Kurt Vonnegut
American novelist (1922 to 2007), author of Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle and Breakfast of Champions; a senior editor of In These Times until his death, writing the columns collected in A Man Without a Country (2005).
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Leaders in Washington are proudly ignorant guessers, sick of the solid information research and reporting provide
Some of the loudest, most proudly ignorant guessing in the world is going on in Washington today. Our leaders are sick of all the solid information that has been dumped on humanity by research and scholarship and investigative reporting.
inthesetimes.comSaid 12 Dec 2005This on korrents
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America has no chance of becoming humane and reasonable, because power corrupts and human beings get drunk on it
But I know now that there is not a chance in hell of America’s becoming humane and reasonable. Because power corrupts us, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power.
inthesetimes.comSaid 10 May 2004This on korrents
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Leaders in Washington are proudly ignorant guessers, sick of the solid information research and reporting provide
Some of the loudest, most proudly ignorant guessing in the world is going on in Washington today. Our leaders are sick of all the solid information that has been dumped on humanity by research and scholarship and investigative reporting.
Your Guess Is as Good as Mine (In These Times, 2005) Said 12 Dec 2005
Using the vast knowledge now available to educated people will leave you lonesome
But let me warn you, if you make use of the vast fund of knowledge now available to educated persons, you are going to be lonesome as hell.
Your Guess Is as Good as Mine (In These Times, 2005) Said 12 Dec 2005
America has no chance of becoming humane and reasonable, because power corrupts and human beings get drunk on it
But I know now that there is not a chance in hell of America’s becoming humane and reasonable. Because power corrupts us, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power.
Cold Turkey (In These Times, 2004) Said 10 May 2004
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The most vocal Christians demand the Ten Commandments in public buildings but never mention the Beatitudes
For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings.
Cold Turkey (In These Times, 2004) Said 10 May 2004
The Constitution's tragic flaw is that only nut cases want to be president
There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don’t know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
Cold Turkey (In These Times, 2004) Said 10 May 2004
All great literature is about what a bummer it is to be a human being
All great literature is about what a bummer it is to be a human being: Moby Dick, Huckleberry Finn, The Red Badge of Courage, the Iliad and the Odyssey, Crime and Punishment, the Bible and The Charge of the Light Brigade.
Cold Turkey (In These Times, 2004) Said 10 May 2004
The two most abused, addictive and destructive substances are legal, despite the government's war on drugs
My government’s got a war on drugs. But get this: The two most widely abused and addictive and destructive of all substances are both perfectly legal.
Cold Turkey (In These Times, 2004) Said 10 May 2004
The industrialized world is hopelessly hooked on fossil fuels, and they will soon run out
When you got here, even when I got here, the industrialized world was already hopelessly hooked on fossil fuels, and very soon now there won’t be any more of those.
Cold Turkey (In These Times, 2004) Said 10 May 2004
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