http://www.billionairesforwealthcare...
Who are these people? Who formed the group? Who deserves the credit for creative genius?
I have googled, binged and looked under the mattress. I find no clue who REALLY started this. Can anyone on this site give me a clue?
Billionaires for Wealthcare is a grassroots network of health insurance CEOs, industry lobbyists, talk-show hosts, and others profiting off of our broken health care system.
We are not a political, religious or even particularly well-organized group. We're simple folk, thrilled profiteers pouring out of our corner offices to dance on the grave of "Change."
We'll do whatever it takes to ensure another decade where your pain is our gain. After all, when it comes to healthcare, if we ain't broke, why fix it?
Health care reform is on life-support and we’re here to pull the plug. And we’re doing it with the same talking points we used in 1994 and so many times before.
Thanks to our loyal foot-soldiers Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, we’ve raised the level of discourse to a cacophonous din. While some suggest Glenn & Co. are fomenting their audiences’ anger with lies, threats and intimidation, we simply call it creative messaging for traditional ends. At times, these teabaggers vent their anger in our direction. We’d like to remind these well-meaning folk that their fight is not with us, it is FOR us. Thank you! The check is in the mail.
Here is their latest video. Rachel showed it on her show last night.
I give it a grade of BRILLIANT.
update
Ask and ye shall receive! Thanks ItsSimpleSimon!
http://en.wikipedia.org/...
Marco Ceglie (b. 1973 in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American writer, actor, pro-democracy activist and the National Co-Chair of the satirical media campaign Billionaires for Bush.
In February 2008, he also became the Executive Director of the non-profit Vote 18, which seeks to engage teenagers to become civically involved and passionate about voting.
As a member of Billionaires For Bush, Ceglie was chosen as the Campaign Director for the group’s National "Get on the Limo" Tour . In March 2005 Ceglie led the Billionaire "auction" of Social Security on eBay in May to protest the Bush Administration’s plan to privatize the government program. In 2006 he co-hosted the "Big Business Minute", a satirical TV news segment that aired weekly on I.N.N. between 2005 and 2006. He also starred in "Get on the Limo", a mockumentary produced by Oddly Honest Productions.
Ceglie also teaches Andrew Boyd’s "Culture Jamming 101" activism course at conferences and universities, and continues to appear and speak publicly both in character as a Billionaire For Bush, as well as himself when speaking about the group’s tactics and campaigns.
and this from MDpatriot
Andrew Boyd, peace and social justice genius behind Billionaires Mockumentary Campaign
"I wanted to show Americans that our healthcare system is broken, that it's all about profits not patients, stated Andrew Boyd, co-founder and one of the three creative geniuses of the Billionaire for Wealthcare edutainment campaign.
"I wanted to get this message to the American public in a playful but effective way," he said today.
Boyd is an author, humorist, and a 20-year veteran of creative campaigns for social change.
In 2004, Boyd founded the media sensation "Billionaires for Bush." He is author of a few books including two books of "serious" humor published by W. W. Norton: Daily Afflictions and Life's Little Deconstruction Book.
Boyd's writing has appeared in The Nation, The Village Voice, Salon.com, Marie Claire, and elsewhere. For part of his bread and butter he's been training the next generation of creative activists.
Boyd is a founding partner of Agit-Pop Communications, a "subvertising" agency with award-winning flash animation and on-line video for environmental & social justice campaigns.
http://www.examiner.com/...