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5/21/2004

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Thanks go to Janeane Garofalo and Sam Seder for being kind enough to have me on their "Majority Report" show tonight, at about 10 p.m. EST, to discuss my work on Moon. Though Air America may lean left, the surreal role of the Unification Church in American politics -- in the Republican Party and beyond -- is something that liberals and conservatives alike ought to be interested in. (Say, Bill O'Reilly...?)

If you're new to the blog, you could start by clicking here. You may experience some initial discomfort, including but not necessarily limited to dizziness, altered breathing patterns, and disorientation as to whether you're in the correct solar system. Don't panic -- everything is OK. Now that you're wondering how this bizarre event came to pass, you could do a lot worse than clicking here for an overview of the billions of dollars rustling around in this story. Here is my Salon.com article that will help you get acquainted with the Moon saga, and here's a guide to some of the storylines I've been following in the last year on this blog.

This is a good introduction to the stuff Moon talks about. This New Yorker excerpt is pretty good, too.

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Harold Ford, Jr.: It wasn't me

Audio of the Washington Times owner at full snarl

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Back from the memory hole

Congress made him king of his magazine

No one was really sure if Moon was in the House of...

Relax, you've been erased

"We're a world peace organization!"

Misc.

"Is Her Body Really Ready?" The state of Abstinenc...

The coronation on Capitol Hill
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Hail The Rev. Moon

 

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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)

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