Letter Of St. Paul Hewson To The Philadelphians
Tomorrow, Bono comes to town to accept the 2007 Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center. Of course your humble correspondent will be there, though the wireless situation on-site doesn’t sound promising so you may have to wait until it’s over. That’s ai’ght, it builds character.
Actually, there are two recipients of the $100,000 prize, Bono and DATA, for their joint efforts to fight poverty and disease in Africa. President Bush v. 1.0 (the Constitution Center’s chairman) will present Bono, while National Constitution Center CEO Joe Torsella will do the honors for Jamie Drummond, DATA’s executive director.
The webcast begins at 7 p.m. over at www.libertymedal.org. 
On a Six Degrees of the Liberty Medal tip, follow my train of thought on this: The 2005 recipient of the Liberty Medal was one Viktor Yuschenko of Ukraine, who survived dioxin poisoning to lead the “Orange Revolution,” the popular uprising in which thousands took to the streets in a bloodless revolution, toppling a corrupt government.
We can’t help thinking of Myanmar, where reports say at least three crimson-robed Buddhist monks are dead as the government cracks down on efforts at peaceful protest there.
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September 26th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
[…] C’mon by tomorrow for Part II of James Doolittle’s in-the-pits look at Dover International Speedway, Amy Z. Quinn reporting live from Bono-pallooza, your weekly visit from Paperboy, a Gaybo! Extra and — if you’re very, very good — a visit from Mother Phawker! You should be so lucky! […]
October 9th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
[…] 1. Bono, in town to receive the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center, declares himself an American, says “this is my country, too.” Uses platform to deliver an elegantly worded tongue-lashing to his adopted country on subjects including: fair trade, our responsibility to the poor, free speech, our responsibility toward Africa’s AIDS victims, and torture. That last one was the money quote, with St. Paul Hewson reminding us that “you don’t have to become a monster to defeat a monster.” […]