Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Save Africa, Save The World
Bono stopped by the Pentagon to talk to the defense secretary about starting up a new command in Africa. You don't think he was trying to get Gates to give him a job, do you?
Monday, January 21, 2008
Bono honors Kylie Minogue
While not very world-saving, I think attending a gala reception to honor Kylie Minogue falls into the category of do-gooding.
I think it's about time to start up the Bono Tracker again!
Wow, we haven't tracked Bono since June! He could be closer than ever right now to saving the world! Better go find out what he's up to...
Friday, June 1, 2007
I have been trying to start The Bono Index for a while...
As proof, here's a bit I wrote in 2006 about Bono. It was supposed to go up on the Peak website but still never has, so I'm starting the Bono Tracker blog for kicks.
The Bono Index 2006!
Rock star Bono of the band U2 has saved the world. At a news conference today, twelve world leaders thanked Bono at a United Nations press conference in New York City. Bono is credited with ending world hunger, stopping the AIDS virus from proliferating and with not only putting an end to world debt but with creating a surplus of funding to aid developing nations… Well, almost. It hasn’t happened yet, but he’s getting closer!
Welcome to the Bono Index. This is where I, Heather, track all of Bono’s movements like NORAD tracks Santa Claus to see how close he is to saving the world. As 2005 came to a close, Bono—along with philanthropic Bill & Melinda Gates---were named Time Magazine’s persons of the year.
As we begin the Bono index, let’s realize this man has decades worth of good karma points on the board. He and his wife have been activists for decades. And considering even Mrs. Bono has made humanitarian efforts, in the guy’s next life, he’s destined to an existence of ease and bliss!
Several recent Bono events have pushed him even closer to saving us all from a dark and nasty death:
First off, Scarlett Johansson has recognized that Bono symbolizes what cool is. Not news, because we knew that. But Johansson is the face of Bono’s new American Express Red Card, a charity credit card. APR aside, this is just another way Bono is working to stamp out poverty in developing nations. Johansson describes Bono as “hilarious” and “mischievous.”
That mischievous side came out recently at the UK’s NME Awards, where Bono let out a slew of curse words when presenting an award to friend and fellow Nobel Prize nominee Bob Geldof. That’s right – he a Nobel Prize nominee for the second year in a row. This year, Bono shares the honor of nomination with Geldof, Colin Powell and Rudy Giuliani.
In other recent Bono events that put our singer close to saving the world, Chile’s president has awarded him the country’s highest award for the arts known as the Neruda Medal. Can art save the world? Do you have any better ideas? See, that’s why we’re leaving this world-saving gig up to the incomparable Bono.
Close runners-up in the celebrity good karma pool:
Angeline Jolie: She is a UN ambassador…not that the UN is perfect…ahem, Kofi Annan & Son… But she took on the task of marrying Billy Bob Thornton, adopted Maddox…those are pretty saintly efforts! Then she dumped Billy and managed to break up Brad & Jenn. No, I can’t prove it, but still. Tongues wag, rumors spread and we all pretty much accept it as fact now.
Bill & Melinda Gates…according to TIME magazine, anyway.
Bob Geldof…for FarmAid TWICE…
The Bono Index 2006!
Rock star Bono of the band U2 has saved the world. At a news conference today, twelve world leaders thanked Bono at a United Nations press conference in New York City. Bono is credited with ending world hunger, stopping the AIDS virus from proliferating and with not only putting an end to world debt but with creating a surplus of funding to aid developing nations… Well, almost. It hasn’t happened yet, but he’s getting closer!
Welcome to the Bono Index. This is where I, Heather, track all of Bono’s movements like NORAD tracks Santa Claus to see how close he is to saving the world. As 2005 came to a close, Bono—along with philanthropic Bill & Melinda Gates---were named Time Magazine’s persons of the year.
As we begin the Bono index, let’s realize this man has decades worth of good karma points on the board. He and his wife have been activists for decades. And considering even Mrs. Bono has made humanitarian efforts, in the guy’s next life, he’s destined to an existence of ease and bliss!
Several recent Bono events have pushed him even closer to saving us all from a dark and nasty death:
First off, Scarlett Johansson has recognized that Bono symbolizes what cool is. Not news, because we knew that. But Johansson is the face of Bono’s new American Express Red Card, a charity credit card. APR aside, this is just another way Bono is working to stamp out poverty in developing nations. Johansson describes Bono as “hilarious” and “mischievous.”
That mischievous side came out recently at the UK’s NME Awards, where Bono let out a slew of curse words when presenting an award to friend and fellow Nobel Prize nominee Bob Geldof. That’s right – he a Nobel Prize nominee for the second year in a row. This year, Bono shares the honor of nomination with Geldof, Colin Powell and Rudy Giuliani.
In other recent Bono events that put our singer close to saving the world, Chile’s president has awarded him the country’s highest award for the arts known as the Neruda Medal. Can art save the world? Do you have any better ideas? See, that’s why we’re leaving this world-saving gig up to the incomparable Bono.
Close runners-up in the celebrity good karma pool:
Angeline Jolie: She is a UN ambassador…not that the UN is perfect…ahem, Kofi Annan & Son… But she took on the task of marrying Billy Bob Thornton, adopted Maddox…those are pretty saintly efforts! Then she dumped Billy and managed to break up Brad & Jenn. No, I can’t prove it, but still. Tongues wag, rumors spread and we all pretty much accept it as fact now.
Bill & Melinda Gates…according to TIME magazine, anyway.
Bob Geldof…for FarmAid TWICE…
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