I usually don't post things like this here, because if I did every time someone asked me, it would be all this blog would contain. But for people I know personally, who have gone out of their way to help me, there can be no hesitation. I know if I asked for help in return it would be given unconditionally. I ask you to read this in its entirety, and if you can help, do so. There won't be certificates or commendations, and you won't be given a bowling trophy or lauded in a magazine as a "humanitarian," but you will have done something to help someone and a family in dire need of assistance due to tragic, unpredictable events. Shelley and Andrew and their their family are wonderful, good people. She has done an enormous amount to expose … [Read More...]
You Can “Be It All”
You can almost smell the desperation in this new promotional piece. The "ideal" org in Auckland is clearly in need of staff. They have a handful and are making no progress towards achieving St Hill Size (and thus the "Make-Break point" where they actually become viable). Their newest pitch is pretty pathetic. This is the video they are wanting everyone to watch... It's very short. And very, very amateurish. Certainly not a SuMP production. Their sales gimmick is that you don't really have to give up anything to be a staff member. You can do all these others things and make a minimal commitment to staff. Hahaha. That is absolutely untrue, as anyone who has ever been on staff knows. And as the public (who are … [Read More...]
Some Funnies
A few promotional items sent in over the last week. Of course, it was Mother's Day, which seemed oddly inappropriate to fall on the same day as Dianetics was published, because Dianetics reflects Hubbard's dystopian view of women -- a great deal of the book is devoted to the idea that women routinely seek to self-abort their pregnancies. Somehow, everyone supposedly has these "engrams" from their time in the womb... But it is also a reflection of the decline of scientology that "Dianetics Day" -- once one of the "big" international events where the newest Dianetics sponsored race car would be shown, and Dianetics on bestseller lists would be announced with huge fanfare -- are now tame local affairs, combined with … [Read More...]
