{"id":28627,"date":"2016-01-12T09:46:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T13:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=28627"},"modified":"2016-01-12T14:43:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T18:43:27","slug":"was-george-carlin-murdered-because-of-this-historic-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=28627","title":{"rendered":"Was George Carlin Murdered Because Of This Historic Performance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>When Comedian Are Prophets<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-07-at-4.23.15-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28628\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28628 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-07-at-4.23.15-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-01-07 at 4.23.15 PM\" width=\"684\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-07-at-4.23.15-PM.png 684w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-07-at-4.23.15-PM-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=28627\">State of the Nation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>George Carlin gave many truly great performances later in life which served to awaken millions. \u00a0Some of those performances were loaded with classic quotes that have become extremely popular on the alternative side of the Internet. \u00a0The previous banner is a perfect example of George&#8217;s outstanding and highly relevant\u00a0wordsmithing.<\/p>\n<p>What has become the stuff of conspiracy theories is the timing and place and way that George Carlin died.<\/p>\n<p>He died as his popularity was rising again. \u00a0As matter of fact, his political screeds were becoming the hit on the <em>World Wide Web<\/em>. \u00a0 And then, out of nowhere, he died of heart failure. Here&#8217;s an interview he conducted just one week before he passed away. \u00a0From the looks of it he gave every indication he had another 20 years on stage &#8230; at the very least.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube_sc url= http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QLsMfmZaEn0&amp;w=560&amp;h=315]<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;He died on June 22, 2008, at Saint John&#8217;s Health Center in Santa Monica, California, of heart failure. He was 71 years old. His death occurred one week after his last performance at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>(Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Carlin\">George Carlin<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is why the conspiracy theories won&#8217;t quit about his untimely death. \u00a0TPTB absolutely detest famous people speaking against them and their agenda. \u00a0They will not tolerate anyone of George Carlin&#8217;s stature mouthing off against their <em>System<\/em>. \u00a0Doing so poses way too big of a threat to the entire power structure. \u00a0And nobody skewered them like George did with his ever-spinning verbal rotisserie. \u00a0TPTB were skewered and broiled by George at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another great example of George Carlin&#8217;s searing social commentary, especially his laying bare the realities of the American way of life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Carlin.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28630\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28630\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Carlin.jpg\" alt=\"Carlin\" width=\"772\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Carlin.jpg 772w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Carlin-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Carlin-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following video is perhaps George Carlin&#8217;s greatest performance ever. \u00a0It took place not long before he <del>was murdered<\/del> died. \u00a0If ever there was a perfect political and social commentary all wrapped up in one comedic tirade, that really gets right to the root of the problems facing America, this one is it.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube_sc url= http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cKUaqFzZLxU&amp;w=560&amp;h=315]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=28627\">State of the Nation<\/a><br \/>\nJanuary 12, 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Comedian Are Prophets State of the Nation George Carlin gave many truly great performances later in life which served to awaken millions. \u00a0Some of those performances were loaded with classic quotes that have become extremely popular on the alternative &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=28627\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}