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Pro Life is Anti Woman: Video of George Carlin at the Beacon Theater
Dear Friend and Reader:
Cool people, dorks and the rest of us are mourning the death of George Carlin, a man considered one of the greatest standup comedians of our era. (We do not have records of this art form going back to Atlantis or ancient Greece, so I’m not going to say “of all times”. But he may go back that far.)
We do have his natal chart, and he is a stunning example of the Moon conjunct Chiron. These are people who feel like microwave ovens when you stand next to them. They are so intense, the room starts to vibrate when they walk in, and the conjunction in his natal chart is precise to less than one degree.”So I say live and let live,” Carlin once said. “That’s my motto. Live and let live. Anyone who can’t go along with that, take him outside and shoot the motherfucker. It’s a simple philosophy but it’s always worked in our family.”
Who, or rather what, is George Carlin? Or rather again, what was? I’ll tell you — he was not scared of you, he was not scared of the government and he was not scared to tell it like it is. He was the habanero pepper on the frosted bullshit wedding cake of society. He was very, very smart — that’s how he got away with it all.
In case you didn’t guess, his Moon-Chiron conjunction happens to be in Gemini — precisely in the vicinity of the Mercury retrograde that has just ended. True astrology fact: people with strong Gemini are very often funny, they are witty and they are adept at language. The like puns like a border collie likes to fetch a stick. Even if they can only speak broken English they will have you gasping for air.
When you put Chiron and the Moon there, you get George Carlin. When you put the aspect on the South Node of the Moon, you get the story of someone who was born to do it.
Carlin is best known for his routine on the seven words you cannot say on television. This was a fabrication; there is no such list at the FCC. But he made it into an anti-censorship icon; indeed, a monument. Those words are listed above. Just think, there was a day when he terrorized households, and the public airwaves, getting little kids to memorize the list.
He had a knack for saying what you were already thinking. Here is my favorite example. “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 of your life. And he has a list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any, any, of these ten things, he has a special place full of fire and smoke and ash and torture where he will send you to suffer and burn and scream and cry forever and ever until the end of time — but he loves you.”
Yes! Carlin perfected the Fuck You school of standup comedy. He paved the way for The Onion and South Park among many others — absolutely nothing was sacred to him. In fact, he specialized in being offensive. Here is how he recommended handling a heckler:
“Would someone just put a dick in that guy’s mouth please? ‘Cause that’s what he wants. He’s a cocksucker in disguise. He’s got his mouth open ’cause he wants someone to cum in it. Now if you wanna keep making noise, motherfucker, and we can find you that way or you’re just a punk coward asshole bullshit loud motherfucker and you’re gonna shut up now so we don’t find out where the fuck you’re sitting. ‘Cause if you keep it up, we’ll grab your ass and throw you in the fucking street where you belong, with your mother! And I’m fucking her in the asshole every night anyway so fuck you and your sister and your wife! If you got a kid, I hope your fucking kid dies in a car fire! How do you like that you stupid cocksucker? Shut the fuck up and get the fuck out of here! … You know? See… You gotta use psychology. You gotta be a bit of a psychologist up here and know how to appeal to a person.”
I am sitting here thinking, this is offensive! But it’s fucking funny! EXACTLY! Who can say, “I hope your kid dies in a car fire,” have the audience needing oxygen, be loved by the world and win a Grammy? Hi George!
If you liked that, try on this:
“I don’t understand why prostitution is illegal. Selling is legal. Fucking is legal. Why isn’t selling fucking legal? You know, why should it be illegal to sell something that’s perfectly legal to give away? I can’t follow the logic on that one at all! Of all the things you can do, giving someone an orgasm is hardly the worst thing in the world. In the army they give you a medal for spraying napalm on people! In civilian life you go to jail for giving someone an orgasm!”
Ya.
George, you say you didn’t like this place, and you lived with the fact that most people are losers by design. But you have to admit — there’s some pretty good material on our pathetic little planet. Thanks for telling it like it is.
