Porque rir é o melhor remédio

George Carlin morreu há pouco tempo e enquanto foi vivo fez rir muita gente. E fê-lo abordando temas sérios de forma nada trivial. Para mim, ainda que exponha de forma cómica certos assuntos fá-lo de uma maneira muita mais séria que muitos jornalistas. E mais não digo. Seja como for cá ficam alguns vídeos:

Política americana:


As pequenas coisas que nos tornam humanos:


The upper class keeps all of the money, pays none of the taxes. The middle class pays all of the taxes, does all of the work. The poor are there just to scare the shit out of the middle class! Keep 'em showing up at those JOBS!

Religião:

Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!

But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy Shit!

Política america novamente:


Nem sei o que dizer sobre este para além do facto que not in my backyard não é só uma mentalidade presente nos grande EUA.
E o comentário relativo ao golf leva a minha assinatura por baixo. Várias vezes!

Direitos e privilégios:


Yeah! I'll tell you about as much truth as the people wo wrote that fucking bible! How do you like that?

E um texto para a leitura.

Impressionante:


Impressionante mesmo! Claro que os donos de um país nunca são os eleitores. Nunca! Pelo menos nunca até agora.
Germany lost the second World War, but fascism won it.

Salvando o planeta:


Esta rotina está mesmo a pedir por discussão, mas ele levanta pontos muito pertinentes.

Sobre a morte:


He wants to help fuck 'em!, call his bluff! Call his bluff! "Don't hesitate to ask"The nerve of these pricks!
We use a lot of euphemisms when we talk about death you know?!


E para terminar:
"And people say, Oh, your conspiracy thing. Listen, don't be making fun of the word "conspiracy". It has meaning. Powerful people have convergent interests. They don't always need a meeting to decide on something. They inhabit the same clubs. They sit on the same boards. They have all this common ownership and they are very few in number. They control everything, and they do whatever they want. [Their] two-party system keeps the people at bay. They give them microwaves, fanny packs, sneakers with lights in the heels, dustbusters, to keep them distracted, keep them just calm enough that they're not going to try something."