Carlin didn't have to prove he was funny in his later years and he was
truly tired of all the BS and other crap he saw in this country and the
world, so he called it as he saw it.

Any two-bit comedian can say a funny joke, but it will fade away
like dust because that's all such a thing is. Carlin had something
to say and he said it. You may not have liked it, but it was not
fluff and there was real intelligence and concern behind it.

That's the nice thing about getting older, you don't have to worry
about kissing people's asses as much and can say what is really
going on.

I should have followed Carlin's example ages ago, but it is never
too late.