Jeez, who elected Bob Geldof to be a bigger pompous ass than Bono?

Yesterday he issued a video clip telling Canadians that their prime minister shouldn't bother showing up to the G8 summit meeting if he doesn't commit more Canadian tax dollars to foreign aid.

Here's Geldof: "There's no use your Prime Minister coming to Scotland unless he's prepared to do this deal. If he's not prepared, [then] stay at home. Just stay at home. Don't come. You're not welcome unless you're prepared to do something finally and irrevocably on behalf of the poor of this world."

Today, the Canadian government gives $3 billion per year in poverty aid relief. Geldof, who has never held an elected position in Canada, wants the government to contribute $15 billion per year.

And where does that money come from? Working people like me. Yet the live 8 promoters in Canada, and I assume other countries, are asking individuals NOT to donate money, that their money isn't welcome. So these economic retards want the government to use their legal monopoly on force to confiscate my earnings from my paycheck and send it for relief aid. That's a loser's approach to solving this issue.

I don't need any more proof that this whole thing is a publicity stunt to "raise awareness." How useless is that. I think they're afraid to ask for donations because most people won't support their cause with monetary contributions, so let the government do it. That's not commitment.

The Canadian prime minister basically told Geldof to shove it up his ass, although he said it much more diplomatically.