…Bono has come to see me. I admire
him. He is a man of depth and a great heart who cares deeply about the
impoverished folks on the continent of Africa, and I admire his leadership on
the issue [regarding Make Poverty History]. And so I do believe – I don’t view
- I can’t remember how you characterized the rock stars, but I don’t
characterize them that way, having met the
man.

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George Bush. From the Hope To Eliminate
African Debt press conference -
Transcript
I can’t believe no-one edits, or
deletes these transcripts. It would seem the White House press corps are tuned
to Bush-isms these days, they probably don’t get the joke. George Bush admiring
Bono is a frightening thing – I believe in Bono’s moral struggle as much as the next man…
president… Apple CEO – but surely Bono told Bush aid wasn’t enough, explained
aid was in fact detrimental.The
vicious circle of disaster-aid-dictatorship-povery-aid-disaster can only be
tackled through the removal of one of the spokes, the dictators can be removed -
pressure isn’t enough – aid
dependancy
can be reduced through organisational skills of both goverment and NGO’s,
poverty is a bi-poduct of these dictatorships and a lack of jobs which is caused
by trade restrictions (I imagine). Africa has a lot to offer in natural
resources and tourism too, mega-cities can be raised new powers can rise.
America is frightened? I think so, stop feeding the-brimming aid – useless
charity and we’ll get no-where. I know, its all understood now, I only bring it
up because it was made so obvious that Bush is
so
unaware.Doesn’t he understand he can
shape these nations in his own Globalization-lite image, economic systems based
on the American model (please! Read /
watch this interview) can be run from nothing, he will pove to Europe
the system is sound and viable – the world will soon follow. Only Asia can stop
him – unless the African nations revolt, succeed from Globalization or go tits
up like Russia or South Africa today – creating a now mixed-elite unparalleled
by any class system. It’ll be that or a military movement, like the Animatrix
(1+2), I’m sure that had its story set in the
Africa.Maybe not, Bush has lost his
chance to lead Africa, Tony Blair has a lot of respect – and if he pulls off the
G8 conference, dropping the debt of the poorest countries – followed by a
support package incorporating all 8 nations, I don’t see why we he can’t lead
the way. Nevermind – who will lead from within Africa? That I haven’t got a clue
about.