George Carlin is dead.
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
George Carlin, an American Stand-up comedian (though I would rather classify him as a political speaker) died. Here’s an excerpt from one of his acts on American politics:
Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don’t fall out of the sky. They don’t pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens. This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It’s what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out.
If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you’re going to get selfish, ignorant leaders. Term limits ain’t going to do any good; you’re just going to end up with a brand new bunch of selfish, ignorant Americans. So, maybe, maybe, maybe, it’s not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here – like, the public. Yeah, the public sucks. There’s a nice campaign slogan for somebody: ‘The Public Sucks. Fuck Hope’.
Because if it really is just the fault of these politicians, then where are all the other bright people of conscience? Where are all the bright, intelligent americans ready to step in and save the nation and lead the way? We don’t have people like that in this country. Everybody’s at the mall, scratching his ass and picking his nose and getting his creditcard out of his fanny-pack to buy a pair of sneakers with lights in them! So I have solved this little political dilemma for myself in a very simple way. On election day, I stay home! I don’t vote! Fuck ‘m!
Fuck ‘m! I don’t vote. Two reasons: First of all, it’s meaningless. This country was bought and sold and payed for a long time ago. The shit they shovel around every four years? (mimics masturbation) Doesn’t mean a fucking thing. And secondly I don’t vote because I believe if you vote, you have no right to complain. People like to twist that around, I know. “If you don’t vote you have no right to complain”, but where’s the logic in that? If you vote and you elect dishonest, incompetent people, they get into office and screw everything up, well, you are responsible for what they have done. You caused the problem, you voted them in. You have no right to complain. I, on the other hand, who did not vote? 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 about the mess that you people created and that I have nothing to do with. I know that later on this year you’re gonna have another one of those really swell elections that you like so much. You enjoy yourselves, it’ll be a lot of fun, and I’m sure as soon as the election is over your country will improve immediately.
Now go and watch all his video’s on YouTube The man knew what he was talking about.