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You Are Currently Watching: Tribute to Kurt Vonnegut
Posted In: All Videos, Personal VideosComments: 95 Responses
This heartfelt personal video might be my all-time favorite of my web talk show. For real, yo! This video was my first bona fide YouTube homepage feature. They ran it on the top of their homepage on the day Kurt died. And honestly, if there was any video I would have chosen myself to share in such a high-profile way, it would have been this one. So thanks YouTube. But more so than that, thanks, Kurt. I read a lot, and Kurt is still my top favorite author. I like to go back to old favorites over the years to see if they still hold up. Some of them do, and some of them don’t. John Updike is an amazing writer, and while I respect his awesome talent and proliferation of work, I can’t say his work held up for me personally when I recently re-read the Rabbit series. It’s not that the work isn’t superlative: I just found it incredibly depressing this time around, and its messages didn’t resonate as much. I’ve had similar experiences with other writers over the years. But never with Kurt’s work. Maybe one day I’ll go back to it and feel like it’s not as perfectly right as I’ve always felt, but so far, by far, he’s still my number one. So this video for my web talk show is a little reading I did of his, coupled with my own commentary. It’s from his work, “A Man Without a Country”, a really great book about the culture of the United States and how he feels about it.
August 19th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
and god if you think that the world should get rid of us your a dumpass bitch god you listen to a guy that sits around and smokes pot ALL DAY
August 19th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
[..YouTube..] and god if you think that the world should get rid of us your a dumpass bitch god you listen to a guy that sits around and smokes pot ALL DAY
August 23rd, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Kurt Vonnegut wrote this book during the latter days of the failed Bush years. If only he and Hunter S. Thompson had lived a little more than 2 years more they would have seen Bush and company get thrown out of office and America elect it’s first black President when President Obama was elected and the Republican party become a minority party now and forever in its present form.It’s a shame Kurt and Hunter couldn’t have lived to see this dawn of a new era!
August 23rd, 2009 at 11:55 pm
[..YouTube..] Kurt Vonnegut wrote this book during the latter days of the failed Bush years. If only he and Hunter S. Thompson had lived a little more than 2 years more they would have seen Bush and company get thrown out of office and America elect it’s first black President when President Obama was elected and the Republican party become a minority party now and forever in its present form.
It’s a shame Kurt and Hunter couldn’t have lived to see this dawn of a new era!
August 26th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
it’s hard stop,, because American companies need those product to be sell!
August 26th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
[..YouTube..] it’s hard stop,, because American companies need those product to be sell!
August 30th, 2009 at 2:13 am
Um…what else should we blame it on? God? The animals? The flora???
August 30th, 2009 at 2:13 am
[..YouTube..] Um…what else should we blame it on? God? The animals? The flora???
August 30th, 2009 at 2:27 am
She doesn’t smoke pot…she READS, LOL.
August 30th, 2009 at 2:27 am
[..YouTube..] She doesn’t smoke pot…she READS, LOL.
August 31st, 2009 at 9:22 pm
In first place Obama is not pure Black. he was rised as apriviledge White boy. His cabinet don’t have Blacks, neither he acknowledged in his inaguration as a Black President of the USA that the White House was built by black slaves non paid. In short, Kurt Vonnegut would’t buy such romanticism of a new era in the America n political sceneario because he predicted the end. There is not such a thing of a new era on planet earth. Vonnegut prevent it calling himself “a man without country”…
August 31st, 2009 at 9:22 pm
[..YouTube..] In first place Obama is not pure Black. he was rised as apriviledge White boy. His cabinet don’t have Blacks, neither he acknowledged in his inaguration as a Black President of the USA that the White House was built by black slaves non paid. In short, Kurt Vonnegut would’t buy such romanticism of a new era in the America n political sceneario because he predicted the end. There is not such a thing of a new era on planet earth. Vonnegut prevent it calling himself “a man without country”…
September 1st, 2009 at 4:05 am
I shead a freakin’ tear after reading A Man Without a Country – as it was like spending time with the man (I guess anyway). i was sad as I never got to meet him. got to meet a couple of my heroes (Ginsburg, Irvine Welsh) – and always wanted to smoke a cigarette with Mr. Vonnegut!!!
September 1st, 2009 at 4:05 am
[..YouTube..] I shead a freakin’ tear after reading A Man Without a Country – as it was like spending time with the man (I guess anyway). i was sad as I never got to meet him. got to meet a couple of my heroes (Ginsburg, Irvine Welsh) – and always wanted to smoke a cigarette with Mr. Vonnegut!!!
September 13th, 2009 at 3:36 am
smart and sexy.
September 13th, 2009 at 3:36 am
[..YouTube..] smart and sexy.
September 17th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
What rubbish. Obama is no better than Bush. Thompson and Vonnegut would see through his bullshit, too.
September 17th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
[..YouTube..] What rubbish. Obama is no better than Bush. Thompson and Vonnegut would see through his bullshit, too.
September 18th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Until the government stops covering up the fact that they have been spraying 1000’s of tons of aerosols that contain toxic heavy metals like barium and aluminum oxide, I will not believe what they tell me about global warming and that my car tailpipe is doing all the damage and that C02 is doing damage. Hogwaash. Trees need c02. See NewYorkSkywatchDOTCom for the truth.
September 18th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
[..YouTube..] Until the government stops covering up the fact that they have been spraying 1000’s of tons of aerosols that contain toxic heavy metals like barium and aluminum oxide, I will not believe what they tell me about global warming and that my car tailpipe is doing all the damage and that C02 is doing damage. Hogwaash. Trees need c02. See NewYorkSkywatchDOTCom for the truth.
September 18th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
YOu are mistaken stopglobalwarming08. And you had nobleowl cite you valid proof with references yet you dismissed him without even checking his sources. That tells me you are brainwashed and for whatever reason, you refuse to open your mind and debate. You wrote “so the scientists are lying”? OF course. THere are almost 300 accredited scientists who debunk global warming specifically for the reasons they give us. C02 and car exhaust. Humans only account for less than 1 percent of greenhouse gas.
September 18th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
[..YouTube..] YOu are mistaken stopglobalwarming08. And you had nobleowl cite you valid proof with references yet you dismissed him without even checking his sources. That tells me you are brainwashed and for whatever reason, you refuse to open your mind and debate. You wrote “so the scientists are lying”? OF course. THere are almost 300 accredited scientists who debunk global warming specifically for the reasons they give us. C02 and car exhaust. Humans only account for less than 1 percent of greenhouse gas.
September 18th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Why Lori are you censoring nobleowl’s comments? OF all the comments I have read, his arguments are spot on and he is being civil. IF anyone is being rude, it’s “stopglobalwarming08″ and yet half of nobleowls comments are deleted and the juvenille rebuttals of stopglobalwarming08 is not.
September 18th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
[..YouTube..] Why Lori are you censoring nobleowl’s comments? OF all the comments I have read, his arguments are spot on and he is being civil. IF anyone is being rude, it’s “stopglobalwarming08″ and yet half of nobleowls comments are deleted and the juvenille rebuttals of stopglobalwarming08 is not.
September 20th, 2009 at 12:37 am
NO SCIENTIST has debunked man-made global warming! NONE!maybe u should stop believing the FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY/REPUBLICAN BIG OIL MACHINE….and start believing the vast majority of scientists…..
September 20th, 2009 at 12:37 am
[..YouTube..] NO SCIENTIST has debunked man-made global warming! NONE!
maybe u should stop believing the FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY/REPUBLICAN BIG OIL MACHINE….
and start believing the vast majority of scientists…..
September 20th, 2009 at 12:37 am
[..YouTube..] NO SCIENTIST has debunked man-made global warming! NONE!maybe u should stop believing the FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY/REPUBLICAN BIG OIL MACHINE….and start believing the vast majority of scientists…..
September 20th, 2009 at 12:42 am
eh, after replying to the LIES after LIES after LIES from oil trolls on youtube, you might not be in the best of moods…especially when our lives are at riskin case you didnt know, the FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY has created a DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN to protect their record profits…i dont like being SCAMMED by the fossil fuel industry….i deserve to livewhen i first started spreading the truth about global warming amongst the oil trolls’ LIES, i got many threats to my life….
September 20th, 2009 at 12:42 am
[..YouTube..] eh, after replying to the LIES after LIES after LIES from oil trolls on youtube, you might not be in the best of moods…especially when our lives are at risk
in case you didnt know, the FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY has created a DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN to protect their record profits…
i dont like being SCAMMED by the fossil fuel industry….i deserve to live
when i first started spreading the truth about global warming amongst the oil trolls’ LIES, i got many threats to my life….
September 20th, 2009 at 12:42 am
[..YouTube..] eh, after replying to the LIES after LIES after LIES from oil trolls on youtube, you might not be in the best of moods…especially when our lives are at riskin case you didnt know, the FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY has created a DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN to protect their record profits…i dont like being SCAMMED by the fossil fuel industry….i deserve to livewhen i first started spreading the truth about global warming amongst the oil trolls’ LIES, i got many threats to my life….
September 20th, 2009 at 12:44 am
there comes a time, when u get pissed off from all the LIES and insults….and threatsso u can back n support the lies of the fossil fuel industry/oil trolls, its your choicebut when this climate starts wreckin shop, dont come crying to your mama
September 20th, 2009 at 12:44 am
[..YouTube..] there comes a time, when u get pissed off from all the LIES and insults….and threats
so u can back n support the lies of the fossil fuel industry/oil trolls, its your choice
but when this climate starts wreckin shop, dont come crying to your mama
September 20th, 2009 at 12:44 am
[..YouTube..] there comes a time, when u get pissed off from all the LIES and insults….and threatsso u can back n support the lies of the fossil fuel industry/oil trolls, its your choicebut when this climate starts wreckin shop, dont come crying to your mama
September 20th, 2009 at 4:38 am
hey…who gives a shit what u think…why do u have to make video about this. you could’ve tell this to ur gradma….ur pointless
September 20th, 2009 at 4:38 am
[..YouTube..] hey…who gives a shit what u think…why do u have to make video about this. you could’ve tell this to ur gradma….ur pointless
September 24th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Kurt Vonnegut is the shit!!!
September 24th, 2009 at 12:20 am
[..YouTube..] Kurt Vonnegut is the shit!!!
September 27th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Who gives a shit about a godfather theme song cover.
September 27th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
[..YouTube..] Who gives a shit about a godfather theme song cover.
September 28th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Solar warming = global coning and thats the truth ruth.Granted burning fossil fuels in not helping, but why don’t people talk about the toxic dumping off the coast of Africa, de-forestation, chemtrails, nuclear testing.And if think the planet should get rid of us, then take the lead and kill your self, because thats what you say!!AL GORE IS NOT THE ANSWER, carbon taxing is a marxist global program to enslave the human race, WAKE AND LEARN THE TRUTH
September 28th, 2009 at 11:23 am
[..YouTube..] Solar warming = global coning
and thats the truth ruth.
Granted burning fossil fuels in not helping, but why don’t people talk about the toxic dumping off the coast of Africa, de-forestation, chemtrails, nuclear testing.
And if think the planet should get rid of us, then take the lead and kill your self, because thats what you say!!
AL GORE IS NOT THE ANSWER, carbon taxing is a marxist global program to enslave the human race, WAKE AND LEARN THE TRUTH
September 28th, 2009 at 11:23 am
[..YouTube..] Solar warming = global coning and thats the truth ruth.Granted burning fossil fuels in not helping, but why don’t people talk about the toxic dumping off the coast of Africa, de-forestation, chemtrails, nuclear testing.And if think the planet should get rid of us, then take the lead and kill your self, because thats what you say!!AL GORE IS NOT THE ANSWER, carbon taxing is a marxist global program to enslave the human race, WAKE AND LEARN THE TRUTH
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:09 am
lol iggy you are a funny guy ….
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:09 am
[..YouTube..] lol iggy you are a funny guy ….
October 6th, 2009 at 1:54 am
It’s like she said in the video, the Earth isn’t going anywhere. It will outlast people by far. We do need to learn to take care of the Earth, but more importantly we need to learn to take care of each other. The way we treat each other over clashing ideas will be the end of us. That is what war is. That is what terrorism is. It’s the same goddamn thing.Treat each other with decency.I always liked the Vonnegut quote “there’s only one rule I know of: god damn it, you’ve got to be kind.”
October 6th, 2009 at 1:54 am
[..YouTube..] It’s like she said in the video, the Earth isn’t going anywhere. It will outlast people by far. We do need to learn to take care of the Earth, but more importantly we need to learn to take care of each other. The way we treat each other over clashing ideas will be the end of us. That is what war is. That is what terrorism is. It’s the same goddamn thing.
Treat each other with decency.
I always liked the Vonnegut quote “there’s only one rule I know of: god damn it, you’ve got to be kind.”
October 6th, 2009 at 1:54 am
[..YouTube..] It’s like she said in the video, the Earth isn’t going anywhere. It will outlast people by far. We do need to learn to take care of the Earth, but more importantly we need to learn to take care of each other. The way we treat each other over clashing ideas will be the end of us. That is what war is. That is what terrorism is. It’s the same goddamn thing.Treat each other with decency.I always liked the Vonnegut quote “there’s only one rule I know of: god damn it, you’ve got to be kind.”
October 8th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Wow, that was amazing, so eloquent yet so utterly empty at the same time. Kurts premise would never hold up the Socratic Method. Let me drop some Truth on you. The universe has no intrinsic value. People have value and without people the universe has no value. You give your electric car value, I give fossil fuels value, we dont value the same thing equally yet we both value something equally. Value is defined by the individual and cannot be preordained outside of an individual.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
[..YouTube..] Wow, that was amazing, so eloquent yet so utterly empty at the same time. Kurts premise would never hold up the Socratic Method. Let me drop some Truth on you. The universe has no intrinsic value. People have value and without people the universe has no value. You give your electric car value, I give fossil fuels value, we dont value the same thing equally yet we both value something equally. Value is defined by the individual and cannot be preordained outside of an individual.
November 16th, 2009 at 11:23 am
you have a wonderful taste in literature
November 16th, 2009 at 11:23 am
[..YouTube..] you have a wonderful taste in literature
November 19th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Anybody heard of Global Drying/Drought?Where complex hydrocarbon gases (like your oven or bath/toilet cleaner) inhibit the surface evaporation of water in the creation of rain clouds.A dense oily gas that coats the surface of the planet, impairing the free and rapid evaporation of available surface water.concurrently reducing the mean humidity across the planet. Compounded by widespread deployment of artificial land drainage.Maybe it was just a bad dream…..
November 19th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
[..YouTube..] Anybody heard of Global Drying/Drought?
Where complex hydrocarbon gases (like your oven or bath/toilet cleaner) inhibit the surface evaporation of water in the creation of rain clouds.
A dense oily gas that coats the surface of the planet, impairing the free and rapid evaporation of available surface water.
concurrently reducing the mean humidity across the planet.
Compounded by widespread deployment of artificial land drainage.
Maybe it was just a bad dream…..
November 19th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
[..YouTube..] Anybody heard of Global Drying/Drought?Where complex hydrocarbon gases (like your oven or bath/toilet cleaner) inhibit the surface evaporation of water in the creation of rain clouds.A dense oily gas that coats the surface of the planet, impairing the free and rapid evaporation of available surface water.concurrently reducing the mean humidity across the planet. Compounded by widespread deployment of artificial land drainage.Maybe it was just a bad dream…..
November 30th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
awesome, Lori. your having done this makes you a tad bit cooler in my book;^) haven’t read this yet, but i enjoy it more when Vonnegut is being more abstract and using the vehicle of parable/allegory…. my favourite quote of his? “so it goes.”
November 30th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
[..YouTube..] awesome, Lori. your having done this makes you a tad bit cooler in my book;^) haven’t read this yet, but i enjoy it more when Vonnegut is being more abstract and using the vehicle of parable/allegory…. my favourite quote of his? “so it goes.”
January 11th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
[..YouTube..] ohi am ready for some action any guys want to take the challenge?
January 15th, 2010 at 6:57 am
[..YouTube..] I know for most people, global warming doesn’t seem quite as real as it once did, but for me and other eco-nazis, global warming is realer than its ever been.
God has presented us with obstacles like climategate and record cold weather just to test our faith.
January 15th, 2010 at 6:57 am
[..YouTube..] I know for most people, global warming doesn’t seem quite as real as it once did, but for me and other eco-nazis, global warming is realer than its ever been.God has presented us with obstacles like climategate and record cold weather just to test our faith.
January 19th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
[..YouTube..] I love Kurt Vonnegut more than any author but I still have my doubts about global warming.
February 7th, 2010 at 4:01 am
[..YouTube..] She realy think we are all stupid.She talk to us like we were stupid in all her vid..And Global worming is a lie.And God doesnt exist lol
February 17th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
[..YouTube..] impassioned isn’t a word… it’s hard to take an interpretation of literature from someone can’t talk and uses phrases like “crazy drunk”. Am i the only one seeing the irony in complaining about global warming on youtube? this video, at the time of my viewing has 1,155196 views, which means that there has been 7393254.4 minutes of computer electricity dedicated to this video, surely if it was that important to you, you wouldn’t self-indulge in this hypocrisy… but that’s just logic, no biggie
February 18th, 2010 at 12:06 am
[..YouTube..] Thank you Lori, thanks soooo much! Be honorable & not so selfish….thanks, Lor, at least I’m not the only one that thinks this way in our peeps.
March 4th, 2010 at 1:05 am
[..YouTube..] You are the hottest love!!! can I make love to you?
March 13th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
[..YouTube..] Wonderful
March 16th, 2010 at 9:48 am
[..YouTube..] So technical knowledge (i.e. prometheus) results in us being punished (tied to a rock so eagles eat our liver) and we deserve it!!!??? FUCK YOU! ps ‘The Planet’ does not care if we exist, it is not a conscious being!!! the planet will exist long after we’re gone! fuck off we’re trashing the joint the planet does’nt care! your argument is Bullshit!!!
March 16th, 2010 at 9:51 am
[..YouTube..] Your comment about Hamlet is so true, I think Hamlet represents the modern human becuase no one really knows why we are here, what to do , what comes after etc etc. Hamlet personifies this trait in modernity.
March 23rd, 2010 at 11:49 am
[..YouTube..] Lori, keep up the good work. And to all the guessers out there, “Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn’t mean we deserve to conquer the Universe.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Novel ‘Hocus Pocus’ 1990
March 27th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
[..YouTube..] All I can say is wow. I think I could sit here and let you read to me all day. I don’t know what we did to deserve you, but I’m thankful. Thank you for this, it was very pleasant.
March 30th, 2010 at 11:27 am
[..YouTube..] what about global cooling???? LOLOL
March 30th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
[..YouTube..] Is the earth an entity? I feel it is viewed by some as being a living being?
April 6th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
[..YouTube..] Hi honey, google climategate.
April 14th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
[..YouTube..] Ya yes a passionate human willing to see and practicing balance. Hello sister you got my attention; Kurt Vonnegut is a giant. Playfully he tore to bits and reassembled the limits of my young mind. So you are worth beyond a mere curtsy. I therefor welcome you in, my mind. ((o)) A
April 26th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
[..YouTube..] Nobody can write his thoughts like Kurt can! thank you for shring his talent with the world! and his views on global warming are just perfect.
May 8th, 2010 at 6:31 am
[..YouTube..] Bazinga! 3:12 !
May 8th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
[..YouTube..] Great way to put it!Thanks
May 16th, 2010 at 10:17 am
[..YouTube..] Thanks Lori
May 20th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
[..YouTube..] It so happens that I just finished seeing “AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH” an hour ago…Vonnegut’s way of putting things is so accurate that it causes a TSUNAMI …Everyone should read his books…maybe things can still change.
June 6th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
[..YouTube..] Thanks for an excellent tribute to my favorite author. Kurt Vonnegut was wise, very cynical but a wise man who had a great talent for writing. I agree with you regarding global warming.
June 13th, 2010 at 3:59 am
[..YouTube..] You and this Vonnegut feller do a wonderful job at saying absolutely nothing insightful that hasn’t been said already. Good job.
June 23rd, 2010 at 7:22 pm
[..YouTube..] i will tell u the truth
July 4th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
[..YouTube..] The real reason why Hamlet is still popular is that a lot of his work was intended for an audience that consisted of simple people and drunks and to keep them interested he had to use easy-to-understand plots and intriguing twists that one mostly finds in soap operas. You might say that it shows the true nature of people but that is exactly what soap operas are trying to do. It’s just that soap operas aren’t considered to be a classic or an intellectual stimmulus. There.. I said it, now hate me
July 10th, 2010 at 9:32 am
[..YouTube..] nuclear kills
July 11th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
[..YouTube..] umm… you’re hot
July 12th, 2010 at 1:08 am
[..YouTube..] I don’t enjoy female vlogs. They just post vids to get attention from men. and all they talk about is dumb shit like there period and there feelings and stuff…
July 20th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
[..YouTube..] The Resident is one of my peeps!
July 21st, 2010 at 2:22 pm
[..YouTube..] there are Millions of SeaShells appearing on Pakistani beach of karachi every single day… i am wondering if its related to underwater earthquake or Earth’s crust displacement…or Earth’s magnetic field fluctuations… if you guys can get me some answers i would be grateful thanx….. check out my video… thanx
July 22nd, 2010 at 9:14 pm
[..YouTube..] I think all Vonnegut enthusiasts should form a community, one focused on the planet rather than technological convenience and we will act in such opposite ways than our ancestors did and our current peers do.
July 28th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
[..YouTube..] This is a better tribute to Kurt than that FOX crap..Click on my name Protectaus for the latest video on Global Warming..And my other conspiracy videos:1) Did Man Walk on the Moon Hoax? With a twist ending2) Secrets of 9/11. Plane Crash and Building Collapse Analysis3) The JFK Assassination solved in 10 minutes!4) The Truth about The Port Arthur Massacre5) Global Climate Change is Perfectly Natural!
August 3rd, 2010 at 12:48 pm
[..YouTube..] …i’m so proud of the human being you are… <3 *hug* <3
August 11th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
[..YouTube..] you are fine girl
August 13th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
[..YouTube..] Thank You for this!!!
August 17th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
[..YouTube..] Communist.
August 22nd, 2010 at 1:20 am
[..YouTube..] your hot…
August 27th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
[..YouTube..] “A Man Without a Country” was a really good read, as was “Timequake.” I think Vonnegut’s experiences in WWII manifested his awareness on how hostile people can be towards each other. Vonnegut is one of my favorite writers, along with Upton Sinclair and even current writers like Neal Stephenson, and William Gibson. Good comment of Vonnegut.