Bono, Steve Jobs and Oprah
I like Bono. The music's good. He pulls off the whole rock star thing well, the conerts are great and he does care about big stuff.
But this...
(from CNN.com )
Dozens of "(Product) Red" items will go on sale in the coming weeks by Gap Inc., [well known for their great work for the underpriviledged of the world] Apple Computer Inc.,[again, no record of any sort of work for the underprivileged] Motorola Inc.,[major defence contractor] Converse Inc.[don't mention those Mexican factories] and Emporio Armani.
Portions [er, what portions?] of the product sales will go to The Global Fund, an organization that fights AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
"Some people won't put on marching boots, so we've got to get to people where they are at, and they're in the shopping malls," Bono said in a phone interview. "Now you're buying jeans and T-shirts, and you're paying for 10 women in Africa to get medication for their children with HIV." [oh sweet Lord, save the world by buing more crap - no need to protest that something might be intrinisically wrong with the system that caused this]
The Gap, which will debut its Red line in stores on Friday, will donate half the profits to The Global Fund. [will be interesting to see the figures from these guys]
Apple will contribute $10 [Wow, Ten whole US dollars - about €8.25 - thanks Steve] from the sale of each new red-colored iPod nano. The model, priced the same as its $199 cousins, goes on sale Friday.
After visiting the Gap, the duo walked along Michigan Avenue to an Apple store and picked up the red iPod, the first music product from the Cupertino, California-based company designed to raise money for charity. [Apple couldn't have paid enough for this endorsement so they must have been pretty pleased that they had to pay nothing (oh, except that $10 per $200 ipod that has been made for them at the factory in China that those nasty do gooders caused all the fuss about. ]
The two also stopped at Armani and Motorola stores.
"Shop 'till it stops," said Bono as he walked out of the Apple store clutching bulging shopping bags. [sigh]
So far, the (Product) Red initiative, which began this spring in Britain, has raised more than $12 million for African AIDS programs, said Doug Piwinski, a spokesman for (Product) Red.
With Apple's iPod alone, The Global Fund stands to raise millions of dollars. During the holiday quarter in 2005, Apple sold 14 million iPods.[yes but that was when it was a hot product - it's not now] The iPod maker also plans to donate some [some?] proceeds from a $25 iTunes Red gift card to the organization.
"I love the fact that Bono is trying to do something about this problem," Apple's CEO Steve Jobs said in a phone interview. "I've never been to Africa, but you don't have to go there to know there are a lot of people dying of AIDS there. In a small way, this is something we could do about it." [Steve Jobs is one helluva an ass. This whole thing is such a joke compared to uncool Bill Gates who is giving $500,000,000 to research a vaccine to elminate malaria. The whole Gates thing is on a different scale. He's giving away everything and Jobs is giving nothing and admitting that he's never been to Africa but he just loves the way Bono is trying to do something. How patronising is that].
"We've moved from the philanthropy budgets to the marketing budgets, and guess what, there's no comparison in size," Bono said. "We now have some of the most creative people in commerce -- Steve Jobs, the marketing people at Gap and Motorola -- all working for the world's poor. That is so so cool."
[Oh dear Bono. The "creative" people who work in marketing at the Gap don't give a f**k about the Third World. They care about brand image and the only time they stop getting children to make the clothes is when protesters catch them at it and expose them. Please don't endorse these people. They are beneath contempt.]
But this...
(from CNN.com )
Dozens of "(Product) Red" items will go on sale in the coming weeks by Gap Inc., [well known for their great work for the underpriviledged of the world] Apple Computer Inc.,[again, no record of any sort of work for the underprivileged] Motorola Inc.,[major defence contractor] Converse Inc.[don't mention those Mexican factories] and Emporio Armani.
Portions [er, what portions?] of the product sales will go to The Global Fund, an organization that fights AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
"Some people won't put on marching boots, so we've got to get to people where they are at, and they're in the shopping malls," Bono said in a phone interview. "Now you're buying jeans and T-shirts, and you're paying for 10 women in Africa to get medication for their children with HIV." [oh sweet Lord, save the world by buing more crap - no need to protest that something might be intrinisically wrong with the system that caused this]
The Gap, which will debut its Red line in stores on Friday, will donate half the profits to The Global Fund. [will be interesting to see the figures from these guys]
Apple will contribute $10 [Wow, Ten whole US dollars - about €8.25 - thanks Steve] from the sale of each new red-colored iPod nano. The model, priced the same as its $199 cousins, goes on sale Friday.
After visiting the Gap, the duo walked along Michigan Avenue to an Apple store and picked up the red iPod, the first music product from the Cupertino, California-based company designed to raise money for charity. [Apple couldn't have paid enough for this endorsement so they must have been pretty pleased that they had to pay nothing (oh, except that $10 per $200 ipod that has been made for them at the factory in China that those nasty do gooders caused all the fuss about. ]
The two also stopped at Armani and Motorola stores.
"Shop 'till it stops," said Bono as he walked out of the Apple store clutching bulging shopping bags. [sigh]
So far, the (Product) Red initiative, which began this spring in Britain, has raised more than $12 million for African AIDS programs, said Doug Piwinski, a spokesman for (Product) Red.
With Apple's iPod alone, The Global Fund stands to raise millions of dollars. During the holiday quarter in 2005, Apple sold 14 million iPods.[yes but that was when it was a hot product - it's not now] The iPod maker also plans to donate some [some?] proceeds from a $25 iTunes Red gift card to the organization.
"I love the fact that Bono is trying to do something about this problem," Apple's CEO Steve Jobs said in a phone interview. "I've never been to Africa, but you don't have to go there to know there are a lot of people dying of AIDS there. In a small way, this is something we could do about it." [Steve Jobs is one helluva an ass. This whole thing is such a joke compared to uncool Bill Gates who is giving $500,000,000 to research a vaccine to elminate malaria. The whole Gates thing is on a different scale. He's giving away everything and Jobs is giving nothing and admitting that he's never been to Africa but he just loves the way Bono is trying to do something. How patronising is that].
"We've moved from the philanthropy budgets to the marketing budgets, and guess what, there's no comparison in size," Bono said. "We now have some of the most creative people in commerce -- Steve Jobs, the marketing people at Gap and Motorola -- all working for the world's poor. That is so so cool."
[Oh dear Bono. The "creative" people who work in marketing at the Gap don't give a f**k about the Third World. They care about brand image and the only time they stop getting children to make the clothes is when protesters catch them at it and expose them. Please don't endorse these people. They are beneath contempt.]
6 Comments:
You're right! This is the dumbest thing ever!! And how dare these companies donate what will end up being millions of dollars each, they should be donating billions, they should be bankrupting themselves in order to donate to these companies! Not like it really matters though, I mean I'm sure money isn't needed to fight the whole AIDS thing over in africa right? they almost have it pretty much kicked right? I'm sure they'll just waste the millions of dollars Project (RED) will bring them on beer and hookers.
that's why i hate that blog shit...
every little good thing you do is good. better if some of gaps or whatever bad companies money is used to help someone. i hate people like you: just complaining and doing nothing yourself
I think you're forgetting that Product Red isn't just about charity on the part of business. It's harnessing consumerism in a positive way by making these corporate donations actualy viable for companies. Product Red is more of a business model than a charity. Oh and by the way what are you doing for Africa? Because unless you raised $12m this year for the Global Fund i really dont think you have much to say, and you're in no position to criticise...
I think you're forgetting that Product Red isn't just about charity on the part of business. It's harnessing consumerism in a positive way by making these corporate donations actualy viable for companies. Product Red is more of a business model than a charity. Oh and by the way what are you doing for Africa? Because unless you raised $12m this year for the Global Fund i really dont think you have much to say, and you're in no position to criticise...
People seem to have misuderstood the point I was attempting to make. I am not anti Bono (I even buy the compilation albums of tracks I already have...) - I just believe that in this case his value is being exploited by certain corporations whose record shows that they do not care about issues such as fair trade and workers' rights.
It's great that these celebrities get involved and help out, they have the most media power around!
I try to help out (limited budget) as much as I can by programming support websites for infected/affected (see http://www.HIV-Chat.org for HIVchat service example). I have about 15,000 registered members, but majority of people never signup for free membership.
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