Bono is no man of peace--he has yet to speak out against any war. Bono is part owner of Pandemic/Bioware, producers of Mercenaries 2, a video game which simulates an invasion of Venezuela. Last year Bono met with US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to discuss plans to set up a new U.S. military command for Africa. Forbes, the magazine Bono co-owns, constantly beats the drums for war (Bono says he was attracted to the magazine because it has a “consistent philosophy”).
Like Sir Bob, Bono sings the praises of some of the most warlike public figures. It starts with Dubya and Blair—Bono praised the UK prime minister for “doing the things he believed in.” He clearly meant to include massive British involvement in the war in Iraq. Bono also has nothing but praise for arch-reactionaries such as Jesse Helms and Billy Graham...surrounded by America’s most hawkish politicians, Bono gave a fawning keynote speech at the 2008 National Prayer Breakfast.
In a recent interview with the British music magazine Q, U2 drummer Larry Mullen said he “cringes” when he sees Bono hanging out with George Bush and Tony Blair, adding that those two world leaders should be tried as “war criminals.”
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Even though his lyric on BOOTS says,"The future needs a big kiss..." I think it is Mr. Paul Hewson who needs a hug!
He is a music guy, and the minute you even try to think politics, you walk into a realm where what you are known for gets mixed up with...well...that.
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Well, once again I stand by Larry Mullen Jr. He was nice to my granny and thinks Bush is a war criminal-- Larry's aces in my book.
Bono owns Forbes? How rock-n-roll.
What an excellent piece by Dave Marsh. A long time coming.
here's the great one on Bono, Jan 8, 2006 http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/nwsltr77.html
""Bono, a guitar slung low over his hips, paused near the climax of a raucous U2 concert to ask 20,000 fans to sign up to save the world .. The organization that Bono asked his fans to join is called One: The Campaign to Make Poverty History. It was formed last year by 11 leading anti-poverty and charitable organizations, including Care, World Vision and Bono’s own group Data – an acronym for debt, AIDS, trade in Africa.” ....
A nominally progressive rock star working with World Vision to save the planet? Who would have guessed it? I should probably mention that World Vision has been identified as a longtime intelligence front that is heavily steeped in mind control and assassination operations. Its distinguished alumni include, according to published reports, notorious patsies/assassins/Catcher in the Rye-fans John Hinckley, Jr. and Mark David Chapman. All of which makes it rather ironic, I would think, that Sir Bono is now falsely assuming the throne left vacant by Chapman’s target, John Lennon (whom Bono criticized, curiously enough, in the Time magazine article).
Brownstein also noted that Bono has “unexpected allies, like conservative televangelist Pat Robertson.” Actually, a quick scroll through the list of One’s partners-in-crime reveals that the majority of the organizations tied to Bono’s ‘cause’ appear to be either intelligence fronts or fundamentalist religious groups (http://one.org/Partners.html).
Thanks Chris for the fantastic work you've done. This is my first comment.
I come from the astrological realm of the synchromystic world and I have some valuable info that I believe should put more synch to the synchs, for anyone willing to refer to astrology & its archetypes : use sidereal astrology instead of tropical !
Bono was born when the sun was PHYSICALLY in the Aries constellation, sign ruled by Mars, god of war, channeling libido, anger, action. As the first sign of the zodiac (SINGLE-minded until it changes its mind), Aries shows the way, and make the way, as the one starting it all, it uses its vision to push towards action, whatever's necessary.
One of the best examples of the Aries archetype is reflected on George Clooney : many times praised as sexiest man alive, look at his characters in films, the number of times he's wore a military suit, and the very series that brought him to prominence : “E.R.” ! Yes, there is Emergency ! yes, in Darfur too!
One of the best fits as well : George Lucas is known for what ?
President Obama is Cancer, ruled by...The Moon !
Anyone reading this, feel free to use this to add up to your sync palette & continue the matches for the remaining signs. Let me know if you need more.
Good luck & keep it up !
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