Fortunately, someone from the church sends me a "good news" email (from [email protected]) to keep me abreast of the latest stories released by scientology. The latest is worthy of comment for a few reasons. Here it is, the big news from Tokyo.... First thought. Chairman of the Pompadour is looking more and more like Bob Duggan and that hair is becoming almost Don King-like. It seems to have taken on a life of its own... Second, "Epic Summer" is a bit weak. Epic has been so over-used now to describe everything from the next graduation you must attend to the last … [Read more...]
The Models Of Admin Know How
Here is an email and promotional piece WISE just sent out. The masters of administration are STILL operating in the dark ages -- selling BOOKS that are "fully indexed" and contain "glossaries" and not even a MENTION of a soft-copy version that would be searchable. What better index could there be than "control F"? And, newsflash, you can click on a word on the computer (or your phone) and it will be defined for you! But of course, you couldn't charge $1350 for a flash drive or a downloadable file. WISE thinks they are the bleeding edge of administrative technology. All the poor "wogs" … [Read more...]
It’s ALL About The Money
Normally I would have simply included a couple of these in the Thursday Funnies and been done with it. But this week it hit saturation level and I felt it deserves a single post that gathers together a sample of one week of pitches from the most OT org on earth. The top of the bridge. It doesn't get any better than this, what every scientologist is striving for. The Moneywinds no longer seems to operate on any pretense about "delivering service" -- they are ONLY about helping people make money so they might extract it from them. What is that saying about money being the lowest motivating … [Read more...]
Regraded Being
Thursday Funnies
Brummie bananas These just get more and more bizarre. Bird's custard is a reason to give money for an ideal org? Oh, man, if only you had mentioned earlier that Jasper Carrott (?) was from Birmingham I would have turned over everything I own... He Who Shall Not Be Named... Was there a sighting of a pompadour behind the podium? Russian? How appropriate of nothing.... Mr. Rabies is in town You can earn yourself a special commendation if you bring 5 people with you On the hunt for the … [Read more...]
Debbie Cook Revisited
It's been some time since any news about Debbie Cook has surfaced. Then last weekend Tony Ortega posted that she has just published a book on Amazon about recovering from Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue. Although I haven't spoken to Debbie in years, I have thought about her and Wayne many times and after reading some of the comments on Tony's blog, I felt some background information might be of interest to fill in a few blanks and perhaps dispel some misconceptions. There hasn’t really been a reason for me to write about this before. Marty covered the activities of her case and the s … [Read more...]
The Idiocy Is Multiplying
These ideal org promotional pieces are getting crazier and crazier. I wasnt sure there was anywhere to descend to, but this one really goes beyond bizarre. 1.2 million miles flown in honor of ideal orgs? WTF does that mean? Flown by whom? Why? And can you believe those names? It's like Grade School debate team names. Second to none in Chicago? Well, second to Miami and Detroit. Orlando - Bringing the Real Magic (it's quite a trick to be beaten by Puerto Rico, Battle Creek and Long Island.... The next ideal org ballpark completion is on the runway. Ladies and gentlemen, we … [Read more...]
Cheapo Rates
Boy, here is some really good news from Tampa model ideal SH size org. For the paltry sum of $13,750 you can CO-AUDIT your way to Clear (you will also need the new GOAT CCRD after that and they won't give it to you for free, but you will sort of be clear, at least as clear as you can be without having someone else verify you are not clear so you can be sold some more stuff). But Thomas, don't you realize NOBODY is ever "in your area." Nobody lives in that area. It's tourists and people from Tampa eating out at night. Maybe a few people pass within 1/2 mile on their way to Ikea. And if … [Read more...]
Valley Hype Rides Again
Quinn the Eskimo is back, back, back!!!!! And he rode triumphantly into town armed with a quiver full of exclamation points and a hefty garbage bag full of hype. The ridiculousness of this email has got to be seen to be believed. From all the earlier hype you may have been wondering just how close they were to achieving their goal of being able to begin construction. Well, Quinn has kindly solved the problem. It's just a "nominal" "Ballpark balance" of $2,100,000. Chickenfeed. Could buy a nice building for this org that would be too big with that "nominal" amount. Just … [Read more...]
The IAS Makes Us Big Beings
The Big Being concept is spreading. More and more people are trying to shoehorn in on the exclusive club reserved for COB and Mr. Cruise. I wonder if the IAS is telling people that giving them money makes them "Big Beings", like giving money for ideal org buildings makes you a "humanitarian"? Seems like this is a good possibility. Sooner or later the IAS can do away with scientology altogether. They don't really need it -- you can get all the case gain and OTness and become a Big Being just by giving them money. No need to be bothered with any "bridge" or redoing the bridge or buying … [Read more...]
Regraded Being
Thursday Funnies
Become a 75% Humanitarian You will be better than than 50% Humanitarians from the match game... This is it! "Only" 1,6 left to raise (not counting the $600k promised but not paid...) Should be around the "ballpark" with this and then will be given the REAL figure. The largest honor roll on earth STILL cannot complete this most important ideal org on earth. You may be ready... But we are not. We just sent our "team" for training. It's OK, we haven't audited anyone on a NED intensive since we became an "ideal … [Read more...]
Super Duper Power
Just shows you how valuable those OT levels are -- the second rundown of SP, the rundown developed to revive "dead" staff is the best thing this OT VIII ever did! OT VIII is obviously not what it is cracked up to be. It costs a LOT of money to get there. With the promise of having attained along the way all the abilities of Clear. Then removing ALL the entities that are otherwise causing you not to really be "clear" on OT III. Then doing them again on OT V. And then again on OT VII -- this time to make you cause over life and your body transparent. And then finally no more amnesia on the w … [Read more...]
The SUMP
After a quick venture into the world of Hubbard Envoy Extraordinaires yesterday, today we turn to another of the great fairytales of planetary clearing. This one is a bit different as it has been moving forward WITHOUT the need for all money to be raised from suckers donors first. Miscavige decided to go ahead with this boondoggle as part of his tireless efforts to show the world how fast his empire is expanding, and as an afterthought it became yet another fundraising gimmick. As if they needed another one. In reality, only the L. Ron Hubbard Hall is less necessary than this white el … [Read more...]
L. Ron Hubbard Envoy Extraordinaire
While they keep the pressure on Ideal Org begging to hand out humanitarianisms, the IAS vultures circle offering up patronisms and the Planetary Dissemination hyenas are trying to scrape together some crumbs in exchange for heroisms, the old reliable vampires at the Mecca of Technical Imperfection are reviving the heat on the L. Ron Hubbard Hall. The old hands who sucked so much out of Flag's public for their SP building are patterning their new pitch on another superhero concept, but instead of the Legion of Doom they have the Legion of Honor. No longer will cornerstones suffice. And … [Read more...]