Bono's Mission

Time ^ | 2/24/04 | Josh Tyrangiel

[tal hajus]

How many and much are debts owed to himself that he has forgiven? Those nations owe my country, and by extension me. If we forgive their debt, then let's learn from it and never lend them money again.

[Shermy]

DATA - just a Globalist scheme masquerading as liberal sympathy, and playing to it. The banks could renegotiate their loans any time they want - just like they do with domestic borrowers. "Debt relief" is a code word for the taxpayers, us, to subsidize the banks losses, rather than the banks suffer them themselves. Bono is now the hip spokesperson of this subterfuge - kind of like those lefty "debt-relief" protest groups who look better dressed than their globalistsmasquerading as anti-globalist lefty cohorts. I wonder who is sponsoring these groups...hmmm...follow the money.

Anyone know who this guy Sachs is connected too other than Harvard???

I bet the captured Bono will become a darling of the WSJ editorial board.

[AAABEST]

"Boner" should shut that commie hole in his face. I hope he gets his ass kicked by Ted Nugent. He's a whiney idiot from a foriegn country who's only credentials is that he can sing. Anybody who listens to a single word he say is a bigger ass than him.

He should be happy that we made him a multi-millionaire and keep his ignorant leftist mouth shut until he gives several million dollars of his own money toward preventing the spread of AIDS in Africa.

When he does that, I'll give him half an ear.

[Semper Paratus]

He should do what he does best, playing uninvited on rooftops.

[dalereed]

ersonally, i've never heard of the commie until this article. When I clicked on it I expected to se an article about how Mary Bono has gone farther to the left.

[Hamza01]

Debt relief" is a code word for the taxpayers, us, to subsidize the banks losses, rather than the banks suffer them themselves.

Too true. The banks love giving out absurd loans to these countries. The countries fail to make interest payments. So the banks lend them more money so they won't have to write off the bad debts. Then the interest owed piles up to the point where the countries again fail to make interest payments and threaten default. Enter the IMF and world bank who come in and advise the countries to raise taxes, ultimately pushing nations into permanent recession, crushing the business and middle classes-- and finally you have economic chaos -- a la Argentina and Pakistan.

We've been winking at idiotic banking practices for too long. And "rescue" by the IMF and World Bank does more damage to these emerging economies than anything that market forces would do.

[Osinski]

Bono. "Bad pop star." Yawn.

[arthurus]

islam is not a religion at all.

The Marshall Plan more or less worked because the populations involved had traditions of work and had Judeao Christian morals and ethics. African populations do not have these basics. Forgiving debt merely makes possible more and much larger Swiss bank accounts. It is welfare to offshore bankers and dictators who come from traditions of totalitarian tribal chieftancy. Material aid serves to blunt and defer any tendencies that might exist for a more civilized order.

Without the aid the local rulers must live off only their own subjects. When the people have starved to a sufficient point the ruler begins to suffer, too. With the largesse of the civilized countries, the dictator and his cabal no longer have to rely on "the people", America and the UN will force feed them with Funds. They still suck the local economies dry but no longer have to worry about drying up the well because it is always raining on them.

And the Aid provides physical security, too- finances bigger, better trained and armed bodyguards.

[Libertina]

Is this man a US citizen? And why was he kissing everyone on the cheeks? However, he DOES have the ear ( and pocketbook?) of every little teeny bopper at his concerts. I hope he wisely uses his influence and resists the simpl(y) wrong answers of the liberals. Regarding his "Republicans" remark, I hope he talked to conservative ones and that he "listened."

[Pining_4_TX]

I'm so *sniff* touched by how much he cares *sniff*. Like other liberals, he cares enough to spend lots of someone else's money. BTW, I hear he's very extravagant when he's on tour. Shouldn't he spend that money on the poor instead?

[sushiman]

These people breed like rabbits ; let's face the facts . Give every single male and female over the age of 12 with a lifetime supply of condoms and/or birth control pills and the famine problem will be cut in half in generation . With Boneheads' gazillions he could probably finance it on the interest from his offshore bank accounts .

[sixmil]

Just wait, it gets worse:

This cover of the March 4, 2002 Time Magazine, featuring U2 front man Bono, was released in New York, Monday, Feb. 25, 2002. Veteran rockers U2 grabbed a leading eight Grammy nominations including record, album and song of the year for the 44th annual Grammy Awards ceremony, scheduled for Feb. 27 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/TIME Inc.)

Man, Bono's PR agent is good.

[gcraig]

Is this man a US citizen?

No. He is really upsetting me. I like their music, but I do not appreciate U2 speaking out against my country at all.

[Brett66]

Well, at least they mentioned Daniel Pearl in the upper right corner. I'm so glad I don't subscribe to that rag.

[Jeremiah Jr]

This cover of the March 4, 2002 Time Magazine, featuring U2 front man Bono, was released in New York, Monday, Feb. 25, 2002. Veteran rockers U2 grabbed a leading eight Grammy nominations including record, album and song of the year for the 44th annual Grammy Awards ceremony, scheduled for Feb. 27 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/TIME Inc.)

Good Success at the Grammys!

[theDentist]

He thinks he's Bon Geldoff, but without the bad breath.

Tell ya what Boner. You give them every last cent you have, and I'll happily pitch in.

[My Favorite Headache]

You can say that again.I don't think he means no harm. He tried with the Sun City thing,Do They Know It's Christmas?,Amnesty International...etc...he has done everything musically to get a message out. I think if he wants to be a poster boy for debt relief then let him do it.He is not the one signing the checks and making the calls.

If he thinks he can save the world...let him.

[Walkingfeather]

GEEZ GUYs I am more rightwing than most of you put together ... HOWEVER think about this... may the LORD not use the same cup to messure forgiveness to you that you are using on him. Think about the parable of the talents..... Are you burying your one Talent for fear of loss while Bono may have invested his so he could be doing what he is doing? What happened when the Master came home.... Would you want to be the one that buried his in the ground?