George Carlin rant N/A

[Richard]

Don't even check Snopes on this one, I like my ignorance.



George Carlin on Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans

"Well, for me this pretty much sums it all up:

Been sitting here with my ass in a wad, wanting to speak out about the
bull**** going on in New Orleans. For the people of New Orleans...
First we would like to say, Sorry for your loss. With that said, Let's
go through a few hurricane rules: (Unlike an earthquake, we know it's
coming)

#1. A mandatory evacuation means just that...Get the hell out.
Don't blame the Government after they tell you to go. If they hadn't
said anything, I can see the argument. They said get out... if you
didn't, it's your fault, not theirs. (We don't want to hear it, even if
you don't have a car, you can get out. You have feet; you have a thumb;
and there were buses that came and no one rode out - Duh! Doesn't take a
brain surgeon to figure this one out.)

#2. If there is an emergency and you plan not to evacuate, stock up on
water and non-perishables (and rubber rafts). If you didn't do this,
it's not the Government's fault you're starving and wet.

#2a. If you run out of food and water, find a store that has some.
(Remember, shoes, TV's, DVD's and CD's are not edible. Leave them
alone.)

#2b. If the local store has been looted of food or water, leave your
neighbor's TV and stereo alone. (See #2a) They worked hard to get their
stuff. Just because they were smart enough to leave during a mandatory
evacuation, doesn't give you the right to take their stuff...it's
theirs, not yours.


#2c. If you're one of those negligent humans who subjected this disaster
to their children by staying in New Orleans, putting what you wanted to
do before their safety, then you need to be prosecuted for endangering
their lives. If you are a person who stole non-edible items in front of
your children then you should be prosecuted for contributing to the
delinquency of minors. And if your child was hurt, became ill due to
the conditions or died during this disaster, then you should be
executed.

#3. If someone comes in to help you, don't shoot at them and then
complain no one is helping you. I'm not getting shot to help save some
dumbass who didn't leave when told to do so.

#4. If you are in your house that is completely under water, your
belongings are probably too far gone for anyone to want them, so that
reason for staying put doesn't hold much water (pardon the pun). If
someone does want them, let them have them and hopefully they'll die in
the filth. Just leave!
(It's New Orleans, for Christ's sake - find a voodoo warrior and put a
curse on them.)

#5. My tax money should not pay to rebuild a 2 million dollar house, a
sports stadium or a floating casino. Also, my tax money shouldn't go to
rebuild a city that is under sea level. You wouldn't build your house
on quicksand would you? You want to live below sea-level, do your
country some good and join the Navy.

#6. Regardless of what the Poverty Pimps Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton
want you to believe, The US Government didn't create the Hurricane as a
way to eradicate the black people of New Orleans; (Neither did Russia as
a way to destroy America). The US Government didn't cause global
warming that caused the hurricane (We've been coming out of an ice age
for over a million years).

#7. The government isn't responsible for giving you anything. This is
the land of the free and the home of the brave, but you gotta work for
what you want. McDonalds and Wal-Mart are always hiring, get a damn job
and stop spooning off the people who are actually working for a living.
President Kennedy said it best..."Ask not what your country can do for
you, ask what you can do for your country."



#8. This situation was the fault of your state's power-hungry Governor
(dumb ***** didn't want to admit she wasn't in control and hand things
over to FEMA and National Guard) and your proud, but innately ignorant
Mayor. The year after he was elected Nagy took all the $4.5 Million in
emergency funds allocated to assist New Orleans' residents in just this
type disaster and used them to teach kids to play sports. So if you're
up to your waist in muck and starving, ask a kid with a basketball for
some assistance because he got your funds.

Thank you for allowing me to rant."

 

[Brian Austin]

I had to check, primarily because this was QUITE the opposite of his rant on Bill Maher's HBO show. Unless there was some deep, deep sarcasm in his speech, the guy pretty much blamed Bush for the whole hurricane.

http://www.snopes.com/katrina/soapbox/carlin.asp

Oddly enough, he blamed rich, white guys for the poverty issues seen today. Isn't George Carlin fairly well off....and white?

 

[Richard]

Oddly enough, he blamed rich, white guys for the poverty issues seen today. Isn't George Carlin fairly well off....and white?

It's all the rage for the last several years....white apologists because........they're white. Meanwhile, let's all dress, behave, and talk like gangstas.

 

[Big Bird]

I had to check, primarily because this was QUITE the opposite of his rant on Bill Maher's HBO show. Unless there was some deep, deep sarcasm in his speech, the guy pretty much blamed Bush for the whole hurricane.

http://www.snopes.com/katrina/soapbox/carlin.asp

Oddly enough, he blamed rich, white guys for the poverty issues seen today. Isn't George Carlin fairly well off....and white?

Carlin seems to be taking the Lenny Bruce method of comedy. "I'm ****ed and can't think of anything funny to say, so I'll just complain".

Carlin should NOT appear on programs like real Time. He does his own causes no good by doing so.

 

[Dave Krall CFII]

Carlin seems to be taking the Lenny Bruce method of comedy. "I'm ****ed and can't think of anything funny to say, so I'll just complain".

Carlin should NOT appear on programs like real Time. He does his own causes no good by doing so.

Carlin's style has been always heavy on complaining, sometimes dumbass type comments not always making sense but often true and insightful. This time with the hurricane Katrina, it would be a little funnier if his comments weren't so painfully true.

To make it even more painful, consider that you and we're all paying for those people to rebuild below sealevel and in hurricane alley. I wonder if his hurricane routine will get funnier the next few times around ?

BTW: I recognize that place in your avitar !

 

[Anthony]

I get HBO, but I won't watch Maher, Carlin or especially Chris Rock. Rock is the most racist person I've ever heard, well next to Spike Lee. Utterly ridiculous and by spewing this filth, he is not helping his cause one bit.

 

[Frank Browne]

Carlin used to be funny back when he was doing the hippy dippy weatherman routine, but sadly as he has aged he has become a bitter, angry person that just isn't funny any more IMHO.

 

[Dave Siciliano]

Loved George back when he was witty and had unique insight that tickled my funny bone. His routine 'bout time still gets me. Since he fried his brain, there seem to be some shorts in the neurogical system; the wit is gone.

Such a talent lost.