oh brother, The Rev. Moon gets another award

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Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon Awarded Rare Doctor Honoris Causis Degree by Leading Venezuelan UniversityTo: International Desk


Contact: Michael Balcomb, 914-373-9671 or [e-mail]


SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Universal Peace Federation, was today awarded the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universitad Santa Maria, Caracas, Venezuela, in recognition of his life work for peace, education, human rights and religious freedom.


The ceremony was conducted by University Vice President Dr. Carlos Enrique Pena, who traveled from Caracas for the occasion. The degree award was the culmination of a day of celebrations for the first anniversary of the Universal Peace Federation, founded Sept. 12, 2005 at the Lincoln Center in New York.


"When I learned about the life and work of Rev. Moon," said Pena, "I felt that it was the sacred duty of our university to offer our highest honor to recognize an extraordinary contribution to the field of human rights."

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Dear Leader’s Paper Moon
The Washington Times considers North Korea a “gulag state.” But funny thing: The paper’s owner considers it a great place to do business.
By John Gorenfeld
Issue Date: 07.03.05

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“ Moon’s speeches foresee an apocalyptic confrontation involving the United States, Russia, China, Japan, and North and South Korea, in which the Moon Organization would play a key role. Under these circumstances, the subcommittee believes it is in the interest of the United States to know what control Moon and his followers have over instruments of war and to what extent they are in a position to influence Korean defense policies.”
-- U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee report, “Investigation of Korean-American Relations,” October 31, 1978
Several years ago, the communist dictator of North Korea decided to send a birthday gift to a special friend. The gift was a rare ginseng root, and the recipient, given the ideology of the sender, may seem at first blush to be a surprise: the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, self-proclaimed messiah and proud owner of Washington’s flagship right-wing newspaper, The Washington Times.

Their relationship, in fact, is based on more than the exchange of baubles. Moon once claimed that Kim Jong-Il has extended an invitation to reside permanently in his totalitarian paradise. “He tells me,” Moon once recalled in a sermon about Kim, “‘I will give you a comfortable place if you come here, and the people will appreciate you more here.’”

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1. Wonder how much he paid them for it

It only took a couple grand to get Danny Davis to put a crown on Moon's head at a ceremony at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in 2004.

http://www.hillnews.com/news/062204/moon.aspx

I was appalled by Davis's involvement when I first read about it in the Chicago Reader, referenced in this article:

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 … the queen of the homecoming parade, queen of the festival.”

Moon founded the Unification Church in Seoul, Korea, in 1954 and moved it to the United States in the 1970s. In 1982, he received an 18-month prison sentence for tax fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice. He has been derided as a megalomaniac cult leader and is most famous for mass weddings at which he marries thousands of couples simultaneously.

“I’m not involved in any cult activities,” Davis said. In an interview with the Chicago Reader newspaper published last week, Davis said Moon’s organization “put together a little fundraiser one time and gave me a few thousand dollars.”

The invitation for the event lists Davis, Weldon and Bartlett and Reps. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.), Chris Cannon (R-Utah) and Harold Ford Jr. (D-Tenn.) as “Congressional Co-Chairs.” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Reps. Tom Davis (R-Va.) and Phil Crane (R-Ill.) and GOP consultant Charlie Black were listed as members of the “Host Committee.”

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A crown, a degree, an insidious worldwide network...it's all the same when you're God, I guess.

[Selatius]

2. Why would Moon want to provoke a regional world war in Korea?

It doesn't make sense unless he truly believes his friend Kim and possible allies of Kim like China and perhaps even Russia will come out ahead of the US/South Korea/Japan alliance.

[peacetalksforall]

3. Perhaps, the most sinister campaign against the people of the

United States by our own leaders is the duplicity that exists by the way they create enemies and get us involved even to death and maiming of our kids, misuse and theft of our money, lies, torment, torture, silencing, scapegoating.

They (Republicans) say North Korea is our enemy. Rev Moon is best friends of the Bush family and many Republicans. Rev. Moon's dealings with North Korea have been reported many times.

Can anyone outline how founding a peace organization qualifies for a prize? Does anyone know how Rev. Moon has contributed to peace?

Have all of you read about Rev. Moon's other home - Paraguay and his purchase of a vast area of land involving water and business of his followers and how the U.S. military came in and established bases in Paraguay after Rev. Moon moved in (supposedly to fight the war on terrorism because of terrorist crossing the borders between Brazil and Argentina? The goings on there are interesting reading. Especially, about the area being the largest or one of the largest sources of fresh water in the world. We all know Republican corporations are interested in oil AND water.