Yeah, I remember that – a couple friends of mine lived there. They started the renovation with the lobby and restaurant on the 1st floor. The rooms upstairs were a little shabby, but in a funky way that was sorta cool. That building could be a wreck and it would still be cool.

That was back when CC was a social center. You could meet up with friends there and then head out for dinner, drinks, whatever, without worrying about angry women in satin IAS jackets dragging you off to take every last bit of cash and credit you had. Let’s go to Two Dollar Bill’s! OK, we’ll all meet up at CC and then head over.

There were lots of people around, all the time. It was busy, more like the ideal org the Fatman describes above than any so-called “ideal” org they’re opening now. Loads of people coming down the stairway into the lobby at every course break. Some people just being there to hang out (OMG, those dilettantes!). Hell, my little old mission in the old days was more like an ideal org than any of the ones they have now.

Of course, Scientology was still bullshit, but the softer sell kept people around.

Something like this actually occurred in the past. The current LA Celebrity Center was called the Manor Hotel when scn bought it and began renting rooms to scn’ists. I rented a room there for about six months. It was run-down and undergoing repairs, but nobody cared. We were “On Purpose”! – laughter – It might have been the first and only public Scientology Ashram. Aah, the good old days

He doan need no stinkin’ spellin’, Ann. coz he got spellin’ slaves to do his biddin’!!!

I believe the 10,000 number was in reference to the number of $cilons who had to reach OaTy 8 before some super magical thing happens, like free frogurt for life or something like that. Or maybe when that many folks get to OaTy 9, then OaTy 9 and 10 finally get released and folks finally at long last get those super powers they’ve been promised for so long.

Does one have to stick their tongue in the outlet to get the AC to go with the R challenge complete?

Oh, I like it when you talk like that…

Good post. I guess DM’s actual talent is for marketing scams.

“Clearing The Planet” appears on most promo. One time on a blog someone said that didn’t mean clearing everyone. According to that blogger it meant that after some magic number of Clears and/or OTs was reached (10,000 I beleive), that would be enough that they would be able to “restore sanity” to earth. I’m not sure, but I beleive he or she cited some obscure reference. Yet another scio-fantasy!

It didn’t take me long after getting into scn that I realized clearing the planet was BS. It cost too much and took too long. I stuck around for my own benefit and I did feel I was contributing some good to civilization which was by auditing others.