Mayans to 'purify' sacred site after Bush visit

The Jeruselem Post ^ | 03/08/2007 | Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST

[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.

[Harrius Magnus]

Sorry, but screw you, you pygmies.

[Rodney King]

"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).

[P-40]

an offense for the Mayan people

I didn't know they were still around. Didn't Geico tick them off? :)

[Tax-chick]

Way to make the Mayans look like idiots.

[JHBowden]

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.

[Miss Didi]

Burning sage usually does the trick.

[muawiyah]

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.

[Jeff Chandler]

No wonder the Aztecs kicked their butts. Those people are stupid.

[silver charm]

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!

[exit82]

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?

[Anti-Bubba182]

"Mayan leaders announced that priests will purify a sacred archaeological site...."

They pee on it.

[rlmorel]

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.

[Txsleuth]

LOLOLOLOLOL

[onedoug]

Cannibalistic "purification"?

[Proudcongal]

Classic example of evil has become good and good has become evil. I guess they think Saddam was a saint.

[Unam Sanctam]

Does anybody in the world have any manners anymore?

[abishai]

I didn't know they were still around either. I hope they revise their calendar. It should end in five years.

[LibKill]

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)

[rlpfly]

Perhaps we should purify the ground before Bush's visit .
A napalm strike should do nicely.

[Jorge]

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.