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06-23-2008, 06:15 AM
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It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion dollars to saved 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.~ Bono
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06-23-2008, 06:29 AM
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He was such a big part of my youth.
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06-23-2008, 06:33 AM
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Youth, shmooth. I quoted him in a presentation I did for church just a few weeks ago. When you got past the asocial curmudgeon, he had some excellent insights into human behavior and the human condition.
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It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion dollars to saved 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.~ Bono
We need a president who puts Barney Smith before Smith Barney. ~ Indiana resident and blue-collar worker Barney Smith |
06-23-2008, 07:06 AM
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This has been the suckiest, suckiest, suckiest, suckiest year for people we have lost in a long time.
I am going to stop reading the news.
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06-23-2008, 07:35 AM
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He was a big part of my youth, too....
And whenever I caught him on Leno or Letterman in his later years I was always happy to see that he was still at the top of his game, despite his health challenges.
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06-23-2008, 08:01 AM
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Wow. Count me in with those who grew up with George Carlin.
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06-23-2008, 08:40 AM
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I didn't grow up with Carlin, because of his profanity, of course. (Did you know when he first started out, he tried clean comedy first, but couldn't find his stride that way?) But I adored him as Mr. Conductor on Shining Time Station. 
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06-23-2008, 09:29 AM
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Oh man I adored George Carlin. He sort of reminded me of Tipu in that they both really made you look long and hard at yourself sometimes. Tipu just didn't swear when he did it.
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06-23-2008, 10:10 AM
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I heard this on my drive to kickboxing class this am. What a sad, sad day. He was very astute and really said what a lot of people felt but couldn't say.
He will certainly be missed. My understanding was he was still performing as of last week. He always did what he loved. RIP
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06-23-2008, 11:53 AM
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Oh shit! Isn't that a pisser? 
Yep, George Carlin fan here too. That is so sad. |
06-24-2008, 11:14 AM
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It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion dollars to saved 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.~ Bono
We need a president who puts Barney Smith before Smith Barney. ~ Indiana resident and blue-collar worker Barney Smith | |
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