Sunday, March 23, 2008
Anonymous TV - Los Angeles "Ides of March" Protest
Anonymous TV - Los Angeles "Ides of March" Protest
Once again, Anonymous marched through the streets of Los Angeles on March 15th, in recognition of L Ron Hubbard's birthday.
AnonymousTV was there to capture it all.
Beware the Ides of March.
Added to YouTube: March 22, 2008
Category: Education
This is an excellent video! Kudos to Anonymous!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Why Anonymous Protests against Scientology
Masked Protesters Target Church of Scientology; Excellent Video
Last Edited: Friday, 14 Mar 2008, 9:01 PM CDT
MyFox Kansas City
Foxnews in Kansas City provides excellent coverage of the situation between CoS and Anonymous and includes an important interview with Bernard Headley, whose now ex-wife joined the cult and put his kids to work in the church gulags, which made it near impossible for him to have any contact with them; Bernie talks about how he helped one* of his kids escape Scientology and how he has never given up and is still searching for his daughter Stephanie. Bernie's a real hero in my book!
Thanks to whoever did this show at Fox KC
* Marc Headley, who recently spoke up about how the Church of Scientology held fake auditions for the benefit of helping Tom Cruise find himself a wife. Katie Holmes was the winner in that contest.
Last Edited: Friday, 14 Mar 2008, 9:01 PM CDT
MyFox Kansas City
Foxnews in Kansas City provides excellent coverage of the situation between CoS and Anonymous and includes an important interview with Bernard Headley, whose now ex-wife joined the cult and put his kids to work in the church gulags, which made it near impossible for him to have any contact with them; Bernie talks about how he helped one* of his kids escape Scientology and how he has never given up and is still searching for his daughter Stephanie. Bernie's a real hero in my book!
Thanks to whoever did this show at Fox KC
* Marc Headley, who recently spoke up about how the Church of Scientology held fake auditions for the benefit of helping Tom Cruise find himself a wife. Katie Holmes was the winner in that contest.
Scientology HARASSES Jenna Miscavige Hill and her Husband
An IMPORTANT MESSAGE from Jenna Miscavige Hill at exscientologykids:
Author Message Jenna
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:26 am Post subject: The Church Contacted Me...
Hi Guys, Please repost this everywhere you can. This is why I am doing what I am doing.
So where do I begin.... I did an interview this week with ABC nightline. They of course had to call the Church for comment which they did.
Last night at 11pm while we were in bed we got a call from Dallas's father. He said he was 20 minutes away from our house and he was driving down from a meeting he had today and in the car with him were 2 Sea Org members from OSA Int and they were coming to talk to us at our house.
He said that they had come to talk to him but he insisted that we should be there and that they wanted to talk to us. So they just decided it was okay to drop in on us in the middle of the night in true Sea Org style.
I told him that they could absolutely not come to my house and that they need to call me and tell me that they apologize and want to sort this out before I even consider meeting with them. A couple of minutes later I got a call from Angie Blankenship (she was the CO CMO CW while I was in CMO CW for many years and we last I heard she was COB's Programs Operator. She said she was with Jenny Devocht/Linson who was the CO CMO CW, WDC FLB and CO CMO Int. For those of you who this is all gibberish to, they are both VERY high Church Executives. She said she was here to sort things out. So reluctantly
I agreed to meet with them. Mostly for the purpose of demonstrating the truth of what goes on to Dallas's parents.
We met at Denny's because it was the only place open. We sat down at a table. Both of these women looked like they hadn't slept in years!
We were there until 4 o'clock in the morning....
Within seconds of sitting down they proceeded to accuse me of "attacking my auditor", "using my uncle's name for my 15 minutes of fame because otherwise nobody would care about what I have to say", "lying about my upbringing", and telling me my mom was a horrible dishonest woman without the slightest thought of sensitivity. They said I had denounced Scientology and that was a Suppressive Act.
Just their usual antics. They asked us what our beef was. We told them about sleep deprivation, being held against my will, being separated from my parents, our friends being separated from their families. Everything we brought up, they laughed aloud and acted as if these things were preposterous and was saying how my education was so much better than what I would have gotten in the "wog world". We told them that they were denying everything we said to which they responded, "That's not true!", "Absolutely Not!" - they couldn't even see this and immediately denied that!
After down and dirty inavoidable questions they admitted that we did heavy labor for hours on a daily basis at the Ranch. They even pulled out a photo album and showed Dallas and his parents photos of us rock-hauling and mixing cement and building rock walls and other manual labor! They said that the fact that we didn't see our parents except for once a week was the same as any boarding school. They said that fact that I didn't see my mom but once from the age of 12-16 and by dad but 3 times and all for less than 30 minutes, they said that this was totally normal and like any other boarding school. Angie admitted to not letting me talk to my friends because they were in a lower level organization. Angie and Jenny both admitted to refusung to allow me to call my parents when I was 14 years old. They admitted to the fact that I was being held against my will in an auditing room, but said that after taking a walk and 4 hours that I later went back into the room and this was not against my will so this voided the previous 3 hours of kicking and screaming to try and get out of a 5x5 auditing room. They admitted that both of the areas where Dallas and I worked were deprived of sleep for days. They admitted that it was absolute bogus that my Aunt Sarah was declared a suppressive person and went on to blame it on Mark Ingber who is long gone.
In fact they blamed 99% of these things on Marty Rathbun (may he R.I.P), Mike Rinder, Tom Devocht and Dan Koon (of all people!). This is despite the fact that Jenny single handedly physically did not allow me to get on the plane to be with my parents when I was 12 years old after reading me a long excerpt of KSW. That Angie was witness every week, if not responsible for the fact that all of the minors at CW who were only schooled once a week.
They pleaded with me to pull the ABC Nightline deal. They said if I did, they would go through and cancel all of the B.S. allegations about me, that they would see about lifting the declare on several of my friends and would get all the data out on the table.
After Dallas's parents pleaded with us to try and cooperate so that they wouldn't have to decide between us and Scientology, we told them we would think about it and would call them the next morning. They tried to pressure us into making a descision then and there and we told them that it wasn't gonna happen. They told us not to talk to anybody about this meeting and to please not post about it on the internet.
The moment we left we decided that there was no way we would pull the Nightline deal. We never said anything but the truth. We decided that we would tell them this and that we would be willing to hold off on future interviews if they came through with their promise because we definitly cannot trust them and they needed to prove that they were really taking responsibility first.
The next morning we woke up and left our house and went out to breakfast for an hour. From there we took a round-about way to stop by my office in downtown because I had ordered some roses which came in. As we get onto the freeway Dallas noticed a white Ford sedan far behind on the on ramp. Trying not to be paranoid he thought nothing of it. As we switched freeways and went another ten miles he noticed the same car still following us.After arriving downtown on all the oneway streets he started noticing the car would never pull up directly behind him and kept swerving lanes.
We went in a circle because of oneway streets in downtown and Dallas was taking his time not coming in right away and I didn't know why. We were inside for 15 minutes getting my roses and Dallas now sees the same car down the street on the side of the road. He takes off pretty abrubtly into traffic and I think he is a crazy driver already. A block later Dallas says to me, "Jenna I think we are being followed. See that white car 3 lanes right of us, I am going to make the next left and he will swerve across and follow us." He did just that!
Dallas kept going in circles trying to see how many shifts this guy was going to make. At one point he pulled up in front of us and we got his license plate here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24675028@N07/2334354212/
Then we took off again and he came behind us and so I had to get out of my seat turn around and get a shot here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24675028@N07/2334354216/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24675028@N07/2334354220/
He could see we spotted him and knew we were taking pics so he pulled over and then he was gone.
OSA or RTC or whoever it is, you have officially lost all opportunity of us trying to work it out internally.
That was your last chance and you BLEW IT!
Not only have you upset me, but you have upset my parents.
I guess I wont be holding back on that CNN interview after all.
Best, Jenna
Scientology HARASSES Jenna Miscavige Hill and her Husband
Author Message Jenna
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:26 am Post subject: The Church Contacted Me...
Hi Guys, Please repost this everywhere you can. This is why I am doing what I am doing.
So where do I begin.... I did an interview this week with ABC nightline. They of course had to call the Church for comment which they did.
Last night at 11pm while we were in bed we got a call from Dallas's father. He said he was 20 minutes away from our house and he was driving down from a meeting he had today and in the car with him were 2 Sea Org members from OSA Int and they were coming to talk to us at our house.
He said that they had come to talk to him but he insisted that we should be there and that they wanted to talk to us. So they just decided it was okay to drop in on us in the middle of the night in true Sea Org style.
I told him that they could absolutely not come to my house and that they need to call me and tell me that they apologize and want to sort this out before I even consider meeting with them. A couple of minutes later I got a call from Angie Blankenship (she was the CO CMO CW while I was in CMO CW for many years and we last I heard she was COB's Programs Operator. She said she was with Jenny Devocht/Linson who was the CO CMO CW, WDC FLB and CO CMO Int. For those of you who this is all gibberish to, they are both VERY high Church Executives. She said she was here to sort things out. So reluctantly
I agreed to meet with them. Mostly for the purpose of demonstrating the truth of what goes on to Dallas's parents.
We met at Denny's because it was the only place open. We sat down at a table. Both of these women looked like they hadn't slept in years!
We were there until 4 o'clock in the morning....
Within seconds of sitting down they proceeded to accuse me of "attacking my auditor", "using my uncle's name for my 15 minutes of fame because otherwise nobody would care about what I have to say", "lying about my upbringing", and telling me my mom was a horrible dishonest woman without the slightest thought of sensitivity. They said I had denounced Scientology and that was a Suppressive Act.
Just their usual antics. They asked us what our beef was. We told them about sleep deprivation, being held against my will, being separated from my parents, our friends being separated from their families. Everything we brought up, they laughed aloud and acted as if these things were preposterous and was saying how my education was so much better than what I would have gotten in the "wog world". We told them that they were denying everything we said to which they responded, "That's not true!", "Absolutely Not!" - they couldn't even see this and immediately denied that!
After down and dirty inavoidable questions they admitted that we did heavy labor for hours on a daily basis at the Ranch. They even pulled out a photo album and showed Dallas and his parents photos of us rock-hauling and mixing cement and building rock walls and other manual labor! They said that the fact that we didn't see our parents except for once a week was the same as any boarding school. They said that fact that I didn't see my mom but once from the age of 12-16 and by dad but 3 times and all for less than 30 minutes, they said that this was totally normal and like any other boarding school. Angie admitted to not letting me talk to my friends because they were in a lower level organization. Angie and Jenny both admitted to refusung to allow me to call my parents when I was 14 years old. They admitted to the fact that I was being held against my will in an auditing room, but said that after taking a walk and 4 hours that I later went back into the room and this was not against my will so this voided the previous 3 hours of kicking and screaming to try and get out of a 5x5 auditing room. They admitted that both of the areas where Dallas and I worked were deprived of sleep for days. They admitted that it was absolute bogus that my Aunt Sarah was declared a suppressive person and went on to blame it on Mark Ingber who is long gone.
In fact they blamed 99% of these things on Marty Rathbun (may he R.I.P), Mike Rinder, Tom Devocht and Dan Koon (of all people!). This is despite the fact that Jenny single handedly physically did not allow me to get on the plane to be with my parents when I was 12 years old after reading me a long excerpt of KSW. That Angie was witness every week, if not responsible for the fact that all of the minors at CW who were only schooled once a week.
They pleaded with me to pull the ABC Nightline deal. They said if I did, they would go through and cancel all of the B.S. allegations about me, that they would see about lifting the declare on several of my friends and would get all the data out on the table.
After Dallas's parents pleaded with us to try and cooperate so that they wouldn't have to decide between us and Scientology, we told them we would think about it and would call them the next morning. They tried to pressure us into making a descision then and there and we told them that it wasn't gonna happen. They told us not to talk to anybody about this meeting and to please not post about it on the internet.
The moment we left we decided that there was no way we would pull the Nightline deal. We never said anything but the truth. We decided that we would tell them this and that we would be willing to hold off on future interviews if they came through with their promise because we definitly cannot trust them and they needed to prove that they were really taking responsibility first.
The next morning we woke up and left our house and went out to breakfast for an hour. From there we took a round-about way to stop by my office in downtown because I had ordered some roses which came in. As we get onto the freeway Dallas noticed a white Ford sedan far behind on the on ramp. Trying not to be paranoid he thought nothing of it. As we switched freeways and went another ten miles he noticed the same car still following us.After arriving downtown on all the oneway streets he started noticing the car would never pull up directly behind him and kept swerving lanes.
We went in a circle because of oneway streets in downtown and Dallas was taking his time not coming in right away and I didn't know why. We were inside for 15 minutes getting my roses and Dallas now sees the same car down the street on the side of the road. He takes off pretty abrubtly into traffic and I think he is a crazy driver already. A block later Dallas says to me, "Jenna I think we are being followed. See that white car 3 lanes right of us, I am going to make the next left and he will swerve across and follow us." He did just that!
Dallas kept going in circles trying to see how many shifts this guy was going to make. At one point he pulled up in front of us and we got his license plate here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24675028@N07/2334354212/
Then we took off again and he came behind us and so I had to get out of my seat turn around and get a shot here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24675028@N07/2334354216/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24675028@N07/2334354220/
He could see we spotted him and knew we were taking pics so he pulled over and then he was gone.
OSA or RTC or whoever it is, you have officially lost all opportunity of us trying to work it out internally.
That was your last chance and you BLEW IT!
Not only have you upset me, but you have upset my parents.
I guess I wont be holding back on that CNN interview after all.
Best, Jenna
Scientology HARASSES Jenna Miscavige Hill and her Husband
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Scientology Victim Jenna Miscavige Hill on Inside Edition Feb 5, 2008
Scientology victim, Jenna Miscavige Hill on Inside Edition Feb 5, 2008
On tonite's Inside Edition show, Jenna Miscavige Hill - Victim of Tax Exempt Child Neglect, Emotional Abuse
It was very good. Short but effective. She earned the 'Medal of Valor' award from the critics, for sure!
We hear former child victim of Scientology's Sea Org Gualg for kids, Jenna Miscavige Hill, talk seeing her parents 1x a year, about being holed up with the children of other scientology elite in a compound that segregated them from their parents, attending school 1 day a week when she was 12, and then stopping that education all together at age 16. Her whole life in that mess.
Jenna left 4 years later but at the time she stayed because Scientology was all she knew. She really didn't know her parents. They fought to see her. She finally got a few more days a year to see them, her calls screened. Interrogated after each visit to make sure there were no doubts or contrary thoughts about scientology.
I hope she has reconciled with her parents, who were victims, too.
KuDos and ((HUGGS)) to Jenna and family from me and my family.
Read about other victims
http://www.taxexemptchildabuse.net/
Scientology victims -- online
http://scientology-victims-testimonies.com/
Mary McConnell
formerlyfooled at yahoo dot com
On tonite's Inside Edition show, Jenna Miscavige Hill - Victim of Tax Exempt Child Neglect, Emotional Abuse
It was very good. Short but effective. She earned the 'Medal of Valor' award from the critics, for sure!
We hear former child victim of Scientology's Sea Org Gualg for kids, Jenna Miscavige Hill, talk seeing her parents 1x a year, about being holed up with the children of other scientology elite in a compound that segregated them from their parents, attending school 1 day a week when she was 12, and then stopping that education all together at age 16. Her whole life in that mess.
Jenna left 4 years later but at the time she stayed because Scientology was all she knew. She really didn't know her parents. They fought to see her. She finally got a few more days a year to see them, her calls screened. Interrogated after each visit to make sure there were no doubts or contrary thoughts about scientology.
I hope she has reconciled with her parents, who were victims, too.
KuDos and ((HUGGS)) to Jenna and family from me and my family.
Read about other victims
http://www.taxexemptchildabuse.net/
Scientology victims -- online
http://scientology-victims-testimonies.com/
Mary McConnell
formerlyfooled at yahoo dot com
A Worldwide Protest Against Scientology. Be There Feb 10th. New Anon Video Released
LipGloss has taken a shine to exposing The Con of Scientology
02/05/2008 (4:08 pm)
LipGloss:
Anti-Scientology Group “Anonymous” Gears Up For February 10th Worldwide Protest
This is a very inspirational and moving video .
Mary McConnell
formerlyfooled at yahoo.com
02/05/2008 (4:08 pm)
LipGloss:
Anti-Scientology Group “Anonymous” Gears Up For February 10th Worldwide Protest
This is a very inspirational and moving video .
Mary McConnell
formerlyfooled at yahoo.com
Monday, February 04, 2008
ScientLOLojyuuichi!! or Tom Cruise vs. The Internet by Androgynous
For the most part, this is very funny!
ScientLOLojyuuichi!! or Tom Cruise vs. The Internet
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/scientolulz
ScientLOLojyuuichi!! or Tom Cruise vs. The Internet
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/scientolulz
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Stern.de interviews Arnie Lerma: Criticism of Tom Cruise "A propaganda minister of the present" for Scientology
A unofficial translation of the very recent Stern.de interview with Arnie Lerma:
Tom Cruise- A propaganda minister of the present
Kritik an Tom Cruise: 'Ein Propagandaminister der Gegenwart' -
Lifestyle - stern.de 1/30/2008
Criticism of Tom Cruise
"A propaganda minister of the present"
The Cruise-Goebbels comparison of TV historian Guido Knopp has triggered controversial discussions. In stern.de interview explained Arnie Lerma, America Scientology's number one enemy, which he compared to perfectly justified.
Arnie Lerma is considered the best known Scientology critics in the United States. From his 18th Let on he was part of the group. In his ten years of Scientology, he climbed up into the elite Sea Organization ". When Lerma and the daughter of founder L. Ron Hubbard, Suzette Hubbard, fell in love and the wanted to get married, he was under considerable pressure by Scientology to end the relationship. Finally, it came to a Florida hours of interrogation. Lerma:
"The deal was: 'We will give you a guarantee of safe passage out of the state of Florida with all body parts attached if you tell Suzette Hubbard the marriage is off.' "Lerma turned his back on Scientology, and since 1992 he deals intensively with researching and exposing the methods of the group. It was in the mid-nineties that the now 57-year-old made the original documents of the science-fiction-like Scientology doctrine public worldwide for the first time made. Lerma, who operates the Web site www.lermanet.com was therefore Scientology by sued.
Interview:
Mr. Lerma, that German historian said of Cruise in that video of the phrase "Are we gonna clean up this place?" Says, compared with Joseph Goebbels. The Germans once asked: "Do you want total war?". Did quite the historian - or he exaggerates?
(c) AP/Andrew MedichiniIs the historian right - or is he exaggerating?
"The parallels to a minister of propaganda aren't far fetched. The concept of a total war is deeply rooted in the mindset of every convinced scientologist. "Clean this place up" means "clear the planet" - which means to cleanse Earth of all enemies of Scientology. Cruise mediates an ideology of hate. He also does it whenever he speaks about "suppressive persons", who are enemies of Scientology, so called "suppresives". There is a Scientology textbook named
"Shattering Suppression". On the cover you can see a face being shattered."
"Unlike the latest Cruise biography, which calls him the 2nd most important Scientologist, I would take it one step further: Cruise is the most important Scientologist of them all, because he is the best promoter of the organization. So, indeed he is some kind of minister of propaganda."
Are comparisons with the "Third Reich" not generally covered?
"If you take a closer look at the whole thing, you can see it: the way Scientology does things undercover and makes propaganda for its own ideas is identical to the totalitarian dogma of the Third Reich. The obscure Scientology slang, which Tom Cruise uses as well, is nothing but a cover-up tactic. The strange diction hides the horrible goals and the obvious historic precursors. This language makes scrutinization very difficult, because most people have never heard of made-up terms like "suppressive person". The master-plan is to hide the true dimension of the whole thing."
" Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard wanted to program members of Scientology in a way, that makes euthanasia seem like a feasible alternative, instead of fulfilling the needs of a human society. Hubbard was hoping that one day, when enough people realized what Scientology really is, it would already be too late. He said: "Because of that, we have to make sure that (on that day) we are the ones who so say what is the law and what is not."
Nevertheless, the Scientologist Cruise has just played Count Stauffenberg, also an opponent of Hitler.
"Shooting the movie "Valkyrie" had a lot in common with a diversionary tactic. It's stage magic. It's supposed to get the attention of the Germans and focus it into another direction, so they won't be aware of how dangerous the organization really is. I'm pretty sure, that the minds behind Scientology knew exactly why Cruise chose to shoot "Valkyrie", and why he chose to shoot it in Germany. They have an agenda. Because of their history, Germans tend to see the ideology of Scientology for what it really is. Plus: their country (Germany) shares its history with people from around the world. "Valkyrie" was a pre-emptive measure to take the wind out of the critics' sails. It's just another cover-up tactic"
And Cruise is part of this tactic?
"Yes. He truly believes, what other people tell him to believe. The videos of him prove it. At the same time, they show the psychological warfare, that the organization uses against its own members, in order to keep them trapped in some sort of dream-world. How are we supposed to take those people seriously? A scientologist believes, that the spirits of dead aliens are inside his body."
Interview: Jof Isert
_____________________________________________________________________________________
My God,! Arnie Lerma did it! He managed to get that message out to the very people who will be able to understand it the most and be able to do something with it!! Excellent!! Together with the video is priceless
Read this via Google translation page
The video of Cruise accepting his award is against this backdrop of information. There are links to many other articles on scientology, seemingly all current and including another interview by a german fellow.
Mary McConnell
Monday, January 28, 2008
Jenna Miscavige Hill, Niece of Scientology's leader, backs Cruise biography
Niece of Scientology's leader backs Cruise biography4 hours ago
PARIS (AFP) — The author of a controversial new biography on celebrity Scientologist Tom Cruise has found an unexpected new ally: the niece of Scientology's current leader, David Miscavige.
In an open letter to a senior Scientology official that has been widely posted on the Internet, Jenna Miscavige Hill described how her own family was broken apart by the movement's policies.
Hill's father is Ron Miscavige, the older brother of David Miscavige, the current leader of the Church of Scientology.
"Hell, if Scientology can't keep his family together -- then why on earth should anyone believe the church helps brings families together!" she wrote. [..]
It's terrific to see that this is getting some press coverage. The article below refers to Jenna Miscavige Hill, daughter of Elizabeth and Ron Miscavige, and the letter she wrote to church public relations spokesperson, Karen Pouw. After reading the lies Pouw wrote in defense of Scientology against Andrew Morton's Cruise biography, Jenna stepped up to the plate and called her on the carpet for lying about Scientology's Disconnection Policy and how it destroys families, including her own.
Scientology Disconnection Policy has been separating and destroying families for far too many years. It's a type of religious shunning. I know. During my 18 years in Scientology, I cut off family members because I really believed I was doing the right thing by Scientology. In retrospect, I was jaded and felt I had no choice. That's what happens when you are numb from being brainwashed for so long. Most of my family has forgiven me, but there are still a few people I have to find and apologize to for hurting them by severing ties because they didn't agree with Scientology.
Thank God I am FREE FROM SCIENTOLOGY!
Thank God, so is she! Way to go Jenna Miscavige Hill!
email: formerlyfooled at yahoo dot com
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Scientology Questions From Anonymous
"Some honest questions scientologists need to ask themselves. Feel free to respond in comments" That's what this YouTube video says. It's an important message.
Scientology Questions from Anonymous
Well, I'm all for this video. The current situation is more than about a Tom Cruise video or menacing the Church of Scientology just because ther Anons feel it's way past payback time for all the dirty deeds CoS done to mankind.
It's about the members who are not being allow to question things - a necessary componient of the freedom to think for themself. I was once one of them, for many years. Asking why is a start. Kudos for Anonymous in Netherlands for posting this.
You can find the video at YouTube
Scientology Questions from Anonymous
Well, I'm all for this video. The current situation is more than about a Tom Cruise video or menacing the Church of Scientology just because ther Anons feel it's way past payback time for all the dirty deeds CoS done to mankind.
It's about the members who are not being allow to question things - a necessary componient of the freedom to think for themself. I was once one of them, for many years. Asking why is a start. Kudos for Anonymous in Netherlands for posting this.
You can find the video at YouTube
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Fun with "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" - A Scientology Propaganda Project
Fun at the Church of Scientology’s "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" Museum!
by brian ( at catsandbeer.com )
Last month, author Brian's cousin Pete "came out to Los Angeles on a trip for work, and since then all he ever talks about is his visit to the Church of Scientology’s "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" museum. Seriously, he won’t shut up about the thing." Priceless :)
Hubbard in the House -- the State House!
JEFFERSON CITY | The halls of the Capitol are pretty quiet on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.
The rotunda, though, is jumping. A group called the Citizen Commission on Human Rights has packed the central space with no fewer than eight flat-panel TVs and 185 feet of six-foot-tall, full-color displays, all of them blasting the practice of psychiatry.
The exhibit’s title captures its subtlety: “Psychiatry: An Industry of Death.” [..]
(Yes, another priceless article. )
by brian ( at catsandbeer.com )
Last month, author Brian's cousin Pete "came out to Los Angeles on a trip for work, and since then all he ever talks about is his visit to the Church of Scientology’s "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" museum. Seriously, he won’t shut up about the thing." Priceless :)
Hubbard in the House -- the State House!
JEFFERSON CITY | The halls of the Capitol are pretty quiet on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.
The rotunda, though, is jumping. A group called the Citizen Commission on Human Rights has packed the central space with no fewer than eight flat-panel TVs and 185 feet of six-foot-tall, full-color displays, all of them blasting the practice of psychiatry.
The exhibit’s title captures its subtlety: “Psychiatry: An Industry of Death.” [..]
(Yes, another priceless article. )
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Nicole Kidman and her 'Confidential - Priest - Penitent Protected' Scientology Confessional Folders
I read a recent Defamer.com.au article
Scientologists Do Not Have Tapes Of Tom Making Nicole Call Him "Xenu" While Wearing Conor's Baseball Uniform
and I remembered something which I am surprised I had not thought of before, considering I'd been a brainwashed victim of the cult for 18 yrs:
"Confidential - Priest - Penitent Protected". How could I have forgotten that?
Well, anyway, as I explained to Defamer:
Scientology 'auditors; ( counselors ) ALWAYS write down what the 'preclear' or 'OT' says in a counseling session. Always. To do otherwise is a violation of their technology. So everything that Tom and Nicole have ever said in a session are recorded by hand by the counselor/ auditor.
There are taped sessions but that is usually done for monitoring the skills of the auditor- in training. Could they have taped Nicole's sessions? Well, nothing would surprise me when it comes to how the church treats it's celebrities. But certainly there were notes taken of all she'd ever spoken in those sessions.
I, personally, want my folders back and I bet Nicole would want them back too. We were convinced that we were dealing with a real church who had real principles and that the 'confessions' were sacred. Even the folders stated " Confidential- Priest-Penitent Protected"
and we fringe Catholics who joined Scientology actually believed that the session information was held sacred and confidential like a confession is in the catholic church! What fools we were. Nicole had good reason to fear that, as do so many other former scientologists.
One day there will be a class action suit brought against the 'church' to gather up and return all the folders of all the written notes from each person's sessions but until that day, believe me when I say she had something to fear. More than a few ex-members have had dirty laundry or the appearance of dirty laundry aired on the internet for criticising the church.
You can get more information on the Priest-Penitent privilage related to the keeping of "confessions"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clergy-penitent_privilege
Nicole, you are not alone. It was a con game. We were conned.
Mary McConnell
formerlyfooled at yahoo dot com
Good sites to visit:
http://www.narcononvictims.com
http://www.lermanet.com
http://www.xenu.net
http://www.xenutv.com
and my blog: http://free-from-scientology.blogspot.com
Monday, January 21, 2008
Another Lisa McPherson case: Three French citizen scientologists arrested in Nuoro, Italy charged with kidnapping and holding captive a woman
3 French members of Scientology were arrested yesterday in Italy for kidnapping and holding hostage a woman, who was found in a condition similar to the one the Late Lisa McPherson was in just before she died in 1995.
As Jeff Jacobson posted today over at alt.religion.scientology usenet group:
"On December 5, 1995, Lisa McPherson was dead on arrival at a hospital 45 minutes north of Clearwater Florida. According to the coroner's report, Lisa was underweight, severely dehydrated, and had bruises and bug bites (see the entire report here).
Lisa's last address was listed by the police as 210 S. Ft. Harrison in Clearwater Florida, which is the Fort Harrison Hotel, a Scientology property. Lisa had been a Scientologist from the age of 18 to her death at age 36.
Lisa was put on the Introspection Rundown that Scientology uses to handle those who have had a psychotic break.
On November 18, 1995, Lisa was involved in a minor car accident. She was apparently not hurt, but she got out of her car and took all her clothes off and seemed mentally unstable. She was taken to a hospital where she was physically evaluated as being unharmed, but the hospital wanted her to be psychologically cared for. However, some Scientologists arrived and stated that Lisa did not believe in psychiatry, and she checked out after a short evaluation and left with the Scientologists. She went with them to Room 174 of the Ft. Harrison Hotel for "rest and relaxation" according to the church, but church logs from Lisa's stay there from November 18 to her death December 5 show differently. Some logs are missing, and a high ranking ex-Scientologist has written an affidavit in which he claims that the church has in the past destroyed documents that might get the church in trouble.
The family of Lisa McPherson sued Scientology and individuals involved for wrongful death, while Scientology claimed it did nothing wrong toward Lisa While settlement talks were completed after being forced by the court, (Civil Case settled 5/28/04) the case appears to still be active. Scientology had a web page (removed or moved) that smeared Lisa's aunt and attorney. "
Now we have another victim in the news. I cannot let this important story slide by. In 1984 I lost a dear friend, Dale Bogen, who underwent this kind of treatment and she was found dead, a supposid suicide. People were afraid to speak up. Then Lisa died and what happened after that was a war with Scientology that is emblazioned in the minds of so many people who try to keep Lisa's memory alive.
Lisa and Dale are not alone. The victim in this recent situation was saved only due to her ingenuity in leaving notes outside where she was staying, so that someone would call police.
What most likely happened to latest victim is that she became irratic or psychotic during scientology 'auditing' and was put on a program called the Introspection Rundown, same as Lisa and Dale. Part of this program is a thing called muzzled destimulation, as described here.
It is degrading, inhumane and illegal in many countries to not help a person get proper medical care. Lisa and Dale died and this woman escaped. There is a very important story to be told here. This is the dark side of scientology.
Look here at what happened to Lisa McPherson: The UnFunny Truth about Scientology
'State drops charges against Scientology'Blaming the medical examiner for damaging their case, prosecutors quietly end the inquiry into Lisa McPherson's death. By THOMAS C. TOBIN ©St. Petersburg Times,6/13/00
Tampabay: Doctor in Lisa McPherson case suspended
____________ The latest case in Italy with links:
ilGiornale.it - Nuoro, donna segregata Tre francesi in manette - n. 3 del 21-01-2008
Nuoro - Three French citizens belonging to Scientology were arrested in Nuoro on charges that he kidnapped and held captive a fellow of Tunisian origin. Police Headquarters in the Nuoro intervened after a call to 113 had reported invocations help from the rural Mount
Ortobene on the hill overlooking the capital barbaricino. Police officers raided surprising on the ground floor and three French citizens on the upper floor of their fellow 47 years, closed in a room full of waste.
The woman was seminuda and slept on a mattress infested by insects and worms. Accompanied ambulance woman has been detained in hospital, but has made time to denounce his jailers. Police have arrested Decouduh Marie Claude, 42 years old, Rachid Hassereldith Kabbara and Julien Queyrou, both 18 years all on charges of abduction. The three, after the findings of rite, were locked up in the home district of Badu 'and Carros available to the judiciary.
ilGiornale.it - Nuoro, donna segregata Tre francesi in manette - n. 3 del 21-01-2008
Nuoro - Three French citizens belonging to Scientology were arrested in Nuoro on charges that he kidnapped and held captive a fellow of Tunisian origin. Police Headquarters in the Nuoro intervened after a call to 113 had reported invocations help from the rural Mount Ortobene on the hill overlooking the capital barbaricino. Police officers raided surprising on the ground floor and three French citizens on the upper floor of their fellow 47 years, closed in a room full of waste.
The woman was seminuda and slept on a mattress infested by insects and worms. Accompanied ambulance woman has been detained in hospital, but has made time to denounce his jailers. Police have arrested Decouduh Marie Claude, 42 years old, Rachid Hassereldith Kabbara and Julien Queyrou, both 18 years all on charges of abduction. The three, after the findings of rite, were locked up in the home district of Badu 'and Carros available to the judiciary.
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ilGiornale.it - Nuoro, donna segregata Tre francesi in manette - n. 3
del 21-01-2008
Nuoro - Tre cittadini francesi appartenenti a Scientology sono stati arrestati a Nuoro con l'accusa di aver sequestrato e tenuto prigioniera una connazionale di origini tunisine. I poliziotti della Questura di Nuoro sono intervenuti dopo che una telefonata al 113 aveva segnalato invocazioni d'aiuto provenienti da un'abitazione
rurale sul Monte Ortobene, l'altura che domina il capoluogo barbaricino. Gli agenti hanno fatto irruzione sorprendendo al piano terra tre cittadini francesi ed al piano superiore una loro connazionale di 47 anni, chiusa in una stanza piena di rifiuti.
La donna era seminuda e dormiva su un materasso infestato da insetti e vermi. Accompagnata in ambulanza la donna è stata ricoverata in osservazione, ma ha fatto a tempo a denunciare i suoi aguzzini. I poliziotti hanno arrestato Marie Claude Decouduh, di 42 anni, Rachid Hassereldith Kabbara e Julien Queyrou, entrambi di 18 anni tutti con l'accusa di sequestro di persona. I tre, dopo gli accertamenti di
rito, sono stati rinchiusi nella casa circondariale di Badu 'e Carros a disposizione della magistratura.
More story links:
http://www.corriere.it/cronache/08_gennaio_21/nuoro_rapimento_scientology_d2cd3c4c-c826-11dc-8c83-0003ba99c667.shtml
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/regioni/sardegna/news/2008-01-21_121157631.html
http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=116530
As Jeff Jacobson posted today over at alt.religion.scientology usenet group:
"On December 5, 1995, Lisa McPherson was dead on arrival at a hospital 45 minutes north of Clearwater Florida. According to the coroner's report, Lisa was underweight, severely dehydrated, and had bruises and bug bites (see the entire report here).
Lisa's last address was listed by the police as 210 S. Ft. Harrison in Clearwater Florida, which is the Fort Harrison Hotel, a Scientology property. Lisa had been a Scientologist from the age of 18 to her death at age 36.
Lisa was put on the Introspection Rundown that Scientology uses to handle those who have had a psychotic break.
On November 18, 1995, Lisa was involved in a minor car accident. She was apparently not hurt, but she got out of her car and took all her clothes off and seemed mentally unstable. She was taken to a hospital where she was physically evaluated as being unharmed, but the hospital wanted her to be psychologically cared for. However, some Scientologists arrived and stated that Lisa did not believe in psychiatry, and she checked out after a short evaluation and left with the Scientologists. She went with them to Room 174 of the Ft. Harrison Hotel for "rest and relaxation" according to the church, but church logs from Lisa's stay there from November 18 to her death December 5 show differently. Some logs are missing, and a high ranking ex-Scientologist has written an affidavit in which he claims that the church has in the past destroyed documents that might get the church in trouble.
The family of Lisa McPherson sued Scientology and individuals involved for wrongful death, while Scientology claimed it did nothing wrong toward Lisa While settlement talks were completed after being forced by the court, (Civil Case settled 5/28/04) the case appears to still be active. Scientology had a web page (removed or moved) that smeared Lisa's aunt and attorney. "
Now we have another victim in the news. I cannot let this important story slide by. In 1984 I lost a dear friend, Dale Bogen, who underwent this kind of treatment and she was found dead, a supposid suicide. People were afraid to speak up. Then Lisa died and what happened after that was a war with Scientology that is emblazioned in the minds of so many people who try to keep Lisa's memory alive.
Lisa and Dale are not alone. The victim in this recent situation was saved only due to her ingenuity in leaving notes outside where she was staying, so that someone would call police.
What most likely happened to latest victim is that she became irratic or psychotic during scientology 'auditing' and was put on a program called the Introspection Rundown, same as Lisa and Dale. Part of this program is a thing called muzzled destimulation, as described here.
It is degrading, inhumane and illegal in many countries to not help a person get proper medical care. Lisa and Dale died and this woman escaped. There is a very important story to be told here. This is the dark side of scientology.
Look here at what happened to Lisa McPherson: The UnFunny Truth about Scientology
'State drops charges against Scientology'Blaming the medical examiner for damaging their case, prosecutors quietly end the inquiry into Lisa McPherson's death. By THOMAS C. TOBIN ©St. Petersburg Times,6/13/00
Tampabay: Doctor in Lisa McPherson case suspended
____________ The latest case in Italy with links:
ilGiornale.it - Nuoro, donna segregata Tre francesi in manette - n. 3 del 21-01-2008
Nuoro - Three French citizens belonging to Scientology were arrested in Nuoro on charges that he kidnapped and held captive a fellow of Tunisian origin. Police Headquarters in the Nuoro intervened after a call to 113 had reported invocations help from the rural Mount
Ortobene on the hill overlooking the capital barbaricino. Police officers raided surprising on the ground floor and three French citizens on the upper floor of their fellow 47 years, closed in a room full of waste.
The woman was seminuda and slept on a mattress infested by insects and worms. Accompanied ambulance woman has been detained in hospital, but has made time to denounce his jailers. Police have arrested Decouduh Marie Claude, 42 years old, Rachid Hassereldith Kabbara and Julien Queyrou, both 18 years all on charges of abduction. The three, after the findings of rite, were locked up in the home district of Badu 'and Carros available to the judiciary.
ilGiornale.it - Nuoro, donna segregata Tre francesi in manette - n. 3 del 21-01-2008
Nuoro - Three French citizens belonging to Scientology were arrested in Nuoro on charges that he kidnapped and held captive a fellow of Tunisian origin. Police Headquarters in the Nuoro intervened after a call to 113 had reported invocations help from the rural Mount Ortobene on the hill overlooking the capital barbaricino. Police officers raided surprising on the ground floor and three French citizens on the upper floor of their fellow 47 years, closed in a room full of waste.
The woman was seminuda and slept on a mattress infested by insects and worms. Accompanied ambulance woman has been detained in hospital, but has made time to denounce his jailers. Police have arrested Decouduh Marie Claude, 42 years old, Rachid Hassereldith Kabbara and Julien Queyrou, both 18 years all on charges of abduction. The three, after the findings of rite, were locked up in the home district of Badu 'and Carros available to the judiciary.
----------------
ilGiornale.it - Nuoro, donna segregata Tre francesi in manette - n. 3
del 21-01-2008
Nuoro - Tre cittadini francesi appartenenti a Scientology sono stati arrestati a Nuoro con l'accusa di aver sequestrato e tenuto prigioniera una connazionale di origini tunisine. I poliziotti della Questura di Nuoro sono intervenuti dopo che una telefonata al 113 aveva segnalato invocazioni d'aiuto provenienti da un'abitazione
rurale sul Monte Ortobene, l'altura che domina il capoluogo barbaricino. Gli agenti hanno fatto irruzione sorprendendo al piano terra tre cittadini francesi ed al piano superiore una loro connazionale di 47 anni, chiusa in una stanza piena di rifiuti.
La donna era seminuda e dormiva su un materasso infestato da insetti e vermi. Accompagnata in ambulanza la donna è stata ricoverata in osservazione, ma ha fatto a tempo a denunciare i suoi aguzzini. I poliziotti hanno arrestato Marie Claude Decouduh, di 42 anni, Rachid Hassereldith Kabbara e Julien Queyrou, entrambi di 18 anni tutti con l'accusa di sequestro di persona. I tre, dopo gli accertamenti di
rito, sono stati rinchiusi nella casa circondariale di Badu 'e Carros a disposizione della magistratura.
More story links:
http://www.corriere.it/cronache/08_gennaio_21/nuoro_rapimento_scientology_d2cd3c4c-c826-11dc-8c83-0003ba99c667.shtml
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/regioni/sardegna/news/2008-01-21_121157631.html
http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=116530
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Christopher Caldwell of Financial Times : 'Confusion over Scientology..........:
Financial Times
Confusion over Scientology
Is it a religion? A cult? A business? Or something else?
By Christopher Caldwell
Published: January 18 2008 19:45 | Last updated: January 18 2008 19:45
Christopher Caldwell asks how the hybrid should be handled
Here's a fair use bit from this excellent article.
[..]
" How Scientology gets treated is important. Hybrid organisations – which look religious from one angle and secular from another – are not what our laws on freedom of religion anticipated. When a Muslim charity gives money to, say, Hamas, or when a Bible-belt church starts a business, the line between sacred and secular gets harder to draw.
Scientology’s doctrines are based on Hubbard’s writings and programmes, sales of which are a considerable source of income for the Church. Some of its scriptures are “confidential”. They reportedly involve extraterrestrials who lived 75m years ago and sent spirit clusters (called “thetans”) to earth. The basic practice is “auditing”, which has been compared to Catholic confession or to self-help “talking cures”, but which is directed by a church member. Its goal is to eliminate “engrams” – negative mental pictures that block human development. It should not be confused with psychiatry, to which the Church has a special hostility, and which Hubbard considered a form of terrorism.
Readers Digest, Time magazine and others have reported that the Church keeps records of its confessional “audits” in case a member should turn against it. Defectors from the group have claimed that they were subjected to psychological pressure and, in some cases, lost their life’s savings. Scientology is rich. It has a real estate empire in Clearwater, Florida and desirable properties in the major cities of the world, along with reported assets in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Scientology “devotes vast resources to squelching its critics”, Time magazine wrote in 1991 – and this was before Scientology sued Time Warner for $416m over the article in which that passage appeared. In 2001, the US Supreme Court, in refusing to revisit Scientology’s filed suit against Time Warner, cited a 1984 California Superior Court case that found: “The Church or its minions is fully capable of intimidation or other physical or psychological abuse if it suits their ends. The record is replete with evidence of such abuse.”
The Church repeatedly sued a US watchdog group called the Cult Awareness Network until it went bankrupt in the 1990s. And Mr Morton told the Toronto-based Globe and Mail this week that his biography of Mr Cruise had not been published in Britain “because the publishers, Pan-Macmillan, felt the costs of defending any action outweighed any kind of freedom of expression”. "[..]
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Recently, the Editor of the St Petersburg Times in Clearwater, FL had similar concerns about scientology because of the city's history with the church. The editoria makes a public suggestion to Sen. Grassley in an editorial titled Opinion: A Church Accounting .
"Politicians should be careful when delving into religious matters, but Grassley has raised some legitimate issues about enforcement of tax laws. While religious institutions have constitutional protection against certain taxation, they are also expected not to abuse their special status. In fact, while Grassley is looking into such matters, he should add the Church of Scientology to the list.
Scientology's shameful past includes a 25-year legal and psychological campaign against the IRS to be recognized as a tax-exempt religion. Scientology tactics included a criminal conspiracy in the 1970s to bug IRS offices, which led to 11 convictions of church members including founder L. Ron Hubbard's wife. Scientology filed dozens of lawsuits against the IRS, hired private investigators to dig up dirt on IRS employees and financed other IRS critics.
In an unprecedented concession in 1993, the IRS dropped its long-held position that Scientology operations where commercial, and granted the organization tax-exempt status as a religion. Mysteriously, that decision came after then IRS Commissioner Fred T. Goldberg Jr. held an impromptu private meeting with top Scientologist David Miscavige. Goldberg and the IRS still refuse to discuss their decision or release details of the settlement even though there is no legal obligation for them to remain silent. Perhaps Grassley could shed some light on what happened in that private meeting.
While federal law gives great leeway to recognized religions to collect money without paying taxes, there are some clear limitations. A religion's income and assets cannot be used to benefit church insiders beyond their normal compensation, and must be used for charitable, educational or religious purposes rather than to enrich individuals"
--------------------------------
That took courage and the article put the church on notice. So has Christopher Caldwell and Financial Times. This is a timely subject worthy of a complete review.
Confusion over Scientology
Is it a religion? A cult? A business? Or something else?
By Christopher Caldwell
Published: January 18 2008 19:45 | Last updated: January 18 2008 19:45
Christopher Caldwell asks how the hybrid should be handled
Here's a fair use bit from this excellent article.
[..]
" How Scientology gets treated is important. Hybrid organisations – which look religious from one angle and secular from another – are not what our laws on freedom of religion anticipated. When a Muslim charity gives money to, say, Hamas, or when a Bible-belt church starts a business, the line between sacred and secular gets harder to draw.
Scientology’s doctrines are based on Hubbard’s writings and programmes, sales of which are a considerable source of income for the Church. Some of its scriptures are “confidential”. They reportedly involve extraterrestrials who lived 75m years ago and sent spirit clusters (called “thetans”) to earth. The basic practice is “auditing”, which has been compared to Catholic confession or to self-help “talking cures”, but which is directed by a church member. Its goal is to eliminate “engrams” – negative mental pictures that block human development. It should not be confused with psychiatry, to which the Church has a special hostility, and which Hubbard considered a form of terrorism.
Readers Digest, Time magazine and others have reported that the Church keeps records of its confessional “audits” in case a member should turn against it. Defectors from the group have claimed that they were subjected to psychological pressure and, in some cases, lost their life’s savings. Scientology is rich. It has a real estate empire in Clearwater, Florida and desirable properties in the major cities of the world, along with reported assets in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Scientology “devotes vast resources to squelching its critics”, Time magazine wrote in 1991 – and this was before Scientology sued Time Warner for $416m over the article in which that passage appeared. In 2001, the US Supreme Court, in refusing to revisit Scientology’s filed suit against Time Warner, cited a 1984 California Superior Court case that found: “The Church or its minions is fully capable of intimidation or other physical or psychological abuse if it suits their ends. The record is replete with evidence of such abuse.”
The Church repeatedly sued a US watchdog group called the Cult Awareness Network until it went bankrupt in the 1990s. And Mr Morton told the Toronto-based Globe and Mail this week that his biography of Mr Cruise had not been published in Britain “because the publishers, Pan-Macmillan, felt the costs of defending any action outweighed any kind of freedom of expression”. "[..]
----------------------------------
Recently, the Editor of the St Petersburg Times in Clearwater, FL had similar concerns about scientology because of the city's history with the church. The editoria makes a public suggestion to Sen. Grassley in an editorial titled Opinion: A Church Accounting .
"Politicians should be careful when delving into religious matters, but Grassley has raised some legitimate issues about enforcement of tax laws. While religious institutions have constitutional protection against certain taxation, they are also expected not to abuse their special status. In fact, while Grassley is looking into such matters, he should add the Church of Scientology to the list.
Scientology's shameful past includes a 25-year legal and psychological campaign against the IRS to be recognized as a tax-exempt religion. Scientology tactics included a criminal conspiracy in the 1970s to bug IRS offices, which led to 11 convictions of church members including founder L. Ron Hubbard's wife. Scientology filed dozens of lawsuits against the IRS, hired private investigators to dig up dirt on IRS employees and financed other IRS critics.
In an unprecedented concession in 1993, the IRS dropped its long-held position that Scientology operations where commercial, and granted the organization tax-exempt status as a religion. Mysteriously, that decision came after then IRS Commissioner Fred T. Goldberg Jr. held an impromptu private meeting with top Scientologist David Miscavige. Goldberg and the IRS still refuse to discuss their decision or release details of the settlement even though there is no legal obligation for them to remain silent. Perhaps Grassley could shed some light on what happened in that private meeting.
While federal law gives great leeway to recognized religions to collect money without paying taxes, there are some clear limitations. A religion's income and assets cannot be used to benefit church insiders beyond their normal compensation, and must be used for charitable, educational or religious purposes rather than to enrich individuals"
--------------------------------
That took courage and the article put the church on notice. So has Christopher Caldwell and Financial Times. This is a timely subject worthy of a complete review.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
"The World's Largest Global Scam" is The Church of Scientology
Of the Tom Cruise Video, Lerma says "Scientology is the World's Largest Global Scam"
Arnie Lerma of Lermanet.com discusses "the video the Church of Scientology did not want you to see".
Here he's interviewed on January 16, 2008, by SKY tv UK, a UK Satellite TV broadcaster run by Rupert Murdoch, from the DC Fox News affiliate station about the bizzare claims Tom Cruise made in the video.
He says " Scientology is the World's Largest Global Scam. " " It's based on hypnosis and the propaganda techniques that built the Third Reich."
I was unable to catch the anchor's name but he's with Sky's 24 hour MOR news channel. This and other interviews about the Tom Cruise video played every 20 minutes round the clock, I suppose much to the dismay of the Church of Scientology:
Arnie Lerma has the distinct unofficial title of being Scientology's most persistent and effective ex-member critic on the internet and in the history of the church. No matter what the church has done to him to try and stop his efforts to inform the world about the 'con game' he calls Scientology, he's never given up.
He has helped thousands and thousands of people by helping make the internet a viable and accessable place to get the critical facts and information people need in order to know and understand the Church of Scientology.
Back in 1995 Scientology sued Lerma, his ISP: Digital Gateway, The Washington Post, and investigative journalists Richard Leiby and Marc Fisher. The lawsuit was filed against Lerma and his Internet service provider by the church's Religious Technology Center, (RTC), claiming copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation. " In that case the "The Washington Post, et al were released from the suit when USDJ Leonie Brinkema ruled in a memorandum on Nov 28, 1995:
"When the RTC first approached the Court with its ex parte request for the seizure warrant and temporary restraining order, the dispute was presented as a straight-forward one under copyright and trade secret law. However, the Court is now convinced that the primary motivation of RTC in suing Lerma, DGS and The Post is to stifle criticism of Scientology in general and to harass its critics. As the increasingly vitriolic rhetoric of its briefs and oral argument now demonstrates, the RTC appears far more concerned about criticism of Scientology than vindication of its secrets."
(Memorandum Opinion of November 28, 1995, by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema; Religious Technology Center v. Arnaldo Lerma, Washington Post, Mark Fisher, and Richard Leiby)
The Memorandum Opinion acknowledges what critics believe Scientology practices to this day: the "Fair Game" policy, a written directive by L. Ron Hubbard that encourages harassment of anyone who speaks out against the church.
In conclusion, the court awarded RTC the statutory minimum of $2,500 for five instances of non-willful copyright violation."
Lerma has researched Scientology for many years to determine how it was that he gave the organization 10 uears of his life, as so many others have in the promised hopes of becoming happy and godlike. You can find much of his research at Lermanet.com
Grateful thanks to youtube's quentinkrisp for getting the interviews up on the internet:
Tom Cruise & Scientology: Career Death 1of4
Tom Cruise & Scientology: Career Death 2of4
Tom Cruise & Scientology: Career Death 3of4
Tom Cruise & Scientology: Career Death 4of4
* quentinkrisp Note to YouTube Legal:
These fair use reportage clips are owned by my friend Rupert. They are not the property of the so called "Church" of Scientology or the hetrosexual actor Tom Cruise. If you actually bother to watch the clip then you'll see that any tiny percentage of non-rupert footage clearly passes the legal test of News Reportage with respect to copyright claims on the whole clip.
Arnie Lerma of Lermanet.com discusses "the video the Church of Scientology did not want you to see".
Here he's interviewed on January 16, 2008, by SKY tv UK, a UK Satellite TV broadcaster run by Rupert Murdoch, from the DC Fox News affiliate station about the bizzare claims Tom Cruise made in the video.
He says " Scientology is the World's Largest Global Scam. " " It's based on hypnosis and the propaganda techniques that built the Third Reich."
I was unable to catch the anchor's name but he's with Sky's 24 hour MOR news channel. This and other interviews about the Tom Cruise video played every 20 minutes round the clock, I suppose much to the dismay of the Church of Scientology:
Arnie Lerma has the distinct unofficial title of being Scientology's most persistent and effective ex-member critic on the internet and in the history of the church. No matter what the church has done to him to try and stop his efforts to inform the world about the 'con game' he calls Scientology, he's never given up.
He has helped thousands and thousands of people by helping make the internet a viable and accessable place to get the critical facts and information people need in order to know and understand the Church of Scientology.
Back in 1995 Scientology sued Lerma, his ISP: Digital Gateway, The Washington Post, and investigative journalists Richard Leiby and Marc Fisher. The lawsuit was filed against Lerma and his Internet service provider by the church's Religious Technology Center, (RTC), claiming copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation. " In that case the "The Washington Post, et al were released from the suit when USDJ Leonie Brinkema ruled in a memorandum on Nov 28, 1995:
"When the RTC first approached the Court with its ex parte request for the seizure warrant and temporary restraining order, the dispute was presented as a straight-forward one under copyright and trade secret law. However, the Court is now convinced that the primary motivation of RTC in suing Lerma, DGS and The Post is to stifle criticism of Scientology in general and to harass its critics. As the increasingly vitriolic rhetoric of its briefs and oral argument now demonstrates, the RTC appears far more concerned about criticism of Scientology than vindication of its secrets."
(Memorandum Opinion of November 28, 1995, by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema; Religious Technology Center v. Arnaldo Lerma, Washington Post, Mark Fisher, and Richard Leiby)
The Memorandum Opinion acknowledges what critics believe Scientology practices to this day: the "Fair Game" policy, a written directive by L. Ron Hubbard that encourages harassment of anyone who speaks out against the church.
In conclusion, the court awarded RTC the statutory minimum of $2,500 for five instances of non-willful copyright violation."
Lerma has researched Scientology for many years to determine how it was that he gave the organization 10 uears of his life, as so many others have in the promised hopes of becoming happy and godlike. You can find much of his research at Lermanet.com
Grateful thanks to youtube's quentinkrisp for getting the interviews up on the internet:
Tom Cruise & Scientology: Career Death 1of4
Tom Cruise & Scientology: Career Death 2of4
Tom Cruise & Scientology: Career Death 3of4
Tom Cruise & Scientology: Career Death 4of4
* quentinkrisp Note to YouTube Legal:
These fair use reportage clips are owned by my friend Rupert. They are not the property of the so called "Church" of Scientology or the hetrosexual actor Tom Cruise. If you actually bother to watch the clip then you'll see that any tiny percentage of non-rupert footage clearly passes the legal test of News Reportage with respect to copyright claims on the whole clip.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
ConnieTalk on Tom Cruise Scientologist
There's Something Very Wrong With Tom Cruise by ConnieTalk.com
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
ConnieTalk, very funny site. Love the photos you have there, too.
There is something wrong with Tom Cruise, and all scientologists indoctrinated like he is. I know. I was at one time, for many years in fact, one of them.
Arnie Lerma of Lermanet.com explains it best:
Hubbard's Use of Covert Hypnosis - Exposed
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
ConnieTalk, very funny site. Love the photos you have there, too.
There is something wrong with Tom Cruise, and all scientologists indoctrinated like he is. I know. I was at one time, for many years in fact, one of them.
Arnie Lerma of Lermanet.com explains it best:
Hubbard's Use of Covert Hypnosis - Exposed
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Andrew Morton Interviewed
Jan. 15: Andrew Morton answers email questions on MSNBC. Listen carefully.
In the below video, he's interviewed on the Today Show, where he defends his unauthorized biography of the celebrity and talks about why the Church of Scientology is so against it.
Very interesting.
Unauthorized biographer defends Tom Cruise claims
To All the Curious Current, Former and Never Members Of Scientology
This summary is not available. Please
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The Scientologilization of Will Smith, a friend of Tom Cruise
Colbert Reports on: The Scientologilization of Will Smith
Scientology: Is Will Smith a Scientologist?( I hope not )
Colbert gives his advise
1 min 50 sec - 10-Jan-08
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http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-8442343306779874234
Scientology: Is Will Smith a Scientologist?( I hope not )
Colbert gives his advise
1 min 50 sec - 10-Jan-08
for Video iPod/Sony PSP
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-8442343306779874234
Monday, January 14, 2008
The Nuts And Bolts of Tom Cruise - Part 1
Tomorrow we have Andrew Morton's Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography coming out.
Today, we have the Canadian Press interview with Morton where much of the bruhaha of the past week get's dispelled
" Author of Tom Cruise biography dispels rumours about Scientology actor"
states:
Morton says Cruise is now the No. 2 Scientologist in the world.
"I just thought the Scientology was just like an add-on to his life and he just paid lip service to it," Morton says.
"What I didn't realize was how absolutely to the bone this is in him, and in a way it helps to explain why he's so suspicious of the outside world. Scientology is controlling, it's dominating, it's their way or the highway. They believe that only they have the answers to all the problems in the world, and in a way it kind of meshes quite nicely with his own fairly authoritarian character. It's a good fit."
Cruise is, in fact, a control freak who likes to manage every aspect of not only his personal and professional lives, but also of the lives of his wives - current and former - and children, Morton says.
"Scientology is quite technical, and it seems sort of pseudo-scientific at first and the early courses are quite accessible. It teaches you that you can actually leave your past behind and reinvent yourself, you can remake the script if you like, you can take control of your life - and Tom Cruise is very much about control."
See for yourself:
Tom Cruise on Scientology
NOTE: Because the Church of Scientology keeps having the video removed, I will be updating this page with a current link to where one can see it:
Defamer presents:
The Tom Cruise Indoctrination Video Scientologists Dont Want You To See
http://tinyurl.com/2wqkjw
http://defamer.com/344987/the-tom-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientologists-dont-want-you-to-see
Today, we have the Canadian Press interview with Morton where much of the bruhaha of the past week get's dispelled
" Author of Tom Cruise biography dispels rumours about Scientology actor"
states:
Morton says Cruise is now the No. 2 Scientologist in the world.
"I just thought the Scientology was just like an add-on to his life and he just paid lip service to it," Morton says.
"What I didn't realize was how absolutely to the bone this is in him, and in a way it helps to explain why he's so suspicious of the outside world. Scientology is controlling, it's dominating, it's their way or the highway. They believe that only they have the answers to all the problems in the world, and in a way it kind of meshes quite nicely with his own fairly authoritarian character. It's a good fit."
Cruise is, in fact, a control freak who likes to manage every aspect of not only his personal and professional lives, but also of the lives of his wives - current and former - and children, Morton says.
"Scientology is quite technical, and it seems sort of pseudo-scientific at first and the early courses are quite accessible. It teaches you that you can actually leave your past behind and reinvent yourself, you can remake the script if you like, you can take control of your life - and Tom Cruise is very much about control."
See for yourself:
Tom Cruise on Scientology
NOTE: Because the Church of Scientology keeps having the video removed, I will be updating this page with a current link to where one can see it:
Defamer presents:
The Tom Cruise Indoctrination Video Scientologists Dont Want You To See
http://tinyurl.com/2wqkjw
http://defamer.com/344987/the-tom-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientologists-dont-want-you-to-see
Friday, December 07, 2007
German ministers say Scientology unconstitutional
Scientology is unconstitutional in many countries, including the United States despite it's tax exempt status. Scientology is like Wisteria - invasive, destructive and difficult to get rid of.
The Germans are trying to avoid what happened in their past and what happened to America.
Catch The Washington Post's article:
German ministers say Scientology unconstitutional
By Louis Charbonneau
Reuters
Additional reporting by Markus Krah; Editing by Andrew Dobbie
Friday, December 7, 2007; 9:15 AM
Scientology is unconstitutional in many countries, including the United States despite it's tax exempt status. Scientology is like Wisteria - invasive, destructive and difficult to get rid of.
The Germans are trying to avoid what happened in their past and what happened to America.
Catch The Washington Post's article:
German ministers say Scientology unconstitutional
By Louis Charbonneau
Reuters
Additional reporting by Markus Krah; Editing by Andrew Dobbie
Friday, December 7, 2007; 9:15 AM
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