May you all do great things this coming year, enough to be given an awesome a title, as Bono got this year.
I thought the greatest non-elected position one could get was Gen. West Clark's former position, Supreme Allied Commander NATO forces Europe, however Bono recently got an amazing title.
"Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Bono to be an honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in recognition of his services to the music industry and for his humanitarian work," the embassy said in a statement.
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/...
Major thumbs up to Bono and the Queen for bestowing an amazing title.
What has Bono done to deserve this righteous title? Oh not much...
- Bono and his band U2 have performed on Amnesty's Conspiracy Of Hope tour of the United States in 1986.
- U2 also performed in the Band Aid and Live Aid.
- Bono helped organize and performed at the 2005 Live 8 project.
- In May 2002 Bono led then US Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill on a four-country tour of Africa.
- Also in 2002 he help establish Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa whose goals are to eradicate poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa.
- In 2005 Bono spoke on CBC Radio taking Prime Minister Martin to task for being slow about increasing Canada's foreign aid.
- And then there is Project Red.
Wikipedia writes that:
Product Red is an initiative begun by Bono and Bobby Shriver to raise money for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Bobby Shriver has been announced as the CEO of Product Red, whilst Bono is currently an active public spokesperson for the brand. Product Red is a brand which is licensed to partner companies such as American Express, Apple Computer, Converse, Motorola, The Gap and Giorgio Armani. Each company will create a product with the Product Red logo and a percentage of the profits from the sale of these labeled products will go to the Global Fund.
Have an excellent holiday