Here I Go Again... Picking on the Defenseless

I was perusing the cyber-rags during a post-lunch break and came across an article about 80s hero Bob Geldof revamping the Band Aid hit "Do They Know it's Christmas?", which debuts Thursday on the BBC. Artists include such notables as Robbie Williams, Bono, and... Madonna.

"Twenty years ago I performed at Live Aid," Madonna says in the intro. "You
saw me and my generation demanding a change. Once again, here we are twenty
years later and more people die of hunger in Africa than war and AIDS put
together. In a world of plenty, it is hard to imagine that there are African
children going to bed tonight hungry. Bob Geldof and his friends are here to
remind you that none of us can forget. Not ever. Feed the world. I am
honored to introduce Band Aid 20."

Just last week MSN reported on Madonna's final book in her 5-part illustrated children's series - "Lotsa De Casha". It's about an Italian greyhound who has all the money in the world but no happiness - mirroring Mo's own revolation that "wealth is overrated".

Madonna makes a little more money than the average... human (despite having only been listed on Forbes' fancy list 3 times in the past eleven years).

If wealth is so overrated, Madonna, then shed your material girl status and live humbly so that you may feed an entire African nation. Is that so "hard to imagine"?

Side note: I'm not opposed to this project, but I wonder if the money earned will exceed the overhead costs. That's why I wonder if those who participate in these projects wouldn't be able to produce more food for the hungry if they independently took care of the problem.