George Carlin: The Illusion Of Freedom, The Illusion Of Choice

[HolyCity2012]

Run time: 05:47 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z2yrm2aBvE   Posted on YouTube: April 22, 2011 By YouTube Member: workergirls Views on YouTube: 49   Posted on DU: April 22, 2011 By DU Member: HolyCity2012 Views on DU: 7416

 

[leveymg]

1. Funnier than Bill Maher, wiser than Steve Colbert, and more guts than both. RIP, GC.

Sleep the sleep of the just.

[Moostache]

18. I miss George Carlin almost as much as Molly Ivins.

Two of the all-time greats. God I wish they were still with us.

[Enthusiast]

25. Wouldn't they be raising hell today!

They, more than the God damned U.S. fucking military, were the guardians of our freedom.

[Taverner]

35. I wonder if they ever met...and what it would be like to be a fly on the wall...

[BobTheSubgenius]

34. You and me both!

I think my all-time favourite Molly line was about George W.

"Ain't exactly bent double with intellect."

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. Outstanding. NT

[drokhole]

3. Perfect post timing, considering this gem from Obama...

"We’re a nation of laws! We don’t let individuals make their own decisions about how the laws operate."


Meanwhile, those on Wall Street and in high office can make all the decisions they want.

[nolabels]

20. The omited truth is those who control how Wall Street operates

Are often the same people with layers of their henchmen that determine which laws get enforced and who they get enforced on. That small minority that has the heft to bend the truth till it fits their needs and gets angry and ostracizes the ones who are unable to see it their way. Our duty is not be unhappy about it but more to make those who are effecting it very uncomfortable doing it.

What a interesting life Mr. Carlin must have lived; On stage in a form of contemplative and intuitive thought rifling off that thinking in a sarcastic comedy outing peoples true motives and stripping off the finish of our over-glossed society. We all deserve much more of it

[Enthusiast]

46. Nice post!........nt

[juxtaposed]

4. A lot of truth, sad but true. ALEC is true & should be opened up for ALL to see

[MrMickeysMom]

5. You were right then and now, George. God, I'm glad you lived...

Does anyone know how brilliant a point can be made through comedy?

I'm preaching to the choir here, but Carlin was brilliant at it. So absolutely, dead-on, cutting edge, and FUCKING WELL RIGHT about it all.

RECOMMENDED!

[me b zola]

6. Recommended

[Tom1960]

7. Spot On!

The editing and music give the whole bit a completely different and sinister vibe. I love it.

[colsohlibgal]

8. I Miss George

He cut through the shell games and the bait and switch scams to what has really been going down for some time.

[jillan]

9. No one will ever replace him. I will forever miss him and John Lennon.

[HolyCity2012]

10. Views on DU: 512

At least one of you has found the hidden link, right?

[spooked911]

11. truly a dangerous mind

I can never get enough of the guy

[DemReadingDU]

12. That was great!

[ReggieVeggie]

13. kick

[Keith Bee]

14. I really miss George Carlin

Better than Stewart/Colbert/Maher combined.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

15. Talk about speaking truth to power

100 years from now (assuming the world is still here by then) you might well see George Carlin in political science textbooks.

If he hadn't been a comedian, I'm sure he'd have turned up dead in a bathtub somewhere long before 2008.

[Imagevision]

16. Exactly! the illusion of freedom...hahahahahahahahaha what a joke!

[Cowpunk]

17. What's with the flag at 2:45?

That kind of ruined it for me.

[HolyCity2012]

21. I know the feeling

Obviously this was originally produced by one of those "Zionist secretly control our United States" types.

I had to watch this 3X before deciding to share it at DU because of that flag.

There seems to always be a bit of "no thanks" mixed in the "yes please" these days.

On the other hand, A debate could be had about the alliance of our United States and Israel.

[cliffordu]

30. Yep - I forwarded it to ao couple of friends and then had to send a disclaimer....

[DutchLiberal]

52. What? Don't like the fact that Israel is having the US on a leach, bossing them around?

basically giving first Joe Biden and then president Obama himself the middle-finger about the peace-process, while they continue to build illegal colonial settlements which they robbed from the rightful Palestinian owners (like how Germans who took over the homes of jews who were being taken away)? Don't like to be reminded of the fact that this, the no. 1 reason for hatred of the US in the Middle-East, is being paid for by your tax dollars, because US presidents and Congress take their orders from AIPAC and the right-wing extremist government in Israel, which includes Avigdor Lieberman, the man who said the Westbank should be ethnically cleansed of all Palestinians?

Will I be labeled an anti-semite for these remarks? Probably. Will I get accused of sympathizing with Palestinian terrorists? Probably. Will my post get alerted and deleted? Probably. But will anyone challenge me on the facts as posted above? Highly unlikely.

[HolyCity2012]

53. actually

I don't think anyone here at DU will argue those points.

Calm down and have a great day.

[blackbart99]

19. Why is it only our comedians make sense anymore?

:hippie: :toast: Miss you George:smoke: :beer: :yourock:

[xchrom]

22. recommend

[Le Taz Hot]

23. Out of all the themes Carlin "preached" on,

this is my favorite -- the illusion of choice. In the last presidential primary most of the country got to vote for Obama or Obama in a pant suit. The truth was, there was virtually no difference between the two candidates. That didn't happen by accident. In the general election we had a "choice" between candidates that:

- wanted to continue the Afghanistan war
- wanted to keep Guantanemo open
- advocated tax cuts for the wealthy
- advocated cutting Social Security
- advocated cutting Medicare
- advocated vouchers
- advocated NCLB
- refused to old past regimes accountable for their crimes
- in a time of deep financial need gave the money to the people who caused the downfall in the first place instead of creating jobs programs.
- wanted to expand the coal industry
- wanted to expand the nuclear industry

At what point to we stop accommodating them?

[KG]

26. + infinity

[L0oniX]

31. +1 bazillion

[Enthusiast]

24. This is what today's comedians

should aspire to. Because the fucking media certainly to fuck isn't going to allow us a glimpse of reality. Do you hear me?

I'll tell you what. We should have a big fucking monument to George Carlin. Not because he was a funny fucker, which he certainly was, but because he was an insightful fucker. We need a huge bronze statue dedicated to George Carlin. I know he wouldn't want one but I figure he is 79% more deserving than the other fuckers that have one.

[Initech]

42. I agree.

Most of today's comedians couldn't stand the same ground that Carlin stood on.

[PotatoChip]

27. What a great compilation of GC's words and opinions.

K & R. Miss him. :-(

[Faith No More]

28. We laughed when we should have listened..............

Guess the jokes on us, huh...........

[raouldukelives]

29. k&r

[Johnny2X2X]

32. This brings a tear to my eye

Obama is a Conservative people. Sure, he'll be the lesser of 2 evils next year, but is he really a different choice for us?

[DreamSmoker]

38. Me too

I too had tears.. I have seen this before but the images Take it right Home...

[Vinnie From Indy]

33. Cheers to George!

RIP brother!

[goodnews]

36. Bullshit we don't have choice! Why do they keep saying that.....

" I just went to the bakery and there were 23 flavors of bagels"!! Tell me another country that has that!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Carlin beats them all. He makes Maher, Stewart and the rest look like amateurs.

[road2000]

37. "Symbol-minded." Lots to chew on there.

Thank you for sharing.

[Initech]

39. George was a prophet of our times.

[theFrankFactor]

40. Where are all the rec's?

[gristy]

43. Now we must suffer complaints about a lack of recs?

Used to be we suffered only complaints about unrecs.

People are given choices on this board and they will exercise them. Live with it.

[Enthusiast]

45. I believe the poster is

expressing shock that more DUers haven't enthusiastically recommended such an insightful piece. I don't exactly see that as suffering anything.

[wordpix]

41. definitely had a handle on the Amerikan pulse - RIP, George

[snappyturtle]

44. Kick!

:kick:

[KurtNYC]

47. too damned true n/t

[fightthegoodfightnow]

48. Rest in Peace

Rest in Peace. You live in the hearts of all progressives.

[democracy1st]

49. Kick thanks for posting HC

[Devil_Fish]

50. kicked but to late to Rec. What a smart man. NT

[HolyCity2012]

51. ...

[SadPanda]

54. To be fair... bombing "white people"

You have to add Yugoslavia into the mix. And btw, that was "justified." Whatever that means. Although I agreed with that.

[Amaya]

55. miss him

:(