If only Bono was running the country:
I’d like to talk about your Prime Minister, Paul Martin,” the Irish band’s lead singer and Nobel Prize-nominated crusader for the relief of Third World debt announced, about an hour and half into the sold-out show.“I told him I’d be a pain in the ass,” Bono continued, referring to his public attack on the Prime Minister earlier this week, after Martin reneged on his promise to raise spending on foreign aid for the underdeveloped world to 0.7 per cent of Canada’s GDP by 2015.
The audience responded with a hearty chorus of booing, but Bono asked them to give Martin another chance. “He’s a great leader for Canada and I believe that he can do what we want him to do — to lead the world out of despair and poverty, this year. It’s a Canadian idea,” he added, referring to the 0.7 per cent solution, one that has already been adopted by Germany, France and Britain. “If you people believe in it, I believe Paul Martin is the kind of person who will listen to you. I think we should give Paul Martin a call.
Perhaps Bono would consider running for election rather than telling countries what they should do with their money.