I heard that Bono went on the Joe Rogan podcast, and MAGA was upset on Twitter X. So, I went to YouTube and watched the conversation. I call it a conversation because that is what Joe does; I would not call his podcast an interview. Now, the first thing I thought to myself while the video was loading was how Bono dragged my Irish heritage through the mud this time, and what condition his fake hair was in today, knowing he is completely bald.

As I tuned in, I saw that Bono’s hair plugs, or whatever it is, were ALMOST passable, almost. Knowing that man’s vanity knows no bounds and his hair is the last kalology session he has as he looks into the mirror each day before he leaves home, I thought it was not that bad this time; it didn’t look like a helmet. Now, as the conversation unfolded, I could not help but notice that Bono was yet another Baby Boomer whom I grew up loving, only to be horrified by how they turned out in their elderly years. It is a Gen X curse, we should have never met our heroes.

Something happened to the “Make love, not war” generation in their later years as they collectively turned into the “Get off my lawn” cohorts they are today. Giving us decades of endless wars across the world certainly was light years away from their earlier mantra. Bono, in particular, did not escape his generation’s misplaced arrogance. Paul David Hewson (Bono) joined the ranks of that know-it-all malcontent generation who took a world of genuine hope that was handed to them and destroyed everything they got their hands on, including music.

After all, when was the last hit song U2 has had? Like every other Boomer musical act who tours on their “Oldie but goodies” accomplishment of the past, Bono couldn’t write a relevant song if you had a gun to his head. All those Boomer music industry stars of the past milk off the tit of their younger achievements. Only acts like Ozzy Osbourne (Patient Number 9), The Rolling Stones (Angry), AC/DC (Shot In The Dark), and a few other Boomer artists still produce new and relevant music in 2025. The rest of the scatological Fleetwood Mac/Pat Benatar types touring on their youth’s successes are shameful shadows of themselves. Walking around in their senior years, as obnoxious as one could be, lecturing to us about the world they ruined becomes tiresome.

After listening to the podcast, I could not help but feel that Bono is one of those people who are terrible listeners, you know, those kind of people who are not listening to a word you say and just waiting for your lips to stop moving so they can babble on about how they know best. These people do not hear, they are only waiting for their turn to speak. Trying to explain the true nature of America to Bono is like walking out into your backyard and having a conversation with an ant; it’s not sagacity, it’s feckless.

Like too many Europeans today who have no problem telling American taxpayers what they should or should not do with our tax money, Bono has lots of opinions. Europeans love spending America’s hard-earned tax revenue on their chosen pet projects. The more America does, the bigger Europe’s Nanny State grows because they don’t have to spend their own money. Bono is an pompous asshole with a beautiful singing voice, he’s a parasitical entitled bug from the  Ballymun section of North Dublin who got rich feeding off America, and explaining the America First Movement to him is imbecilic and futile.

C. Rich

C. Rich is the voice behind America Speaks Ink, home to the America First Movement. As an author, freelance ghostwriter, poet, and blogger, C. Rich brings a “baked-in” perspective shaped by growing up on the streets and beaches of South Florida in the 1970s-1980s and brings a quintessential Generation-X point of view.

Rich’s writing journey began in 2008 with coverage of the Casey Anthony trial and has since evolved into a wide-ranging exploration of politics, culture, and the issues that define our times. Follow C. Rich’s writing odyssey here at America Speaks Ink and on Amazon with a multi-book series on Donald Trump called “Trump Era: The MAGA Files” and many other books and subjects C. Rich is known to cover.  CRich@AmericaSpeaksInk.com

“America Speaks Ink is a Google News approved source for Opinion”