hb```b``na`
cc`ahd`phQD"#. -{- f1^u0`cp@&CUoM;v> Where are all the bright, honest, intelligent Americans ready to step in and save the nation and lead the way? If you are interested in using one of my images for your website, or if you would like a print, please contact me directly (See the Contact tab). (LAUGHS) And we know this must be true because the next thing we hear from him is: POLITICIAN:I JUST WANNA PUT THIS THING BEHIND ME AND GET ON WITH MY LIFE. You got people spouting their opinions left and right, like they're some kind of expert on the subject. It's supposed to connect you with other people, but it's just a way of avoiding real human contact. They want your retirement money. You don't. You have no choice. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents(English Language and Literature Commons)/Rect[137.2383 212.4906 328.3613 224.2094]/StructParent 5/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> "Forget the politicians. Im sure as soon as the election is over your country will improve immediately. And the problem is, we're comparing our real lives to other people's highlight reels. In this paper, I examine George Carlin's stance on . Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. This country was bought and sold and paid for a long time ago. To avoid redundancy in the comments section, we kindly ask /u/arkreder to respond to this comment with the prompt you used to generate the output in this post, so that others may also try it out. He was born May 12, 1937, in New York City into an Irish Catholic family, but he rejected the faith. endobj Everybody says they suck. It will be a lot of fun. Everybody complains about politicians. You know what they want? It's a psychologically satisfying number: the top ten; the ten most wanted; the ten best-dressed. Speakola is a labour of love and Id be very grateful if you would share, tweet or like it. It's like they're saying, 'Look at me, look at me! So, next time you're scrolling through your feeds, ask yourself: 'Is this really connecting me with people, or is it just making me more disconnected and isolated?' I'm tired of fucking Earth Day, I'm tired of these self-righteous environmentalists, these white, bourgeois liberals who think the only thing wrong with this country is there aren't enough bicycle paths.
87 Best George Carlin Quotes On Education, Politics & Life Suddenly we're down to four. So, I know that a little later on this year youre gunna have another one of those really swell presidential elections that you like so much [Bill Clinton v. Bob Dole]. But hey, I guess it's just part of my glamorous jet-setting lifestyle.'. endobj
Remembering George Carlin : NPR We're not rats', Rectorial address, Glasgow University - 1972, For Geoffrey Tozer: 'I have to say we all let him down', by Paul Keating - 2009, for James Baldwin: 'Jimmy. What? (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GEORGE CARLIN, COMEDIAN: Takes the cake! endobj It's just a curated version of ourselves that we want to present to the world. Clearly he's preparing us for something (LAUGHS). The late George Carlin was a genius with words, a deft dasher of conventional logic, and a master observer (and master-baiter!) Everyone experiences pain, of course. Given the nature of our current Administration, I thought it timely to revisit what George said years ago (Back In Town HBO Special, 1996) about American politicians and the American people who elect them. They say, Well, if you dont vote you have no right to complain. But wheres the logic in that? By the way, its the same big club they use to beat you over the head with all day long when they tell you what to believe. Incidentally, another way of expressing this sentiment is to say we're sending our young men and women to places the average American can't find on the map. You know, those posts that pretend to be modest, but really they're just a way of showing off. I mean, why do we need to see some idiot eating Tide pods or jumping off a roof into a pool? Pfft! Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, Use the actual ChatGPT bot (not GPT-3 models) for all your conversational needs, Try out the powerful GPT-3 bot (no jailbreaks required for this one), Generate unique and stunning images using our AI art bot, Chat with the BING Chat bot and see what it can come up with (new and improved! "Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails." Theyve long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear. 0000015335 00000 n
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But, he is wrong here. Thats a nice campaign slogan for somebody: The public sucks! He missed this one. Fuck hope!. It's like we're living in this weird dystopian future where everyone is constantly monitoring each other, waiting for the opportunity to pounce. As for me, Ill be home on that day, doing essentially the same thing as you, the only difference is, when I get finished masturbating, Im going to have a little something to show for it folks. [masturbation gestures] It doesnt mean a fucking thing. And it's not just that social media is a distraction from real life, it's also a way of creating a false sense of connection.
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In 2008, he was posthumously awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. And term limits aint gunna do ya any good. I think I have done that bit', BAFTA acceptance, Leading Actress - 2019, Axel Scheffler: 'The book wasn't called 'No Room on the Broom! "Now, there's one thing you might have noticed I don't complain about: politicians. Isnt it a bit ironic, though, that the audience is laughing at all this when, essentially, Carlin is saying to them, directly to their faces, that they are stupid? ', Illustrator of the Year, British Book Awards - 2018, Tina Fey: 'Only in comedy is an obedient white girl from the suburbs a diversity candidate', Kennedy Center Mark Twain Award - 2010, Sacha Baron Cohen: 'Just think what Goebbels might have done with Facebook', Anti Defamation League Leadership Award - 2019, Greta Thunberg: 'How dare you', UN Climate Action Summit - 2019, Charlie Munger: 'The Psychology of Human Misjudgment', Harvard University - 1995, Lawrence O'Donnell: 'The original sin of this country is that we invaders shot and murdered our way across the land killing every Native American that we could', The Last Word, 'Dakota' - 2016. So maybe maybe MAYBE, its not the politicians who suck. As I say, they're my work, they're my play, they're my passion. Difference. Now normally during peace times the politician would refer to people in the military as: POLITICIAN:OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN STATIONED AROUND THE WORLD. )'B^E_2yKg&. People like to twist that around, I know. [wptabs style=wpui-mre-basic mode=horizontal background=false] That's always a nice touch, American people. This is not good work. On Election Day, I stay home. Good honest hard-working people continue, these are people of modest means, continue to elect these rich cock suckers who dont give a fuck about you.they dont give a fuck about you they dont give a FUCK about you. They dont want that! Do you think its possible that one of these POLITICIANS whose judgment is so poor that he honestly thinks of himself as serving the Nation might occasionally be expected to indulge in little patriotism huh What do you think? And the worst part is that social media has become a platform for outrage and self-righteousness. Theyll get it. POLITICIAN:HE HASN'T RESPONDED TO MY INITIATIVE. From the late 1980s, Carlin's routines focused on sociocultural criticism of American society. 0000002803 00000 n
Its almost a poetic rap. Ill let Carlin tell you what he thinks. Theyll get it all from you sooner or later cause they own this fucking place! [5], Conservatives say if you dont give the rich more money, they will lose their incentive to invest. He said: Once you leave the womb, conservatives don't care about you until you reach military age.
CNN.com - Transcripts Well, not overnight, you cant see the sun at night. Who in fact did not even leave the house on election-day, am in no way responsible for what these people have done, and have every RIGHT to complain as loud as I want, about the mess YOU created, that I had nothing to do with. Lee did not involve himself formally in politics, but he was a symbol of diversity and the synthesis of "East" and "West." And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shitty jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it, and now theyre coming for your Social Security money. No one has PROBLEMS anymore. I do not own this video. Nobody cares. 9 minutes; 13,650 views; May 13, 1999 They don't fall out of the sky. Here's a transcript of a segment where he talks about it: "Social media, what a crock of shit that is. Two reasons. The planet is fine. Marc Allan: Oh, okay, good. Save the planet, we don't even know how to take care of ourselves yet. It has to be the WHOLE THING. Thank you. Every time. (LAUGHS). WHEN THE HEARINGS HAVE CONCLUDED, I WILL MAKE A JUDGMENT OR I MIGHT MAKE AN ASSESSMENT. George Carlin. MISTAKES WERE MADE, DON'T LOOK AT ME, PROBABLY SOMEONE IN MY OFFICE. "We're so self-important. (LAUGHS), so instead they ADDRESS the PROBLEM (LAUGHS). I HAVEN'T DETERMINED THAT YET. Cause Americans have a lot of trouble dealing with reality. "Political correctness is America's newest form of intolerance, and it is especially pernicious because it comes disguised as tolerance. [5] And another one: When they're in trouble, their explanations usually begin simply with words like MISS-COMMUNICATION; QUESTION:WHAT DID YOU DO WRONG, SENATOR?POLITICIAN:WELL, IT WAS A MISS-COMMUNICATION. They speak of course with great caution, because they must take care not to actually say anything. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents( \n h t t p s : / / d i g i t a l c o m m o n s . Yeah, let's share our every thought and feeling with the entire world, because that's what we need, more information. Two reasons I dont vote: first of all, its meaningless. Not in the abstract they don't. Famous Quotes by George Carlin about Politics.
George Carlin on the language of politics - YouTube Updated on May 30, 2018. And you don't want to spend your real life chasing after digital validation.". And we have the CONCEIT to think that somehow we're a threat? We'll start with the first three, and I'll use the Roman Catholic version because those are the ones I was fed as a little boy. That somehow we're gonna put in jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that's just a-floatin' around the sun? Theres a reason for this, theres a reason education SUCKS, and its the same reason it will never, ever, EVER be fixed. This country was bought and sold and paid for a long time ago. Marc Allan: Hi. The stand up comic was an artist who did more than articulate the public's subconscious; he. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? So, that I can continue my work in Government. Fuck hope! The table is tilted folks. All rights reserved. In fact at this point he might even say: POLITICIAN:I'M WILLING TO TRUST IN THE FAIRNESS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. This is an incomplete transcript made by Raven Developers. So, the next time you're walking around looking at your phone, tweeting and Instagramming and Facebooking, just remember this: you're not living in the real world, you're living in the digital world. This legendary rant is even better when read. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. That doesnt help them. Video Transcript - In Defense of Politicians (George Carlin, 1996) "Now there's one thing you mighta noticed I don't complain about: politicians. They're your followers. George Carlin was born and raised in Manhattan, New York in 1937 and died in Santa Monica, California in 2008. But I'm sure they will still remove this. And so, with all of this in mind, folks, I offer you my revised list of the Two Commandments: THOU SHALT KEEP THY RELIGION TO THYSELF!
George Carlin Quotes on Politics - LiveAbout Two reasons. A friend is someone who will come over and help you move. Quick Guide. You got people posting pictures of their food, their pets, their vacations. everybody complains about politicians. v. Pacifica Foundation, in which a 54 decision affirmed the government's power to regulate indecent material on the public airwaves. What's with all the selfies? While you're here, we have a public discord server. ], Your email address will not be published. You know what they're interested in? But first thing the next morning, I became a sun-worshipper. (Yes, I know, the USS America is a humongous, gargantuan behemoth, and the rudder very, very, very small, but we can still make it sloooowly turn to a certain general heading if we all pile our [intelligent] votes in the wheelhouse.