Where in Washington, D.C. is Reverend Moon?: Synergizin'

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4/01/2004

Synergizin'

Also lending his name to Rev. Moon's coronation in the Dirksen Senate building...it's Dr. Stephen Covey, the Mormon author of The 7 Secrets of Highly Effective People.

Here are his seven secrets, in case you're curious.

1) "Be proactive"
2) "Begin with the end in mind"
3) "Put first things first"
4) "Think 'Win-Win'"
5) "Seek first to understand, then to be understood"
6) "Synergize"
7) "Sharpen the saw"

Thanks to Nancy in the comments section for recognizing Dr. Covey's name. His book is required motivational reading for Unification Church members. (Also recommended: Tim LaHaye, Milton Friedman.)

Writing jokes for material like this would just be redundant.

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"John Gorenfeld: The first man on the Moon"
-- Ana Marie Cox ("Wonkette," Time.com Washington editor)

"Thanks to the superb reporting of John Gorenfeld on Salon.com and his indispensable Web page, Moon's shenanigans are routinely scrutinized. Maybe some of Gorenfeld's discernment will rub off on preachers and politicians."
-- Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist

"The scene summoned the moment in Robert Graves's "I, Claudius" when Emperor Caligula declares himself a god in the Roman Senate; a fawning solon instantly offers a prayer."
-- New York Times editorial on the Crown of Peace scandal

"I am happy that our work is being challenged and improved in consistency, openness and coordination, by the accountability your spotlight demands. I am not talking about simply removing stuff from websites..."
-- Moon spokesman the Rev. Phil Schanker

"Instead of welcoming Reverend Moon, this government put me into prison. History will reveal the truth in the future and the American government and people will realize what an evil thing they did. What will they do then? They will bow down. Again, that is the way of natural subjugation." -- Moon in 1987

"A political movement basing its appeal on old fashioned patriotism and family values simply cannot justify an alliance with a cult that preys on the disintegration of the American family and advocates allegiance to an international social order operating with cell-like secrecy."
-- Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA)