George Carlin on New Orleans

[nene]

Go this in an email:

George Carlin on New Orleans
Been sitting here with my ass in a wad,wanting to speak out about the bullshit going on in



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<st1:City w:st="on">New Orleans</st1:City>. For the people of <st1:City w:st="on">"on"New Orleans</st1:City>... First I would like to say, Sorry for your loss. With that said, let<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s go through a few hurricane rules: (Unlike an earthquake, we know it<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s coming) </P>

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#1. A mandatory evacuation means just that... Get the hell out. Don<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t blame the Government after they tell you to go. If they hadn<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t said anything, I can see the argument. They said get out... if you didn<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t, it<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s your fault, not theirs. (I don<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t want to hear it, even if you don<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t have a car, you can getout.)</P>

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#2. If there is an emergency, stock up on waterand non-perishables. If you didn<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t do this, it<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s not the Government<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s fault you<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>re starving. </P>

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#2a. If you run out of food and water, find a storethat has some. (Remember, shoes, TV<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s, DVD<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s andCD<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s are not edible. Leave them alone.) </P>

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#2b. If the local store has been looted of food orwater, leave your neighbor<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s TV and stereo alone.(See #2a) They worked hard to get their stuff. Just because they were smart enough to leave during a mandatory evacuation, doesn<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t give you the right to take their stuff...it<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s theirs,not yours. </P>

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#3. If someone comes in to help you, don<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t shootat them and then complain no one is helping you.I<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>m not getting shot to help save some dumb ass who didn<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t leave when told to do so. </P>

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#4. If you are in your house that is completely under water, your belongings are probably too far gone for anyone to want them. If someone does want them, let them have them and hopefully they<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>ll die in the filth. Just leave! (It<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s <st1:City w:st="on"><ST1:pNew Orleans</st1:City>,find a voodoo warrior and put a curse on them) </P>

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#5. My tax money should not pay to rebuild a 2 million dollar house, a sports stadium or a floatingcasino. Also, my tax money shouldn<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t go to rebuilda city that is under sea level. You wouldn<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t buildyour house on quicksand would you? You want to live below sea-level, do your country some goodand join the Navy. </P>

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#6. Regardless of what the Poverty Pimps Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton want you to believe, the<st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region> Government didn<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t create the hurricane as a wayto eradicate the black people of <st1:City w:st="on">New Orleans</st1:City>; (Neither did <st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region> as a way to destroy <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>).The <st1:country-region w:st="on"><ST1:p</st1:country-region>Government didn<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t cause global warming that caused the hurricane (We<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>ve been coming out of an ice age for over a million years). </P>

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#7. The government isn<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t responsible for giving you anything. This is the land of the free and thehome of the brave, but you gotta work for what you want. McDonalds and Wal-Mart are always hiring, get a damn job and stop spooning off the people who are actually working for a living. President Kennedy said it best..."Ask not what yourcountry can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." </P>

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Thank you for allowing me to rant. </P>

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[ThomasMore]

I don't know whether or not to believe that this really came from Carlin. The sarcasm is about right, but he is usually too far left and anti-government to make this much sense.

Good points all...

[BaronKelan]

Unfortunately, this is not from George Carlin. Check Snopes.com for the whole story.

(Still makes interesting reading.)

[ThomasMore]

snopes (http://www.snopes.com/katrina/soapbox/carlin.asp)

truthorfiction.com (http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/g/carlin-on-new-orleans.htm)

Whoever wrote it should have taken the credit to himself, instead of assigning it to others. His points were dead on target.

[Large_Al]

Yep I knew when he stuck up for the Government it wasn't his.



But regardless it's all truisms

[nene]

I've been bamboozled.

[PrezLeefun]

Not Carlin but quite on point. He'd blame the goverment.

[DeclinetoState]

Carlin would blame the government if the Republicans were in charge. I don't know what he would have done if Clinton were still in office.

[PrezLeefun]

Oh he would have happliy poked fun at Clinton and congratulated him for getting something done during the presidency- Monica. George Carlin only likes himself and liquor.

[ThomasMore]

Oh he would have happliy poked fun at Clinton and congratulated him for getting something done during the presidency- Monica. George Carlin only likes himself and liquor.

Bingo! Dead on.

[The_Sonarman]

Yes, George Carlin's website says he didn't publish the "New Orleans" email, either.

http://www.georgecarlin.com/home/home.html

[BEST45CAL]

Carlin would be funny.

[Melz]

Whoever actually DID say all of that is preaching to the choir here. I know most of us have made those exact same points (starting with GET THE HELL OUT, A HURRICANE IS COMING, that sort of thing). He said it the way all of us have been saying it.

If it had come from Carlin (I knew right away that it hadn't) then it would have been more interesting than just hearing us say these type of things (simply because he is a left wing ass who's dry humor pales in comparison to many of my close personal right wing friends).

For anyone besides conservatives to recognize the points the person here made would shock the heck out of me.