Our favorite fanatical family is as it again. The hatemongers at Westboro Baptist Church have announced that they plan to protest the funeral of comedian George Carlin, who died last week at the age of 71. Carlin, an avowed atheist, came under all kinds of fire during his lifetime, and seems to be catching just as much flack now that he's dead. Fred Phelps and his clan of bigots are going to show up and cause a scene at Carlin's memorial service, and their rambling press release refers to him as a "potty-mouth", apparently in hopes of appealing to the pre-school demographic amongst their flock. They also remind us that he "made lots of money making fun of God." Well, yeah, but he made fun of everything else too -- that's one of the things that made Carlin so brilliant. According to WBC, Carlin will be joined in hell by Jerry Seinfeld and Keith Olbermann.

Actually, that sounds like the opening line to a great joke: "So Jerry Seineld, Keith Olbermann, and George Carlin walk into hell..."

You're familiar with the WBC gang -- they're the delightful group of people who feel that it's okay to protest the funerals of fallen American soldiers, at which they show up holding signs that say the most vile things imaginable. They've even been ordered to pay restitution to at least one family, but that hasn't stopped them yet. I'm wondering if any members of the Patriot Guard will show up at Carlin's services?

Anyway, as my special gift to Fred Phelps and his minions, in honor of George Carlin, I present the Seven Words You Can't Say on TV (warning: don't open this at work). Wherever you may be, George, thanks for making us think while we laughed.