King George

The one good thing (although not unequivocally good, more on that later) that this administration did which I can remember is to give to the international AIDS relief funds in Africa. This it seems was due to relentless efforts of Bono. He put George W. in the role he likes to play, King. Bono, the famous rock star, bends to beg and kneel before the king to ask him to show his infinite mercy and to very lightly try to revive the king's sleeping conscience. Oh, and by the way, you're supposed to be a Christian king, right? Perhaps, a la Hamlet, a little theatre -- a reminder of the legacy of death Bush as already created -- helped Bono to bring that conscience to light. But perhaps it was just petitioning the king which did the trick.

Here's the catch. Bush decides to tie the funds to programs which emphasize abstaining from sex. A nice try, but it's simply not practical. Even the Pope now says that we should allow couples with one partner having AIDS to use condoms.

I guess even Bono can't work miracles.