Too Much To Dream

merciful god in heaven, wasnt carter winning it bad enough?

frankly, i dont doubt bono's strength of conviction...at least as much as a pampered, egotistical, never has to lift a finger to do anything, has no clue what life is like for mere mortals rock star can have when it comes to matters of conscience....

For next year's prize, they're going to nominate Christopher Lee in the mistaken belief that he really is Saruman.

You mean to say it wasn't Sonny Bono?

Drat!

MonkyPants
Imperial Falconer

Hmmm, so what if Bono wins? What's that got to do with his music? I think it's commendable that he uses his own money and time (which he has because of his fame) to pop around the world and work for human rights and the relief of suffering. When did doing good things get to be so freakin uncool?

Actually, considering the record of the Nobel people I can think of a lot worse people to win it than Bono. As the above poster points out he is using his own money to highlight issues. Some of his causes I don't agree with and I was offended when he endorsed Clinton for President. (I think I said: Sod off you Irish git! Stop meddling in US elections.) I mean he means well and at least he is not as naive as he used to be.

Too much stuff to filter anymore. I just watch and listen to what I like.

I'd rather Bono gets it than the Chirac-xis of Weasel.

Dudes, untwist your knickers. I'm not against the man for doing good; most of his causes I agree with. (We'll leave that Clinton shizzle aside for now, and besides, as I have said before, I did vote for ole President Bad Hugs twice. That was before I became Andrea Harris, Super Genius.)

I'm just against the Nobel We-Love-Yasser Prize. HairyFat didn't have a darn thing to do with pushing Oslo through, IMHO -- it went through in spite of him, and as we all know now it immediately fizzled. I would no more accept the Novel "Peace" Prize than I would accept the bloody skull of a child killed in a terrorist attack. But that's just me; everyone else can do as they please.

Don't like my stance? Tough titty.

Ah, it's the "PRIZE" then. Gotcha.

Which I keep typing in as "Novel" for some reason. Oh well, I have rebuilt my comments twice. You all know what I mean.

i have a question for the group....just what "good" has bono done for anyone except show up in various places and shoot his mouth off in mostly naive fashion? this is actually a serious question.

there is no "bono foundation for the whatever"...there is no "bono benefit for god knows what"...we dont even hear how much of his mammoth income he gives to charity...all we hear about is how he popped here and then popped up there and who knows where bono is gonna pop up next but it sure is exciting pondering the question.

and let me be clear...this is from a guy who thinks bono is a pure genius when it comes to music and showmanship...he has few equals when it comes to his art...

The question presupposes that there is some rhyme or reason to award nominations in general, let alone to the Nobel Peace Prize in particular.

Frayed knot.

"I think it's commendable that he uses his own money and time (which he has because of his fame) to pop around the world and work for human rights and the relief of suffering. When did doing good things get to be so freakin uncool?"

Um...when his "good works" include completely boneheaded & downright wrong things such as the "Jubilee" cause.

Hey Andrea -- why would you bother shipping all that crap back to Polygram? I think we should have a mass bonfire, a la the "Disco Sucks" fires in baseball stadiums 20+ years ago!

Oh, it gets better.....Governor Ryun (the one who overturned all the death penalty cases) was also nominated.

I was thinking of blogging about the top ten things that are more worthless than a nobel peace prize, but other than discarded foreskin after a circumcision, I couldn't think of anything (your welcome for the visual). :)