moonies in dirksen
As if that's the worst that crosses that threshold...
But apparently there's somewhat of a scandal over this.
Basically a Coronation was held for the kooky Reverend Sun Myung Moon at Dirksen back in March, but is only now making waves after it was covered in Salon a few days ago. From The Hill story:
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, former felon and current owner of The Washington Times, was the man in the spotlight, declaring himself humanity’s “savior, Messiah, Returning Lord and True Parent.”
The event, which took place March 23, was sponsored by the Washington Times Foundation and the International Interreligious Federation for World Peace (IIFWP), a Moon-led group. Present at different points during the event were Reps. Danny Davis (D-Ill.), Curt Weldon (R-Pa.), Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Sen. Mark Dayton (R-Minn.).
One of Moon’s claims that evening was that “Hitler and Stalin have found strength in my teachings, mended their ways and been reborn as new persons.”
Listening to the spin on this one is fun:
In a video on the IIFWP website, Cummings is seen giving a speech saying Moon is “always standing up for what is right.” Davis, wearing white gloves, places a jeweled crown on Moon’s head. The video, and articles about the event, were taken down from the website Friday.
Asked if he thought the crowning unusual, Davis, who has attended several Moon events, replied, “I see people crowned. I go to parades quite a bit … [and see] the queen of the homecoming parade, queen of the festival.”
Additional stories:
SF Chronicle
CBS News
Washington Post
Salon
As if we needed proof that anyone with enough $$ can get access to politicians no matter how nuts they are. What I want to know is what he's been doing with himself since he came out as Messiah. March is a long time ago in Returned Messiah Standard Time(RMST), surely there ought to be blood running from our dishwashers and world peace by now. I mean, what kind of lazy ass messiah is this guy? Pope wannabe.
But apparently there's somewhat of a scandal over this.
Basically a Coronation was held for the kooky Reverend Sun Myung Moon at Dirksen back in March, but is only now making waves after it was covered in Salon a few days ago. From The Hill story:
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, former felon and current owner of The Washington Times, was the man in the spotlight, declaring himself humanity’s “savior, Messiah, Returning Lord and True Parent.”
The event, which took place March 23, was sponsored by the Washington Times Foundation and the International Interreligious Federation for World Peace (IIFWP), a Moon-led group. Present at different points during the event were Reps. Danny Davis (D-Ill.), Curt Weldon (R-Pa.), Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Sen. Mark Dayton (R-Minn.).
One of Moon’s claims that evening was that “Hitler and Stalin have found strength in my teachings, mended their ways and been reborn as new persons.”
Listening to the spin on this one is fun:
In a video on the IIFWP website, Cummings is seen giving a speech saying Moon is “always standing up for what is right.” Davis, wearing white gloves, places a jeweled crown on Moon’s head. The video, and articles about the event, were taken down from the website Friday.
Asked if he thought the crowning unusual, Davis, who has attended several Moon events, replied, “I see people crowned. I go to parades quite a bit … [and see] the queen of the homecoming parade, queen of the festival.”
Additional stories:
SF Chronicle
CBS News
Washington Post
Salon
As if we needed proof that anyone with enough $$ can get access to politicians no matter how nuts they are. What I want to know is what he's been doing with himself since he came out as Messiah. March is a long time ago in Returned Messiah Standard Time(RMST), surely there ought to be blood running from our dishwashers and world peace by now. I mean, what kind of lazy ass messiah is this guy? Pope wannabe.
posted by Gwenda @ 6/23/2004 05:30:00 PM
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