Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Visit San Francisco

posted by Scott Beale on Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping will be in San Francisco this week, making three separate appearances while in town:

Wed, October 1 8:00 PM: Noe Valley Ministry
1021 Sanchez at 24th, Parking Available.
Reverend Billy performing with Mike V. The Rev will preach on the subject of Prop H, a fight for clean energy and a fight against the greedy power monopoly PG&E. Family Friendly! $10 or pay what you can. Make Your Reservations

Sat, October 4 10:00 AM: Rev Billy On West Coast Live!
At the San Francisco Ferry Building, Site of CUESA’s Farmers’ Market. See WCL website for tickets or to listen online!

Sun, October 5 5:00 PM: City Lights Books
261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco, CA
Delivering a sermon on the literary mount titled: The Shopocalypse - The Reverend Has To Wonder. We have big box bankruptcies, chain store retreats, credit card dessicration. Consumers are turning into citizens again. Little McFamilies have seen the light! They are building special bomb-shelters to protect against this year’s Christmas, which could be the Shopoclaypse’s last chance to be remembered in history as a quality End-time.
FREE and open to the public!

photo by Melissa Lynn

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this blog post was written by Scott Beale on Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

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dssstrkl 09/30/2008 01:48 PM 1 point
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I'm as opposed to Prop H as I am to the bailout. Blank checks to lunatics and thieves, be they Paulson and Wall St. or the SF Board of Supervisors, is always a bad idea. What we should do is bring back city-wide voting so we can kick Chris Daly and Bevan Dufty the hell out!

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DocPop 09/30/2008 02:55 PM 1 point
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Awesome! I loved the documentary "What Would Jesus Buy?" that follows a few months in the life of Rev. Billy. I watched it expecting to dislike the man, but he's so adorable.
You can watch WWJB? in its entirety online at http://snagfilms.com/films/title/what_would_jes...

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Digga 09/30/2008 07:12 PM 1 point
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Prop H is not a "blank check." That's propaganda from PG&E who is scared to death of being required to provide substantial amounts of clean energy. Prop H authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds. Investors only buy revenue bonds if they're confident that the project will generate revenues. The money won't come from ratepayers or the general fund--only from electricity profits that would otherwise go in PG&E's pocket.

San Francisco's PUC already does a great job with providing our water, sewage, and 10% of our electricity. PG&E has sky-high rates, more blackouts than any other California utility, a pitiful record on clean energy, and they already bilked us for billions with their fraudulent bankruptcy during the energy deregulation back at the turn of the century.

Now they're planning on raising rates another 9%--probably to pay for their million dollar fear campaign against Prop H. Don't buy their crap. Listen to Reverend Billy. Clean Energy-elujah!

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Andy 09/30/2008 07:21 PM 1 point
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actually dssstrkl you've got everything backwards. it's PG&E that are the lunatics and thieves. Do you not recall that california taxpayers had to bailout PG&E to the tune of some $70 Billion? We're still paying for that. And PG&E is the one who gets a blank check every single year when they raise our rates to increase their profits. And everyone i know in this city want to do something to stop global warming. it's the greatest danger we've ever faced as a planet. the reverend knows what's up. VOTE YES ON H!

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Trish 09/30/2008 07:23 PM 1 point
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If you oppose bailouts-- you oppose PG&E! We're still paying for the huge bailout that PG&E received! Yes they got a bailout of over $16 BILLION dollars from 1998-2001. At the same time they gave us rolling blackouts, skyrocketing rates, and all the while they were transferring wealth out to their parent company in Maryland and giving their CEOs million dollar paychecks with bonuses. . California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has accused PG&E's officers of siphoning $4 Billion to its unregulated holding company,
PGE Corp, out of the $8 Billion in "Competition Transition Surcharge" funds already paid to PG&E by its ratepayers between 1998 and 2000. Consumer advocates say the plan will ultimately saddle ratepayers with most of PG&E's $12 billion in debts.

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