{"id":395,"date":"2008-06-23T23:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-23T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/06\/george-carlin-on-honor-students.html"},"modified":"2008-06-23T23:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-23T23:45:00","slug":"george-carlin-on-honor-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/06\/george-carlin-on-honor-students.html","title":{"rendered":"George Carlin on Honor Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

In honor of the late George Carlin<\/span> (1937-2008):<\/p>\n

Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child whose self-esteem is sufficient that he doesn’t need us promoting his minor scholastic achievements on the back of our car.”<\/span><\/p>\n

(from the 2001 HBO Special “Complaints and Grievances<\/a>“)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Word.<\/p>\n

IMonk has a great retrospective on Carlin from a Christian point-of-view<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In honor of the late George Carlin (1937-2008): Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child whose self-esteem is sufficient that he doesn’t need us promoting his minor scholastic achievements on the back of our car.” (from the 2001 HBO Special “Complaints and Grievances“) Word. 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