Moon Over Washington

Spending $100 million a year over 30 years to get your TheoCon message of racism, sexism, and theocracy across is impressive. In a dedicated, Morgoth sort of way.

Robert Parry:

George Archibald, who describes himself “as the first reporter hired at the Washington Times outside the founding group” and author of a commemorative book on the Times’ first two decades, has now joined a long line of disillusioned conservative writers who departed and warned the public about extremism within the newspaper.

In an Internet essay on recent turmoil inside the Times, Archibald also confirmed claims by some former Moon insiders that the cult leader has continued to pour in $100 million a year or more to keep the newspaper afloat. Archibald put the price tag for the newspaper’s first 24 years at “more than $3 billion of cash.”

At the newspaper’s tenth anniversary, Moon announced that he had spent $1 billion on the Times – or $100 million a year – but newspaper officials and some Moon followers have since tried to low-ball Moon’s subsidies in public comments by claiming they had declined to about $35 million a year.

The figure from Archibald and other defectors from Moon’s operation is about three times higher than the $35 million annual figure...

Lots of details follow here. This is a good summary of one man's attempt at hegemony, and the prostitution of the American political system for anyone with enough cash. Exactly how this man keeps his cash flow running, and who supports him for what reasons is enough to keep your tinfoil buzzing.