Ali is married to a "nuclear reactor"

christiana · 03-25-2002, 08:45 PM

Thanks for posting the article, follower!!

Ali is

spanisheyes · 03-25-2002, 08:53 PM

LOL Christiana...you got two of my favorite people mixed up...Sula is the one who posted the article, but give Maria time, and she will find a picture for this post for sure.

Chris

follower · 03-25-2002, 08:58 PM

LOL, no problema...cause we�re all followers here...

No pictures, yet.

Ana · 03-25-2002, 09:02 PM

Cool article!
Ali also rocks my socks!

madonna's child · 03-25-2002, 09:43 PM

Ali rocks everyones socks!

Everytime I post that in PLEBA I get a bunch of people responding, "no she rocks Bono's socks." They think they're clever. Yeah, I get the joke. I know she does.

Those PLEBA girls, their heads are always in the gutter.

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Discoteque · 03-25-2002, 09:47 PM

FOAD BNFL!

~love, Larry

Love that Ali!!

christiana · 03-25-2002, 10:11 PM

Ouch...

Sorry sula... I thought that was follower who posted the article.

Anyway, huge thank you to you, sula!!

(hehe... I'll read very carefully next time before I post!!

)

BostonAnne · 03-25-2002, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ana:
Cool article!
Ali also rocks my socks!

sulawesigirl4 · 03-26-2002, 02:03 AM

Found this article interesting. Especially since it was just last night that kyra1 and I were watching U2 videos and saw the "Stop Sellafield" documentary/concert. Love the bit about Bono being a nuclear reactor.

Quote:

From The Irish Times:

Here's a message to you Tony

The Shut Sellafield campaign aims to swamp Tony Blair with postcards.
Kathy Sheridan reports

If Ali Hewson fails to stir the natives with her postcard campaign, then Sir Bernard Ingham ought to do it for her.

Sellafield is a problem of perception, born of ignorance, prejudice and hysteria, Margaret Thatcher's former spinner told RTE yesterday. Radioactivity is "not the great killer people try to make out"; so ar "only" 45 deaths and about 2000 thyroid cancers have been directly attributed to Chernoyl.

And the postcard campaign? "Futile."

Campaign leader Ali Hewson shrugs: "I'm sanguine enough to know that this campaign won't shut Sellafield down tomorrow." The objective is to make the three targets stop and think about the risks versus the economics.

So Norman Askew, CEO of British Nuclear Fuels, is challenged to "tell us the truth". Prince Charles, environmentalist and sometime Irish tourist, will see a radioactive shamrock with the rhetorical question, "Wish you were here?" And the British Prime Minister, gets the direct,
nice-guy-next-door, treatment: "Tony, look me in the eye and tell me I'm safe..."

The Tony card will be sent free to all households, to be signed and sent off (post free thanks to An Post) by April 19th. The hope is however, that everyone will also pay up for the other two - available at a euro each from post offices, banks, supermarkets and the web at www.shutsellafield.com - and send them off as well. Four million are being printed and once An Post has gathered them all, they will be delivered en masse on April 26th, the 16th anniversary of Chernobyl.

The beauty of the campaign, says Hewson, is its simplicity.

"It's a two-pronged approach. The first is that you voice your concern and send the card. The second is that proceeds go to the Chernobyl Children's Project".

There are reasons for concern, 38 of which are described by British Nuclear Fuels Limited, the company that runs Sellafield, as "nuclear accidents at British nuclear installations" and occurred between January, 1997 and June, 2000.

And thanks to the Observer, we know that in January, 2001, 2,000 tonnes of high-level nuclear waste almost exploded after Sellafield staff had ignored alarms for two and a half hours.

"Those 21 tanks of waste contain huge quantities of the most hazardous materials on the nuclear site, if not the planet", said John Large, a nuclear engineer.

Yesterday, the Minister for Social Welfare, Dermot Ahern, coolly reminded Bernard Ingham
that BNFL admits, inter alia, that it "has no answer" to the possibility of an air strike into Sellafield, although such an attack would unleash 100 times the radioactivity of Chernobyl.

This is what puts the grit into Ali Hewson's soul and forces her out of her natural reserve. She has been tilting at the nuclear industry since her first child was born nearly 13 years ago. She now has four, the youngest aged 10 only months.

For much of the time, she's a single mother. What she calls Bono's "day job" allied to his Drop the Debt campaigning are "all consuming", she says. One minute, George Bush is announcing a $5 billion hike in US aid, with Bono by his side; the next, the US Treasury Secretary, Paul O'Neill, is telling us that he and and same Bono are off on an 11-day trip to Africa.

So Bono is on a roll, but, she says deliberately, the anti- nuclear gig is hers.

"Bono is completely supportive but this is my project... Though we do have a joke at home that the reason I'm so comfortable with Chernobyl and Sellafield is because I married a nuclear reactor..."

madonna's child · 03-26-2002, 02:08 AM

Lol.

Ali rocks my socks. (Spare me the comments.

)

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"I have a dragon, and I know how to use it. I'm a donkey on the edge!" -Shrek

Won't you kiss me on that MIDNIGHT STREET, sweep me OFF MY FEET, singing 'ain't this life SO SWEET?' -David Gray

Love,
Emily

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elevatedmole · 03-26-2002, 02:21 AM

lol

Nice article.

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"You must not look down on someone just 'cos they are 14 years old. When I was that age I listened to the music of John Lennon and it changed my way of seeing things, so I'm just glad that 14 year olds are coming to see U2 rather than group X." - Bono, 1988

spanisheyes · 03-26-2002, 02:30 AM

Ali is one incredible woman, because it takes guts and a strong belief in what your doing to follow in similar campaigns as her husband, and have to hear from the press that she is riding on the coattails of her famous husband. However, Ali fights with the same amount of passion as Bono does, and that is what makes many believe that it is more about saving the children of Chernobyl for her, then trying to find her status as the wife of one of the biggest rock stars in the world. I applaud your efforts Ali, and can again see why Bono's heart will forever be endured to yours as a person, a wife, a lover, and a mother.

Chris

oliveu2cm · 03-26-2002, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by madonna's child:
Lol.

Ali rocks my socks. (Spare me the comments. )

lol i love that expression.

she rocks my socks too.

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**Bonochick** · 03-26-2002, 07:15 AM

*lol* That's a good way to describe Bono.

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The doors you open...I just can't close..."

cass · 03-26-2002, 01:54 PM

That is the best use of the phrase "Wish You Were Here" I've heard. Good one.
Risk versus ecomonics? Look the future in the eye and tell the truth? I hope they do. There are alternatives. It's not quite too late, but it fecking will be soon if things don't change a bit more willingly.
Mrs Ali and Mr Paul Hewson are two very hard working and successful and talented individuals. They have achieved so much in a short space of time and continue to give. We're very lucky.

03-25-2002, 08:45 PM	#1
christiana New Yorker Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 2,703 Local Time: 05:09 AM	Thanks for posting the article, follower!! Ali is __________________

03-25-2002, 08:53 PM	#2
spanisheyes Forum Moderator The Goal Is Soul Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast, and Berlin Posts: 861 Local Time: 01:09 PM	LOL Christiana...you got two of my favorite people mixed up...Sula is the one who posted the article, but give Maria time, and she will find a picture for this post for sure. Chris __________________

03-26-2002, 01:54 PM	#15
cass Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Australia. Posts: 6,117 Local Time: 07:09 AM	That is the best use of the phrase "Wish You Were Here" I've heard. Good one. Risk versus ecomonics? Look the future in the eye and tell the truth? I hope they do. There are alternatives. It's not quite too late, but it fecking will be soon if things don't change a bit more willingly. Mrs Ali and Mr Paul Hewson are two very hard working and successful and talented individuals. They have achieved so much in a short space of time and continue to give. We're very lucky. __________________

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03-25-2002, 08:58 PM	#3
follower Refugee Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Porto Alegre/Brasil Posts: 2,302 Local Time: 06:09 PM	LOL, no problema...cause we�re all followers here... No pictures, yet.

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Ana Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Another Time, Another Place, in The Electric Co. ; behind the Shadows and Tall Trees Posts: 4,229 Local Time: 02:09 PM	Cool article! Ali also rocks my socks!

03-25-2002, 09:43 PM	#5
madonna's child Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: May 2001 Location: NYC Posts: 5,567 Local Time: 05:09 PM	Ali rocks everyones socks! Everytime I post that in PLEBA I get a bunch of people responding, "no she rocks Bono's socks." They think they're clever. Yeah, I get the joke. I know she does. Those PLEBA girls, their heads are always in the gutter. ------------------ Who's gonna ride your wild horses? Won't you kiss me on that MIDNIGHT STREET, sweep me OFF MY FEET, singing 'ain't this life SO SWEET?' -David Gray Love, Emily Visit my webpage for U2 wallpapers: www.geocities.com/springtime5348/index.html

03-25-2002, 09:47 PM	#6
Discoteque Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Hotter 'n' hell Texas: Dallas Posts: 3,568 Local Time: 04:09 PM	FOAD BNFL! ~love, Larry Love that Ali!!

03-25-2002, 10:11 PM	#7
christiana New Yorker Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 2,703 Local Time: 05:09 AM	Ouch... Sorry sula... I thought that was follower who posted the article. Anyway, huge thank you to you, sula!! (hehe... I'll read very carefully next time before I post!! )

03-26-2002, 02:08 AM	#10
madonna's child Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: May 2001 Location: NYC Posts: 5,567 Local Time: 05:09 PM	Lol. Ali rocks my socks. (Spare me the comments. ) ------------------ "I have a dragon, and I know how to use it. I'm a donkey on the edge!" -Shrek Won't you kiss me on that MIDNIGHT STREET, sweep me OFF MY FEET, singing 'ain't this life SO SWEET?' -David Gray Love, Emily Visit my webpage for U2 wallpapers: www.geocities.com/springtime5348/index.html

03-26-2002, 02:21 AM	#11
elevatedmole Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: On a backwards river Posts: 3,546 Local Time: 04:09 PM	lol Nice article. ------------------ "You must not look down on someone just 'cos they are 14 years old. When I was that age I listened to the music of John Lennon and it changed my way of seeing things, so I'm just glad that 14 year olds are coming to see U2 rather than group X." - Bono, 1988

03-26-2002, 02:30 AM	#12
spanisheyes Forum Moderator The Goal Is Soul Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast, and Berlin Posts: 861 Local Time: 01:09 PM	Ali is one incredible woman, because it takes guts and a strong belief in what your doing to follow in similar campaigns as her husband, and have to hear from the press that she is riding on the coattails of her famous husband. However, Ali fights with the same amount of passion as Bono does, and that is what makes many believe that it is more about saving the children of Chernobyl for her, then trying to find her status as the wife of one of the biggest rock stars in the world. I applaud your efforts Ali, and can again see why Bono's heart will forever be endured to yours as a person, a wife, a lover, and a mother. Chris

03-26-2002, 07:15 AM	#14
Bonochick Halloweenhead Forum Moderator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Cherry Lane Posts: 40,820 Local Time: 05:09 PM	lol That's a good way to describe Bono. ------------------ "Hallelujah, Heaven's white rose, The doors you open...I just can't close..."