So Bono has somehow managed to persuade a grumpy, conservative but big time powerful American politician - Paul O'Neill, the US Treasury Secretary - to go and tour Africa with him? He's doing this with the aim that Mr. O'Neill then goes back to G.W. Bush and gets them to plough some (intelligently placed) aid into the region and to cancel a bit of debt if possible. What do yiz on this here discussion board make of that? Is Bono an oppourtunistic chancer? Or is he striving to achieve something unquestionably brilliant? My take is that this he is potenitally on the cusp of a remarkable achievement. I think he has used his fame to hopefully deliver something profound. It makes me feel small when I think of it, kind of inspiring when I think of the little life I lead. My only problem with the Bono guy is that he's running around the planet now for a few years trying to get coutnries to cancel 3rd world debt (and the cost of any such debt cancellations will have to ultimately be borne by the taxpayers of the countries that cancel the debt). Yet while he runs aroudn doing this he's choosing to live the life of a tax exile, avoiding as much as possbile having to pay taxes in the 1st world... That does not add up as it should. Anyway, all in all, the guy is doing something remarkable. Anybody agree? Or disagree? I'd like to hear. tobble