Reverend Moon dead

[Philosoraptor]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/02/world/asia/south-korea-reverend-moon-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

CNN) -- The Rev. Sun Myung Moon -- founder of the church whose followers are colloquially known as the Moonies -- died early Monday in South Korea, a newspaper he founded reported, citing church leaders.

The Washington Times reported on its website that Unification Church leaders said Moon died around 2 a.m. Monday (1 p.m. ET Sunday) due to complications related to pneumonia. He was 92.

"Words cannot convey my heart at this time," said Thomas P. McDevitt, president of The Washington Times, one of the publications that Moon helped found. "Rev. Sun Myung Moon has long loved America, and he believed in the need for a powerful free press to convey accurate information and moral values to people in a free world."

Doctors put Moon in intensive care in a Seoul hospital last Tuesday after he suddenly fell ill, church spokesman Ahn Ho-yeol said then. At the time, physicians gave him a 50% chance of survival.

[alfredo]

1. One less Fascist

[lunatica]

2. Can't say I'm sorry

[Solly Mack]

3. I'll try to not let that spoil my day.

[malaise]

6. I'll pass on a comment

because good riddance is my first thought

[Solly Mack]

7. I hear you.

lol

[LeftofObama]

4. Um,

"he believed in the need for a powerful free press to convey accurate information and moral values to people in a free world."

When did he plan to start implementing those ideas? Too late now I guess.

[lapfog_1]

5. one more place for me to visit on my bucket list

[panader0]

8. " I don't care how great you are, I don't care what you're worth,

'cause when it all comes down you got to go back to Mother Earth."--Memphis Slim

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. Uh Oh - where will the Bushes now go for $$$$$ handouts?

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/04/bush-sr-celebrate-rev-sun-myung-moon-again

"...Four years after leaving the White House, in 1996, Bush traveled to Buenos Aires for the opening of Moon’s pan Latin American newspaper, Tiempos del Mundo, and according to the Washington Post received $100,000 for his trouble. Then he accompanied Moon to Uruguay to help open a seminary. His son Neil received $1 million from a Moon foundation for an educational company. (Much of what is known about Moon comes from the efforts of a tiny group of reporters, including blogger John Gorenfeld, as well as Robert Parry, the former AP reporter who broke many of the Iran contra stories. Bill Berkowitz and Fred Clarkson are two others in a small band of reporters who have followed the Bush-Moon connection.)

The Houston Chronicle in 2006 obtained evidence that Moon’s Washington Times Foundation had contributed $1 million to Bush’s presidential library using the Greater Houston Community Foundation as a conduit.

(...)

For the Washington Times extravaganza on May 17, Bush will appear in the National Building Museum’s monumental Great Hall. Moon, resplendent as always, will deliver the Founder’s Address. ..."

[Ron Obvious]

10. And the world's another wanker short.

I'm not one to celebrate anyone's death, but good riddance, you bastard. May your loony cult die with you.

[NashvilleLefty]

11. Who's in charge of his "empire", now?

[Warpy]

13. His youngest son is

and that is not going to sit well with the older ones.

So expect a war now that iron fisted, emperor of the universe daddy finally bit the dust.

Let's hope it's a public war.

[hfojvt]

14. He is

he's gonna rise again in three days, just like last time.

[Ron Obvious]

15. There's a Bad Moon on the Rise n/t

[MarianJack]

12. Only the Good Die Young,...

...moon was 92. Sounds about right.

PEACE!