Burning Bush.At first glance, the non-profit political fundraising organization "Billionaires for Bush Billionaires for Bush is a culture jamming political street theater organization that satirically purports to support George W. Bush for those activities which are perceived to benefit corporations and the super-wealthy. " sounds like a group of wealthy Republicans supporting President Bush's re-election effort. But they're not billionaires, and they're not for Bush. They're actually progressive Democrats The Progressive Democrats (Irish An Páirtí Daonlathach, lit.: The Democratic Party), commonly called the PD's, are a free market liberal party in the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1985, it adopts liberal positions on economic issues. pushing vigorously for Bush's ouster ouster n. 1) the wrongful dispossession (putting out) of a rightful owner or tenant of real property, forcing the party pushed out of the premises to bring a lawsuit to regain possession. . The group, which started four years ago in Boston, has 5,000 members across the country, including some here in L.A. They perform satirical skits, street theater street theater n. Dramatization of social and political issues, usually enacted outside, as on the street or in a park. Also called guerrilla theater. Noun 1. acts and produce humorous CDs. "There are lots of political satirists out there who think everyone is fair game," said Cliff Tasner, leader of the L.A. chapter of Billionaires for Bush. "We just laugh in one direction: against George Bush." The satire comes through in the organizers' adopted names, such as chief executive "Phil T. Rich" and director of field operations "Iona Bigga Yacht." Tasner's nom-de-guerre is "Felonius Ax." What happens if Bush loses? "Oh we'll still be around. We'll simply refocus Verb 1. refocus - focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam" focus - cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image" 2. . There's 'Billionaires for Biotech Financiers," then 'Billionaires for More Media Mergers' and on and on. Wherever there are wealthy interests and corporate dollars flooding into American society, we'll be there." |
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