G.Carlin Wake Up America - New Visuals

[Annette1]

This may have been posted before, my apologies if so. George Carlin tells it like it is. Maybe we can send him a copy of Ponerology. He'd be a good candidate to draw attention to the topic. Supposedly, he has a myspace account. Caution on the video; use of "strong language". The last sentence in this video is the best.

http://www.shoutfile.com/v/a42Hu9Hr/Wake_Up_America

 

[j0da]

Yeah, the first time I saw Carlin on YouTube I just had to watch all his shows there.

Interesting thing about him is that somehow he says so many shocking things and people do not seem to "attack the messenger". I remember showing his speech about religion to few people and all of them liked it. Funny how they scrapped their heads saying "jeez, guy is right, all this religion stuff is bogus". One of my coleagues remarked that he didn't see it as some anti-religious rant of a fanatic, but rather sane, rational talk of a man who is old enough to have few important things about life worked out. I guess this is the privilege of a good comedian - he can say a few really hard truths one after another and get away with it.

 

[AquariusRising]

"....because the owners of this country know the truth, it's called the American Dream because you have to be ASLEEP to believe it." - George Carlin (taken from the video link in the original post)


Brilliant - Simply Brilliant!


Carlin was years ahead while in his prime, and he remains so.

 

[Annette1]

Yes, I have been attempting to analyze why it is that Mr. Carlin doesn't seem to "disengage" his audience when he speaks truth. He comes across like, "this is how I see it, I don't know how you see it".... And the listener, as you put it, doesn't view or hear it as a "rant", and is more receptive to the message. Seems he has a way of taking a "serious" subject apart with an "innocent logic" that has a certain appeal. Of course, taking the humor approach always seems to lessen "tensions."

Mr. Carlin is 70 years old now. I remember when he did the "Hippy-Dippy Weatherman"..... "The weather forcast for tonight: dark." He was deemed "anti-establishment" then. He seems to have had it pretty well figured out back in the 1970s.

Since he seems to be an awake, aware and intelligent person and has a way of presenting things so that people actually "listen" to the message and pause and reflect on it, I think it would be interesting to see what he could do with the subject of psychopathy.

 

[Alana]

Thanks for the link. When i was a student in the US i was watching George Carlin a lot; one of the few things that made me laugh those early days, so i own him in a way, also because i learned how to follow people talking in English very fast. :) Yeap, the guy is great.