Vonne-gut Check

I was lucky enough to be tuned into Comedy Central yesterday to see Kurt Vonnegut's appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Even in his twilight years, Vonnegut remains a titan of satire, and trading riffs with America's current court jester was a wonder to behold. For the record, this page has copies of just about everything the man has written, and is much looking forward to his latest book, Man Without A Country.

The highlight of the Vonnegut interview had to be his comparison of attempting to install democracy in Iraq with its installation in the United States. He advised the audience to be patient: "In a democracy, you don't have to give up your slaves until 100 years after you start one. You don't have to give women the vote for 150 years..."

Unfortunately, Vonnegut and Stewart ran out of time before the authour could get to his list of Liberal Crap I Never Want to Hear Again. As Stewart promised, The Daily show has it posted here.