Hypocrites for Africa

Live 8 is supposedly an "antipoverty musical event". The idea is "to fight poverty and hunger" and to pressure the eight countries in the upcoming G8 conference to forgive African debt. It was CBS, suprisingly enough, that revealed that the event isn't as pure as it might appear.

One sour note: The stars are all getting goody-bags worth about $12,000, in a concert that's supposed to be about eradicating poverty.

I'm not contributing to this sort of "charity". It's a load of crap. Twelve thousand dollars is enough money to feed a child or adult or a family in Africa for how long?

I could live on 12 grand a year, if I live conservatively and give up many of my loves.

So how many Africans could be provided for for how long with that kind of cash?

What costs $12,000 that you can fit in a goody-bag?