George Carlin on New Orleans

George Carlin on New Orleans
"Been sitting here with my ass in a wad, wanting to speak out about the
bull --t going on in New Orleans. For the people of New Orleans... First we
would like to say, Sorry for your loss. With that said, Let's go through a
few hurricane rules: (Unlike an earthquake, we know it's coming)

#1. A mandatory evacuation means just that...Get the hell out. Don't blame the Government after they tell you to go. If they hadn't said anything, I can see the argument. They said get out... if you didn't, it's your fault, not theirs. (We don't want to hear it, even if you don't have a car, you can get out.)

#2. If there is an emergency, stock up on water and non-perishables. If you
didn't do this, it's not the Government's fault you're starving.

#2a. If you run out of food and water, find a store that has some.
(Remember, shoes, TV's, DVD's and CD's are not edible. Leave them alone.)

#2b. If the local store has been looted of food or water, leave your
neighbor'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't give you the right to take their stuff...it's theirs, not yours.

#3. If someone comes in to help you, don't shoot at them and then complain no one is helping you. I'm not getting shot to help save some dumbass who didn't leave when told to do so.

#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'll die in the filth. Just leave!
(It's New Orleans, find a voodoo warrior and put a curse on them.)

#5. My tax money should not pay to rebuild a 2 million dollar house, a
sports stadium or a floating casino. Also, my tax money shouldn't go to
rebuild a city that is under sea level. You wouldn't build your house on
quicksand would you? You want to live below sea-level, do your country some good and join the Navy.

#6. Regardless of what Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton want you to believe, The US Government didn't create the Hurricane as a way to eradicate the black people of New Orleans; (Neither did Russia as a way to destroy America). The US Government didn't cause global warming that caused the hurricane (We've been coming out of an ice age for over a million years).

#7. The government isn't responsible for giving you anything. This is the land of the free and the home 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 your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

Thank you for allowing me to rant.


Now, THIS IS NOT ME. It's George. I copied because its become public domain via e-mail and I don't think he'd mind. Now what IS me, is that 99% of it I agree with totally. I know there were a few people who couldn't leave because they were taking care of the crippled, infirm, deathly ill etc. But, you know, in an ideal world they could have been shipped out too.

Different Planes

Let's discuss ghosts. We have several flavors of 'em, the kind that are residual, appearing over and over like a recording in a certain place. We have the ones that seem to see you, and those probably need help of some kind. Then there are poltergeists, the problem child ones who feed off the energy of a pubescent teen or very young adult. In most cases, it is often people who are haunted, rather than places. There will be resident ghosts but it takes a certain person to bring them out. They feed on energy, and if the energy is favorable, they come out to play. Like cats, they know when skeptics and non-believers come, and often will not manifest at all. This is because of negative energy. Ghosts are electrical and so are we. We can see them, hear them, smell them, get feelings from them. Any one, or all happen. Why do I say ghosts are a fact? Because there is far too much said on the subject. If they didn't exist, there would be no discussion at all. Are they dead people? we don't know.

My main thing is: if they are dead people, why don't they go to the light and go onto the next phase? If some do, and 'visit' back, what is the motive? I think haunting phenonema are like the weather. Caused by various factors, some overlapping and related, some not.

And yes, we will find out what these things are, someday. Without dying to do it.