From the press release from the National Constitution Center:

BONO AND DATA TO RECEIVE 2007 LIBERTY MEDAL AT NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER

The National Constitution Center’s 2007 Liberty Medal will be awarded jointly to Bono, U2 lead singer and activist, and DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa), the advocacy organization he co-founded to combat poverty and disease in Africa. The prestigious Medal, and its accompanying $100,000 prize, will recognize Bono and DATA’s groundbreaking work in raising awareness about and spurring a global response to the crisis of AIDS and extreme poverty in Africa. The public ceremony will take place on Thursday, September 27, 2007 at the National Constitution Center on Philadelphia’s Independence Mall. All of the prize money will be donated to DATA.

Bono, U2 lead singer and DATA co-founder, said, “This is a real honor for myself and my bosses at DATA — I am very proud of their work. It’s also a great excuse to go back to Philadelphia, where we launched the ONE Campaign which now has 2.4 million Americans signed up to fight for justice on behalf of the poorest of the poor. I don’t suppose there are enough Liberty Medals to go around, but in truth those people should all be wearing one too.”

Yeah, this just makes us feel worse for Africa. I mean they have serious problems which Bono was awesome enough to think of a cute four letter word to describe. But if we were African we’d be more annoyed that some shitty Irish “rock star” was championing our problems to collect a medal. No matter how many medals he collects, it is still insanely hard for us to take someone seriously that wears tinted wraparound glasses all the time.

And, cause its fun to say out loud ten times in a row: Bono’s Bio.

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 24th, 2007 at 1:58 pm.