great!

I've always thought Stanhope and Joe Rogan were the closest the world has come (so far) to a viable successor to Bill Hicks. Name me another comic who is socially and politically conscious like Hicks.

I'd really like a list of names so I can buy their stuff, thereby avoiding all the rest. I mean, peanuts on airplanes is a regular ol' gutbuster and everything but it carries a bit less weight.

Doug Stanhope is the best.

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What? No Carlin clips on the sift?? R.I.P. George!!

This makes for great comedy, but the politics are pretty whacked.

The central premise here is that you're born free, but encountering a world full of other people who have rights, that's what enslaves you, because you have to respect the rules of society.

I mean, dammit, you can't even drive on the sidewalk when there's a traffic jam!

Total BS, my freedom is being infringed!

I think he was talking about the extraneous laws that govern personal decisions which don't affect others, such as wearing a seat belt. I'm quite sure he understands the implications of completely abandoning societal laws.

Stanhope, Carlin's & Hicks' heir apparent.

While I do love Stanhope, he's a bit of a jock/meathead. Comparisons to Hicks and Carlin -who vociferously despised all sports and jock-like mentalitites and mannerisms- are a very different breed.

Same goes for Rogan.

I've never seen a photo of either Carlin or Hicks wearing a sports team shirt and a backwards baseball cap, but I have of Rogan and Stanhope.

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I've never seen a photo of either Carlin or Hicks wearing a sports team shirt and a backwards baseball cap, but I have of Rogan and Stanhope.


Isn't that kind of what we lefties need, though? A sense of team spirit? Some "regular joes" who can see the bullshit as clearly as us, only they'd rather toss a ball than patronize community theater? And wouldn't guys like that be great emissaries to other young males, showing them that it's not sissy to be a liberal?