Bono speaks out against torture - and gets censored

[David WJ Sherlock]

On September 27th, here in Philadelphia, the Liberty Medal for 2007 was awarded to Bono and his organization DATA (Debt AIDS Trade Africa), for their work in fighting AIDS and poverty in Africa. Each year, the National Constitution Center awards the Liberty Medal to a person or persons for outstanding work in advancing the cause of liberty around the world.

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http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/10211

[rodin]

Bono is total NWO IMO

[acrobat74]

[paul wright]

Bono likes to turn up at all NWO events.
He likes to shake the hand of Bush, Blair, Brown.
His is a grand pretence.
He's scum excelsior
He shook the hand at Genoa while the people were being beaten and killed on the streets
He cosies up to Bush, Blair, Brown, the UN and all the rest
Him and Geldorf, you ought to run a mile.....
Employed scum

[karlos]

Bono is most definately part of the problem and not part of the solution.
Look, what poor countries in Africa need is the lifting of trade barriers.
Since the EU started and GATT and all the other trading blocs African and Latin American farmers and businesses have been blocked from selling on the world markets and screwed over by DUMPING of subsidised goods by the eu and others.
What they do not need is money given by donations to the governments who POCKET most of the money as happened in Eithiopia.
They also do not give two hoots about debt relief because that does not put food on the table.

i have never heard Bonehead or Tramp Geldof EVER talk about 'trade not aid' all they have achieved in the years they have been doing this is re activate the careers of many knackered old musos and failed popstars. Like geldof himself was a failed popstar.

I am not bitter or being nasty but these are facts. They have harmed Africans and held back development.

[acrobat74]

[karlos]

Excuse me but are africans better off today 20 years after Band Aid?
wasnt most of the money sent to Eithiopia embezzeled by the government and food only given to people from certain tribes favoured by the government and denied to other?

Let me give you examples.
Niger produces alot of Uranium yet is paid less for the Uranium that they would get for gravel,
Ivory Coast produces much of the worlds cocoa yet they get a fraction of what it is worth.
Ethiopia produces the best coffees and teas which are rarely sean and even where they are seen the farmer is still on the breadline.

Why doesnt bonehead organise boycotts of Coke, Pepsi, Starbucks, Nestle, etc?
He is not connected to fairtrade nor have i seen him endorse any fairtrade products.
Why dont they call for the lifting of tariffs and quotas and subsidies?
The USA subsidises it's cotton farmers. meaning Egytian cotton farmers have less market share and an unfair competitor even though egyptian cotton is better.
Zimbabwe tobacco, Guyana sugar blocked by the EU

Bonehead is like Al Gore'mless a soft a fluffy campaigner not really doing anything just mmaking people feel like they did something to help.
African labour must be cheap - how many factories or outsourced call centres have we sent there?

[acrobat74]

1. http://www.data.org/issues/trade.html

2. Instead of judging others for their contributions, do something yourself.

[Bongo]

Acrobat, it is obvious to me that you are only at the start of a long awakening. All the advice I can give is to open your mind, keep it open and eventually the truth comes into focus.

I have to agree with most on this site... Bono and Geldof are major figures as integral parts of the despicable media, corporate/government run sham. All with the motive of controlling the people... ie. convince the population that they are doing something good, then you don't actually have to do anything at all. Infact you can do a lot of bad nonsense and the people will still have a nice warm feel-good glow like images of 'smiling African children wearing brightly coloured aka 'United Colours of Benneton' clothes in the sunshine without a care in the world'
*... 'Feed The World' might as well have been a Coke or Pepsi advert for all the difference it made to the poor in Africa.
It is when all the people wake up that governments will no longer be able to manipulate us. I hope you consider all the possibilities and start to see the truth emerge.

Regards,

Brian.

[acrobat74]

[Bongo]

No X & Y just happen to be foolish pop stars who believe that they can cosy up to corrupt governments and make a difference. No chance! The politicians who in turn cosy up to corporate business and power brokers just use these so called pop star idols for PR purposes. In x & Y allowing themselves to be used as pawns in the corporate game, they are just as much part of the problem.

If you know anything about the G8 agreement, the aid was simply old money which was re-branded and called new aid. Even at that, the money was negligible to what is actually needed. Millions in Africa live on less than $1 per day and are forced to buy US produced food which keeps US large scale farmers happy and bankrupts local African farmers, although I believe some charities are fighting this condition attached to the aid deal. The US & Europe are happy that Africa is so needy, that way we can pay them peanuts for various goods and food crops which the corporate west fatten themselves on - both financially and literally. With Iraq, Afghanistan and possibly Iran, the US greed merchants are there also for one thing only and in order to achieve the PNAC doctrine it is very possible that they would go to any lengths to further their evil cause. The fact that Africa is so poor when the developed countries have more than enough to look after the entire global population is all the evidence I need that our leaders really dont give a nonsense.
You carry on Acrobat... but I don't see anyone else laughing.