“WE BELIEVE that in the best American tradition of helping others help themselves, now is the time to join with other countries in a historic pact for compassion and justice to help the poorest people of the world overcome AIDS and extreme poverty. WE RECOGNIZE that a pact including such measures as fair trade, debt relief, fighting corruption and directing additional resources for basic needs – education, health, clean water, food, and care for orphans – would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the poorest countries, at a cost equal to just one percent more of the US budget. WE COMMIT ourselves - one person, one voice, one vote at a time - to make a better, safer world for all.”

http://www.one.org/

Check out http://www.one.org/Partners.aspx for organizations partnering in the effort. They include Save the Children, Oxfam, and Care.

Also, this Sunday at 8:59 pm Eastern and Pacific time on all the MTV Networks channels, including MTV: Music Television, MTV2, mtvU, VH1, Comedy Central, CMT, Spike, TV Land, Nick at Nite, MTV Espanol; and BET, and between 8 and 9 p.m. on ABC, the ONE.ORG one minute spot will have its world television premiere. It will feature, among others, Bono, Brad Pitt, Jack Valenti, the former top lobbyist for the film industry, Tom Hanks, Al Pacino, evangelist Pat Robertson, and the Rev. Frank Griswold, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States. Hulluva lot of talent to pack into a one minute spot, don't you think?

Suppose we'll have to watch Comedy Central from 8:59 to 9:00 before switching over to Channel 9 to watch Mystery!

Eric