[.cnI redruM]

>>>>>Geldof's heart is in the right place,

but his head is about 2 feet up his rectum.

[sarasota]

Celebrity participants received goodie bags worth $12,000. And now they get to reap the rewards of bigtime record sales.

[theDentist]

2 Billion watched? Is this calculated the same way they did the Million Mom March? Well, no matter. I didn't watch even a second of it. The most I've seen is a photo posted here of the trash left on the grounds in Philly. Seemed appropriate.

[bmwcyle]

Very smart people have been trying really, really hard to make poverty history for a long time.

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

Matthew 26:11

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.

[Maceman]

"Something must be done, even if it doesn't work."

Socialism in a nutshell.

[robertpaulsen]

"but without ending Africa's tendency to produce horrible, greedy dictatorships, debt relief is more akin to paying off a drug addict's credit cards."

Excellent!

[Redleg Duke]

I'm reminded of Tom Lehr's song, "Folk Song Army".

[newgeezer]

According to Bob Geldof, two billion people watched his snazzy Live8 concert thingamajig.

I'm happy to report I'm one of the four-billion-plus who didn't.

On second thought, I think might have seen a couple seconds out of the corner of my eye while my wife had the TV tuned to Fox News. I wonder if ol' Bob counts that.

[Obadiah]

Africa is a sinkhole. It is likely that since the turn of last century Trillions of dollars have been showered upon the nations in Africa - given to them, handed over, gratis. And what has is gained them?

I refuse to be suckered into some faux guilt trip. Come up with some plan to get money directly to individuals and then let's talk. Handing money over to corrupt regimes and dictators is a zero sum gain.

Remember the last Live Aid concert? Remember the reports after that feel-good diddy? Large sums of money went missing and couldn't be accounted for.

Personally, I would view it as contributing to corruption if I donated money that lines the Swiss bank accounts of corrupt African dictators. Now, any organization that helps the poor directly - and who won't have assets confiscated a la Mugabee - would get my support.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

...ending Africa's tendency to produce horrible, greedy dictatorships, debt relief is more akin to paying off a drug addict's credit cards.

...Geldof summed up the attitude perfectly when he said, "Something must be done, even if it doesn't work."

Geldorf may not like this solution, but it might work: Kill all the dictators in Africa!

[Chi-townChief]

"grace on the cheap. t-shirts cost extra."

Very nicely put.