George Carlin Questions "Received Reality" Of 9/11 Story
Grammy award winning comedian, actor says new investigation would be whitewash
Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Monday, October 29, 2007
Grammy-winning American stand-up comedian, actor, and author George Carlin spoke of his doubts about the official 9/11 story during a recent appearance at Borders bookstore in New York City, just a few blocks away from ground zero.
Asked what he thought of the 9/11 truth movement and how Bill Maher's show was interrupted by truthers last week, Carlin responded, "I always question the received reality."
"The consensus reality is often intentionally misleading," he added.
Carlin was described by Comedy Central as the second greatest stand-up comedian of all time behind Richard Prior and is famous for his scathing black humor directed at American culture and the political climate.
During a recent appearance on Keith Olbermann's MSNBC show, Carlin said that America was "finished" because "no one questions things anymore" and that the population had been bought off by distractions, toys and gizmos.
Watch a stand-up routine where Carlin slams the education system and talks about the true power system that controls America.
Oct-29-2007 18:58
Trancer-X
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Originally posted by Marc Summers
George Carlin used to be funny. Then his wife died, and he became bitter, and his jokes became stale.
Of all the issues (either underlying or superfluous) that could be raised here and you're only able to comment about the quality of his jokes?
Oct-29-2007 19:36
shaolin_Z
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I've always been a Carlin fan. He's pretty much the best living comedian I can think of.
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Oct-29-2007 19:52
LazFX
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Originally posted by Trancer-X
Of all the issues (either underlying or superfluous) that could be raised here and you're only able to comment about the quality of his jokes?
He is a comedian.......... and you do not get the point???
Oct-29-2007 19:53
Trancer-X
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Originally posted by LazFX
He is a comedian.......... and you do not get the point???
The point that you and all of your nonthinking friends need to get is that he actually uses his mental faculties for something else other than his job.
He employs critical thinking skills and you could obviously learn something from him
Oct-29-2007 20:04
LazFX
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Originally posted by Trancer-X
The point that you and all of your nonthinking friends need to get is that he actually uses his mental faculties for something else other than his job.
He employs critical thinking skills and you could obviously learn something from him
ha ha ha ok sparky...... you got me..... we should all take cues from a comedian on critical thinking.....
Oct-29-2007 21:29
pkcRAISTLIN
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haha @ "sparky"!
and yeah, its funny what the CTers will do. here they're making a brand new thread on what some comedian thinks about 9/11. which is a smoking gun if ever i've seen one!!
how many comedians do you think it would take to build something like the twin towers?
honestly, this thread is shit and should be locked.
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Oct-29-2007 22:37
shaolin_Z
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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
honestly, this thread is shit and should be locked.
Wow, now you're proposing censorship? Never thought I'd hear that from PKC.
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"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."-Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller
Oct-29-2007 22:41
pkcRAISTLIN
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Originally posted by shaolin_Z
Wow, now you're proposing censorship? Never thought I'd hear that from PKC.
So what- every time tom, dick or harry mentions 911 it deserves its own thread? There are already a bazillion 911 threads, why can't it go in one of those?
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Oct-29-2007 22:49
shaolin_Z
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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
So what- every time tom, dick or harry mentions 911 it deserves its own thread? There are already a bazillion 911 threads, why can't it go in one of those?
Because those threads suck, like most massive PDD threads tend to at some point.
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"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."-Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller
Oct-29-2007 23:47
Trancer-X
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Jon Stewart knows...
Jon Stewart (on CNN's Crossfire, circa 2004) makes mention of the media's "partisan hacks"
Can I close the massive threads then and keep the discussion here? PKC does have a point - there are about 911 threads about 9/11
And merging so many massive threads would probably cause the server to collapse, as a giant black hole located in Toronto would swallow all of us into its deep and dark... erm... holeness
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