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Governor George E. Pataki To Become a Mason
NY Masons ^
| 5/5/03
Posted on 05/05/2003 1:44:26 PM PDT by 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
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: catholiclist; pataki
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To: Fred Mertz
You guys are more numerous than most countries military forces. Too bad you're clueless about your own org.Then why the hell don't we go on and take over the world. Fred, go home to Ethel, she needs to bitch slap you again.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:57:12 AM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Get High on Life, Not Drugs)
To: AxelPaulsenJr
Your inability to detect sarcasm exactly correlates to your inability to assess the intelligence of others.
182
posted on
05/06/2003 6:57:20 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(Support our troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
To: areafiftyone
But I thought Pataki was a Catholic.
Catholic in name only???????
183
posted on
05/06/2003 6:58:16 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Mr.Clark
**Pataki in '08.**
Won't happen!
The Catholics in New York will not vote for him because of this. I wonder if he realizes this.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:59:55 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: areafiftyone
Governor George E. Pataki To Become a MasonRadical.
Maybe one of these days he'll become a Republican.
To: PBRSTREETGANG
LOL
186
posted on
05/06/2003 7:03:09 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(The U.N. needs a good Flush!)
To: Salvation
It was more of a joke, saying that Pataki was going to get the nomination because of his new "secret power".
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:03:39 AM PDT
by
Mr.Clark
(From the darkness....I shall come)
To: AxelPaulsenJr; mcswan
Say hello to Mahabone.
To: Salvation
Those same Catholics who voted for this well-known pro-abort the first two times around? Don't hold your breath.
There aren't enough real Catholics in NY to fill an upstate county's voting rolls.
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:16:34 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(Support our troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
To: wideawake
Your inability to detect sarcasm exactly correlates to your inability to assess the intelligence of others.LOL, whatever. It would also presuppose an intelligence on the other end to detect.
190
posted on
05/06/2003 7:22:45 AM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Get High on Life, Not Drugs)
To: babylonian
Say hello to Mahabone.Do tell, that be a relative of yours?
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:26:24 AM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Get High on Life, Not Drugs)
To: wideawake
How long before he gets his "interdict" letter for latae sententiae excommunication?
192
posted on
05/06/2003 7:26:49 AM PDT
by
ninenot
To: AxelPaulsenJr
I find it hilarious that there are plenty of people on this thread who are making wild-eyed claims that US Masons are satan worshippers bent on world domination, etc. - and the one non-Mason on the thread who doesn't make these claims, i.e. myself, is targeted for abuse.
Why is that? What have I said on this thread which gets under your skin? (Other than the harmless joke which you were too obtuse to get?)
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:31:31 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(Support our troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
To: ninenot
I won't hold my breath.
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:32:07 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(Support our troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
To: annyokie
No Catholic is allowed to become a Mason [post 50]
You actually mean, No true Catholic is allowed to become a Mason
To: AxelPaulsenJr
Nah, me and Bone aren't related. He's yo' daddy, not mine.
BTW, I'm a longtime clandestine. You're not even supposed to speak to me. But I think it's funny that you do.
To: Hermann the Cherusker
Not the DeMolay deserved it, right, since he was found guilty of sodomy and blasphemy ...by the same folks that owed vast sums to the order of the knights templar.
i certainly would not want to be in a position to stake my life on the impartiality of a 14th century tribunal composed of french priests, who no doubt would know all about sodomy...
remember that the roasting of giordano bruno was still over a hundred years in the future.
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posted on
05/06/2003 8:33:28 AM PDT
by
chilepepper
(Clever argument cannot convince Reality -- Carl Jung)
To: Semper Paratus
Suppose that balances Tony Blair becoming a Roman CatholicApples and oranges; one organization is aw religion and the other is a fraternity.
198
posted on
05/06/2003 8:41:21 AM PDT
by
oyez
(Is this a great country or what?)
To: babylonian
But I think See, now you're lying again.
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posted on
05/06/2003 8:41:53 AM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Get High on Life, Not Drugs)
To: AxelPaulsenJr
You're all atwit.
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