Take Off, Eh
June 8th, 2007 at 10:24 am by Preston Taylor HolmesCanadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper tells Bono to go piss up a rope. (Well, not in so many words, but, sort of, in a way, like, said that.)
The Irish rock star turned poverty activist met U.S. President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of a Group of Eight summit but was told Harper was too busy to talk to him.
Harper, a somewhat wooden figure regularly mocked for his lack of flair, told reporters on Thursday that meeting Bono was not a priority.
“I’ve got to say that meeting celebrities isn’t kind of my shtick, that was the shtick of the previous guy,” said Harper in a dig at his Liberal predecessor Paul Martin, who met Bono regularly.
When finally reached for comment, Bono replied, “I’m worried that PM Harper has not recognized me properly as the world’s new messiah. He will be dealt with swiftly and brutally.”
June 8th, 2007 at 11:35 am
Hilarious, PTH. Those Canadians are alright, eh? You know, I actually like Bono, but I think I like the new Canadian PM more.
It is good to see that the bonosaviour has found a case for just conflict, though.
June 8th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
So Canuck, Deutsch, Frog, and Brit (possibly) leadership is shifting Right while Uncle Satan is shifting Left? Has anyone spied Beelzebub wearing mitts and an overcoat?
Well, at least some in the Northernmost America get a reprieve. May they revel in the shadow of their new overlord.
June 9th, 2007 at 12:59 am
Well, this is a tough one because I’ve been a U2 fan since their early days in the 80′s. I saw them perform several times and once one of their employees came up to our nosebleed seats and exchanged our tickets for floor seats–something he said the band does regularly. I think Bono’s got it right: we need to have compassion for the poor. I’m just not sure what that looks like in terms of practical solutions for the 3rd world and for the poor in our own country. It seems silly for him to try to meet with world leaders at the G-8 but it’s not silly to use your influence to influence others for good.
June 9th, 2007 at 10:00 am
Joules,
I love U2s music and Bono’s heart is definitely in the right place. It’s that he’s so… what’s the word I’m looking for… insufferable about it.
June 9th, 2007 at 11:39 am
Joules…we addressed this type of situation with one of Cranky’s posts a few months ago. Though sometimes it’s hard, most of us have been able to separate the art from the artist…
So keep on loving Bono…while we parody him. At least he’s one of those artists who walks the walk unlike Global Warming Princess Sheryl Crow (who’s music I like) and her convoy of gas guzzling tractor trailers and limos.
June 9th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
hey. That’s *my* Bono you’re talking about!
I love him. I want him He’s #1 on my “If I could **** anyone in the world, list.”
He’s perfect. Messiah complex and all.
This proves that not only is the Canadian PM an idiot, but he’s definitely straight.
June 9th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Wasn’t that Sheryl Crowe toilet paper thing too funny? Yeah, Cranky–I know what you mean about the insufferable part of Bono: the man, the myth, the legend. I like the WWBD joke–you know, instead of asking, “What would Jesus do?” we should ask “WWBD?”
June 9th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
No, no, no. Always ask, “What would Donna do?” You can’t go wrong. I have a church named after me. Look it up. Sharon, am I lying?
June 10th, 2007 at 1:06 am
Donna Locke of the famous movie, “Neon Maniacs”!?
June 10th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
No, I’m not that one, although “Neon Maniacs” does sound like a movie I would have been in.
Wish I had a dollar for every e-mail I’ve gotten telling me how much someone loved me in that movie.
June 10th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Donna, personally I think you should have kept mum and just run with that one…
June 11th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Bone-O sucks a Bone-O,,
June 11th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Regardless, Nigel, denial has no effect on some beliefs. As we have seen recently …