when people say “stop being political” what they really mean is the system works fine for me and you’re ruining my vibe by reminding me it’s built on other peoples pain
In a world where fewer and fewer people concern themselves with the plight of others, the loss of Rob Reiner, who cared deeply about humanitarian causes, feels that much more devastating. RIP: 1947-1925.
[Selfie: July 2022, NYC]
George Carlin: "There's a reason education sucks, and it's the same reason that it will never, ever, ever be fixed."
"Because the owners of this country don't want that... They want obedient workers."
"People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork,
“Whites, it must frankly be said, are not putting in a similar mass effort to reeducate themselves out of their racial ignorance. It is an aspect of their sense of superiority that the white people of America believe they have so little to learn.”
—Martin Luther King Jr.
Ed Sullivan couldn't sing.
He couldn't dance. He wasn't charming. He stood stiff and awkward under the lights, spoke in a halting monotone, and always looked slightly uncomfortable in his own suit.
Critics said he had the warmth of a plank of wood. One reviewer wrote that "he got