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You Are Currently Watching: Reverend Billy Talen for Mayor
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Yes, so, to recap: lots of people are angry with NYC’s current mayor, Mike Bloomberg. So much so that many unconventional characters are coming out to to run against him. One such man is the Reverend Billy Talen, an anti-consumerism pastor/performace artist who completely rules. He has a movie out called “What Would Jesus Buy,” he causes complete uproars in Starbuckseses and Wal-Marts across the country, and he is completely dedicated to the small businessman, the conservation of our planet, and the end to our consumerist ways as we know them. His plan for the city of New York, as he runs on the Green Party ticket, is pretty sound if radical. His plan for humanity in general, is the same. If you’ve never heard of him, I’m very glad to introduce him, because he’s one of those super-original people on the planet that I genuinely admire.
October 11th, 2009 at 7:41 am
in germany they say: “schuster, bleib bei deinen leisten!”which means: “cobbler, stick to your last!”that guy doesnt know shit about economy.
October 11th, 2009 at 7:41 am
[..YouTube..] in germany they say:
“schuster, bleib bei deinen leisten!”
which means: “cobbler, stick to your last!”
that guy doesnt know shit about economy.
October 11th, 2009 at 7:41 am
[..YouTube..] in germany they say: “schuster, bleib bei deinen leisten!”which means: “cobbler, stick to your last!”that guy doesnt know shit about economy.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Reverend Billy’s absolutely right. We are seeing a war against savers by speculators, who control the politicians. Our economy is based of debt slavery and protecting property from the public. The White House whores itself to Goldman Sachs.We’re living through a revival of neoclassical economics, with debt slavery expanded through neoliberal policies.Consumerism is a quasi religion. I used to think most are immune to it, till the housing collapse. People really are duped into consumption.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:43 am
[..YouTube..] Reverend Billy’s absolutely right. We are seeing a war against savers by speculators, who control the politicians.
Our economy is based of debt slavery and protecting property from the public. The White House whores itself to Goldman Sachs.
We’re living through a revival of neoclassical economics, with debt slavery expanded through neoliberal policies.
Consumerism is a quasi religion. I used to think most are immune to it, till the housing collapse. People really are duped into consumption.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:43 am
[..YouTube..] Reverend Billy’s absolutely right. We are seeing a war against savers by speculators, who control the politicians. Our economy is based of debt slavery and protecting property from the public. The White House whores itself to Goldman Sachs.We’re living through a revival of neoclassical economics, with debt slavery expanded through neoliberal policies.Consumerism is a quasi religion. I used to think most are immune to it, till the housing collapse. People really are duped into consumption.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:57 am
I am an evironmental activist but you don’t have to attach a religion to it. You also have to understand that the corner store down the street can be just as bad when when it comes to protecting the environment. We need government regulaltions to protect the environment. Going after consumerism is going to make us look like a bunch of hippies.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:57 am
[..YouTube..] I am an evironmental activist but you don’t have to attach a religion to it. You also have to understand that the corner store down the street can be just as bad when when it comes to protecting the environment. We need government regulaltions to protect the environment. Going after consumerism is going to make us look like a bunch of hippies.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:44 am
As an atheist, I appreciate Billy’s acknowledgment of the religion-like aspects of consumerism. Religions have refined many techniques over the millenia to control people. Let us ask, has capitalism been replaced in America by something like a religion?Mall = cathedralDebt payments = titheMarketing = mythmakingBanker = bishopFed = VaticanConsumers = faithfulSavers = hereticsSomething’s askew when bailouts for criminal bankers, now at $3 trillion, are expected to go to $23 trillion.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:44 am
[..YouTube..] As an atheist, I appreciate Billy’s acknowledgment of the religion-like aspects of consumerism. Religions have refined many techniques over the millenia to control people. Let us ask, has capitalism been replaced in America by something like a religion?
Mall = cathedral
Debt payments = tithe
Marketing = mythmaking
Banker = bishop
Fed = Vatican
Consumers = faithful
Savers = heretics
Something’s askew when bailouts for criminal bankers, now at $3 trillion, are expected to go to $23 trillion.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:44 am
[..YouTube..] As an atheist, I appreciate Billy’s acknowledgment of the religion-like aspects of consumerism. Religions have refined many techniques over the millenia to control people. Let us ask, has capitalism been replaced in America by something like a religion?Mall = cathedralDebt payments = titheMarketing = mythmakingBanker = bishopFed = VaticanConsumers = faithfulSavers = hereticsSomething’s askew when bailouts for criminal bankers, now at $3 trillion, are expected to go to $23 trillion.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:21 am
And don’t forget to spend at your local farmer’s market to keep the local farmers in business!
October 11th, 2009 at 10:21 am
[..YouTube..] And don’t forget to spend at your local farmer’s market to keep the local farmers in business!
October 11th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
u Rock Residenti see u all the time on NY NonStop
October 11th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
[..YouTube..] u Rock Resident
i see u all the time on NY NonStop
October 11th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
[..YouTube..] u Rock Residenti see u all the time on NY NonStop
October 11th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Sooooo sweeeet !
October 11th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
[..YouTube..] Sooooo sweeeet !
October 11th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Props to the resident for having the awesome Reverend Billy Talen on your show! It’s important for Americans to come to terms with the fact that this has become a consumerist nation, and New York City is an excellent staging ground for change.And please, fellow New Yorkers, vote for Reverend Billy. Did you know that Bloomberg had vowed to make this city greener eight years ago? Not much has changed. Bloomberg also override a referendum WE voted for TWICE on term limits. He is NOT on our side.
October 11th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
[..YouTube..] Props to the resident for having the awesome Reverend Billy Talen on your show! It’s important for Americans to come to terms with the fact that this has become a consumerist nation, and New York City is an excellent staging ground for change.
And please, fellow New Yorkers, vote for Reverend Billy. Did you know that Bloomberg had vowed to make this city greener eight years ago? Not much has changed. Bloomberg also override a referendum WE voted for TWICE on term limits. He is NOT on our side.
October 11th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
[..YouTube..] Props to the resident for having the awesome Reverend Billy Talen on your show! It’s important for Americans to come to terms with the fact that this has become a consumerist nation, and New York City is an excellent staging ground for change.And please, fellow New Yorkers, vote for Reverend Billy. Did you know that Bloomberg had vowed to make this city greener eight years ago? Not much has changed. Bloomberg also override a referendum WE voted for TWICE on term limits. He is NOT on our side.
October 11th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
jay leno as a reverend
October 11th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
[..YouTube..] jay leno as a reverend
October 11th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Attaching religion is just this mans approach. Just because he is religious doesn’t mean an atheist can’t get something from what he has to say. People talk too much and don’t listen enough. (Let’s coexist people
And the government helped those corporations be so powerful, they are part of the scam. Who cares what we look like (maybe looking like a hippy isn’t so bad). Let’s do the right thing! 
October 11th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
[..YouTube..] Attaching religion is just this mans approach. Just because he is religious doesn’t mean an atheist can’t get something from what he has to say. People talk too much and don’t listen enough. (Let’s coexist people
And the government helped those corporations be so powerful, they are part of the scam. Who cares what we look like (maybe looking like a hippy isn’t so bad). Let’s do the right thing! 
October 12th, 2009 at 1:57 am
Rev bill needs to stick to his job! and shut the fuck up anything else!
October 12th, 2009 at 1:57 am
[..YouTube..] Rev bill needs to stick to his job! and shut the fuck up anything else!
October 12th, 2009 at 3:16 am
To everyone who is making fun of him. Are you actually listening to this man speak? Obviously not, because if you were, you wouldn’t open up your mouth. He will never win because he is too good. He is not corrupted by these big name corpoations, and therefore he doesn’t have the money to fight Zomberg. You make fun of this man because of his looks or whatever, but New York will have to live with a dicator for another term because no one will ever vote for him.
October 12th, 2009 at 3:16 am
[..YouTube..] To everyone who is making fun of him. Are you actually listening to this man speak? Obviously not, because if you were, you wouldn’t open up your mouth. He will never win because he is too good. He is not corrupted by these big name corpoations, and therefore he doesn’t have the money to fight Zomberg. You make fun of this man because of his looks or whatever, but New York will have to live with a dicator for another term because no one will ever vote for him.
October 12th, 2009 at 6:22 am
I’m an atheist but I’d vote for him.. Seems to have more sense than most
October 12th, 2009 at 6:22 am
[..YouTube..] I’m an atheist but I’d vote for him.. Seems to have more sense than most
October 12th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
oh boo hoo the independent shops have been run out of town by…more selection and better prices. that’s called competition, the essence of capitalism.
October 12th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
[..YouTube..] oh boo hoo the independent shops have been run out of town by…more selection and better prices. that’s called competition, the essence of capitalism.
October 12th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
ha ha. he does the reverend thing to garner the people’s attention against Disney’s child labor and etc. Seems to work, but – being the pacifist I am – I disapprove of obnoxious and theatrical methods of activism in my Mayor. Unless it’s Mayor McCheese. Now that’s a tasty Mayor.
October 12th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
[..YouTube..] ha ha. he does the reverend thing to garner the people’s attention against Disney’s child labor and etc. Seems to work, but – being the pacifist I am – I disapprove of obnoxious and theatrical methods of activism in my Mayor.
Unless it’s Mayor McCheese. Now that’s a tasty Mayor.
October 12th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
[..YouTube..] ha ha. he does the reverend thing to garner the people’s attention against Disney’s child labor and etc. Seems to work, but – being the pacifist I am – I disapprove of obnoxious and theatrical methods of activism in my Mayor. Unless it’s Mayor McCheese. Now that’s a tasty Mayor.
October 13th, 2009 at 12:22 am
I’ll stick with Bloomberg.
October 13th, 2009 at 12:22 am
[..YouTube..] I’ll stick with Bloomberg.
October 13th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Well, from the naked cowboy I was kinda disheartened … then I saw a “Jim Carrey” pastor next … but when you actually hear what was said, it sounds like good sense. It should be American citizens (who don’t even know the rule of their land – the Constitution) NOT American consumers!! I guess being animated and unique like those two is what gets one noticed and possibly voted.
October 13th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
[..YouTube..] Well, from the naked cowboy I was kinda disheartened … then I saw a “Jim Carrey” pastor next … but when you actually hear what was said, it sounds like good sense. It should be American citizens (who don’t even know the rule of their land – the Constitution) NOT American consumers!!
I guess being animated and unique like those two is what gets one noticed and possibly voted.
October 13th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
[..YouTube..] Well, from the naked cowboy I was kinda disheartened … then I saw a “Jim Carrey” pastor next … but when you actually hear what was said, it sounds like good sense. It should be American citizens (who don’t even know the rule of their land – the Constitution) NOT American consumers!! I guess being animated and unique like those two is what gets one noticed and possibly voted.
October 14th, 2009 at 11:44 am
How? Did you run your fingers through it after the shoot?
October 14th, 2009 at 11:44 am
[..YouTube..] How? Did you run your fingers through it after the shoot?
October 14th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Don’t trust a priest/reverned with a boner.
October 14th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
[..YouTube..] Don’t trust a priest/reverned with a boner.
October 16th, 2009 at 11:58 am
What´s the difference?
October 16th, 2009 at 11:58 am
[..YouTube..] What´s the difference?
October 20th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I agree with what he’s saying about local economies. Additionally, I think it would revive culture, we’d have a sense of place, a sense of uniqueness again. I can go anywhere in the US and find a generic Wal-Mart. It says nothing about where I am or the people who are there.But I wonder if it’s realistic to think we could return to this. People like the convenience of our postmodern, globalizing society. Few understand or care about this issue. Few care that we are controlled.
October 20th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
[..YouTube..] I agree with what he’s saying about local economies. Additionally, I think it would revive culture, we’d have a sense of place, a sense of uniqueness again. I can go anywhere in the US and find a generic Wal-Mart. It says nothing about where I am or the people who are there.
But I wonder if it’s realistic to think we could return to this. People like the convenience of our postmodern, globalizing society. Few understand or care about this issue. Few care that we are controlled.
October 20th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
[..YouTube..] I agree with what he’s saying about local economies. Additionally, I think it would revive culture, we’d have a sense of place, a sense of uniqueness again. I can go anywhere in the US and find a generic Wal-Mart. It says nothing about where I am or the people who are there.But I wonder if it’s realistic to think we could return to this. People like the convenience of our postmodern, globalizing society. Few understand or care about this issue. Few care that we are controlled.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Lori another awesome video, you are so sweet, beautiful and professional.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
[..YouTube..] Lori another awesome video, you are so sweet, beautiful and professional.
October 29th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Should we trust an arrogant lawbreaker billionaire with our city?
October 29th, 2009 at 9:12 am
[..YouTube..] Should we trust an arrogant lawbreaker billionaire with our city?
November 18th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
It costs 30 dollars to become a reverend. It is a ridiculously simple process and yet people attach great wisdom and responsibility to anyone with that particular title. The irony is delicious, and sadly wasted on most Americans.
November 18th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
[..YouTube..] It costs 30 dollars to become a reverend. It is a ridiculously simple process and yet people attach great wisdom and responsibility to anyone with that particular title. The irony is delicious, and sadly wasted on most Americans.
December 10th, 2009 at 1:00 am
I never thought of it like that before, but that’s what it is. I agree.
December 10th, 2009 at 1:00 am
[..YouTube..] I never thought of it like that before, but that’s what it is. I agree.
March 2nd, 2010 at 12:55 am
[..YouTube..] I love the humor and shopping gives me a headache with irritable syndrome! I strongly think big stores make people sick and much of their junk causes cancer!!