Posted 2:18 PM by Scoobie Davis

Scary!
I thought it was scary that apocalytic preacher John Hagee (also click here and here) has been accorded legitimacy by various political and media entities. Another Rapture-obsessed preacher, the Reverend Dave Kistler was invited to preach at a Pentagon prayer breakfast.

Posted 2:09 PM by Scoobie Davis

Senator Orrin Hatch and The Real Republican Family Values Outrage
With all the controversy surrounding the family values hypocrisy surrounding Senator Larry Craig's sexual activity, it was synchronicitous that a friend gave me a link to video segments involving Nansook Hong, a victim of Sun Myung Moon's "perfect family." This video is must viewing for those who want the truth about the Sun Myung Moon. The video contains a news story and follow-up from Boston's WBZ television as well as the entire 1998 60 Minutes interview with Hong concerning her ordeal in the nightmare world of the Moon family. I have embedded it at the end of this post. It is shocking.

I have previously written about Hong's ordeal as a member of the Moon family (also here) but I will give the gruesome details again: Sun Myung Moon procured a fifteen year-old girl (Hong) to be the illegal child bride of his adult son, Hyo Jin Moon. Hyo Jin not only was a drug addict, but was a wife-beater who abused Hong when she was seven months pregnant. Hyo Jin also gave Hong herpes. During the fifteen years of hell that Hong endured, whenever she confronted the True Parents about Hyo Jin's behavior, Moon and his wife blamed her for her husband's dysfunctionality. After Hong fled with her children, Hyo Jin refused to provide child support until compelled by court rulings (the son of the billionaire cult leader claimed poverty despite living in luxury).

Moon's documentable crimes:
1) Immigration fraud (Moon had Hong brought to the United States under false pretenses; and 2) Crimes involving moral turpitude (statutory rape as an accomplice). For some reason, the INS has not acted on this information (immigration fraud and crimes involving moral turpitude are grounds for deportation).

Senator Orrin Hatch: Believer in the Perfect Family
Senator Orrin Hatch has been one of Moon's biggest friends in Washington:
1. Hatch attempted to whitewash Moon's tax evasion and pushed for clemency for Moon.
2. Hatch unctuously paid homage to Moon's wife, the woman who stood by when a fifteen year-old girl was being serially raped by her son in a counterfeit marriage.
3. Hatch wrote a song for one of Moon's front groups.
4. Hatch honored Moon in a reception in the Cannon House Office Building.
5. Most appallingly, Hatch co-sponsored a veiled honor to Moon and his wife: Parent's Day. Our tax money is being used to covertly honor this predatory puppet-master and his dysfunctional family.

Larry Craig is a piker compared to Hatch.

Addendum: The video

Posted 11:58 AM by Scoobie Davis

Larry Craig Isn't The Most Embarrassing Mitt Romney Supporter
That award goes to Moonie webmaster and cyber-squatter David Payer.

Posted 1:07 AM by Scoobie Davis

Moonie Times' Joseph Curl Up To His Old Tricks
Putting words in the mouthes of Hillary and Obama. He did the same to Bill Clinton right after 9/11 (also click here and here).

Posted 12:05 PM by Scoobie Davis

Must Read
Robert Parry on Al Gore

Posted 1:06 PM by Scoobie Davis

LA Diarist
I haven't blogged recently because I've been in LA for the last few days. I really miss living here. Must see: I went out and saw Henry Jaglom's Hollywood Dreams, a quirky film that amused me. Also, recently I mentioned how I liked Amy Whitehouse's "Rehab." I was at a Starbucks last night and heard another of her songs (I didn't get the name) that was tight.

UPDATE: I found the Amy Winehouse song; it's "You Know I'm No Good":

Posted 1:07 PM by Scoobie Davis

Old News But Important

I discovered something on the net: back in January, John McCain had a secret meeting with the Reverend John Hagee who is aching for for nuclear war with Iran because that will lead to The Rapture, a joyous event in which Hagee believes that he and other fundamentalists will be instantaneously whisked into heaven by Jesus--leaving non-fundamentalist Christians, Buddhists, freethinkers, and unbaptized babies to fend for themselves in The Great Tribulation.

I have previously written about how Hagee and his demented theology have been accorded legitimacy in the media. It's shocking that a major presidential candidate would give credence to Hagee and his death-loving views. I thank God that McCain's campaign is floundering.

Note: I have another post on Hagee.

Posted 12:04 PM by Scoobie Davis

Is Amway/Quixtar Imploding?
I recently linked to an article on Amway's troubles in the UK. Webraw has a more recent post on Amway's troubles.

In case you don't know about how important this news is, I wrote a couple fairly comprehensive posts on Amway/Quixtar/Alticor earlier this year--click here and here.

Posted 8:48 AM by Scoobie Davis

Must Read
Ed Kilgore on Karl Rove's legacy.

Posted 2:59 PM by Scoobie Davis

Sun Myung Moon Funding Quasi-Catholic Group in Africa
The cult leader has his fingers in a lot of pies but I'm not sure why he is supporting an offshoot of Roman Catholicism that has married priests that the articles calls The Movement for Married Priests (the official name of the group is Married Priest Now--here's their web site and another article). Could it be Moon's emphasis on "lineage"? On the topic of lineage, check out this muddled but unintentionally hilarious speech by Moon: "Purity, Lineage and the Love Organ (of Life)." My favorite part of the speech:

When we plant a seed, we make sure it is covered. No matter how beautiful and clean a seed may be, it should be covered with filthy fertilizer. Between the love organ and (the other dirty things), which is more precious? The love organ. Why are they near each other? When you do No. 2, your most precious organ must endure the smell. The true seed always needs dirty fertilizer.

Posted 12:04 PM by Scoobie Davis

One of Many Reasons That I Will Never Vote for Hillary Clinton
At last night's debate, Hillary said, "...[F]or 15 years I have stood up against the right wing machine, and I have come out stronger. So if you want a winner who knows how to take them on, I'm your girl."

REALITY: When the "right wing machine" ran roughshod over the truth during the Clinton presidency, Hillary didn't know what hit her. Worse, Hillary was alarmingly naive regarding the right's apparatus. Read my post on how Hillary responded to the Moonie media.

Posted 12:08 PM by Scoobie Davis

Financial Scandal for Hannity?
Daily Kos reports; you decide.

Posted 12:31 PM by Scoobie Davis

Great Song, Great Video
Amy Winehouse, "Rehab":

Posted 12:36 PM by Scoobie Davis

PBS on Vote Caging
(via Greg Palast) Watch it here.

Posted 1:05 AM by Scoobie Davis

They're Selling Uncle Rico's Van from Napoleon Dynamite on Ebay

I wish I had the money.

Posted 2:41 PM by Scoobie Davis

The Exorcist?
I saw the last part of a recent CNN segment on "exorcist" Bob Larson. Larson is a notorious crackpot. I mentioned him in a post earlier this year.