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September 30, 2005
The Full Moon
Yes, I know. The lunar phase is nowhere near full right now. (This morning, in fact, I noticed my 11-month-old noticing the Moon for the first time, in the exceptionally clear 7am sky, and I described it to him as a "thumbnail moon.") I'm referring to alleged cult leader and Washington Times owner Sun Myung Moon, aka The Reverend Sun Myung Moon, alias humanity's "savior, Messiah, Returning Lord and True Parent."
Yeah, see, there was this coronation ceremony in March of last year. I didn't hear about it until June of last year, courtesy of Ron Gunzburger (scroll down the monthly archive).
Fast forward to just now, when I was reading an article from the Washington Times, courtesy of The Raw Story, about the HUD director and some comments he made about New Orleans never being as "black" again. Yeah. But how is that related to the Moon coronation, you ask?
Well, maybe it's not. But it just struck me as interesting that two members of Congress who were quoted, right up front, in this article in a Moon-owned publication as criticizing Alphonso Jackson, were two of the members of Congress who attended the ceremony: Rep. Danny Davis of Illinois, and Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland.
Maybe I'm reading way too much into that connection. After all, both Congressmen are outspoken on African-American issues, and Jackson's comments were on a related topic. But it just seemed interesting that they got the call from the "WaTi" reporter. Danny Davis wore white gloves and carried Moon's crown. I'm just sayin'.
Interesting, disturbing side note — how I missed it last year is beyond me, but it seems that our own Harold Ford, Jr. is listed on the invitation to the Moon coronation event as a "Congressional Co-Sponsor."
Government | By joe lance | 09:33 PM