What sort of man loves the Culture War?

HINT: He's rich, he's powerful, he talks to Jesus, Buddha, God, Hitler and Stalin. And he thinks gays are "dung-eating dogs" who should be roasted. (Precisely what they do to dogs where he comes from).

This account of Sun Myung Moon's official "coronation" is not a new story. It happened in March, and the same blogger, John Gorenfeld, posted about it then.

In fact, when I read Mr. Gorenfeld's report, I wrote (in March) a lengthy post about this (and more), but I never finished it because the research was taking up too much time. However, I have posted about Sun Myung Moon before, here and here. I'm not much of a fan of Moon, I'm afraid, and I wish that all politicians -- Republican and Democrat -- would sever their ties with him. I also wish that a group of legitimate Americans (conservative or libertarian) would buy The Washington Times.

But my question is: why is this old story suddenly of interest to Peter Jennings?

NOTE: I didn't see the show, which was apparently last night, but here's the link.

Surely, they're not trying to establish a connection between Michael Moore and Sun Myung Moon, are they? I mean, just because Moore is a current news item doesn't mean that journalists would engage in tit-for-tat regurgitation of old news, does it?

Interestingly enough, WorldNetDaily reported the March Moon Coronation story quite recently, so I don't think Moon enjoys as much right wing support as is commonly claimed.

For what it's worth, I like Sun Myung Moon about as much as I like Michael Moore. They're both un-American hatemongers who fuel the Culture War and want to pit us against each other.

I think Moon and Moore need each other.

And here's my bottom line: nothing Moon has done in any way minimizes the perfidy of Moore, and vice versa.


TECHNICAL "MISSING LINK" NOTE: The reason my March post is so weird-looking is that it strangely published itself and attracted comments even though I left it in rough draft form, and even though my blog still lists it as a draft. It needs cleaning up and contains a few factual errors, but I am leaving it that way because I can't figure it out for the life of me how an unpublished post could have been published. Any geeks out there who might be able to help?

posted by Eric on 06.24.04 at 08:22 AM





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It probably came to Jennings' attention via this article that appeared in yesterday's (6/23/04) Washington Post.

Why the Post suddenly found the old story newsworthy is still a matter of speculation.

Reason's Hit & Run commented recently on it, also.


Ray Eckhart   ·  June 24, 2004 11:37 AM

Perhaps Moon is using his psychic powers to hose up your blog?

That guy is one hell of a snake oil salesman. I can't believe how many people listen to his crap and take his fantasies seriously.

Beck   ·  June 24, 2004 04:59 PM

How can you call your website "classical values" if you are a homosexual? That doesn't make any sense at all.

Tobias   ·  June 24, 2004 08:13 PM

In order to make you buy advertising, Tobias.

Eric Scheie   ·  June 24, 2004 08:36 PM

Someone has never heard of Greek homosexuality.

It doesn't get any more classical than the classical Greeks.

Varius Crispinus   ·  June 24, 2004 08:41 PM

"so I don't think Moon enjoys as much right wing support as is commonly claimed."

'Splain!!! Who is the h--- is claiming Moon gets right wing support?! Moon is a flaming, dangerous loony tunes blankety-blank so&so.

Anybody tries to tell you Moon has right-wing support, that person is a deranged cretin utterly disconnected from reality, and you can tell 'em I said so.

grrrr.

Persnickety   ·  June 25, 2004 09:55 AM


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