bad Moon rising - hilarious and downright scary

[miriam_e]

It is not often that I howl with laughter listening to a documentary program, much less a religious program. Tonight I was alternately laughing and horrified while listening to The Spirit of Things and the amazing tale of the Reverend Moon (remember the crazy brainwashing cult of the Moonies from the '70s?) who was crowned King of America at a ceremony in a government building in Washington D.C. attended by a slew of US Conservative government officials. Apparently Moon travels the world with George Bush, owns the Conservative newspaper The Washington Times, and is a huge contributor to Republican politics in USA. After being convicted of fraud and tax evasion decades back he didn't vanish from USA the way he managed to vanish from the headlines. He is now one of the most powerful people in USA and Japan. In Japan his "church" is been the target of a long-running class action because of their habit of extorting money out of rich widows.

Moon calls himself the true messiah, and maintains that he and his wife (the second one after the divorce) are the parents of the universe, the only perfect beings.

It is astonishingly stupid and funny, but also very, very scary because of the power this nutcake wields among the most powerful people in the world. He, himself has managed to become one of the richest men in the world.

Go to
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/spiritofthings/stories/2008/2217464.htm8
to download the audio (soon -- the streaming audio is already there) and take the link to the video of the coronation.
http://www.gorenfeld.net/book/cinema/

A little info about the coronation is at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Myung_Moon_coronation

[sigh] USA. Just when you didn't think it could get weirder...

Comments

this is too weird!

[hestia.livejournal.com]

I saw the video of the coronation on YouTube a few weeks ago along with some other corroboration. However I found myself telling somebody and it sounded so outlandish that I thought "Hang on. I sound like an idiot. This can't be true! I'll shut up about it." I mean, a coronation for a "King of America" held at the White House? However since The Spirit of Things have reported it, and I respect that show, and I've seen nothing to refute it since I guess I'll just have to come out of denial. o_0

The last days of an empire can get pretty wacky! :D

Re: this is too weird!

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

All we need now is for a president to fiddle while the city burns... though the muddling of Bush Jr at the kindergarten during the 9/11 attack and utter denial while New Orleans drowned do remind me of Nero. Thank heavens there hasn't been a Caligula... yet.

Re: this is too weird!

[hestia.livejournal.com]

I tried to tell some people at the Mature Aged Students Lounge about it today and they laughed at me for being gullible! Now I'm going to spam their Facebooks with Moonee crap in revenge. ;P

Re: this is too weird!

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

heheh :)
Don't forget to send them the links to the Spirit of Things interview and the videos. :)