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Bono's Creed of Greed, or Outing Bono
by Warwick Fry Saturday October 21, 2006 at 05:13 PM
wkf10@bigpond.com 0266891718 8 ThorburnSt. Nimbin

Bono has disgraced himself (again) with his sponsorship of a computer game that simulates an invasion of Venezuela. Music mix created in the studios of 2NimFM Community Radio. A call to Australians to protest Bono's upcoming tour in early November. He refuses to answer questions about his involvement with the Pentagon funded games company.

3.5Mb 96kps Stereo 5 Minutes
Preview of one of a series of songs being organised by the Australian Venezuelan Solidarity Network in anticipation of Bono (of U2 fame) touring Australian in early November 2006. Bono has refused to answer questions about his involvement (as a board member) of the "Pandemic" software company that has a contract with the Pentagon to produce training simulations for US troops. A spin off has been a commercial product, "Mercenaries 2: World in Flames" that describes an invasion of Venezuela to "... overthrow an oil hungry Dictator", viewed by many as a classic psy-ops production.

Podcast and further information available on http://nimbinradiomedia.libsyn.com
Check out: http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=809
Be prepared to copy, burn and distribute CDs of these songs at Bono's concerts at the following venues:

The concerts and protests will be: Los conciertos y protestas se realisan :
Nov. 7: Brisbane (QSAC Stadium)
Nov. 10-11: Sydney (Telstra Stadium)
Nov. 16: Adelaide (AAMI Stadium)
Nov. 18-19: Melbourne (Telstra Dome)

[Preview of one of a series of songs being organised by the Australian Venezuelan Solidarity Network in anticipation of Bono (of U2 fame) touring Australian in early November 2006. Bono has refused to answer questions about his involvement (as a board member) of the "Pandemic" software company that has a contract with the Pentagon to produce training simulations for US troops. A spin off has been a commercial product, "Mercenaries 2: World in Flames" that describes an invasion of Venezuela to "... overthrow an oil hungry Dictator", viewed by many as a classic psy-ops production.

Supporters of the humane, Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela (the President, is after all, putting oil revenue back into social programs and sustainable development and technologies) might like to burn this, and upcoming tracks onto a CD for distribution at Bono's concerts]

Community radio 2NimFM's podcast site, for Nimbincommunity Radio
Main hub for RSS feeds for Nimbin commu nity Radio 2NimFm 102.3
Hub for RSS feeds for community radio 2nimfm 102.3
Key blogspot and Podcast site for the Australian Venezuelan Soldiarity Network.

"Bono's Creed of Greed" - Chavez, far from being a dictator, commands huge popular and democratic support. At every constitutional crisis provoked by the US (including coup attempts) he has bounced back merrily with elections, Since the turn of the century, he has consistently improved his majority vote, now rating somewhere between 70 and 80 percent. His popularity ratings are still rising. (Might have something to do with the fact that he is investing oil revenues into social programs and sustainable devlopment ...and the consistent 10 percent growth rate of the Venezuelan economy since he introduced 'socialistic' programs of government investment,since the 1990s ... ).

Clearly the game is part of a massive Psy-ops operation by the US government establishment to crank up support for an intervention in Venezuela.

Bono refuses to respond to requests to rethink the release of the game. Despite claims to having 'social activist' credentials, his endorsement of this game proves that really, it's all posturing. Bono has disgraced himself and alienated fans on earlier occasions: Once (during the 90s) by taking his huge earnings offshore to avoid paying taxes that could go to the Irish people, (perhaps to build schools and hospitals?) and again by becoming one of the heaviest copyright cops on the Internet. ('We don't want anyone hearing us before they've paid ... !"). We know where he is coming from, so don't be confused by where he says he's been; he certainly doesn't want us to know where he lives. Watch this space for more developments, more deep background on Bono, more musical sketches for him and his fans and the very, very, warm welcome being prepared for him on his Australian tour.

Scriptwriter: Warwich Fry
Producer: Warwick Fry
Vocals: Untouched by 'human' hand (except perhaps, for Warwick Fry, and Bono 'imself' ).
Instruments: Untouched by human hand
(And, with a clapped out, old, old computer, owned by Warwick)
Direct download: GreedCreed27.mp3

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Social activist but still wants to be part of the club Species 8472 Sunday November 12, 2006 at 01:07 AM
bono a traitor to humanity the one Sunday November 05, 2006 at 07:00 PM
political strategy - pissing on the elderly david Monday October 30, 2006 at 06:31 AM
BONO and Neoliberal VIRUS PANDEMIC Anne Tuesday October 24, 2006 at 06:57 AM
Ven. is no shithole J. Robinson Monday October 23, 2006 at 03:16 AM
A vidio game ate my baby err Sunday October 22, 2006 at 08:43 PM
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bono is a rich pig Saturday October 21, 2006 at 08:25 AM
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