Life Is Worth Losing - Dumb Americans

[Nova78]

"It's called The American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it."

 

[JGalt]

Ok, I'll be the "devil's advocate" here.

"After dropping out of high school in 1954, Carlin joined the Air Force to use the GI Bill to cover the costs of the broadcasting school. He was trained as a radar technician and was stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana.

“So I do have this ambivalence. Obviously I’m against militaries, because of what militaries do. In many ways though, the Air Force was unmilitary-like. They dropped bombs on people, but…they had a golf course.”

Looking back on his service, Carlin was proud to have been generally discharged instead of dishonorably discharged. He was deemed an unproductive Airman and court-martialed three times. As a more constructive outlet for his biting comedy, he worked as a disc jockey for the KJOE radio station while on active duty. Despite his troubles in the service, his work at KJOE helped him jump to other opportunities in the entertainment industry. George Carlin’s military career was one of his remarkable achievements."

George Carlin: A famous comedian once upon a time served in Air Force

 

[elektra]

A great comedian. His skit on the environment is relevant today, as it was yesterday

 

[j-mac]

"It's called The American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it."

Not at all...The American dream is alive, or at least was before Demos decided to burn it down...

 

[whitehall]

Hardly a topic for the political forum. Carlin was a bitter edge comedian and died 18 years ago.

 

[elektra]

Hardly a topic for the political forum. Carlin was a bitter edge comedian and died 18 years ago.

Where would the topic, the american dream, go?

 

[Thinker101]

Where would the topic, the american dream, go?

American dream for Democrats, a nightmare for America.

 

[gipper]

American dream for Democrats, a nightmare for America.

The American dream was killed by both crime families, along with a bunch of crooked capitalists.

 

[BackAgain]

He often made me laugh. But he had a personal philosophy that was basically bullshit. And he was a bit of a nihilist. As a person, he was pretty much a pig dog.

 

[whitehall]

Where would the topic, the american dream, go?

Carlin's personal opinion of the American dream would go in the rubber room.