Bono Blasts Canadian PM

[DrMaddVibe]

U2 rock star Bono said on Canadian radio he was "bewildered" at Canadian prime minister Paul Martin, adding he did not believe the politician "would want to hold up history," according to a BBC report.


Bono was referring to what he sees as Martin's failure to meet a pledge to boost the country's commitment to foreign aid. The singer's personal cause is campaigning to alleviate debt and poverty in the developing world.

In the interview on CBC radio Bono said, "We were looking for Canada to lead rather than be a laggard," adding that it felt like "business as usual."

"This is no time to just turn inward. I know there are problems here at home. But don't lose your focus, Prime Minister, on how history will remember this moment," Bono challenged.

At one point in the broadcast, Bono read out the number of Martin's office on Canadian radio, urging listeners to call him.

In 2003, Bono was praising the new leader's pledge to increase foreign aid. "I'm going to be the biggest pain in the ass," the musician warned at the time.

Meanwhile, Martin is facing a fight to save his minority government, recently undermined by a financial scandal.

[tobinentinc]

If Bono is soo concerned with foreign aid, why the hell does he charge soo Damn much for concert tickets!!! Fuck You BONO!

[FORD]

Originally posted by tobinentinc
If Bono is soo concerned with foreign aid, why the hell does he charge soo Damn much for concert tickets!!! Fuck You BONO!

Because TicketBastard and Fear Channel have monopolized the concert promotion business to the point where it's hard to find a ticket to a decent show under $100 :(

[tobinentinc]

Bullshit ford, John Mellencamp's tickets are cheap this year, and ozzfest tickets are cheaper for an all day event.

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by tobinentinc
Bullshit ford, John Mellencamp's tickets are cheap this year, and ozzfest tickets are cheaper for an all day event.

I kind of agree with what you are saying...for once.

But in U2's defense, I once read, during the POPMART tour, that they were "not as wealthy as you might think..." They lost a lot of money in the late 80's when it was invested into a German amusement park and chain that featured splatball and laser tag. The problem with this was that German laws, written post-WWII, prohibit "wargames." The chain went bankrupt and they took a bath on that I guess.

They also claim to have made very little on the ZOOTV/EUROPA tour because it was so expensive to put on.

So they've been making up for lost time the last two tours.

[Nitro Express]

I will respect Bono's wishes when he travels in an old school bus and wears Walmart clothes because he has given the rest of his money to help poor third world countries.

[FORD]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
I will respect Bono's wishes when he travels in an old school bus and wears Walmart clothes because he has given the rest of his money to help poor third world countries.

That's not fair at all.

Bono has been committed to these causes for over 20 years. This wasn't a "trendy thing" of the moment like it was for Lionel Richie and that fucking pedophile piece of shit friend of his when they cashed in on it.

He's freely given of his own time to meet with politicians who turn his stomach if that's what it takes to get results. In that respect, he's a far stronger man than me. I could never go to the BCE and ask for help, no matter how worthy the cause.

I'd like to think that John Lennon, if he were still with us, would be out there with Bono committed to this cause. I only wish that more people in his position were :(

[pete]

Originally posted by Nickdfresh
I kind of agree with what you are saying...for once.

But in U2's defense, I once read, during the POPMART tour, that they were "not as wealthy as you might think..." They lost a lot of money in the late 80's when it was invested into a German amusement park and chain that featured splatball and laser tag. The problem with this was that German laws, written post-WWII, prohibit "wargames." The chain went bankrupt and they took a bath on that I guess.

They also claim to have made very little on the ZOOTV/EUROPA tour because it was so expensive to put on.

So they've been making up for lost time the last two tours.

They also use no sponsorship.

[Big Train]

You confuse me Nick. The music industry is a big bad and ugly predator, yet your favorite artists get a pass? I wonder if they can claim you on their taxes, considering you are willing to subsidize their bad investments.

[Big Train]

BTW, how do the actual Canucks feel about this (of which, this thread is absent thus far). Angel, your always harping about what a great world citizen Canada is, what do you make of this Irishman's bold statements?

[Nitro Express]

People forget Bono was also an IRA sympathizer. Bono supported terrorist in Ireland. I guess Bono is the type who always needs a cause to ruffle people's feathers about. He's much like Ted Nugent in a way.

[Nitro Express]

Yeah, a few years back Michael Jackson was a big world hero wasn't he. HA! HA! HA! I always hated that fuckhead. I never owned a Michael Jackson album in my life.

[FORD]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
People forget Bono was also an IRA sympathizer. Bono supported terrorist in Ireland.

Uh, what the fuck are you talking about? Bono has NEVER supported the IRA. Why don't you track down a copy of their "Save The Yuppies" concert from San Francisco in 1987 and listen to his opinion of the IRA and Sinn Fein.

"What's this I see over here? I see two letters: 'SF and U2'...Is that a girl's name or does that stand for 'Sinn Fein', the Irish Republican Army? Because if it does, I don't know how you can stand or stomach to wave that sign this week! 'Cause YOU BASTARDS sent those people...Eleven dead, fifty-five wounded, in the name of Freedom. FUCK FREEDOM! Glory to the revolution, that's what he's saying...

Doesn't sound like much of an endorsement to me.

[tobinentinc]

If Bono were truly dedictated to his cause, he would be living in poverty much like mother teresa did, and giving every penny to them. But still flies in private jets, limos, wears awful designer sunglasses, and has the gall to tell canada to donate more. I'm not defending socialist Canada by any means, but Bono is dead wrong.

[Full Bug]

He isnt even Canadian, who the fuck is he to give us shit? Fuck off Bono, go feed some starving Ethiopian or something....Like we dont have enough bullshit going on over here with the Sponsorship scandel and a election likely coming soon....Nobody I know here could give two fucks about anything Bobo has to say...

[DrMaddVibe]

Those who lead, lead.

Those who follow, follow.

[monkeythe]

Canada has lost 1/2 of their GDP because of the NHL lockout and can't afford to pay.

[Nitro Express]

Yup, Bono comes to Canada and the United States and makes millions and then he criticizes us and acts like some messiah who has come to save the day. What's funny is VH1 showed the behind the scenes of the U2 Virtigo tour and U2 is in Mexico. The band is complaining that the phones don't work, and the place is a boring shithole. Hmmmm. It's the third world Bono, embrace it, love it! Remeber, you want to help these people!

Oh, by the way, we have given Mexico billions of dollars, have a free trade agreement with them, let their citizens come in illegally so they can make money and they still are Mexico.

The international monitary fund and world bank are jokes. I remember being in Africa and seeing the giant soccer stadiums the IMF funded that sat empty. The money never goes to the people who need it and the administrators live a 5 star lifestyle.

Look at other countries in the world and tell me that the US and Canada haven't done a lot. We tried to help Somolia and they gunned our people down. Soldiers were dragged naked through the streets because they tried to break the warlords control of the food supply so starving people could get something to eat.

Bono is just a masturbating monkey hoping around on top of the IMF and World Bank stage. By the way, American tax dollars fund most of the IMF and the monkey continues to criticize us.

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by Big Train
You confuse me Nick. The music industry is a big bad and ugly predator, yet your favorite artists get a pass? I wonder if they can claim you on their taxes, considering you are willing to subsidize their bad investments.

Did I not say I sort of agreed with him. Believe me, if more acts were like U2 I would have no problem with the buiz'.

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by tobinentinc
If Bono were truly dedictated to his cause, he would be living in poverty much like mother teresa did, and giving every penny to them. But still flies in private jets, limos, wears awful designer sunglasses, and has the gall to tell canada to donate more. I'm not defending socialist Canada by any means, but Bono is dead wrong.

That's almost like saying that if Evangelical Republicans were dedicated to their cause, we wouldn't be invading other countries or killing people because that goes against God's word. Nor would they seek to gain riches in a consumerist society.

Dont'cha' know Jesus said (paraphrasing) "it was harder for a for a rich man to get into heaven than for a fat man to get through the eye of a needle?"

You guys will slag a rock star for being a hypocrite and trying to do something good, but you'll never examine the hypocrasy of your fearless leaders.

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by FORD
Uh, what the fuck are you talking about? Bono has NEVER supported the IRA. Why don't you track down a copy of their "Save The Yuppies" concert from San Francisco in 1987 and listen to his opinion of the IRA and Sinn Fein.

"What's this I see over here? I see two letters: 'SF and U2'...Is that a girl's name or does that stand for 'Sinn Fein', the Irish Republican Army? Because if it does, I don't know how you can stand or stomach to wave that sign this week! 'Cause YOU BASTARDS sent those people...Eleven dead, fifty-five wounded, in the name of Freedom. FUCK FREEDOM! Glory to the revolution, that's what he's saying...

Doesn't sound like much of an endorsement to me.

Really. And I guess when Bono attacks the IRA at the end of 'Rattle and Hum' for their bombing at Enniskillen and yelled out "fuck the revolution," he was really expousing his nationalist Irish sentiments.:rolleyes:

[pete]

Originally posted by tobinentinc
Bullshit ford, John Mellencamp's tickets are cheap this year, and ozzfest tickets are cheaper for an all day event.

shut up you fucking low-life.

A man is allowed to make money. Take a cue from that statement loser.

That doesn't negate his politics or charitable endevours. The guy takes his time and celebrity, maintains his dignity, and you talk shit.

Go watch the Osbournes you worthless, fucking cock-sucker.

[pete]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
I will respect Bono's wishes when he travels in an old school bus and wears Walmart clothes because he has given the rest of his money to help poor third world countries.

why don't you give all your money away and moving into a smaller card-board box.

Thank God for you. You make lower life forms feel better about themselves.

[pete]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
People forget Bono was also an IRA sympathizer. Bono supported terrorist in Ireland. I guess Bono is the type who always needs a cause to ruffle people's feathers about. He's much like Ted Nugent in a way.

You are wrong.

Bak that statement up, shithead.

You cannot.

[pete]

Originally posted by tobinentinc
If Bono were truly dedictated to his cause, he would be living in poverty much like mother teresa did, and giving every penny to them. But still flies in private jets, limos, wears awful designer sunglasses, and has the gall to tell canada to donate more. I'm not defending socialist Canada by any means, but Bono is dead wrong.

ROFLMAO

you stupid fuck.

White trash at its most jealous.

[Nickdfresh]

Wow PETE, you're on a terror here!:D

[pete]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
Yup, Bono comes to Canada and the United States and makes millions and then he criticizes us and acts like some messiah who has come to save the day. What's funny is VH1 showed the behind the scenes of the U2 Virtigo tour and U2 is in Mexico. The band is complaining that the phones don't work, and the place is a boring shithole. Hmmmm. It's the third world Bono, embrace it, love it! Remeber, you want to help these people!

Oh, by the way, we have given Mexico billions of dollars, have a free trade agreement with them, let their citizens come in illegally so they can make money and they still are Mexico.

The international monitary fund and world bank are jokes. I remember being in Africa and seeing the giant soccer stadiums the IMF funded that sat empty. The money never goes to the people who need it and the administrators live a 5 star lifestyle.

Look at other countries in the world and tell me that the US and Canada haven't done a lot. We tried to help Somolia and they gunned our people down. Soldiers were dragged naked through the streets because they tried to break the warlords control of the food supply so starving people could get something to eat.

Bono is just a masturbating monkey hoping around on top of the IMF and World Bank stage. By the way, American tax dollars fund most of the IMF and the monkey continues to criticize us.

He has leveraged BILLIONS of dollars for AFRICA.

That's more french fries than you make in a year, jackass.

[pete]

Originally posted by Nickdfresh
Wow PETE, you're on a terror here!:D

White trash reads a news paper. A dangerous thing.

The guy says Bono is not for real because he hasn't gone the route of Mother Teresa? He should be shot.

1st of all, he gets more publicity in the spotlight.

But fuck this guy or facsimile thereof.

The biggest thing he ever did was blow on a message board.

Never did anything for anyone........ or himself.

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by Full Bug
He isnt even Canadian, who the fuck is he to give us shit? Fuck off Bono, go feed some starving Ethiopian or something....Like we dont have enough bullshit going on over here with the Sponsorship scandel and a election likely coming soon....Nobody I know here could give two fucks about anything Bobo has to say...

It's kinda funny though Bug......somebody giving Canada shit. You gotta admit.


Bump for Angel's two cents. :D

[Full Bug]

I'm gonna point Angel this way when I see her online, I'm sure she will have something to say about this, I have a feeling she is going to support Bono, we get along well but we are on other sides of the fence politicaly so to speak....

[Diamondjimi]

Like him or hate him , ya gotta give Bozo credit at least for speaking his mind and trying to make change in the world.
I personally think he's narcisistic tool who is a limelight whore......
The agenda of Sinn Fein is to eradicate the British control over
Ireland. They want a united Ireland without Britain.
Take for example , (in the past) anytime Jerry Adams is shown speaking to reporters on BBC the brits will overdub a different voice over his , supposedly quoting him. (Censorship)
Yet when you see the same interview on the Irish news channel guess what........it's his real voice !

I guess what I'm getting at is...Bozo go home and try saving your own country first. Him yapping off about my country is a fuckin joke as well . We've got a Prime Minister who is a complete embarassment
to the country (Fuckin Liberals) who should be taken out and imprisoned for crimes against his country .

Don't waste yer breath asking us for money Bozo.....
Our P.M. has pissed it all away !

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by diamondjimi
Like him or hate him , ya gotta give Bozo credit at least for speaking his mind and trying to make change in the world.
I personally think he's narcisistic tool who is a limelight whore......

Okay, that's your opinion. I know he's a limelight whore, but he's also a life-long Christian that has been consistent in his beliefs and actions his whole career, and prior to when they hit it big. Including doing things that he's kept quiet about, such as working in Famine relief in Ethiopia during the 80's.



The agenda of Sinn Fein is to eradicate the British control over
Ireland. They want a united Ireland without Britain.
Take for example , (in the past) anytime Jerry Adams is shown speaking to reporters on BBC the brits will overdub a different voice over his , supposedly quoting him. (Censorship)
Yet when you see the same interview on the Irish news channel guess what........it's his real voice !

Is the IRA's agenda to pull an innocent Catholic man out of a pub, because he has insulted one of their girlfriends, and stab him in the fucking eye before they butcher him also a noble goal? Then create a wall of silence using terror and intimidation, and then offer to shoot their men? Uh-dude, they lost any nobility they had a long time ago. And I think Adams can be heard now on TV since the ceasefire.


I guess what I'm getting at is...Bozo go home and try saving your own country first. Him yapping off about my country is a fuckin joke as well . We've got a Prime Minister who is a complete embarassment
to the country (Fuckin Liberals) who should be taken out and imprisoned for crimes against his country .

Don't waste yer breath asking us for money Bozo.....
Our P.M. has pissed it all away !

Bono was involved in trumpeting the peace process and is sympathetic to the Catholic Social Democratic and labor Party (SLDP), a party that advocates for the peaceful reunification of Ireland (when the naughty Catholics outnumber the Presbyterians in the North ;) )

[Diamondjimi]

Well said.
Also..
I think anyone who insults someone's woman , has got what's coming to him regardless of any organizations agenda.

You made some good points though.

[Big Train]

Very well said. Nick is working PR for U2, as well as helping them get over incredibly piss poor investments. Cuz let's face it, Bozo is a genius who has no time for thoughts like personal finance and his projection on others...

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by Big Train
Very well said. Nick is working PR for U2, as well as helping them get over incredibly piss poor investments. Cuz let's face it, Bozo is a genius who has no time for thoughts like personal finance and his projection on others...

Don't worry, he still has plenty of money and still finds time for hedonism!;)

[Nitro Express]

Bono was always a big believer in an independant Ireland. He was a sell out to his own people and that right there makes him an IRA sympathizer no matter what he says. Remeber the IRA is the old Irish Republican Army. Even if Bono didn't support radical IRA factions he was still on the side of their cause. That makes him a sympathizer.

[Angel]

I hear you want the Canuck Cunt's opinion on this. Bono is a FUCKING IDIOT who needs to start keeping his nose out of our politics.

We probably could afford a bit more foreign aid, but it's time we look after our own first. I agree that we're better off to give only to the 25 countries most in need, instead of giving just a smidgeon of help to a bunch of countries.

Our country is a fucking mess right now... fuck the rest of the world and let's just worry about ourselves first.

[Nitro Express]

I think we will see parts of Canada and the US break up in the next few decades. One wild card in both countries is all the unchecked foriegn immigration. Also Canada and the US are becoming more and more dependant on imported goods and a trade deficite is never a good thing. It simply means your money is going into someone else's pocket.

I never bought into manufacturing would be replaced with services. Now the services are being outsourced. That just leaves the govt. jobs doesn't it and a few high paying jobs for top management while the middle class in general gets screwed.

Canada and the US are in the same boat. Less real industry and too much govt.

[FORD]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
Bono was always a big believer in an independant Ireland. He was a sell out to his own people and that right there makes him an IRA sympathizer no matter what he says. Remeber the IRA is the old Irish Republican Army. Even if Bono didn't support radical IRA factions he was still on the side of their cause. That makes him a sympathizer.

Bullshit. You cannot quote a single statement that Bono ever made that was in favor of the IRA. Rather he made several statements against them, the most obvious one being in the version of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" in the Rattle & Hum movie.

Yeah! And let me tell you something... I've had enough of Irish-Americans who haven't been back to their country in 20 or 30 years, come up to me and talk about the resistance, the revolution back home. And the glory of the revolution. And the glory of dying for the revolution.

Fuck the revolution!

They don't talk about the glory of killing for the revolution...

What's the glory... in taking a man from his bed, and gunning him down in front of his wife and his children? Where's the glory in that? Where's the glory in bombing a remembrance day parade of old-age pensioners, their medals taken out and polished up for the day? Where's the glory in that? To leave them dying.... or crippled for life... or dead... under the rubble... of a revolution... that the majority of the people in my country don't want.

That is, and always was, Bono's opinion of the IRA.

Anyone who listened to the goddamned lyrics would have known that already.

[Nitro Express]

High tech kept us going but that too can be outsourced. Programming can be done overseas and of course the manufacturing of the hardware is all done overseas. Semiconductor manufacturing was lucrative for awhile but with no finished goods being made in the US or Canada anymore, they are just using Asian semiconductors.

The the rehtoric we all heard in the high school and in college about high tech being the savior, hasn't really held up. The only thing left is the health care industry and pharmacutical drugs.

[Nitro Express]

I knew my Bono statements would ruffle some feathers. Looks like the mouse found the cheese.

[Nitro Express]

Bono will come and go. The only thing that will unify the Irish is jobs. The young Irish are pretty well educated and the economy in Ireland right now is better than it has been with companies locating plants there. The whole fucking revelution goes away if the people in Ireland can make a living and they no longer need a scape goat.

Bono saying "Fuck the Revolution!" and showing up for photo opportunities when the Irish Unite doesn't have much to do with the sollution.

I'll give Bono some credit, U2 should be cooked and done. Their songs all sound the same and have sounded the same for years. It's Bono being in the press all the time and calling people out that keep people interested in the band. They go to see Bono and The Edge and the rest of them provide the background music. Seeing U2 is like watching a hell of a baptist preacher doing his thing. People get off on it. Some people, not me.

[Nitro Express]

I guess there is no need for Jesus to return during the Battle of Armegeddon because we already have Bono to save us.

[Nitro Express]

Bono will impress me when his lyrics and speeches are later assembled into scripture and there is a religion based on him. Remember Jesus Christ and Mahamed never wrote anything down. The Kuran and the New Testement were written later by followers.

You know some pretty good Bono quotes there Ford, you should write Bono scripture and start a church based on him. The only thing is Bono has to die first. Prefferably in a tragic fashion, or then maybe he can assend to heaven on a white horse.

You could be rich my friend if you sell it well. RICH! RICH! RICH! Richer than even Bono himself. I think you have found your calling.

[Nitro Express]

The person from Ireland who had the real balls was Sinead O' Connor. She ripped up the pope on Saturday Night Live and ruined her career. Bono would never ruin his career like that.

The only thing good that's from Ireland is their booze. But then Mexico makes good booze too and I like their food better.

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
Bono was always a big believer in an independant Ireland. He was a sell out to his own people and that right there makes him an IRA sympathizer no matter what he says. Remeber the IRA is the old Irish Republican Army. Even if Bono didn't support radical IRA factions he was still on the side of their cause. That makes him a sympathizer.

:rolleyes: Uh-NO! The IRA threatened U2 in 1992 for shredding an Irish flag on stage in Germany. Bono's not even Catholic, he's Anglican by birth.

Dude, stick to things you have aclue about.

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by FORD
Bullshit. You cannot quote a single statement that Bono ever made that was in favor of the IRA. Rather he made several statements against them, the most obvious one being in the version of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" in the Rattle & Hum movie.

Yeah! And let me tell you something... I've had enough of Irish-Americans who haven't been back to their country in 20 or 30 years, come up to me and talk about the resistance, the revolution back home. And the glory of the revolution. And the glory of dying for the revolution.

Fuck the revolution!

They don't talk about the glory of killing for the revolution...

What's the glory... in taking a man from his bed, and gunning him down in front of his wife and his children? Where's the glory in that? Where's the glory in bombing a remembrance day parade of old-age pensioners, their medals taken out and polished up for the day? Where's the glory in that? To leave them dying.... or crippled for life... or dead... under the rubble... of a revolution... that the majority of the people in my country don't want.

That is, and always was, Bono's opinion of the IRA.

Anyone who listened to the goddamned lyrics would have known that already.

That live version of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and the following "Pride; In the Name of Love" are the best live performances of U2 ever recorded! Too bad the DVD's audio sucks!

[WACF]

Bono is mad at my country....how am I going to sleep?

Our PM has his hands full right now.
I agree with Angel...it is time for some repair in our own country.

It is nice to see to the focus come inward...it has been a long time.

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
Bono will come and go. The only thing that will unify the Irish is jobs. The young Irish are pretty well educated and the economy in Ireland right now is better than it has been with companies locating plants there. The whole fucking revelution goes away if the people in Ireland can make a living and they no longer need a scape goat.

Bono saying "Fuck the Revolution!" and showing up for photo opportunities when the Irish Unite doesn't have much to do with the sollution.

I'll give Bono some credit, U2 should be cooked and done. Their songs all sound the same and have sounded the same for years. It's Bono being in the press all the time and calling people out that keep people interested in the band. They go to see Bono and The Edge and the rest of them provide the background music. Seeing U2 is like watching a hell of a baptist preacher doing his thing. People get off on it. Some people, not me.

Ireland's (The Republic of Eire') economy is referred too as "the tiger of Europe!

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
The person from Ireland who had the real balls was Sinead O' Connor. She ripped up the pope on Saturday Night Live and ruined her career. Bono would never ruin his career like that.

The only thing good that's from Ireland is their booze. But then Mexico makes good booze too and I like their food better.

Sinead rips up pictures of the Pope, Bono talked with him. The only thing that ruined Sinead's career was her weirdness and inability to write a real hit song.

Bono has commented on this many times. He considers it more effective to talk to those you disagree with than to have a 60's style love-in. It's called "suitcase diplomacy." And he's affected a lot more change than that bald little lesbian (with a boyfriend:confused: ) ever will.

I also have read an older interview in which he basically says she's nutty and they had had a good relationship at one time, but she's disturbed and they no longer talk!

[Full Bug]

Originally posted by Angel
I hear you want the Canuck Cunt's opinion on this. Bono is a FUCKING IDIOT who needs to start keeping his nose out of our politics.
Our country is a fucking mess right now... fuck the rest of the world and let's just worry about ourselves first.
I'm glad we agree, you still a Liberal supporter after this sponsership nonsense Angel?

[FORD]

Isn't it true that the "liberal" party in Canada isn't really all that liberal anyway, and that the NDP are the real liberals?

Granted, I'm not an expert in Canadian politics,but that's what I've heard from hosers on another board. I just want to know which party to join, should the dominionist-fascists here succeed in a complete takeover of the government and I have to move.

[Angel]

Originally posted by Full Bug
I'm glad we agree, you still a Liberal supporter after this sponsership nonsense Angel?

You fucking Eastern Queer! ;) I have NEVER voted Liberal in my life... I'm "party-less". I hate them all. The Cuntservatives would sell us out to GW in a second, the Libs steal from us, and the NDP have no clue how to handle finances.

Time to form my OWN party... liberal when it comes to rights and freedoms, cuntservative when it comes to crime and immigration. (See, i'm full of surprises) :D

[FORD]

Originally posted by Angel
You fucking Eastern Queer! ;) I have NEVER voted Liberal in my life... I'm "party-less". I hate them all. The Cuntservatives would sell us out to GW in a second, the Libs steal from us, and the NDP have no clue how to handle finances.

Time to form my OWN party... liberal when it comes to rights and freedoms, cuntservative when it comes to crime and immigration. (See, i'm full of surprises) :D

Sounds like it should be called the Libert-EH-rians :D

[Three Lock Rock]

why are u Army faggits talkin about bono for! hes obviously a Irish cocksucker like Dave!

[FORD]

Originally posted by Three Lock Rock
why are u Army faggits talkin about bono for! hes obviously a Irish cocksucker like Dave!

Dave's Irish? :confused:

[Nitro Express]

Originally, U2 were Irish, then they became psuedo Americans in the Rattle and Hum era, then who knows what the hell they were after that, and now they are Euro trash trying to save the world.

I'm all for forgiving third world debt. I probably would agree with Bono on many things, but I don't like his style and he annoys me. If he wants to be a diplomat, get a better hair cut and get rid of those God awful glasses he wears. Run for office in Ireland for all I care.

[Full Bug]

Originally posted by Angel
You fucking Eastern Queer! ;) I have NEVER voted Liberal in my life... I'm "party-less". I hate them all. The Cuntservatives would sell us out to GW in a second, the Libs steal from us, and the NDP have no clue how to handle finances.

Time to form my OWN party... liberal when it comes to rights and freedoms, cuntservative when it comes to crime and immigration. (See, i'm full of surprises) :D
Mmmmm, a gal after my own heart....;) :)

[Full Bug]

Originally posted by FORD
Isn't it true that the "liberal" party in Canada isn't really all that liberal anyway, and that the NDP are the real liberals?

Granted, I'm not an expert in Canadian politics,but that's what I've heard from hosers on another board. I just want to know which party to join, should the dominionist-fascists here succeed in a complete takeover of the government and I have to move.
The Liberals here these days basicly means the middle of the road and not really standing for anything, but really they are slightly to the left, blowing billions on gun regestries, and buying votes throwing money at immigrants, being NDP means full blown to the left and throwing money at every social agenda under the sun through higher taxes....

[4moreyears]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
Originally, U2 were Irish, then they became psuedo Americans in the Rattle and Hum era, then who knows what the hell they were after that, and now they are Euro trash trying to save the world.

I'm all for forgiving third world debt. I probably would agree with Bono on many things, but I don't like his style and he annoys me. If he wants to be a diplomat, get a better hair cut and get rid of those God awful glasses he wears. Run for office in Ireland for all I care.

Bono's status as a rock star has probably got more sone for others than he would as a politician. Stay in the Music business. It seems that people will listen to superstars more than political leaders anyway.

[Nitro Express]

Very true. The one guy I do like in U2 is The Edge. I got a big kick when he gave his speech at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and said it's scary when scenes from This is Spinal Tap have become your real life. I also dig the dude because he kicked Bono's ass in a fist fight in the early days.

When I saw Rattle and Hum; everyone around me was sucking it in. I wasn't buying it. The Edge once said he cringed when he watched that movie and wondered who the people in it were because it wasn't anyone he knew. Bono many times has wondered "What in the hell were we thinking?"

At least he's honest.

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U2 rallies fans against poverty

VANCOUVER (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin was booed at a sold-out rock show by thousands who have sided with U2's Bono, a rock star who won't let Canada beg off the fight to end poverty.

Bono is speaking out against the embattled leader for breaking a promise to raise Canada's spending on foreign aid. But at his first Canadian show of the Vertigo tour in Vancouver on Thursday, Bono asked the crowds not to give up on Martin yet. "I think we're going to figure this thing out. I think he's a great leader for Canada and that he can do what we want him to do, to lead the world out of despair and poverty, this year."

Bono, a long-time crusader for the relief of Third World debt, challenged Martin to deliver on a commitment to raise Canada's spending on foreign aid to 0.7 per cent of the gross domestic product by 2015.

He flashed a phone number on the jumbo screens above the stage asking people to call the prime minister and give him the strength to write the cheque Martin now says Canada can't afford.

"If you people believe in it, I believe Paul Martin is the kind of person who will listen to you. Let him know. Get out your phones. Dangerous little devices, these cell phones. We want to make poverty history," Bono screamed. "This is the year!"

The stadium, a rocking temple of Bono worship, was lit in the cool glow of dialling mobiles and the band, inspiring the crowd to make a difference with One.


"One love, one life, when it's one need, in the night," the audience cried along with Bono.

"This audience, this generation, has had enough," he screamed back.

"Enough! Enough! Enough of despair! No more! So Paul Martin, I'm calling you!"

Some fans said they thought Canada's prime minister should listen, but not because it was a rock icon screaming.

"Bono wasn't elected," said Kieran Kennedy, who camped out a 6 a.m. to get the best spot on the floor when the gates opened at 6:30 p.m.

"Paul Martin should give more money to the Third World, not because Bono says so, but because he himself promised to."

Others, taken with the trendiness of the cause, would follow the star wherever he wants to go. Girls wriggled into the fad, snapping up white rubber bracelets being hawked at the show that say Make Poverty History.

The bangles are part of a campaign backed by Bono, Sarah McLachlan, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Tom Hanks, and Bob Geldof.

The Make Poverty History group launched TV ads Thursday that will air in prime time on CBC, CTV, and Global Television. Print ads featuring McLachlan will also run in major newspapers.

The campaign is active in over 50 countries, with the Canadian effort set to begin Friday at a downtown Vancouver church, which will be wrapped in a white band.

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Originally posted by Nitro Express
Very true. The one guy I do like in U2 is The Edge. I got a big kick when he gave his speech at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and said it's scary when scenes from This is Spinal Tap have become your real life. I also dig the dude because he kicked Bono's ass in a fist fight in the early days.

When I saw Rattle and Hum; everyone around me was sucking it in. I wasn't buying it. The Edge once said he cringed when he watched that movie and wondered who the people in it were because it wasn't anyone he knew. Bono many times has wondered "What in the hell were we thinking?"

At least he's honest.

I agree with most of what you say. However "Rattle & Hum" came off as conflicted and contrived, perhaps of of the few genuine moments was when the band went on that impromptu speech in which they attack all factions in the North's civil war. I recall seeing in an interview, how Bono seemed a little upset and initially did not want to include those live recordings fearing IRA reprisals and that most people outside Ireland would not understand exactly what he was saying.

"Am I buggin' you? Well I didn't mean to bug ya'!...Edge! Play the blues!" (Bono slams down the mic in frustration and disgust after an audience fails to react to his anti-Apartheid speech during 'Silver and Gold') --Classic!! :D

And too bad they did such a shit, half-assed job on the DVD audio. My old video tape sounds so much better!