Governor George E. Pataki To Become a Mason

NY Masons ^ | 5/5/03

[areafiftyone]

I have the distinct pleasure to announce that our Governor, the Honorable George E. Pataki, has accepted my offer to join our fraternity and become a Master Mason.

On the cover of the next issue of the EMPIRE STATE MASON will feature him accepting my invitation at our meeting on June 6, 2002. Pictured also will be Brother Kurt Ott, Convention Chairman and Brother William Hetzler, both members of Schiller Lodge in the 9th Manhattan District. Brother William Hetzler is also the Assistant to the Governor for German Affairs and it was through his effort that the meeting was arranged and the Governor agreed to be a member of our beloved fraternity.

Governor Pataki has displayed the kind of leadership and quality in a man that our organization looks for. That leadership was most evident on September 11, 2001 when he was instrumental in helping to restore calm and committing the total resources of New York State to New York city. He activated the New York State National Guard to provide security for our airports, bridges, tunnels and waterways. My daughter Danielle and I personally met with him in New York City with families of the rescue workers who were missing at the time. Everyone commented favorably on the Governor’s leadership and support during the World Trade Center disaster.

As soon as I have received the date from the Governor I will exercise one of the prerogatives of a Grand Master, and make Governor George E. Pataki a “Mason at Sight,” in accordance with Section 216 of our Masonic Law. I will be sending a special announcement to all lodges and expect maximum attendance to witness this historic event, the likes of which has not taken place in the last 133 years in New York. After his initiation there will be a public ceremony at Grand Lodge, to which the press will be invited, to announce that the Governor has been made a Mason.

Sincerely,

M.·. W.·. Carl J. Fitje
Grand Master

[areafiftyone]

From the hallowed streets of Greenpernt,
To the shores of Sheepshead Bay,
From the Verrazano Narrows,
To Canarsie across the way...
We have come together one and all,
In fellowship to commune,
And to glorify the Grand Exalted Brotherhood of Racoons.
[Howl]

[Semper Paratus]

Suppose that balances Tony Blair becoming a Roman Catholic.

[wideawake]

Just another way for George Pataki to underline the fact that he's a CINO.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

There is no way he could hold up physically to a job like bricklaying at his advanced age and physical condition. He shold give up his dream of being a Mason and go into something less strenuous: something like new construction electrician.

[theDentist]

Big deal.

[ZULU]

Wow!!.

I misread the title and thought it first said he was to become a "moron", and I thought "he is already a moron!!"

The Masons must have lowered their standards these days.

[Petronski]

Who controls the British Crown?
Who keeps the Metric System down?
We do! We do!
Who leaves Altantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do! We do!

Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
We do! We do!

Who robs cave fish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do! We do!

[Ebenezer]

Oh, great! Now Pataki is going to become a target of conspiracy theorists: "Pataki and other Freemasons are behind....." whatever.

[rontorr]

so what is a Mason

[xrp]

for starters, the NEW WORLD ORDER!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHH

[MEG33]

My father and grand father were both masons.They were devoted to God,the church,their family and their community.

[Mr.Clark]

Pataki in '08.

[dead]

the Honorable George E. Pataki, has accepted my offer to join our fraternity

I hope they paddle his ass good.

[sharktrager]

He seems confused.

First you become a Mason. Then you are given high elected office. He's got it all backwards.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Well.......now it makes sense: 9/11 was his Mason hazing assignment.

>:P

[Arthur McGowan]

Nevertheless, Masonry is incompatible with Christianity. Traced to its roots, it is satanic. The fact that many members are unaware of this does not change the facts.

[AuH2ORepublican]

I plead ignorance regarding the Masons (or the Stonecutters, for that matter). But aren't the Masons a *secret* society? And, if so, shouldn't they keep lists of new members, umm, secret?

This wouldn't have happened in the days of good ol' William Wirt, at least not in Vermont. (If you have any idea of what I'm talking about, you're as much of a political junkie as I am).

[KarlInOhio]

...I see. Well, of course, this is just the sort of blinkered philistine pig-ignorance I've come to expect from you non-creative garbage. You sit there on your loathsome spotty behinds squeezing blackheads, not caring a tinker's cuss for the struggling artist. You excrement, you whining hypocritical toadies with your colour TV sets and your Tony Jacklin golf clubs and your bleeding masonic secret handshakes. You wouldn't let me join, would you, you blackballing bastards. Well I wouldn't become a Freemason now if you went down on your lousy stinking knees and begged me.

(Don't tell me about missing paragraphs. It's supposed to be read as one long rant)

[wideawake]

If the Church you are referring to is the Roman Catholic Church, then they excommunicated themselves - the Church's teaching on that point was especially clear back then.

I do not doubt that they were devout believers, upright family men and outstanding citizens.

[Arthur McGowan]

I saw evil, sick, twisted things! I want in!