Marco Ceglie
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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.
Following the 2004 election, Ceglie co-founded WhereDoWeGo.org, a website project that provided “an ideas and discussion forum for progressives feeling lost and let down after so many months of hard work.”
In 2006, Ceglie served as the Outreach Coordinator for BringThemHomeNow.com, a website launched to raise money and awareness for four citizen groups working to end the war.
In 2007, Ceglie, along with Andrew Boyd and Chuck Collins(co-founders of Billionaires For Bush)focused the Billionaires For Bush meme in favor of preserving the estate tax. During that time Ceglie was featured in a series of New York Times articles breaking the story about the NYP surveillance of activist groups during the 2004 RNC.
City Police Spied Broadly Before G.O.P Convention
City Asks Court Not to Unseal Police Spy Files
How to Tell a Billionaire From a Bomber
Outside of the Billionaire meme, Ceglie produces viral videos for non-profits and political campaigns. Two of his most notable were his “Bush Hates Santa” video for the Center for Constitutional Rights and “No, You Can’t”, a parody of will.i.am’s YouTube tribute to Barack Obama “Yes, We Can”. “No, You Can’t” became part of the will.i.am phenomenon and was featured in the New York Times, CNN, Salon, and the Wall St. journal, among numerous blogs.
Ceglie also co-wrote Surveillance, with Scott Cate in 2003. An early draft of the novel was self-published in 2004.
He received his BA in English Literature from Arizona State University in 2000.
Ceglie lives in Brooklin, New York, and is currently writing Democracy is a Joke!, a non-fiction piece that explores the use of humor to effect change in the public discourse and policy.
