] So what does the 66-year-old Carlin think of the current
] handwringing over what is indecent, profane, obscene,
] immoral, lewd or insulting?
]
] "More of the same, more of the same. What are we,
] surprised?" Carlin told The Associated Press on Friday
]
] He blamed it on religious moralism, media commercialism
] and election-year politics.
]

That last comment is what this all boils down to. Election year politics. Gah.