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Mayans to 'purify' sacred site after Bush visit
The Jeruselem Post ^
| 03/08/2007
| Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST
Posted on 03/08/2007 7:25:46 PM PST by Harrius Magnus
Mayan leaders announced that priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after US President George W. Bush visits next week.
"That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of our migrant brothers in the United States, with the wars he has provoked, is going to walk in our sacred lands, is an offense for the Mayan people and their culture," Juan Tiney, the director of a national association of indigenous people and peasant farmers, said Thursday.
Bush's seven-day tour of Latin America includes a stopover beginning late Sunday in Guatemala. On Monday morning he is scheduled to visit the archaeological site Iximche on the high western plateau in a region of the Central American country populated mostly by Mayans.
Tiney said the "spirit guides of the Mayan community" decided it would be necessary to cleanse the sacred site of "bad spirits" after Bush's visit so that their ancestors could rest in peace. He also said the rites - which entail chanting and burning incense, herbs and candles - would prepare the site for the third summit of Latin American Indians March 26-30.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; backward; bush; guatemala; idiots; immigration; maya; mayan; mayans; mayas; pinheads; superstitions
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Sorry, but screw you, you pygmies.
To: Harrius Magnus
"That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of our migrant brothers in the United States, LOL. Poor W. Thinks he can buy friendship with the latinos. Look, they will hate us no matter what we do, therefore there is no need to pander to them on immigration (or anything else).
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:27:06 PM PST
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Harrius Magnus
an offense for the Mayan people
I didn't know they were still around. Didn't Geico tick them off? :)
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:29:08 PM PST
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: Harrius Magnus
Way to make the Mayans look like idiots.
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:29:08 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.)
To: Harrius Magnus
The only spirits this group of Mayans see are inside their skulls. These people really need to lay off the coke, and possibly open a science textbook.
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:29:30 PM PST
by
JHBowden
(President Giuliani in 2008! Law and Order. Solid Judges. Free Markets. Killing Terrorists.)
To: Harrius Magnus
Burning sage usually does the trick.
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:29:42 PM PST
by
Miss Didi
("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
To: Harrius Magnus
The Mayan spirit guides are disturbed ~ they always have been ~ and they are useless. Look at what happened to the place when the weather got bad just over a thousand years ago ~ destroyed the place!
Now if we could just get all the Maya to go back home everything would be better Fur Shur.
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:29:44 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: Harrius Magnus
No wonder the Aztecs kicked their butts. Those people are stupid.
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:30:15 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(] Tagline Under Construction [)
To: Harrius Magnus
well la te da!
I'm waiting for them to come up here and purify even a fraction of the land they have polluted while they camped out illegally in this country!
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:30:48 PM PST
by
silver charm
(Free our Marines......................................NOW.)
To: Harrius Magnus
Gee, at least President Bush didn't perform human sacrife like your ancestors did.
People in glass temples shouldn't throw stones.
By the way, if we were persecuting your brothers so much, what do they keep coming here?
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:30:59 PM PST
by
exit82
(Defend our defenders--get off the fence.)
To: Harrius Magnus
"Mayan leaders announced that priests will purify a sacred archaeological site...."
They pee on it.
To: Harrius Magnus
Maybe they will perform a human sacrifice to complete the purification.
I know of a few liberals I can send down there for a little vacation.
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:31:03 PM PST
by
rlmorel
(Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
To: Harrius Magnus
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:31:48 PM PST
by
Txsleuth
(I don't know who I am voting for yet...just window shopping.)
To: Harrius Magnus
Cannibalistic "purification"?
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:32:37 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: Harrius Magnus
Classic example of evil has become good and good has become evil. I guess they think Saddam was a saint.
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:32:50 PM PST
by
Proudcongal
(One cannot have an understanding of or respect for the U.S. Constitution and be a leftist.)
To: Harrius Magnus
Does anybody in the world have any manners anymore?
To: P-40
I didn't know they were still around either. I hope they revise their calendar. It should end in five years.
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:34:27 PM PST
by
abishai
To: Harrius Magnus
To my way of thinking President Bush should discard the shoes he wore there.
However, if these nit-wits insist on 'purifying' the place, they should BURN it.
"Nothing purifies like fire." (Matthias, The Omega Man)
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:34:50 PM PST
by
LibKill
(RudycRAT is lying his way to power. Look at his record. He's 100% DemocRAT.)
To: Harrius Magnus
Perhaps we should purify the ground before Bush's visit .
A napalm strike should do nicely.
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:35:09 PM PST
by
rlpfly
(At least in Iraq ,you can KILL the enemies of America)
To: Harrius Magnus
Mayan leaders announced that priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after US President George W. Bush visits next week. Idiots. Perhaps they would prefer a pro-terrorists leader visit their filthy graves.
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posted on
03/08/2007 7:36:26 PM PST
by
Jorge
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