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A brilliant and true American patriot and hilarious comedian died today. George Carlin was 71 and still kickin’ when he was struck down in his prime with a fatal heart attack. George was an amazing wordsmith that got us through times of utter political propaganda and word subjugation. Times when such people as the absolute King Of Bullshit, George H. W. Bush were attacking the vernacular of the country with his politically correct “spin words”, George Carlin was there batting clean-up for us all on TV, concerts and records. I once picked up a paper during George the elder’s rein and there was a story that included a list of one hundred common words and phrases in the English language that Bush had personally changed. Things like “peace keepers” instead of soldiers … you get the idea. All designed to keep us in the dark so they could have their way with us under their cloak of bullshit. It worked like a charm, although it could have been much worse without a giant like Carlin keeping their feet to the fire. He had a unique and humorous way of cutting through the lies and showing the underlying corruption of institutions like the Catholic Church while staying funny as hell. He will be greatly missed, but at least we have his recordings, which I continue to play and are as funny and poignant as ever. As they say in the comedians inner circle, Goodbye, funnyman
