A Man With A Mission: Bono Pushes U.S. to Increase Aid to Poor

[kerrygoddess]

A Man With A Mission: Bono Pushes U.S. to Increase Aid to Poor
February 2nd, 2006 @ 10:00 am

He bridges the partisan divide in his fight to increase aid to the poor and end world poverty. He’s a rock star with a conscience, a man with a mission and he’ll reach out to who ever he feels will join in his fight.



This morning Bono spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast and an audience that included “the president and first lady and leaders from Congress, the Cabinet, the military, the clergy and countries from around the world.”

Link to video here - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1834

Quoting from Islamic, Jewish and Christian texts, rock star Bono called Thursday for the U.S. government to give an additional 1 percent of the federal budget to the world’s poor.

Speaking to President Bush and members of Congress at the National Prayer Breakfast, the U2 front man said it’s unjust to keep poor people from selling their goods while singing the virtues of the free market, to hold children to ransom for the debts of their grandparents and to withhold medicines that would save lives.

“God will not accept that,” he said. “Mine won’t. Will yours?“

MORE & LINKS - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1834

[0007]

1. Wasn't this posted earlier today?

[Caoimhe]

2. I've always loved Bono

and despite the fact that he is anti-choice, I always will.

He has a certain catlike charisma that can charm the socks off anyone.

[xultar]

3. Shortly after the President asked the entertainer to, "pull my finger."

[NC_Nurse]

4. It looks like

Obama is tickling Bono's nose with a black feather! HAHAHAHAHA!

:rofl:

Oops, sorry, got carried away! :D

[spuddonna]

5. lol That's the first thing I thought of too!

coochy coochy coo! lol

[adriennui]

6. douche chills

seeing bono at a prayer breakfast with the chimp.

[mtnester]

7. We need to take care of our poor at HOME first

lots more of them since JAN 2000. And with the newest budget cuts, the poor just got poorer, the nearly poor became completely poor, and the folks who did not know they were poor will find out soon they really are.