Comments on: Guess Who’s Picketing George Carlin’s Funeral?

By: Angie

Angie — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:49:48 +0000

That was brilliant Big Soph!

I sure miss George, always wandering what he’d say on this and that… Also, this time of year (exactly) he came to the Cape Cod melody tent, I never missed his shows.

By: BigSoph

BigSoph — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:47:30 +0000

It has been a while since George ‘passed on’, i.e. died (he would have preferred died)

If there was a god, and there was a heaven and George did not get to enter because narrow minded bigots said he was mean, I would stand outside the gates of heaven and build catapults and besiege it, raze it, burn what I razed, gift them my catapult, burn that and then walk up the the throne of heaven itself and say “fuck you and your intolerant followers”
And I would have the army to defeat him too. I would have hundreds of Greek and Roman tacticians, Mongols and Vikings.

By: Molly

Molly — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:26:58 +0000

If you go to Carlin’s site, there is an affidavit for want of a better term, or a part of his will. He requested no actual service, just a gathering of his family and friends at his house. He requested that he be cremated, and that his ashes to be spread by his wife and daughter in a place of their choice. Only vague references to spirituality would be allowed

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:48:20 +0000

Ross email me

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:45:17 +0000

FOR ROSS

I feel your saddness… his funeral was last friday in santa monica, private only a filtered list from Carlin’s wife. It was at Gates, Kingsley & Gates Moeller Murphy Funeral home. Guess they wanted to keep the funeral hush, hush, because of all the religous freaks.

I still hear him in my head too – look what he has done for so many,….

I have a feeling something really good will come out of this – because GEORGE WAS GOOD. George is my God now. George Bless you Ross! Thank George it was a beautiful day! email me anytime angela_s_richardson@yahoo.com

By: Ross

Ross — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:20:40 +0000

Thanks Angie, you’re right. . . George bless you too.
A few days ago someone said to me “did you hear George Carlin kicked the bucket” to which I replied “where”? Now I don’t remember if I heard G.C. say that, or if I came up with that. Regardless, it was a Carlinism, and that along with the ideals to question authority, to take notice of what’s really going on, and to keep in our minds that mostly everybody is full of shit. That is what George left us.

But stilI, we all know George would have caught everything that we saw wrong with Phelps’ point of view, and much more. How about the hypocrisy of George making money off the lord.

It’s kind of funny though, I continually catch myself wanting to say all of the nice things that people say when someone dies. . . but George made fun of all that, and didn’t believe in any of that. So I’m a little torn.

Anyone know when the funeral is or was? I know that there will be a public memorial service, but where and when I don’t know. I’d assume New York.

By: Angie

Angie — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:18:18 +0000

Poster ROSS

It is a bummer he can’t make fun of Plelps.. but we ALL can. THANK GEORGE for that!!

George bless you – I miss him too ;(

By: Ross

Ross — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:47:03 +0000

Good point Chop Chop. . .
Everything that I’ve read here has been great, but. . . I think everybody would agree with me in saying that “I would have loved to have seen George rip into Phelps” on a more personal level.

I don’t know it still feels like an old friend has just gone away. It still feels like he was just here a second ago.

By: Angie

Angie — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:48:04 +0000

wa-hooooooo!!!!!!!!!

This is addressed to the poster that said that they have recently been saved!! Felt great in the last week or so???? Hey!! It was GEORGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank George!!!!!! George BLESS YOU ALL!!!!

By: Chop Chop

Chop Chop — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:57:07 +0000

Phelps vitriolic hatred nullifies anything else he says before or after that, as far as I’m concerned. To “preach” claiming to be a Christian; and then promote HATE – whatever you say after that it totally invalidated.

He claims to be a “Christian Pastor” however he has NOTHING to do with Christ. Whether you believe in Jesus or not, nowhere in Bible text is Christ advocating HATRED toward others. This hate-monger and his wacko followers’ showing up at funeral demonstrations might get press, but it is merely callous theater.

Back in ’96 in Nashville, on the day of the funeral for Al Gore Sr., (vice pres Al Gore jr.s father) Phelps showed up with a few followers with large signs that said “GOD HATES FAGS Romans 9:13″ because, according to Phelps, his son “sold his soul to the fag agenda.” His followers join up they enjoy telling people to “go to hell.” Period. Chop Chop.