American Politics | George Carlin | Life Is Worth Losing (2005)

In this bit, taken from the longer piece "Dumb Americans," comedian George Carlin delivers a political no holds barred rant against politics as usual in America and the role of the wealthiest class. He finishes up with one of his most quoted lines. George Carlin returns to the stage in Life is Worth Losing, his 13th live comedy stand-up special, performed at the Beacon Theatre in New York City for HBO. Life is Worth Losing includes: A Modern Man, Three Little Words, The Suicide Guy, Extreme Human Behavior, The All-Suicide Channel, Dumb Americans, Pyramid of the Hopeless, Autoerotic Asphyxia, Posthumous Female Transplants, Yeast Infection, Excess: Fires and Floods, and Coast-to-Coast Emergency. Stream the full special here: https://tubitv.com/movies/499812/george-carlin-life-is-worth-losing George Carlin described his comedy as focusing on 3 things: love of language and how we use it; the small things, moments we all share as humans; and the big topics of our culture—war, death, children, religion, etc. A social commentator, he challenged conventional wisdom and brought us face-to-face with our ingrained hypocrisies. There was no topic off limits to his keen observation, wordplay, goofy jabs and rants, whether it was drugs, war, politics, the accumulation of stuff or the way in which we use words. For more info: https://www.georgecarlin.com https://www.Instagram.com/@TheGeorgeCarlin https://www.Twitter.com/@TheGeorgeCarlin For DVDs: https://www.mpihomevideo.com/collections/george-carlin Streaming: https://www.tubi.tv #georgecarlin #standupcomedy #politics