Hey, don't fault the Live8 musicians. Their record for giving money to the right people is probably just about as good as the U.S. Government's.
Read it the other day on a blog. A wonderful response to the prevailing idiocy. But, Bush just agreed at G8 to send another 50 billion - most of which will likely be taken out of the pockets of US taxpayers - and folks are saying he scored a "great victory." This is on top of the 15 billion pledged last year to "fight AIDS in Africa."
There must be a flurry of bank account openings in places like Switzerland and the Cayman Islands. The Kleptocrats are going to feast as they never have before. I wonder if Kofi and Kojo will be getting a place at the trough? 50 billion! That will buy all sorts of new palaces, fleets of fast cars, harems of women, planeloads of recreational pharmaceuticals. The more idealistic of the kleptocrats who are practicioners of the "religion of peace" can buy lots of AK-47s, RPGs, C4, and the odd WMD for their amusement. How much to Mugabe? Compassion is always so easy with other people's money, especially that siezed at gunpoint from taxpayers. Fools.