<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Henry Dark:<BR><B> Most of us have full time jobs. Some of us even go to school on top of that. Bono does not have a full time job. He's a rock musician successful enough to cut a record and make millions off of it. Thus, he has the time and energy to spare. </B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Yeah, being a professional musician is soooo easy. Just ask the Samples how easy it is. When it comes down to it, Bono is the same as any very successful businessman. He spent decades working fulltime-plus on his career/craft. His many, many years of long and hard work paid off and now he's in a position where he can work as much as he wants. Bill Gates did the same thing. Spent a couple decades building an extremely successful business and now works as much as he wants (and donates hundreds of millions of dollars every year). Richard Branson, Jack Welch, Larry Ellison, same thing. And what public service efforts leap to mind when you think of those guys? <P>As for other musicians, how often do you see Keith Richards or Paul McCartney or Eric Clapton getting so involved? Sure, they do a fundraiser every now and then, but do you really think David Bowie is willing to extensively put his energy and effort into eliminating debt in third world countries? <P>Everyone has his or her opinion. It's just difficult for me to hear people prattle on mindlessly about how useless Bono's work has been.
