"God Must Have A Great Sence of Humor to Have Me On Board"

I am so inspired everytime Bono talks about the AIDS crisis in Africa. He did a great job on O'Reilly last night. Inspired, ashamed, motivated, stunned. A myriad of emotions flood my soul as I hurt and as I long to make a difference across the ocean. USA Today criticised Bill for "patronizing Bono." That criticism would work if that paper wasn't pandering to the far left by allowing Tubby McGee to write editorials on the RNC this week.

What questions will God ask me when I pass from this life?

God: Micheal, what did you do to help the helpless?
Micheal: Um, I blogged about Bono doing something.

Something tells me that won't cut it.

exerpts from the interview last night:

BONO: Yes, they have. But they're not talking. It's not on the news. It's not on the agenda here. It's the greatest health crisis in 600 years but it's not on the news.

O'REILLY: But it's not their fault when you've got the war on terror so intense and so -- look, if 9/11 didn't happen, you would have a much easier time with your crusade.

BONO: I disagree.

O'REILLY: Really?

BONO: Yes. I disagree. Two things happened on 9/11. There was -- the one that's reported, of course, is the attack on America. But the one that has not been reported, and reported with less disgust, is what happened in the aftermath, which was those pictures around the world of people jumping up and down, celebrating the Twin Towers turning to dust. One of the most disturbing -- they were the most disturbing images for me as a fan and a person who loves America.

A lot of people and this great country went. I don't care who you are, a politician, you stop that. How did this happen to us? How did this -- and this is the America that liberated Europe? Not just liberated Europe, we built Europe with the Marshall Plan which cost, by the way, 1 percent GDP over four years. That's when "Brand USA" was at its brightest.

Right now "Brand USA" has taken some blows and some knocks And I'm saying there's an opportunity here. The Marshall Plan rebuilds Europe as a bulwark against Sovietism in the Cold War. It was smart. It wasn't just goodness of heart, which it also was. It was smart. And I'm saying in a hot war, here's a chance now to redescribe ourselves and be a bulwark against other militarism.

O'REILLY: And you believe that the world's negative opinion of America would change if America took the lead to save people in Africa?

BONO: One hundred percent. They are. America is taking the lead.

O'REILLY: But more aggressively.

BONO: I have to say this. President Bush has done it, John Kerry is big on AIDS. What we want here is to -- why is it not an emergency? How can three of these a week, three Madison Square Gardens a week, how can -- you know, a giant stadium every two weeks disappearing, you know, a preventable, treatable disease like AIDS, how can that not be an emergency?

O'REILLY: Because those people aren't in our eye line. Look at Darfur in the Sudan? I submit to you that in theory, you are correct. And I'm glad you're doing what your doing by the way. I admire you greatly for doing it. But I think, in practice, it becomes more complicated. And I think you're right. If the United States got out in front of this, started to introduce U.N. resolutions, that's the way to go. But the world really has to come together.

BONO: They will on this. See, this is a war -- this is winnable. There is actually -- it's really winnable. There's more lives at stake. It's a war against a tiny little virus, as Bill Frist says. But it's, in a way, it's the one we all agree on.

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