An Earth Day tradition: George Carlin on the intellectual bankruptcy of “saving the planet” By J.P. Freire FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint April 22, 2010 4:00 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint As Carlin put it: The planet is fine. Recommended Stories Democrats pulled the plug and forgot they were standing in waterCuomo’s a crook. Mamdani’s a clear and present dangerThe EV lobby thought it could force a Chinese battery plant on its neighbors. It was wrong TagsJ.P. Freire Related Content State Cuomo closes gap with Mamdani, almost margin-of-error race: Poll Sports Trump congratulates Dodgers on World Series win with invite to White House State Jeffries dismisses NYC mayoral front-runner Mamdani as ‘future’ of Democratic Party Foreign Policy Ahmed al Sharaa to meet with Trump as first Syrian president to visit White House Entertainment SNL spoofs debate over ‘worst job in the world’ NYC mayor