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Bono, Olivia Wilde and Richard Branson join Matt Damon's "toilet strike"
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Posted on 05/22/2013 9:40:10 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Bono, Olivia Wilde and Richard Branson join Matt Damon's "toilet strike"

What is the latest celebrity accessory trend? Diapers.

In a humorous, but fact-filled PSA, Olivia Wilde, Bono and Richard Branson announce they are joining Matt Damon's toilet strike to raise awareness about the global water crisis.

In the definition of promises they can't keep (but it's the sentiment that counts), the three celebs pledge, "We won't go to the bathroom until everyone in the world has access to clean water and sanitation."

"I remember when Matt first brought up the idea, it was at a meeting of the illuminati," Bono says.

"Bono was so mad," Wilde chimes in. "Oy! Damon! Who let you into our secret illuminati meeting?"

Play Video Extra: Gayle King talks World Water Day

But joking aside, the trio draws attention to just how serious the water situation is by presenting some disturbing statistics:

"780 million people, that's one in nine, lacks access to safe water," Bono says.

Which is why Damon co-founded Water.org -- in collaboration with Gary White -- in an effort to help come up with solutions to the water crisis so that all people have access to safe water and sanitation.

Thus far, the organization has helped more than 1 million people living in Africa, South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. And it's Damon's passion and success that drew Wilde to the movement (or lack of movement, if you catch my drift).

"I want to support creative organizations that truly impact the lives of those in need, particularly those living in extreme poverty," Wilde said in a statement. "Water.org makes a real difference around the world, and in Haiti, a country that I care deeply about."

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To: Sub-Driver; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
the three celebs pledge, "We won't go to the bathroom until everyone in the world has access to clean water and sanitation."

What a pantload.


21 posted on 05/22/2013 10:47:08 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Sub-Driver
I have always said these nuts won't rest until WE are all peeing in holes outside somewhere.

Ofcourse, they'll all still have bathrooms with 22 karat gold fixtures.

22 posted on 05/22/2013 10:48:48 AM PDT by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: Neoliberalnot
Well matt, bono, and the rest of you elites stop hogging energy and resources at anywhere from 100 to 1000 fold what most US citizens use,

Bono's own version of a mobile Mecca must have quite a carbon footprint.

23 posted on 05/22/2013 10:50:56 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Secret Agent Man; Revolting cat!
i heard reports bono gave bathrooms up a long time ago.

No $#!t???

24 posted on 05/22/2013 10:52:17 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Sub-Driver
If they would be so kind as to invite me over to their house I will be happy to participate in a "toilet strike" right on their dining room table.

As far as my home goes, I'll continue to flush.

25 posted on 05/22/2013 10:54:36 AM PDT by lwd
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To: Sub-Driver

In their honor I will flush my toilet an additional 10 times.


26 posted on 05/22/2013 10:57:02 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Sub-Driver

The best solution to the age old problem of lack of water, food and shelter especially in desert Africa is the one proclaimed by Sam Kinison......moving trucks


27 posted on 05/22/2013 10:59:58 AM PDT by Cyman
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To: Cyman

If you drill a well, their government finds a way to destroy it. It’s too empowering


28 posted on 05/22/2013 11:02:35 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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To: Sub-Driver

Toilets were invented for sanitary health reasons. Now we’re going backward.


29 posted on 05/22/2013 11:19:54 AM PDT by popdonnelly (The right to self-defense is older than the Constitution.)
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To: Sub-Driver

They could just pee on the sidewalk. That would be cool. /s


30 posted on 05/22/2013 11:21:14 AM PDT by popdonnelly (The right to self-defense is older than the Constitution.)
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To: Sub-Driver

If its yellow, let it mellow...if its brown, flush it down.


31 posted on 05/22/2013 11:31:49 AM PDT by GotMojo
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To: dfwgator

Which reminds me, I have some business to attend to and I’ll be back in a few.........

Loons.......


32 posted on 05/22/2013 12:19:57 PM PDT by Sub-Driver (Proud member of the Republican wing of the Republican Party)
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To: a fool in paradise

The elites are an aggravating and stupid lot to think the average citizen would buy into their drivel. Entertainers are without doubt the most useless and overpaid lot of resource pigs on the planet. Get rid of them all and read a good book.


33 posted on 05/23/2013 6:14:22 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: Sub-Driver

People are poor and without water because of their poor leadership.


34 posted on 05/24/2013 11:13:12 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Sub-Driver

So these 780 million people will now have four toilets to drink out of instead of just one?? Way to go, Matt. That will certainly speed up the lines.


35 posted on 05/24/2013 11:21:12 AM PDT by Bob
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To: DManA
Foreign aid:

Taking money from poor people in rich countries...

to give it to rich people in poor countries.

36 posted on 05/24/2013 12:07:07 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (asdfgh)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

bunch of fakers


37 posted on 05/24/2013 12:07:28 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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