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This should sound familiar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLW1vFO-2Q

"The owners in this country know the truth, it's called the American dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin.

So says the multi-millionaire comedian who rose to the top complaining about everything and everyone. I'm sure he would have had the same success in a place like China.

BTW, George was a comedian, that is, entertainer. He was saying stuff that would sell more tickets.

George Carlin was IMHO one of the most insightful people America produced. Yes, he was a "comic" because in his time that's how he could follow his calling and make a living.

While he was very funny, and he was riotously funny, he was basically the high priest of pull your head out of your ass and think for yourself.

R.I.P. George Carlin

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