{"id":1125,"date":"2011-10-04T10:31:01","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T17:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2011-11-12T05:23:36","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T13:23:36","slug":"george-carlin-predicts-occupy-wall-streets-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1125","title":{"rendered":"George Carlin Predicts Occupy Wall Street&#8217;s Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you can believe it, the world has been without George Carlin for over three years. But his influential stand-up comedy continues to resonate with themes in our society that will never go out of style: inequality, social mores, hypocrisy and disenfranchisement, to name a few. And based on this clip from his 2005 special &#8220;Life is Worth Losing,&#8221; Carlin would likely be marching with protesters in the Occupy Wall Street movement, or at least supporting them from afar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/10\/03\/george-carlin-predicts-occupy-wall-street_n_992725.html\">(More cheer here)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"284\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/acLW1vFO-2Q?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you can believe it, the world has been without George Carlin for over three years. But his influential stand-up comedy continues to resonate with themes in our society that will never go out of style: inequality, social mores, hypocrisy and disenfranchisement, to name a few. 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