U2's Bono on social activism and 2016 race

U2 is marking its 40th year in the music business. Lead singer Bono is also well-known for his philanthropic work around the world. He is in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly. Charlie Rose speaks with Bono about his activism, music and his view of the presidential race.

[alexandercrankshaft]

Bono’s aunt lived next door to my sister in Finglas
Dublin, she was disabled.  A state nurse
would come during the week; but at the weekends she was left alone. My sister
would drop in and see she was alright. Bono could of paid for a private nurse
to look after his aunt; but didn’t. But he made sure to turn up for her funeral
and of course invite the media along. The fucking scumbag.

[nathanmcclellan]

Did anyone else notice how he twisted the pledge of allegiance into "EQUALITY and justice for all" as opposed to LIBERTY and justice for all? Fast forward to 7/4/2020 and I am watching this video because I once had a friend who met Bono at a rally in Nicaragua during their COMMUNIST revolution back in the late 80's and it finally dawned on me all these years later that Bono is a shady little snake. Being more liberal at the time and U2 being such an iconic band, I was more enamored with my 2 degrees of separation than what, in fact, he was saying to the world---all those things sounded reasonable to my more compassionate self. But he's not as straight forward as he sounds.

[yragcom]

Bono's ONE Foundation received almost £9.6million in donations in 2008 but handed out only £118, 000 to good causes (1.2 per cent).

[blaknblond]

bono doing his best to keep everyone onside....completely out of touch with ordinary working people

[johngreen]

Bongo and U2 quit being relevant in the music scene some 30 years ago.

[princesskristayork]

bono we know what we need and want America isn't stupid. we don't have ira like Ireland.

[jasperreigns]

why did it take 900 years for Ireland to get independence.(most of the island anyways, work in progress) because Bono's ancestors would narc to to English of any upcoming rebellion for 900 years in a row. He comes from a long line of traitors.

[NYProfessional]

Bush ALMOST destroyed the idea with Wars and Financial Crisis, Trump will DEFINITELY destroy the idea. Head a wise man's admonition.

[NotesFromTheUnderground]

Your band being put on the radio 40 years ago was the worst thing for america.

[augustcrissey]

I was going to ust jump in the water here but the heat from the hate and discontent makes any rational conversation or exchange of ideas a far reach from the hostile .

[AlphaCatholic]

America is not an idea. Name one founding father (all were white) who ever claimed that.

Read the Preamble to the Constitution - it is right there.

it is also in the Federalist Papers, one of the early ones by the man who became the 1st Chief Justice of the SCOTUS, John Jay.

America is not a nation of immigrants either. The whit eden who founded America were British Colonists who came to British Colonies and lived on land purchased from the indians.

Bono has fallen for the lie that America is an idea which means that a Bantu from Africa is just as much as American as one born in America in 1770 just so long as the Bantu "believes" in the idea of America.

But, of course, this is an idea so insane as to be acceptable only to those who have no idea of what America actually was at its creation and continued to be up until the 1965 Immigration Act.

[markbell]

Bono = do your home work before saying things about Trump and the US

[jbarker]

Doesn't this guy duck paying his taxes to the Irish government?

[WolleytheMonster]

+Paul McCormack go back to school and learn how to spell.

[TheApocalypseLive]

Everything after Joshua Tree sucked. You're no Michael Hutchence, Bono.