tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203082776419426855.post4488449563156273281..comments2024-03-26T02:19:27.813-07:00Comments on ♆ The Macho Response ♆: "Cultlike" My AssThe Crack Emceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203082776419426855.post-63092235334422942342008-05-01T07:16:00.000-07:002008-05-01T07:16:00.000-07:00"CMC: You are my news source. I come to TMR for th..."CMC: You are my news source. I come to TMR for the latest and best. I think you more than keep up. But that's me."<BR/><BR/>CMC: what I am trying to say is, you are my world, you are the children, etc. etc. That's why i check your blog. It's for the children.<BR/><BR/>also, He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you.<BR/>Love Richter.Richterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08675579835181675359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203082776419426855.post-72934603954881307712008-04-30T13:06:00.000-07:002008-04-30T13:06:00.000-07:00Theres an awesome short movie called "King of Amer...Theres an awesome short movie called "King of America" that shows Moon being "crowned" the "King of Peace" in the Senate Dirksen Building in 2004 as congressmen and senators scrape and bow.<BR/><BR/>http://www.veoh.com/videos/v6528297a9ppTgRm<BR/><BR/>If you go back as far as I do, ask yourself when the last time was you’ve ever, heard the Reverend Sun Myung Moon mentioned in the corporate media. <BR/><BR/>I go back far enough to remember the John Belushi skit from the documentary when it first aired on Saturday Night Live. <BR/><BR/>While Reverend Wright sound bites play on an endless loop, a man who has more political influence and is more dangerous than all the religious nut cases you can name combined is rarely (if ever) brought up.<BR/><BR/>Hmmm....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203082776419426855.post-67755101156250439622008-04-30T12:52:00.000-07:002008-04-30T12:52:00.000-07:00Some world we got here, huh? I can barely keep up....Some world we got here, huh? I can barely keep up.<BR/><BR/>CMC: You are my news source. I come to TMR for the latest and best. I think you more than keep up. But that's me.Richterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08675579835181675359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203082776419426855.post-63372956255670043482008-04-30T12:09:00.000-07:002008-04-30T12:09:00.000-07:00Yea, I read a book by his former daughter-in-law t...Yea, I read a book by his former daughter-in-law that was pretty creepy (I can't remember the name of it now). His son is even more insane than Moon, Sr. is, what with the mix of nonsense and cocaine. <BR/><BR/>Some world we got here, huh? I can barely keep up.The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203082776419426855.post-54979729048148435762008-04-30T11:25:00.000-07:002008-04-30T11:25:00.000-07:00Years ago, Moon was widely considered a dangerous ...Years ago, Moon was widely considered a dangerous madman, the next Jim Jones. He inspired TV specials with names like "Escape From The Moonies." His cult separated college students from their families, put them out on the street selling flowers, paying for Moon's mansions and yacht. Moon's control over their lives was so total, he even chose spouses for them.<BR/><BR/>Most people who remember Rev. Moon think he disappeared, died, was deported. In fact, as you will read in Bad Moon Rising, Moon is richer and more influential than ever. And an all-star cast of powerful Republicans have sold their souls to him.<BR/><BR/>Just how crazy have our politics become when members of Congress bow down to a cult leader on Capitol Hill who dresses up like King George III...jet-sets around the world with the Bush family...and publishes conservatives' favorite newspaper, the Washington Times?<BR/><BR/>This is the darkly comic story of Reverend Moon, the billionaire L. Ron Hubbard of the East, to whom D.C. insiders shamelessly pay homage, as he gives maniacal speeches about being the Second Coming.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.gorenfeld.net/book/" REL="nofollow">Bad Moon Rising</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203082776419426855.post-11189199876338613332008-04-29T09:23:00.000-07:002008-04-29T09:23:00.000-07:00A couple of tidbits on Swami Satchidananda, from t...A couple of tidbits on Swami Satchidananda, from the Wikipedia link you include, caught my eye:<BR/><BR/>"Like other children from religious families, young Ramu loved to play guru and disciple with his friends." <BR/><BR/>---Play guru and disciple? As a young kid, in his backyard, with friends...?? This must be a decidedly cultural artifact. (I would be extremely concerned if any of my children played "guru and disciple," here, in India, or in Zimbabwe.)<BR/><BR/>"At 23, then a chain-smoking manager at India’s National Electric Works, he married, but his wife died suddenly after five years of marriage, having given birth to two sons. After his wife’s death, Ramaswamy left his children with his mother and travelled throughout India to meditate at holy shrines and to study with spiritual teachers. For years, Ramaswamy searched out people revered as sages, saints and spiritual masters. Eventually, he discovered his guru, Sri Swami Sivananda, who ordained him into the order of sannyasa."<BR/><BR/>---All right, we have the pattern again, of a narcissistic man escaping his responsibilities (here, to his young sons) in search of "enlightenment" (read: attention, admiration, laziness, and, though I do not know that about him, I'd add, with some degree of certainty, quite possibly lots of opportunities for promiscuous sex). This appears to be a rather typical motivation for a guru. I have yet to hear about a guru who'd bust his ass working hard and saving money, attending to his wife and children, taking care of business (as in his home, piece of land, workplace, community, etc.), and then, in his free time, dispense whatever wisdom he may have accumulated doing all this.<BR/><BR/>Nope, it's all about navel-gazing, talking convolutedly about it while making sure others hear and admire it, and reaping the "rewards" coming from the gullible and downright stupid hanging on your every word and attending to your every need. (Perhaps it is no wonder that young boys in India play guru and disciple -- this appears to be an occupation with more benefits than that of a Microsoft CEO's. And it's all about cultivating the aspirations of our young (snicker).)<BR/><BR/>P.S. That sudden death of his young wife five years into their marriage also caught my eye, btw. Interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203082776419426855.post-83447953427959530602008-04-29T00:05:00.000-07:002008-04-29T00:05:00.000-07:00Warning: Cheap shots ahead.CMC, that is one scary ...Warning: Cheap shots ahead.<BR/><BR/>CMC, that is one scary picture of Kenny Boy. Not only his head and ego are bursting from being overinflated, but apparently his body now is also ready to explode. You'd think he'd take it easy on the self-improvement already... After all, he is perfect-has-always-been-perfect-will-be-perfect -forever. He The Enlightened One. He Whom The Gods Have Cherished From Before Time. He The Guiding Light of Humanity. He... (should I stop now? :)<BR/><BR/>Ken W. makes me laugh. No, seriously. While I find some (many) of his ideas interesting, I cannot take more than 5 minutes of his text (or visual presence). That humongous ego of his is always so shamelessly on display that I feel like I'm forced to endure a precocious but spoiled 3-year-old. Captivating at first, sure, but tiresome and annoying after a brief while. <BR/>And, oh my goodness, leave it to Ken to not just have any seizure, but the GRAND MAL type (of course!), and not just 1, but 12 *in one evening* (obviously!), with kidney failure, pneumonia, heart stopping (not once, mind you, but four times!) and full four(!) days in a coma (I'm sure there is a special significance to the number 4 here, but he has not revealed it so far). So even his illness is profound, poignant, spiritually enriching and larger than life (and possibly the known Universe, but he has not made that claim official yet). And his recovery is equally miraculous -- after all this, he just walked out, healthy and happy, two(!) days later. "Ken Wilber was unconscious but Big Mind was conscious. Ken Wilber came to on the fourth day." <BR/><BR/>Yep, that's it. No doubt all that enlightenment is paying off there. We knew God-heads loved you, Kenny, but now we really know how much. You are special indeed. You are a river -- and then some. (But you knew this. Of course!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com