Posted on 12/17/2010 4:59:22 AM PST by IbJensen
There is bad news and good news in the front offices of the rock ’n' roll franchise known as Bon Jovi.
The bad news is that the band failed to make the cut for this year’s Rock Hall of Fame inductees. The good news is that the band’s front man, Jon Bon Jovi, was named by President Obama to the White House Council for Community Solutions, a group of influential individuals from differing walks of life who essentially help think up ways to spend tax dollars on mostly wasteful social programs.
As the White House explained it in its press release naming the Council’s list of Who’s Who, “The Council will provide advice to the President on the best ways to mobilize citizens, nonprofits, businesses and government to work more effectively together to solve specific community needs.”
Mr. Obama said that the men and women named to the Council “have dedicated their lives and careers to civic engagement and social innovation.” The President expressed his confidence that the group of activists “will serve the American people well in their new roles on the White House Council for Community Solutions. I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead.”
In addition to Bon Jovi, the Council is made up of a tag team that includes leaders of legitimate charities and humanitarian outreaches, as well as some outright liberal political activists. Those named by the President to the Council include: Patty Stonesifer, a former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Paula Boggs, executive vice president of Starbucks Coffee; Scott Cowen, president of Tulane University; John Donahoe, president and CEO of eBay; Jim Gibbons, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries; Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation; Jill Schumann, president and CEO of Lutheran Services in America; and Bobbi Silten, Chief Foundation Officer of Gap Inc., a clothing retailer whose brands include Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy. (Click here for a list of all appointees to the Council.)
A White House bio pointed out Bon Jovi’s work as “Chairman of the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the lives of those in need,” then added the pop singer’s most impressive qualifications: “Mr. Bon Jovi is also the lead singer of the Grammy Award winning group Bon Jovi, which has sold more than 120 million albums and performed more than 2,600 concerts for more than 34 million fans.”
In a statement Bon Jovi said he was honored to have been selected for the White House advisory post: “I have seen firsthand the powerful impact when people from the public, private and nonprofit sectors work together. All of us have a role to play in helping address some of our nation’s most serious problems, and I look forward to working with the rest of the council to help out where I can.”
From the sewers of Chicago to the White Hut!
Fine, just as long as this white boy understands he answeres to Jay-Z.
LOLz...a humble blog post on the topic as well:
http://maryohsocontrary.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/white-house-appointee-jon-bon-jovi/
Jon Bon Jovi must become more leftist he wants to be inducted into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame.
This hall of fame has always been more of a political statement rather than about music anyway.
Joining Obama’s advisory counsel is a start.
Dictating how to spend other peoples money is now honorable?
The people are sickening.
LOL. The bio should have said “Jon Bon Jovi is a pretty boy who can sing. If he wasn’t, the closest he’d come to politics would have been a Dem ward captain in New Jersey and Obama wouldn’t remember his name 5 minutes after he shook hands with him.”
Bon Jovi? Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame? There’s a special award for un-original derivative crap?
Please tell me this is satire. This ranks up there with Obama “directing” the mythbusters to solve a problem they had already addressed as busted twice on the show.
Jon (no ‘h’ he is soooo cool!) had a fundraiser (or two) at his ‘manse’ for Duh Won.
Pay back apparently is a photo op appointment.
Best response so far, and I may hazard to say, probably the best response this thread will ever get.
In a related result CAIR announded that Bon Jovi will henceforth be known as Ali Rokdastrt Bon Jovi.
Why not...after all, this administration is “livin’ on a prayer” anyways.
“...Obama wouldn’t remember his name 5 minutes after he shook hands with him.”
5 seconds after he shook hands with him...
I suppose president Zer0 could now appoint Willie Nelson to his drug abuse advisory board.
For his body of work and determination, I think JBJ should get a cheese named after him. This rock poser is in the American Songwriters Hall of Fame. Lol.
Pedantic cheesy shameless self promoting attention whores gotta stick together...
Is Alice Cooper a lib? He is also being inducted. And yes I llke Gene Simmons. Even though he tried to pollinate half of North America. LOL
I hate when politicians use celebrities to push their B.S.
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