Bono Vs. Paul Martin

While surfing for some links for the previous post, I came across an odd quote from Bono. I was going to add it in at the bottom of that post, but then I decided I liked it too much and wanted to shine a larger spotlight on it.

Whether it was intentional or not, Bono and Bob Geldof upstaged the reputed "most powerful people in the world." Perhaps The Globe and Mail put it best: "At the summit, the rock stars' status as virtual sovereign nations unto themselves was all but assumed, beginning with Mr. Martin's morning flight from Dublin to Glasgow, where his aides came to tell reporters that he had scheduled 'bilaterals with Japan, Germany and Bono.'"

After Paul Martin held his mini-summit with Bono, the singer was not entirely happy. In fact, Bono complained about the Canadian prime minister, calling a certain trait "very frustrating and annoying and infuriating." And what was Martin's sin? Again quoting Bono, "He is very difficult to deal with, because he won't agree to things that he doesn't believe he can deliver." I hate it when politicians refuse to make empty promises, too.