You might think that I make fun of headlines and news articles for fun. But as a computer programmer and blogger, it’s my job to relentlessly mock that which I find mock-worthy.

Headline Telegraph: Bono and Blair in harmony over fight to end poverty

Bono said: “My job as a rock star and activist is to loudly applaud when politicians get it right and to make their lives a misery when they do not.”

I wonder how much it pays to applaud politicians. Judging from what I know of Bono’s lifestyle, it must be a pretty good salary. As they say, nice work, if you can get it.

Bono’s always good for a mock-worthy quote and he is was in fine form for this interview. He gets two in a row, back-to-back.

He added: “This generation wants to be remembered for something beyond the war on terrorism and the internet.”

I’ve never liked the characterization of our current conflict as a “war on terrorism”. It isn’t a war on an action. We don’t declare war on verbs. We don’t have a “war on putting your elbows on the table”, or a “war on painting your face white and silently pretending you are trapped in an invisible box” (although that last one might actually be a good idea).

We declare war on nouns. This is a war on TERRORISTS, not on TERRORISM.

As much as I dislike the term, Bono is simply using President Bush’s own characterization when he speaks of the “war on terrorism”, so I can not fault him for that.

But, this is the first time I have heard of the “war on terrorism and the Internet”. Who declared war on the Internet? How is the battle being fought? Unfortunately, Bono doesn’t tell, so as a regular user of the Internet, I don’t what to expect from this conflict.

I thought you might want to know about the hostilities on the Internet. But there is no need to thank me for tonight’s post.

It’s my job.