Carlin an 'American Radical'


	Carlin an 'American Radical'

Wisco

6-23-2008 2:43 PM

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Excerpted from John Nichols' great obit at The Nation:

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6-23-2008 3:58 PM

kmcolo

"The people have been bought off by gizmos and toys in this country. No one questions anything."

George Carlin

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