---Possibly Billy Graham. Had brain surgery yesterday to relieve pressure. It's more likely that the USSR was softened up quite a bit due to the Evangelical conventions held by Billy (along with other factors); rather than from any influence by MMY and his ME.
In [email protected], "Roberto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Robert <babajii_99@> wrote: > > > > Holy Death in Threes and What To Do With These February 15, 2008 > by cadeveo > > > > I remember it said, by various people, of no more authority > or wisdom than I, that people die in threes. Usually, I've heard that > sort of thing out of the mouth of someone I worked with round about > the end of the year after the death of a celebrity of some stripe. > And usually, or so it appears, the person's magical summation > regarding the triple-bucket-kick phenomenon has been borne out, at > least to the best of hir satisfaction. A bit of confirmation bias, > perhaps? That ol' "What you look for is just what you'll fine?" as > true when looking for "the bull" and finding "the horns" as when > looking for three consecutively croaking famous people. > > Just a thought, though: > > Has anyone yet been firing up their confirmation-biased radar for > the third "holy man" to join this party? > > > > Mormon President/Prophet, Gordon Hinckley, Jr.-Died January 27, > 2007. > > > > The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Founder of Transcendental Meditation- > Died Feb. 5, 2007. > > *** > > Perhaps... > Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) a hero's farewell yesterday, lauding > him, in the words of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, as "a > champion of our common humanity." > > > Lantos Praised as 'Champion of Our Common Humanity' > Memorial Service for Rep. Tom Lantos > The Hungarian-born Lantos, who died of cancer Monday at age 80, was > the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in Congress. His youth as a > resistance fighter in Nazi-occupied Budapest, where he lost most of > his family, lent authority to his pursuit of humanitarian causes and > his support for U.S. military intervention in the name of democracy. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- > dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021403461.html >
