It would be pointless for me to sit here and try to recap pioneer comedian George Carlin's career and lists of achievements. I only know that like millions of others I was blown away not only by the unparalleled humor of his performances, but also his keen insight into the world and how people operate.
Anyone who's ever watched a Carlin performance knows he was as anti-establishment as anyone. What's probably much less known is that while he was not a 9/11 Truther, he heavily supported the movement's principles and did not believe "the received reality" of the events around the attacks.
At an appearance in NYC last fall, Carlin made the following statement while discussing 9/11 Truth:
"They don't investigate themselves in this country - it would be a whitewash, it would be like the Kennedy thing, it would be like everything. The people who are in charge do what they want and they will always do what they want, power does what it wants to and I wouldn't trust an investigation."
Carlin will be sorely missed. Hopefully there is someone out there now we don't know of who can contribute 1/100th of the wisdom and truth he imparted.
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"The real owners are the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians, they're an irrelevancy. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They've long since bought and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the statehouses, the city halls. They've got the judges in their back pockets. And they own all the big media companies, so that they control just about all of the news and information you hear. They've got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying – lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want; they want more for themselves and less for everybody else." - George Carlin
taken from here: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/331953
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