George Carlin Clip: 'The American Dream' from 2005 is (sadly) spot on in 2011:

BrendaBrick

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Thu Jun-30-11 03:57 PM
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George Carlin Clip: 'The American Dream' from 2005 is (sadly) spot on in 2011:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLW1vFO-2Q

about 3 minutes...

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truebrit71

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Thu Jun-30-11 04:22 PM
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1. Absolutely, totally , 100% spot on...

..There's not a single word spoken that isn't the truth in that clip...

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Kennah

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Thu Jun-30-11 04:52 PM
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2. Wow! I mean. Just. Wow!

Just too true to be funny, and sadly people laughed.

Some will say that George Carlin became very angry in his final years, and perhaps even dementia had overtaken him. I call bullshit on such claims.

Carlin tried for years through humor to teach people, but as he reached the end of his life I think in desperation that he could not drill through our thick skulls he had to be blunt and direct.

Here's a snapshot view of our future from Dave Horsey.

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BrendaBrick

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Thu Jun-30-11 05:23 PM
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3. John Stewart & George Carlin 1997...

Edited on Thu Jun-30-11 05:23 PM by BrendaBrick

...at the very end Carlin says to Stewart: "...and you you are going to show us a lot and I look forward to it" 1997.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzmD9GEpdTw

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TorchTheWitch

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Thu Jun-30-11 06:40 PM
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4. Been posted here many times

But not nearly often enough. Thanks for posting it again. As far as I'm concerned it should be posted every day and twice on Sundays until people finally get it that he's spot on.

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90-percent

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Thu Jun-30-11 07:49 PM
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5. The American Dream

I post that all over the place and keep it kicked.

It's classic and utterly true!

George was brilliant!

-90% jimmy

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