Bono & Bill Gates

[joeSoap]

Bono, the lead singer of U2 met Bill Gates much before he met him on the cover of Time magazine. In fact, their partnership that began more than three years ago has got them here along with Bill’s wife Melinda. The three of them have been named Time Persons of the Year 2005.

Time named Gates and Bono "for being shrewd about doing good, for rewiring politics and re-engineering justice, for making mercy smarter and hope strategic and then daring the rest of us to follow".

Bill and Bono shared the stage at a World Economic Forum meeting in New York in 2003 when they said, “We have an agenda.”

The agenda was christened DATA: Debt, AIDS and Trade for Africa in return for democracy, accountability and transparency in Africa.

Bono was of the view that Africa is in the same kind of vulnerable position that Europe was after the Second World War. And thought it would be very smart for the West to invest in preventing the fires rather than putting them out, which is a lot more expensive.

For years, the Irish rock star has been campaigning for third-world debt relief and creating awareness on the plight of Africa.

[Dublin12]

Fair play Bono,nice one good work fella.

[Eire06]

Previous winners of the award include
Hitler, Stalin, Winston Churchill, JFK, Nixon, The computer, George Bush Sr and Georger W Bush(twice):rolleyes:

[joeSoap]

Previous winners of the award include
Hitler, Stalin, Nixon, George Bush Sr and Georger W Bush(twice):rolleyes:says it all about the true value of the award then.......

[Aberdonian Stu]

The title has a chequered history but it's actually got more to do with influence than whether someone is good or bad.

[Dublin12]

says it all about the true value of the award then.......

Bono +Gates received it for doing some good work in Africa,give them some credit for that,they saved alot of lives and anyone that can do that is good by me,they deserve to get an award for that.

[the 12 th man]

Bill Gates, He's the only man in the World who could actually loose money by bending down to pick up a $100 note if he saw it on the street as he earns $50 a second- every second.

[Lionel Ritchie]

Bill Gates, He's the only man in the World who could actually loose money by bending down to pick up a $100 note if he saw it on the street as he earns $50 a second- every second.

In 1999 it was estimated that if he kept all his money under his matress he would sleep some 14 miles up in the air.

:eek:

fair play to him for his humanitarian work, Bono too -good thing he's good at it coz he's a sh1t songwriter!:eek: :D

[thejollyrodger]

how much is bill worth ? All i say to him is fair play bud. The amount of money he is giving to Aid agencies is meant to be huge. Fair play Bono as well, he has done a lot of good work.

[pete]

The Time Person of the Year hasn't been good for years now - how else can anyone explain Dubya getting it twice.

Bill Gates may be stinking rich but so are loads of other people. I think he entitled to recognition for his Foundation as I don't see it as an ego trip. If i was donating that kind of money id want to distribute myself too.

Not sure about Bono but he did get some kind of results this year even if huge hypocrasy in the people supporting Fair Trade.

[Aberdonian Stu]

Given that he's leaving most of his cash to the foundation (all but 0.02 per cent apparently) when he dies I think he's heart is in the right place. Doubt his kids will be overly delighted though:D

[AidoM]

Given that he's leaving most of his cash to the foundation (all but 0.02 per cent apparently) when he dies I think he's heart is in the right place. Doubt his kids will be overly delighted though:D

I thinks the kids will probably be able to manage on 0.02% of the estate :)

[onenilgameover]

In fairness Bill or Bono? Which one is the bigger muppet?

[Poor Student]

Given that he's leaving most of his cash to the foundation (all but 0.02 per cent apparently) when he dies I think he's heart is in the right place. Doubt his kids will be overly delighted though:D

Pah, easy peasy. If he was such a gent he'd do it now.;)