http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bono/ en-us Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:44:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117664/posts His humanitarian campaigning has earnt him the nickname St Bono. Off duty, however, the U2 singer seems to have been tempted into a spot of hell-raising. Pictures show the 48-year-old with his arm round two bikini-clad girls as they carouse at a beach bar in St Tropez. He also joined his angel-faced companions for more drinking and dancing aboard a private yacht. Bono is usually seen in his role as rock star, family man and anti-poverty campaigner, work for which he earned an honorary knighthood. Only last week, he appeared at a conference to make a call to ‘change the... Daily Mail UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117664/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:44:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2114344/posts California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) and Warren Buffett (R), CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, pose on stage with moderator Chris Matthews of MSNBC after taking part in a conversation on leadership and the economy at The Women's Conference 2008 in Long Beach, California October 22, 2008. The conference, hosted by California's First Lady Maria Shriver, has some 14,000 women in attendance. Cherie Blair, left, human rights advocate and wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, center, and Cecilia Maria Attias, Chief Executive Officer, The Experience Corp., are seen at The Women's Conference,Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2114344/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:01:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2096807/posts Below is an edited version of the newsletter. ROCK & RAP CONFIDENTIAL No. 224 / October 2008 CELEBRITY POLITICS…On a perfectly pleasant evening at the end of May, my colleague Gavin Martin and I were sitting with most of the E Street Band and a few dozen others in the bar of the Merion Hotel in Dublin after a Springsteen show. It was getting on towards midnight. The room was conversationally loud. I was drinking red wine because I can’t stand Guinness, never mind my last name. The noise level rose noticeably as another troupe entered. It was U2, in... ROCK & RAP CONFIDENTIAL newsletter via heavysoundsandtheabstracttruth blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2096807/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 17:56:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094895/posts $920 Billion More to Bail Out the World AIM Column | By Cliff Kincaid | September 28, 2008 While the Global Poverty Act has started getting more serious attention, the implications of passage of the Jubilee Act have been generally ignored. With one socialist “bailout” bill apparently on the way to passage by Congress, two more are pending―both of them sponsored by Senator Barack Obama. Accuracy in Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094895/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:27:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092181/posts ALASKA's trooper guys and polar bears may think Sarah Palin's as cold as a glacier, but she sure heats up a room. *snip* "It was Rupert and Bono who got Sarah Palin to come. Rupert made the call to Sarah's people, and then she met Bono earlier today." And it was Rupert who piloted Sarah around. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092181/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:13:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090354/posts Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore (R) listens to Bono during the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York, September 24, 2008. Established by former President Bill Clinton in 2005, the event is designed to bring donors together with people in need to try to solve global problems. Former President Bill Clinton speaks to actress Drew Barrymore after announcing a commitment regarding the improvement of food and nutrition for schoolchildren in developing countries at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, Thursday, Sept 25, 2008, in New York Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks via video conference during the Clinton... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090354/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:02:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2088350/posts If you have wondered why celebrities seem to be so important in elections you need look no further than how Gov. Palin is scheduled to meet with several world leaders. As you read the list of top dignitaries you will notice which one gets top billing….is it with Iraq President Jalal Talabani or Pakistan’s newly-elected President Asif Ali Zardari? Is it with the presidents of Georgia and the Ukraine? Maybe the prime minister of India will get top billing. India does have a sixth of the worlds populous and controls the global help-line industry. At least it seems that way... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2088350/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:13:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088265/posts World leaders, Bono await Palin From correspondents in New York September 23, 2008 02:18pm REPUBLICAN vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is about to take her first tentative steps onto the world stage, with UN talks with the leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. The Alaska Governor, who has been pilloried by Democrats who warn she is far too inexperienced in global affairs to serve a "heartbeat" away from the presidency, plans to get in some diplomatic cramming in New York. On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, she is expected tomorrow to meet US anti-terror ally and Afghan... news.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088265/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:48:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087453/posts ORLANDO, Fla. -- Palin will meet with the presidents of Iraq, Pakistan, Georgia and the Ukraine, as well as singer and activist Bono during her three-day trip to New York, the McCain campaign announced Sunday. Palin will meet Wednesday with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvilli and Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko together, according to campaign officials. She will then meet with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari before hosting Bono, the lead singer of U2. Later in the day, she will meet with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The campaign had previously announced meetings set for Tuesday in... msnbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087453/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:18:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2067712/posts A certain amount of celebrity glow has long been a part of both political parties’ gatherings. But thanks in part to the youthful charisma of Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive nominee, the Democratic convention, which begins on Monday in Denver, is shaping up as an unlikely hot spot for the music world, with multiplatinum rappers, indie-rock scenesters, D.J.’s and Jennifer Lopez arriving by the van- and private planeload to perform, rally or schmooze with the political elite. “It’s the Sundance Film Festival for politicos,” said Laura Dawn, the cultural director of MoveOn.org, who also happens to sing with Moby... Kanye... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2067712/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:36:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051035/posts After listening to news coverage last night, nearly to the point of nausea, it struck me that I had heard parts of Barack Obama's Berlin speech before. "This is our moment; this is our time." Where have I heard that before? A quick internet search this morning finds that the phrase is a favorite among Barack Obama's speech writing team. After going through only 290 of the 29,000 hits that Google came up with, I can tell you that there have been at least 10 separate events this year at which Barack Obama has used that phrase. January 28, 2008... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051035/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:56:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024144/posts Mr Bush wrote that the July 7-9 summit of the Group of Eight major industrial powers, to be held in Japan, needed to take concrete action to tackle AIDS and other scourges afflicting Africa. "My message to my fellow leaders will be that our past promises are just empty words unless we provide meaningful follow-through," Mr Bush wrote. "And if we do, we can continue to help save lives and spread hope across the continent of Africa." Mr Bush said the US was doubling aid to Africa by 2010 and highlighted a $US15 billion ($A15.7 billion) AIDS relief fund launched... News.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024144/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 21:50:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996434/posts SONNY Bono, former husband and singing partner of superstar Cher, was clubbed to death by hitmen on the orders of drug and weapons dealers who feared he was going to expose them, a former FBI agent claims. Ted Gunderson, now a private investigator, has told the US Globe tabloid that Bono, who served as mayor of Palm Springs for four years, did not die after hitting a tree on a Nevada ski slope in January 1998 as everyone believed. "It's nonsense for anyone to now try to suggest that Bono died after crashing into a tree. There's zero evidence in... Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996434/posts#comment Fri, 4 Apr 2008 01:20:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960307/posts U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was unfased when he met U2 rock star Bono - as he had no idea who he was. The With Or Without You star met the politician at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. on Thursday (24Jan08), as part of his efforts to persuade world leaders to increase aid to developing nations. The U2 frontman and humanitarian has already pressed French president Nicolas Sarkozy to stick to plans to raise development assistance to poorer countries, particularly those in Africa, and he continued his campaign with a low-key meeting with Gates. But the 64-year-old admits he was... Post Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960307/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:55:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1959332/posts Bono confesses sins to 'father' Al Gore Jan 24 02:09 PM US/Eastern ‘Gulfstream-Flying Rock Star’ Bono Confesses Carbon Sins to ‘Father’ Al Gore Having climate campaigner Al Gore round to your house is to open yourself to a self-flagellating guilt trip, Irish rock star Bono confessed Thursday. Sharing a stage with the former US vice president at the annual gathering of world movers and shakers in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, the U2 frontman joked that their friendship was a source of pressure on the domestic front. "He's been round my house and it's like... here's the recycler Al,... www.breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1959332/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:29:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958964/posts aving climate campaigner Al Gore round to your house is to open yourself to a self-flagellating guilt trip, Irish rock star Bono confessed Thursday. Sharing a stage with the former US vice president at the annual gathering of world movers and shakers in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, the U2 frontman joked that their friendship was a source of pressure on the domestic front. "He's been round my house and it's like... here's the recycler Al, you know... I've got a posh car, but it runs on ethanol Al," Bono said. Acknowledging that a career in rock music was... BreitBart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958964/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:24:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958498/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U2 lead singer and activist Bono visited the Pentagon to discuss Africa and the fight against global poverty with U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates, representatives of the two men said on Wednesday. Among the topics at the 20-minute meeting on Tuesday afternoon were U.S. plans to set up a new U.S. military command for Africa, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said. "I think this was a chance for two people who care about the problems facing the continent of Africa to talk about their shared interest in solving those problems," Morrell said of the meeting that was... Reuters via Y! UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958498/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:15:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940197/posts ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Mary Bono, who was married to late singer-turned-politician Sonny Bono and replaced him in Congress after his death, married U.S. Rep. Connie Mack on Saturday, according to Bono's sister. The news of the marriage was first reported by the Asheville Citizen-Times. Bono's sister, Katherine Whitaker, told The Associated Press the couple were married in a private ceremony attended by 35 family members. "It was fantastic," Whitaker said. "It was a very quiet ceremony. A spokeswoman for Mack had said in November that Asheville was selected because it is Whitaker's home. Mack, a Republican representative from Florida,... sun-herald.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940197/posts#comment Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:19:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922379/posts When the top spymaster at Britain's supersecret MI5 comes out from the shadows to warn that things are dire and getting worse in jihadland, it's prudent to be very afraid of what tomorrow may bring. Jonathan Evans, in an extraordinary public appearance, reports his outfit is watching more than 2,000 terrorism supporters in the U.K., homegrown and otherwise, a number that is up exponentially over a year ago. And building. It's clear, Evans says, that Al Qaeda masterminds are recruiting hordes of disaffected youngsters and have "a clear determination to mount terrorist attacks." Pooh, predictably yawns a member of Britain's... The New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922379/posts#comment Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:29:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919274/posts Excerpts from interview: There was a plan there, you know. I think the president genuinely felt that if we could prove a model of democracy and broad prosperity in the Middle East, it might defuse the situation. I don't believe that, and in the capacity I had, I told them that. I was wrong. Clinton did exactly the right thing in talking to the Provisional IRA and other extremist elements. Now they have to do the same, in my opinion, with Hamas, and they have to do the same with Al Qaeda. Rolling Stone http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919274/posts#comment Thu, 1 Nov 2007 00:42:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917652/posts Big Paychecks for U2 Millionaires Oct. 26, 2007 The Associated Press U2 Ltd., the Irish band's music publishing company, raked in $30 million-plus last year — and $25.8 million of it went to five unidentified "employees," according to documents obtained Friday by The Associated Press. Those "employees" are suspected to be the band members and their longtime manager, Paul McGuinness. But U2's public relations firms in Dublin and London refused to confirm that. While Bono has won accolades worldwide for raising awareness of Third World poverty, he has been criticized for moving U2's corporate offices out of Ireland to avoid... MSN Music http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917652/posts#comment Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:13:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875698/posts The Republican National Committee yesterday took the first step toward endorsing a proposal by Irish rock star Bono to spend an estimated $30 billion in U.S. taxes to eliminate global poverty — a move some unhappy conservative RNC members labeled a step toward socialism. But the RNC's Resolutions Committee also pleased conservatives by endorsing a resolution calling on the federal government to devote all means necessary to securing the nation's borders against an influx of illegal aliens. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875698/posts#comment Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:37:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863155/posts In 1985, the Live Aid concert actually asked music lovers to do something -- to donate their own money to help the starving in Africa. Throwing money into dictatorships might not have been the smartest way to help Africa's poor, but it had a morality feeling to it -- people were asked to do something selfless in return for their entertainment. It was appropriate that one-hit-wonder Bob Geldof was knighted for his work in spearheading the event. Things have changed in the music business. In 2005 came Live 8, a concert designed to pressure the leaders of the G8 nations... Calgary Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863155/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:24:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860929/posts Arusha, Tanzania–Africa is a continent of despair and desperation. Here, eight year-olds toting AK-47s massacre whole villages and eccentric dictators feast on the organs of the opposition, believing it'll boost their mojo. Tsetse flies nibble on the eyelids of starving children who sport distended bellies like it's their birthright, not to mention the fact that by the time you finish reading this article, another six Africans will die from malaria, five from AIDS, and seventeen from poverty and hunger. Also, the wildlife is beautiful and the people like to dance and sing. That's Africa, and it's in desperate need of... American.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860929/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jul 2007 21:28:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847484/posts Prime Minister Stephen Harper getting bashed by Bono yesterday dominated the news from the closing day of the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. Besides being miffed that Harper -- who claims to be a U2 fan -- couldn't fit a meeting with the international rock star into his schedule earlier in the week, Bono accused Harper of "blocking" a deal on African aid at the G8 summit. The leaders of the world's eight most prosperous democracies pledged $60 billion in aid to the world's least prosperous countries which is largely a reiteration of promises already made. But Bono -- who... Toronto Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847484/posts#comment Sat, 9 Jun 2007 13:06:55 GMT