George Carlin 1937-2008

Yesterday one of the funniest people on the planet died. I didn't know much about George Carlin growing up except that he was Rufus in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure". It wasn't until I was older that I was more exposed to his humor. His "Seven Dirty Words" routine challenged free speech. I can remember watching him when I used to babysit on "Shining Time Station" where he played the conductor. It kind of showed a softer side to the dirty mouth that most people were accustomed to. He was also an author...one of his books "Napalm and Silly Putty" is one the funniest books I ever read. It's the kind of book that you would have sitting out on a coffee table (at least in my house you would) and you could just pick it up and open it to a random page and find something funny. The absolute BEST movie he was ever in (once again in my opinion) was "Dogma". The Catholic Church hated that movie and at the risk of sounding like a complete idiot I think it was a very thought provoking movie as well as completely hilarious. The reason I'm writing is because he'll be deeply missed by people he had never might and in all actuality would probably hate. RIP.

Something Worth Blogging About!

As many people know the primaries and caucuses have been going on for about 6 months. It feels like it's been going on a lot longer but the Democratic Party FINALLY has a nominee and I couldn't be happier about it. Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee! I'm so excited. You know it's kind of groundbreaking to realize that both a black man and a woman have been so prominent in a presidential race. Usually you see old crusty white guys (not that there's anything wrong with that) battling it out. To realize that in my life time a black man and a woman have a legitimate chance of being put in the White House! It's amazing. But anyway Obama has a great chance of defeating McCain. I respect John McCain. He was a POW and he suffered a lot in his life. However I do not like his policies therefore I will be voting for Mr. Obama. A couple years ago at the last Democratic National Convention Barack Obama spoke and I can remember listening to him and being completely enthralled by what he was saying. He truly stole the show from John Kerry. People knew then that he was going to be something. Many say that he doesn't have enough experience to become an effective President. To that I say this: I'd rather have someone who is fairly new to the game rather than someone who is completely corrupted by Washington. Sometimes having experience doesn't make up for the ineptitudes a person has in other places. Not to beat a dead horse but look at our current president. He had "experience" and he's turned this country on it's head. No he's not completely to blame but there are some things like the wars that we are fighting that he is responsible for (not solely of course. Congress had to approve it which they did even if they had bad information). I want to see an America that is proud, honorable, and kind. I want to see what a person like Barack Obama will do to the American political landscape. It's just such an exciting time to be alive and paying attention to what's going on in this country. We still have 5 months to go before the General election. Both candidates are worthy however I'm sticking with Obama like I previously stated. As a person who voted for him earlier this year I can understand what is driving people to his "side" for lack of a better term. One of Obama's slogans is "Change" and I think just him being nominated is representative of that. I just hope he gets in so we can see what can happen.