Moonie experts...What exactly is this administration delivering to

[Skidmore]

the good Rev. Moon and his cult? How is their handling of N. Korea playing into Moon's megalomania? What have they handed him here in the Homeland via the faith based initiatives? Is there a quid pro quo beyond letting the Times be a megaphone for the Republican party? This relationship really bothers me and I think there must be a way to loudly descry it.

[Karenina]

1. For starters...

[jeff30997]

2. Pathetic.

[annabanana]

3. WHERE did you get that photo?

Can you give me a L to R list of who they are? We should have that sucker plastered around.

[Skidmore]

5. Absolutely!!! I see this relationship as a wedge for

the coalition of evangelicals and fundamentalists that support this current government. My aunt responded very strongly to information I shared with her about the Moonie-Bush connection. She's a fervent fundamentalist but was very shaken by this connection.

[FreedomAngel82]

10. It is quite scary

And I also remember reading people like James Dobson and the like are also connected to these people. I remember not long ago reading a post someone made about all the rightwing groups and how they connected. Does anybody know what I'm talking about? It was very helpful and wow.

[Karenina]

6. Or maybe you prefer this angle...

[Swamp Rat]

4. For enders

[Ian David]

7. See related threads

Moon Over Washington:
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Moonies knee-deep in faith-based funds Pushing celibacy, marriage counsel
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NYT: Christian Groups Press Bush About North Korea
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Preachers for Bush list?
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Moonie Times: 3-Part Series on Secularism Attacking Religion
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[Karenina]

8. Moon OWNS Poppy Bush!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3355939

[Karenina]

9. Y'all dint KNOW THAT???

:silly:

[seemslikeadream]

11. The Life and Moonie Times of George HW Bush

http://rigorousintuition.blogspot.com/2005/02/life-and-moonie-times-of-george-hw.html

To follow up on yesterday's post, let's consider one of the enduring riddles of the Bush White House call boy scandal (that is, the other Bush White House, and the other call boy): why, of all the media empires to break the story and run with it, often page one and above the fold, was it that of the Unification Church?

The expressed purpose of The Washington Times since Reverend Sun Myung Moon launched it in 1982 has been to provide a conservative Republican voice in the US capital. Paul Weyrich has called it an "antidote" to The Washington Post, its "liberal competitor." (Yeah, me neither.) The unexpressed purpose has been to win for Moon influence over US politicians. Sometimes, the two are in conflict. In fact, to succeed, on occassion they must be.

Perpetual deference makes for a fine doormat, but I've yet to wipe my feet on one of influence. And certainly Moon hasn't shovelled more than a billion dollars down the Times' boiler to have Republican feet, even Bush feet, wiped upon his satin robes.

So I'm wondering (and it's thanks to this discussion generated by yesterday's post): did the Times initially play this story as big as it did in order to win influence over the Bush White House? In other words, Look - we got the goods - what you gonna do about it? The Times said it had the names of Spence's clients, and that they included politicians, as well as military, media and business figures. Blackmail, it's called in impolite circles. This could explain why the scandal was made to go away virtually overnight, the names undisclosed. Because, they did something about it

more

[blm]

12. Well, Moon controls half this nation's fishing industry by now and

owns all the land above the world's largest aquifer. The upcoming water wars will dwarf the oil wars.

Bush just sent military down to Paraguay and guess who owns a huge chunk of Paraguay.

[blm]

13. Check out the June feature article in The American Prospect magazine.

Cover story is on Moon and his influence on US Korea policy. Written by John Gorenfeld.