Urban legends move faster, but they're still ... legends [Roeper quotes Freeper] A FR Original

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | mar 4 2004 | Richard Roeper

[george wythe]

George Carlin delivered a monologue titled, "I Am a Bad American." The essay includes these statements:

"I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some mid-level governmental functionary who wants to give it away to crack addicts squirting out babies.... I believe it's called the Boy Scouts for a reason.... I believe that if you're selling me a Big Mac, you'd better be doing it in English."

George Carlin?! Sounds more like something Rush Limbaugh would say, but the actual author appears to be a guy calling himself "bootyist-monk" on FreeRepublic.com, a conservative Web site. It was originally titled, "I'm Your Worst Nightmare, Because I'm a Bad Republican."

[So Cal Rocket]

ping

[sauropod]

Ok, how can I get the Sun-Times to go about quoting me?

;-)

[baltodog]

Old news.
This has been floating around around for years.

[anonymous_user]

Researching that urban legend is what brought me to FreeRepublic. I figure if people can write and think like that here, that's where I want to be!

[annyokie]

False:


http://www.snopes.com/language/document/carlin.htm

[SICSEMPERTYRANNUS]

Didn't that mid-level government functionary have a bad comb-over before?


SIC

[george wythe]

False:

http://www.snopes.com/language/document/carlin.htm

From your link:

This essay appeared in the FreeRepublic.com on-line forum back in September 2000 under the title "I Am a Bad Republican" (picking up title changes and additions since then as it was forwarded around the Internet), and the person who posted it there has taken credit for it in a recent message in that same forum.

What is false?

[Chunga]

[George Carlin quotes Freeper]

Your title doesn't reflect the content in this article.

According to the piece, quotes falsely attributed to George Carlin at Free Republic were invented by a Freeper.

[Indy Pendance]

Here's the source.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

READ before posting.

[jackd]

Gee, I'd like to see the entire list.Though if it is written in the same American Standard English that I just read, it could not possibly have come from any urban center east of the Mississippi. Does ya' unnerstan wat iyam sayin' to yuhs?

[george wythe]

Thanks for posting the link to the Freeper's essay

[socal_parrot]

George Carlin delivered a monologue titled, "I Am a Bad American."

Or Ted Nugent.

[george wythe]

"George Carlin uses essay written by Freeper without giving him attribution" was too long for the title window.

[annyokie]

Note to self: Don't read so fast.

[Unknown Freeper]

Can I have your autograph?

[Indy Pendance]

I'm suprised I could find it, and glad I did. Credit where credit is due, interesting us lowly Freepers have more advanced investigative skills than 'seasoned', degreed, journalists. Of course, we are the VRWC, to be overlooked....

[sharktrager]

Except there is no evidence George Carlin ever used it at all.

[NonValueAdded]

Maybe not Carlin but I'll bet Dennis Miller could do this justice. It sounds remarkably like one of his rants. Hey, wait a mo ... bootyist-monk = Miller????