Jitterbugger is my guess
Cold Turkey — In These Times by Kurt Vonnegut. At 81, Vonnegut still has plenty to say. And he has perspective.
Many of you reading this are probably the same age as my grandchildren. They, like you, are being royally shafted and lied to by our Baby Boomer corporations and government.
As a Baby Boomer rep, I have to step in here. Each generation takes its shot at running things. Both Clinton and Bush are boomers and so is Kerry. I see nothing to generalize about. Some boomers are a-holes and some are not. When you look at the Rumsfelds and Ken Lays you find that people of that ilk are not boomers (born after 1946 and to 1961) but instead they are from that group of punks and pachukos that came before the boomers. That James Dean generation of leather jacket wearing be-boppers. They were creepy when they did the Russel City dirty bop back in the 1950’s and they remain so. And what about Bernie Ebbers? born 1941, same story.
related links:
Vonnegut Web
Official Vonnegut Website
I still don’t believe in the line: ” Power corrupts us, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” – which he uses, early-on.
Power does not “magically” corrupt people, it only highlights the defects people already possess – but had no previous outlet for.
And, “absolute” power is never just given to someone – they must pursue it. I believe it is in that pursuit – with all the compromises and shady-deals needed to achieve it – that a person becomes corrupted (or more-so).
As an example: the many elected officials who are ending their careers, rather than continuing to “prostitute” themselves in the never-ending quest for campaign contributions. If they had been corrupted by their taste of “power” – why wouldn’t they cling to it, regardless? Why wouldn’t they revel in it?