[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: George Carlin

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
George Carlin
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1214262228.shtml


   I lost another "guy I grew up with" yesterday, comedian George Carlin.
   He was on the preachy side, he didn't hide his politics, but he also
   didn't apologize for any of it. He was even arrested once for using
   his infamous seven dirty words. He was who he was, and on stage, that
   was funny, genius-level funny at times.
   Noting how so many school districts all claim to have such "excellent"
   teachers and staff, I had toyed with using one of my favorite Carlin
   lines: "Somewhere in America there is the worst doctor, but the worst
   thing is someone has an appointment with him tomorrow."
   Somehow I think even George would enjoy the irony of dying from a
   heart attack after telling us to lay off the croissants.