Sun Sep 2, 2012, 02:55 PM

Newsjock (9,863 posts)

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of The (Washington) Times, dies at 92

Source: Washington Times

The Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon, the leader of the Unification Church and founder of The Washington Times, died early Monday morning in South Korea. He was 92.

He passed away just before 2 a.m. local time (12:54 p.m. EDT Sunday) from complications of pneumonia, surrounded by family, friends and followers, according to Unification Church leaders.

A comment was not immediately available from Unification Church International President Hyung Jin Moon, his youngest son and appointed successor of the religious movement.

However, in the weeks prior to the passing, Rev. Joon Ho Seuk, the church’s international vice president, said that members worldwide had been conducting prayer vigils and fasting for Rev. Moon’s health.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/2/rev-sun-myung-moon-founder-times-dies-92/

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The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of The (Washington) Times, dies at 92 (Original post)	Newsjock	Sep 2012	OP
the world is a slightly better place today...	lastlib	Sep 2012	#1
+1	ladyslipper	Sep 2012	#92
mmm, mphmm, humph, mmnmm	2pooped2pop	Sep 2012	#2
I can...	awoke_in_2003	Sep 2012	#45
well put	2pooped2pop	Sep 2012	#46
"Speak only good of the dead; he's dead, that's good." n/t	catzies	Sep 2012	#79
Good riddance to the conservative movement's favorite cult leader	Adenoid_Hynkel	Sep 2012	#3
So I guess he's NOT the Second Coming?	pnwmom	Sep 2012	#4
Not the second; coming OR going ....	Trajan	Sep 2012	#31
Humanity?	BobbyBoring	Sep 2012	#39
meh	d_b	Sep 2012	#5
The evil he has done will live on after him.	Faygo Kid	Sep 2012	#6
MTE	MissNostalgia	Sep 2012	#21
Someone is going to take over.	Cleita	Sep 2012	#7
Another phony grifting shaman gone.	hobbit709	Sep 2012	#8
Can't say I'm sad to hear of his passing.	LeftofObama	Sep 2012	#9
I was wondering the same thing.	UnrepentantLiberal	Sep 2012	#85
Spam deleted by DURHAM D (MIR Team)	dawn0115	Sep 2012	#88
The Moon also rises. Not.	leveymg	Sep 2012	#10
It isn't just republicans who will be mourning...	Archae	Sep 2012	#11
Some familiar names on the list from the article linked in the Salon piece:	leveymg	Sep 2012	#14
DAYTON??? NO!!!!!!	Odin2005	Sep 2012	#71
WELDON???YES!!!!	leveymg	Sep 2012	#81
That was a great movie.	Odin2005	Sep 2012	#93
The book was even better.	leveymg	Sep 2012	#95
In another thread a poster just used Charlie as an example of...	Odin2005	Sep 2012	#96
They don't know about the shit that Charlie and Gust did, and don't want to know.	leveymg	Sep 2012	#97
Another "god" bites the dust.	nolabear	Sep 2012	#12
thought he was already gone	Kyad06	Sep 2012	#13
This is the ONLY instance in which the Washington Times could be considered a credible news source.	KamaAina	Sep 2012	#15
Agree. Washington Times is home to some of the craziest right wing voices ever.	alp227	Sep 2012	#40
His legacy will continue within the GOPs neo-fascist agenda that he helped shape for over 30yrs.	blm	Sep 2012	#16
Good bye evil POS. n/t	Greybnk48	Sep 2012	#17
I've got nothing to say	bluestateguy	Sep 2012	#18
Moon crowned by 81 CongressCritters in Dirksen building in 2004	Bernardo de La Paz	Sep 2012	#19
This truly is shocking. And dismaying.	Berlum	Sep 2012	#27
There is no limit to the lengths some of the GOP will pander. n/t	pnwmom	Sep 2012	#38
They will, in the form of a fart in our general direction. NT	cognoscere	Sep 2012	#43
that's it!!	NJCher	Sep 2012	#58
I wonder how their Fundie constituents would feel about	BuelahWitch	Sep 2012	#82
Great pic to mess with on photoshop. :D	caveat_imperator	Sep 2012	#87
Never say anything but good about the dead. . .	Journeyman	Sep 2012	#20
Beat me to it	Botany	Sep 2012	#23
Credit to African-American lesbian comic Moms Mabley on this classic	JudyM	Sep 2012	#59
Thank you for the link. I've used that line before, often wondered who originated it. . .	Journeyman	Sep 2012	#60
And the sun is shining.	lumberjack_jeff	Sep 2012	#22
Republicans mourn the loss of their beloved Second Coming of Christ MoneyBags	Berlum	Sep 2012	#24
I was wondering why the air was noticeably cleaner today.	devilgrrl	Sep 2012	#25
The world rests in a little more peace	Tom Ripley	Sep 2012	#26
you know when there was an arlen spector thread going about arlen being very ill alot of these very	leftyohiolib	Sep 2012	#28
Because Rev. Moon isn't a human being.	devilgrrl	Sep 2012	#30
DU is just another cross section of humanity ...	Trajan	Sep 2012	#36
People need to realise we are in a civil cold war here.	Great Caesars Ghost	Sep 2012	#51
Good	pscot	Sep 2012	#29
good damn riddance	CountAllVotes	Sep 2012	#32
Now the heirs spend their lives trying to hold the empire together.	aquart	Sep 2012	#33
I'm so sad. Sad that it wasn't Dick Cheney or KKKarl Rove.	olddad56	Sep 2012	#34
Say nothing bad-bite tongue-bite tongue	Progressive dog	Sep 2012	#35
Another one bites the Dust	formercia	Sep 2012	#37
Know your BFEE...	AntiFascist	Sep 2012	#41
I sure hope he finds $DIETY in hell	Panasonic	Sep 2012	#42
Word on the street has it that even Hell doesn't want him. An unconfirmed source	cognoscere	Sep 2012	#44
“I've never wished a man dead,	Warpy	Sep 2012	#47
In the immortal words of Johnny Rotten:	HughBeaumont	Sep 2012	#48
Well, the G.O.P. cares a lot	Berlum	Sep 2012	#49
The Washington Times and UPI (R-Disgust) have their flags at half mast.	HughBeaumont	Sep 2012	#55
In the immortal words of Bob Dylan	plunati43	Sep 2012	#72
Why didn't it happen sooner?!? Oh well.	Great Caesars Ghost	Sep 2012	#50
Only the good die young.	Fuddnik	Sep 2012	#52
ha ha.......	dhill926	Sep 2012	#75
I believe that if you don't want people to speak badly of you when you die,	CrispyQ	Sep 2012	#53
...and there was great rejoicing in the land......	grasswire	Sep 2012	#54
What sad news...	KansDem	Sep 2012	#56
Uh oh...Debbie Downer appears...	SoapBox	Sep 2012	#57
Poppy and Babs Bush with Rev. Some Dumb Loon in happier times	Adenoid_Hynkel	Sep 2012	#61
and here's the crooked bastard with Saint Ronnie the holographic messiah	Adenoid_Hynkel	Sep 2012	#62
once in a blue moon	oldhippydude	Sep 2012	#63
Elvis Costello (singing about the evil Thatcher) "Tramp the Dirt Down"	graham4anything	Sep 2012	#64
Another human POS gone.	Arctic Dave	Sep 2012	#65
I predict	mercuryblues	Sep 2012	#66
With the eldest sons skipped over in favor of the youngest	Warpy	Sep 2012	#68
The Moonie Times has never made a profit	Adenoid_Hynkel	Sep 2012	#78
Can we dance now?	GoneOffShore	Sep 2012	#67
As was said here at DU when Jerry Falwell died......	underpants	Sep 2012	#69
Grave-dancing time!!!	Odin2005	Sep 2012	#70
I thought you'd never ask.	Zorra	Sep 2012	#90
Hopefully he'll get the seat in hell right next to Reagan	Doctor_J	Sep 2012	#73
Good riddance	LiberalEsto	Sep 2012	#74
What are they going to do with Messiah's corpse?	jsr	Sep 2012	#76
Rent out an arena, pack the corpse with dynamite. Jump a monster truck over it, blow it up.	Poll_Blind	Sep 2012	#80
This message was self-deleted by its author	bupkus	Sep 2012	#77
Reckon Poppy will give his eulogy?	southerncrone	Sep 2012	#83
the world is a better place - rid of that piece of scum	UpInArms	Sep 2012	#84
This article paints him in a nice way	agentS	Sep 2012	#86
...	blogslut	Sep 2012	#89
.	blkmusclmachine	Sep 2012	#91
Nice.	Jamastiene	Sep 2012	#94

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Sun Sep 2, 2012, 02:56 PM

lastlib (3,787 posts)

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of The (Washington) Times, dies at 92

1. the world is a slightly better place today...

92. +1

2. mmm, mphmm, humph, mmnmm

45. I can...

46. well put

79. "Speak only good of the dead; he's dead, that's good." n/t

3. Good riddance to the conservative movement's favorite cult leader

4. So I guess he's NOT the Second Coming?

31. Not the second; coming OR going ....

39. Humanity?

5. meh

6. The evil he has done will live on after him.

21. MTE

7. Someone is going to take over.

8. Another phony grifting shaman gone.

9. Can't say I'm sad to hear of his passing.

85. I was wondering the same thing.

88. Spam deleted by DURHAM D (MIR Team)

10. The Moon also rises. Not.

11. It isn't just republicans who will be mourning...

14. Some familiar names on the list from the article linked in the Salon piece:

71. DAYTON??? NO!!!!!!

81. WELDON???YES!!!!

93. That was a great movie.

95. The book was even better.

96. In another thread a poster just used Charlie as an example of...

97. They don't know about the shit that Charlie and Gust did, and don't want to know.

12. Another "god" bites the dust.

13. thought he was already gone

15. This is the ONLY instance in which the Washington Times could be considered a credible news source.

40. Agree. Washington Times is home to some of the craziest right wing voices ever.

16. His legacy will continue within the GOPs neo-fascist agenda that he helped shape for over 30yrs.

17. Good bye evil POS. n/t

18. I've got nothing to say

19. Moon crowned by 81 CongressCritters in Dirksen building in 2004

27. This truly is shocking. And dismaying.

38. There is no limit to the lengths some of the GOP will pander. n/t

43. They will, in the form of a fart in our general direction. NT

58. that's it!!

82. I wonder how their Fundie constituents would feel about

87. Great pic to mess with on photoshop. :D

20. Never say anything but good about the dead. . .

23. Beat me to it

59. Credit to African-American lesbian comic Moms Mabley on this classic

60. Thank you for the link. I've used that line before, often wondered who originated it. . .

22. And the sun is shining.

24. Republicans mourn the loss of their beloved Second Coming of Christ MoneyBags

25. I was wondering why the air was noticeably cleaner today.

26. The world rests in a little more peace

28. you know when there was an arlen spector thread going about arlen being very ill alot of these very

30. Because Rev. Moon isn't a human being.

36. DU is just another cross section of humanity ...

51. People need to realise we are in a civil cold war here.

29. Good

32. good damn riddance

33. Now the heirs spend their lives trying to hold the empire together.

34. I'm so sad. Sad that it wasn't Dick Cheney or KKKarl Rove.

35. Say nothing bad-bite tongue-bite tongue

37. Another one bites the Dust

41. Know your BFEE...

42. I sure hope he finds $DIETY in hell

44. Word on the street has it that even Hell doesn't want him. An unconfirmed source

47. “I've never wished a man dead,

48. In the immortal words of Johnny Rotten:

49. Well, the G.O.P. cares a lot

55. The Washington Times and UPI (R-Disgust) have their flags at half mast.

72. In the immortal words of Bob Dylan

50. Why didn't it happen sooner?!? Oh well.

52. Only the good die young.

75. ha ha.......

53. I believe that if you don't want people to speak badly of you when you die,

54. ...and there was great rejoicing in the land......

56. What sad news...

57. Uh oh...Debbie Downer appears...

61. Poppy and Babs Bush with Rev. Some Dumb Loon in happier times

62. and here's the crooked bastard with Saint Ronnie the holographic messiah

63. once in a blue moon

64. Elvis Costello (singing about the evil Thatcher) "Tramp the Dirt Down"

65. Another human POS gone.