X-Received: by 10.107.130.146 with SMTP id m18mr9350722ioi.5.1467225554815;
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:39:14 -0700 (PDT)
X-Received: by 10.36.55.9 with SMTP id r9mr201789itr.5.1467225554768; Wed, 29
Jun 2016 11:39:14 -0700 (PDT)
Path: news.nzbot.com!not-for-mail
Newsgroups: alt.music.u2
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:39:14 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <nf9umb9gtfkcj4jef33brh1inocg99im3a@j.net>
Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com
Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=204.193.117.66;
posting-account=bg2snAoAAAB3uiFG8eGew5CbU0LhCkde
NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.193.117.66
References: <nf9umb9gtfkcj4jef33brh1inocg99im3a@j.net>
User-Agent: G2/1.0
MIME-Version: 1.0
Message-ID: <7d80316b-7361-4832-889b-84852fe81bc3@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Bono weighs in with his typically out of touch bullshit...
From: Ken Dolan <anticreep1000@gmail.com>
Injection-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 18:39:14 +0000
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Received-Body-CRC: 1296254253
X-Received-Bytes: 2684
Xref: news.nzbot.com alt.music.u2:3598
On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 8:52:06 PM UTC-4, Jeßus wrote:
> The older Bono gets, the more clueless and out of touch he gets...
> Why does he still think his opinions (on everything, apparently) have
> to be aired publicly. STFU Bono and piss off to another tax haven.
>
> http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/660515/Bono-U2-European-Union-referendum
-Brexit-Congress-politics
>
> "The U2 frontman yesterday urged members of Congress to confront an
> "existential threat" to Europe not since since the 1940s.
>
> He claimed the continent faces a wave of "hyper-nationalism" before
> warning that Britons could vote to leave the EU on June 23.
>
> The rock legend, best known for 1987 hit With and Without You, said:
> "This is unthinkable stuff. And you should be very nervous in America
> about it."
>
> And he bizarrely claimed extremist groups such as Islamic State could
> be defeated by comedians such as Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen.
>
> He said: "It's like, you speak violence, you speak their language. But
> you laugh at them when they are goose-stepping down the street and it
> takes away their power.
>
> "So I am suggesting that the Senate send in Amy Schumer and Chris Rock
> and Sacha Baron Cohen, thank you."
My response is "here are some voluntary economic sanctions for South Africa
", which is fun ...
|
|