Ah yes, conspiracy theories. Don't you hate it when smug Bush voters ask how you feel (smirk) about the Kennedy assassination? Maybe it doesn't happen to you. Well, at first I thought I'd tell the one about the guys in nice suits and sunglasses who are really reptiles under their disguises. It's all about the black oil, right, Scully? hehe.
But the Liar in Chief announced a new press secretary yesterday, so Conspiracy Theory #666 gets first dibs. I don't know who that guy is who wrapped his car in tinfoil, but it's an appropriate photo, no?
HATS ON?
Tony Snow-White Lies
Fits the Bush Crime Family m.o. to a tee.
I don't watch t.v. so I don't know Snow from Rupert Murdoch's Fox television, but I do know the Washington Times.
Ever Heard of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon?
Moon, the Sun God, owns the Washington Times.
Snow was the opinion editor of that f&*ked up rag.
I assume he relished his job, that he towed* the Moon line, happily.
I wonder if the Bushies want their minions to know what Rev. Moon says:
Christ is a failed prophet.
and Moon himself is the Messiah.
Isn't that a tad repellant to the born-again crowd?
Fundamentalists are SO Easily led. In 2003, when the Fundamentalist voters were being stirred up to their most rabid level, (timing is everything, Karl) the Moonies led a "take down the cross" campaign! (Firming up the base by defining a secular threat to their most precious symbol.) Followed by the tear-soaked popcorn, three hours of sadism, Passion of the Christ blockbuster movie in Spring 2004, followed by the god-annointed star-spangled GOP Convention.
Here is a good Moon quote, for Tony Snow's first day in business:
"Instead of welcoming Reverend Moon, this government put me into prison. History will reveal the truth in the future and the American government and people will realize what an evil thing they did. What will they do then? They will bow down. Again, that is the way of natural subjugation." -- Moon in 1987
more:
Read John Gorenfield's extensive research on Moon.
Some of these Moonie ideas are pretty hilarious, like their proscribed sexual practices (that'll get you researching.)
Some Moon ideas are pretty dangerous.
He meddles in American politics.
And he has always been a major MONEY faucet for the Bush Crime Family.
You'd think the good Rebublicans would have known this by now, and their stomachs would have been turned, and the'd have quarantined the whole Bush family on a desert island, a la Napoleon on Elba. Or better yet Gitmo.
This bit is from Wikipedia:
"In Washington, Moon found common ground with strongly anti-Communist leaders of the 1980s who appreciated Moon's fierce opposition to the USSR and support of Nixon. He found a fellow opponent of Communism in Ronald Reagan and Moon reportedly spent a billion dollars from business-related sources to establish and support the influential conservative newspaper The Washington Times, which he called in 2002, 'the instrument in spreading the truth about God to the world'.[5] Furthermore, decades after Congressional scrutiny and a prison term for tax fraud, his generosity to the New Right (including opening an account for the Contra part of the Iran-Contra equation) mended fences with his former enemies."
NOTE: Nicely tiptoed around, he was a money launderer for the Reagan covert criminal warmongers.
"In the 1990s, thousands of Japanese elderly claimed to have been defrauded of their life savings by Moon followers' spiritual sales, a conviction upheld in 1997 by the Supreme Court of Japan."
NOTE: A World class Con man. Ripping off the elderly. Sounds just like George's first job after his second election (bless the GOP voter's souls!) when he had all of that "political capital" to spend...
60 town hall meetings in 60 days (at taxpayer expense, but by ticket only to gag dissent)...
to "catapult the propaganda" (W's own words) to Kill Social Security.
"Moon's followers are indirectly supporting George W. Bush's faith-based initiative at the grass-roots level, due to a common interest in increasing religious participation in government-funded social services, and in encouraging sexual abstinence as a solution to unwed pregnancy over an emphasis on contraceptive promotion. By 2003, Unificationist missionaries were working for their longtime goal of abstinence in New Jersey public schools, on a government abstinence-based sex education grant."
NOTE: Got his fingers in the taxpayers cookie jar, with W's Faith Based Initiatives.
Moon won the golden ticket!
The rest is from Wikipedia (go to original for documentation), I truly recommend reading Gorenfield's research.
Moon Crowned by U.S. Congressmen
As part of an Ambassadors for Peace ceremony, Rev. Moon was one of several dozen honorees at a ceremony at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 23, 2004. In what both church insiders and media commentators have called a 'coronation ceremony', Moon and his wife were given bejeweled crowns by Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-IL.
Moon announced that he would save everyone on Earth as he had saved the souls of even such murderous dictators as Hitler and Stalin, who he claimed had received 'the Blessing' through him. Moon said the reformed Hitler and Stalin vouched for him from the spirit world, calling him 'none other than humanity's Savior, Messiah, Returning Lord and True Parent'.
The media ignored the event at the time except for Moon's Washington Times, but freelance journalist John Gorenfeld spent the next three months reconstructing the details of the event. His writings forced a sheepish Washington Post, scooped by Web sites, to cover the Senate ritual, which The New York Times editorial page compared to an act of the Roman emperor Caligula.
The awards ceremony was the grand finale of the Family Federation's coast-to-coast 'take down the cross' tour, which led around 300 Christian ministers to remove crosses from their churches, the idea being that the cross has been an obstacle to uniting religions.
The invitation for the event lists representatives Danny Davis of Illinois, Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania, Roscoe Bartlett of Maryland, Sanford Bishop of Georgia, Chris Cannon of Utah, and Harold Ford of Tennessee as 'Congressional Co-Chairs'. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, representatives Tom Davis of Virginia and Phil Crane of Illinois, and Republican consultant Charlie Black (whose PR firm represents Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress) were among a list of members of the 'Host Committee'.
Most of those named as in attendance later denied it, and/or claimed to have had no idea what was going to occur at the event, stating that they didn't expect a coronation but thought the awards dinner was only to honor activists from their home states as 'Ambassadors for Peace'.
Davis, who actually placed the crown on Moon's head said 'I'm not involved in any cult activities.'
Weldon's office initially vehemently denied that he had attended, but retracted the claim after photos of him speaking were published. Weldon's spokesman Michael Conallen said he 'was not there for the crowning' and 'had no idea that the Reverend Moon was going to be at this event ... If we had known that Reverend Moon was going to attend the event, be crowned and make an unbelievably interesting speech, the congressman likely would not have attended.' Weldon's press secretary Angela Sowa stated, 'Apparently he was there, but we really had nothing to do with it. I don't think it's quite accurate that the Washington Times said that we hosted the event. We may have been a Congressional co-host, but we have nothing to do with the agenda, the organization, the scheduling, and our role would be limited explicitly to the attendance of the Congressman.'
Bishop said he did not attend, adding 'My Messiah is Jesus Christ', but accepted an award in absentia. Bishop had, however, attended a previous event presided over by Moon's son, on February 4, 2004, at the Ronald Reagan Building.
Ford spokesman Mark Sherman denied any association with Moon, saying, 'If we were contacted, it's not clear that they represented themselves as being with Reverend Moon's church.'
Crane spokeswoman Tami Stough said he 'was absolutely not there' that evening.
Spokeswoman Lisa Wright said that Bartlett was 'notified that he was a recipient by the Washington Times Foundation' (of an Ambassador of Peace Medal which was presented at the ceremony), but that Bartlett 'does not recall' being present during Moon's speech. She added, 'Congressman Bartlett will decline to attend future and similar events to receive awards from the Washington Times Foundation. ... There was no representation of personal involvement by the Reverend Moon in connection with the event.'
Minnesota senator Mark Dayton said he merely 'stopped by to greet' Minnesota Reverend Rosilyn M. Carroll who was to receive an honor; 'I did not see anyone identified as a Rev. Moon during the brief time I attended the reception to visit with Rev. Dr. Carroll, nor did I see any award given to a Reverend Moon.' He denied reserving the room or accepting an award.
Maryland representative Elijah Cummings' spokeswoman Devika Koppikar said the 'only reason [Cummings] went was at the request of his constituent' Bishop Joseph Showell, who was receiving an honor; she added that Cummings did not support Moon's claim to be the Messiah.
100 City World Speaking Tour
In September 2005, at the age of 85, Moon inaugurated the Universal Peace Federation with an historic 100 city world speaking tour [12] . At each city, Moon delivered his speech entitled "God's Ideal Family - the Model for World Peace".
General criticism
Some critics describe Moon as a billionaire businessman who uses his followers as political footsoldiers. They accuse conservative figures like Jerry Falwell of compromising their stated beliefs to take his millions.
Moon lent Falwell $3.5 million for his struggling Liberty University.
His followers love him in spite of the criticisms, which they state is an organized smear campaign.
Although banned from entry to Japan and the European Union, Moon has come to be seen as a martyr by his followers and by some outside the Unification Church.
Prison terms
Opponents often cite the fact that Moon has served time in prison or been banned from traveling to some countries as proof that he is illegitimate, and has been called a cult leader. Moon's supporters dismiss the prison terms and travel bans as examples of persecution, arguing in particular that Jesus himself was persecuted and ultimately executed at Jewish leaders' behest (Moon and his followers hold the position that the Jews were responsible for Jesus' death. See Unification Church and anti-Semitism). However, supporters argue that this is not anti-Semitic, in the same sense that saying white members of the Ku Klux Klan were responsible for the death of a black man is not racist.
Other issues
Rev. Moon, perhaps one of the most controversial current religious leaders, has been criticized by a wide range of opponents. Some civil libertarians consider his call for unity between religion and politics a violation of democracy's separation of church and state, and that he would crush individualism.
Some Jews have objected to his doctrine that the Holocaust is a consequence for killing Jesus. See Unification Church and anti-Semitism. Moon has invested much effort for the cause of reconciliation in Israel between the Abrahamic religions, by organizing peace pilgrimages with religious and political leaders.
Gay rights groups object to his uncompromising calls for a heterosexual-only society. Moon is implacably opposed to homosexuality, calling gays "dung-eating dogs" who would have no place in a "peace kingdom". He also has stated "There is no homosexuality in the animal world. It was made by Satan. Satan's armaments are drugs and free sex." Rev. Moon believes the homosexual lifestyle as a violation of the divine dignity with which each human being is endowed by our Creator.
The Unification Church has rejected foes' claims of coercive mind control. The church has had brushes with deprogrammers and claim that they are "kidnapping" members out of the movement.
Also, a number of Christians criticize some of Moon's statements, which they feel are insulting to Jesus, most notably those from a speech made on Christmas Day 1994. Moon stated at one part "In order to restore the failure of Jesus Christ, as a tribal messiah, all Blessed couples need to restore 160 families so that you will be able to inherit Father's foundation." Later on in the same speech, he states "The Fall of man took place in the family of Adam and this represented the first failure of Adam. The second failure of Adam was Jesus Christ." Some groups critical of the Unification Church question whether Moon's organization truly is a Christian organization, and whether or not these statements are blasphemous as they state Jesus was "a failure" and that it is possible, with these statements that Moon considers himself an equal or superior to Jesus Christ.
The Chicago Tribune reported on April 12, 2006, that Moon has extensive ties to the sushi business in the U.S.
*I know, "toe the line" is correct, but in Snow's case he is definitely TOWing a line.
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