Bono takes on the world

I suppose it is fitting that as I start a new web blog that one of my all-time heroes has been in the news today for being the Editor for the day of the Independent. Bono has for a long time been invloved in a series of 'good causes'. However, he has always been ahead of the fashion game. he started out supporting campaigns like Amnesty International, Greenpeace, the African Well Fund and has since been involved in DATA (Debt, Aids, Trade Africa), Chernobyl children's project, the Jublilee debt campaign, The ONE Campaign, Live 8, Make Poverty History and now RED. Unlike many stars who seem to use their charitable concerns - Bono seems ready to put the time, energy, money and effort into what he believes. Thats what I like. I like the entertainer who can captivate a crowd of 100,000 people with his words and music and use his veritable celebrity status to challenge both the world leader and the 'commoner' alike. Poverty . . debt . . AIDS and development problems are all issues in world geography today. We live in an unequal world and more people need to get off their comfortable backsides and stand with Bono in an effort to bring equality and freedom. AND he makes pretty fine music!