posted on April 7, 2003 04:42:46 PM new
by George Carlin (maybe not, but could of been during one of his sober moments)
I Am Your Worst Nightmare. I am a BAD American. I am George Carlin.
I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some mid level governmental functionary be it Democratic or Republican!
I'm in touch with my feelings and I like it that way, damn it!
I think owning a gun doesn't make you a killer, it makes you a smart American.
I think being a minority does not make you noble or victimized, and does not entitle you to anything.
I believe that if you are selling me a Big Mac, try to do it in English.
I think fireworks should be legal on the 4th of July.
I think that being a student doesn't give you any more enlightenment than working at Blockbuster. In fact, if your parents are footing the bill to put your pansy ass through 4 years plus, of college, you haven't begun to be enlightened.
I believe everyone has a right to pray to his or her God when and where they want to.
My heroes are John Wayne,Babe Ruth, Roy Rogers, and whoever canceled Jerry Springer.
I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.
I know wrestling is fake and I don't waste my time arguing about it.
I think global warming is a big lie. Where are all those experts now, when I'm freezing my ass off during these long winters and paying, paying, paying?
I've never owned a slave, or was a slave, I didn't wander forty years In the desert after getting chased out of Egypt. I haven't burned any witches or been persecuted by the Turks and neither have you! So, shut-the-Hell-up already.
I want to know which church is it exactly where the Reverend Jesse Jackson practices, where he gets his money, and why he is always part of the problem and not the solution. Can I get an AMEN on that one?
I think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry ass if you're running from them.
I also think they have the right to pull your ass over if you're breaking the law, regardless of what color you are.
I think if you are too stupid to know how a ballot works, I don't want you deciding who should be running the most powerful nation in the world for the next four years.
I dislike those people standing in the intersections trying to sell me crap or trying to guilt me into making "donations" to their cause. These people should be targets.
I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child, it takes two parents.
And what the hell is going on with gas prices... again?
If this makes me a BAD American, then yes, I'm a BAD American.
If you are a BAD American too, please forward this to everyone you know.
We need our country back!
AIN'T LIFE GRAND...
[ edited by Twelvepole on Apr 7, 2003 06:07 PM ]
posted on April 7, 2003 04:53:47 PM new
I have read this many times, and posted it once or twice - but I tell you, I relate to it more and more the more I read it...thanks twelvepole
"Be kind. Remember everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Harry Thompson
"I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it." - A Few Good Men
posted on April 7, 2003 05:28:42 PM new
He's a man that doesn't worry about being politically correct, isn't he? Just calls it like he sees it.
The question is not what a man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with, but what he can love, and value, and appreciate. J. Ruskin
posted on April 7, 2003 05:32:55 PM new
LOL, Linda - ain't that the truth?! Guess that's why I love his postings so much
edited to add....you did mean twelvepole, didn't you, Linda? LOL
"Be kind. Remember everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Harry Thompson
"I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it." - A Few Good Men
[ edited by wgm on Apr 7, 2003 05:33 PM ]
posted on April 7, 2003 06:07:03 PM new
That is too bad he is claiming not to have written this fine piece of work.... well just goes to show you when some people try to make you look good you just tear yourself down...
posted on April 7, 2003 06:20:18 PM new
When this was posted a month ago someone linked to the page that bebunked the claim that Carlin had written it and in fact was able to trace it down to it's writer and origin. I dont remember the name or the paper but it was originally an editorial sent to a news paper.
Of course Carlin has to deny that he wrote it and do it publicly or at some point the actual writer could come come back and sue him. His denial does not mean that he diagrees with the statements, only that he would rather not have to write the sequal " Sued American"
posted on April 7, 2003 09:44:02 PM new
It seemed pretty hard to believe Carlin wrote the piece above, seeing as how I KNEW FOR A FACT that he wrote the piece below:
“GERMS IN THE WHITE HOUSE”
I know you can’t threaten the president, and God knows I would never do that. That would be stupid and crazy and of course, morally wrong, not to mention legally wrong. No one should ever threaten the president.
I think it might also be illegal to say that you merely wish him some sort of terrible harm. Some forms of harm, of course, being more illegal to wish than others. You could never, for instance, mention guns or bullets. That would be not only be illegal, it would be wrong and dangerous.
And if you did such a foolish thing, I believe “they” (the men with no expressions on their faces) would come to your house and pay you a visit –just to check you out thoroughly and make sure that, even though you wished the president some harm, you wouldn’t actually go about causing it yourself. Wishing is fine, doing is not. Especially wishing out loud.
And I certainly would never wish a president any sort of harm …out loud. It’s not in my heart to do such a thing –to any human being. I wish all people only the best at all times …out loud. Especially the president. Because even though I disagree with his policies, and think he is a dangerous imbecile, he is, after all, the President of all of us, and he is a fellow human being, deserving of respect. (That was hard to say, but I wanted to keep the record straight.)
But I want to say that I do enjoy it when other people create mischief. I like to read about mischief.
I especially like those terrorist fellows in the Middle East who run around blowing themselves up along with other people; they strike me as interesting guys. And pretty soon they’ll graduate from simple explosives to more interesting and sophisticated things like germs and chemicals. That will really be fun. Especially for a guy like me who enjoys chaos and disorder.
Do you think the men with no expression on their faces would come to my house if I merely said that it would be fun to read that an Iraqi terrorist (trying to get even for something or other that he imagines might have happened in the 90’s) left a big bag of anthrax germs in the White House? You know, just some guy on the White House tour leaving a big bag of germs on a table? Metal detectors have a hard time detecting bags of germs, don’t they? Would it be illegal to say that? Would the expressionless men come to my house if I said that? I guess I’ll find out.
edited to post a link to the above piece by George Carlin
- but I tell you, I relate to it more and more the more I read it...thanks twelvepole 