Youth A: Are you being sarcastic?
Youth B: I don’t even know any more, man…
~The Simpsons
Coiffured street performer Reverend Billy will run for mayor of NYC on the Green Party ticket, according to the NYTimes.
This is the first instance of a burner (read: Burning Man festival attendee) running for major political office that I know of.
What’s his platform? Oppose consumerism, focus on “neighborhoods,” pretend to be an evangelical Christian.
It’s a superb policy agenda as far as I’m concerned, but for the lamentable absence of “lampooning Bobby Jindal” which, sources indicate, will emerge as a central issue in the next election cycle.
Like Bobby J, Rev. Billy has made a recent and ridiculous appearance on CBS:
