21 Apr In observance of Earth Day 2021, some wit and wisdom from George Carlin on ‘saving the planet’

Tomorrow (April 22) is Earth Day and it marks the 51st anniversary of the “Green Holy Day” that started back in 1970. To help celebrate Earth Day 2021, this post features the late stand-up comedian/philosopher George Carlin from around 2007 in the video above titled “Saving the Planet,” which is featured annually on CD around Earth Day and now has almost 8 million views on YouTube.

(***Warning: Some profanity and strong language***)

Here’s a sample:

The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sunspots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles … hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages … And we think some plastic bags and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet isn’t going anywhere. WE are!

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