Our rights are not worth the parchment they are written on unless we exercise them. Regardless of one’s view on George Carlin’s comedy, he was undoubtedly a standard-bearer for the first amendment, making excellent use of the rights contained therein. He will be missed.

Jerry Seinfeld wrote George’s obituary for the New York Times. It is worth reading.

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