The COS is one organization that is flush with cash. They could easily pony up a hundred thousand dollars or more to donate to one of the official relief organizations. Instead, they try to be something they are not – a relief organization, and ask for tiny baggies of personal care items. COS cash could help pay for some of the clean-up crews, the tree trimmer crews and equipment, and the heavy equipment and operators coming in from all over the country to help restore homes and infrastructure.

Great financial help is needed where the COS is least likely to have a presence – the communities of people of color, areas already in an impoverished state before the storm. They could put COS money to good use in Houston and surrounding areas. Whether or not they would reap converts is immaterial, at a minimum they would be doing the right thing.

My small town had a once-in-a-century ice storm a few years back. Every home needed between one and five thousand dollars worth of tree and debris removal, and every homeowner had to pay for most everything not covered by homeowner insurance out of their own pocket. How much it would have been to the benefit of COS to actually pay a few crews of cleanup and tree removal specialists to work two or three weeks in the community, and plaster COS signs and logos all over the trucks and people, just to advertise that such services were free and being paid through the good offices of the COS.

Instead of helpful services, for Hurricane Harvey they offer a baggy with five or ten bucks worth of water and travel-size personal hygiene products, which are not really what people need as they start to rebuild.

But since the COS is an organization with no heart, just a sucking need for more and more money from members, they are truly unable to know what is the right thing to do anymore, if they ever knew it at all.

I was wondering why this picture is showing two people! And yet they are bragging about all the programs and people they help?!

After living in Ireland and being married to an Irishman, I look forward to hearing how this one works out. Let’s just say the Irish aren’t inclined to speak of religion. It is ingrained in their culturing to avoid the topic in order to keep the peace. If the Scientologists are looking for vulnerable types, they are unlikely to find them in Ireland where the one thing a person will face if a Thetan or auditing is mentioned is laughter. The Irish aren’t keen on psychotherapy and the idea of a device “reading” their inner-most secrets will be met with hostility. Remember, the Catholic and Protestant churches are still the standard. It is how they identify themselves, even today. Jehovah Witnesses found this out the hard way, as did the Hari Krishna’s. After a few pints, the Scientologists will become the new group to rally against. If anything, it will produce a new common enemy that will unite Protestants and Catholics.

Actually, now that I think of it, I look forward to watching this play out. Should prove fun.

Perhaps we will see the tiny dictator in the gutter in an alcoholic stupor when he no longer is the Master of his Universe!

As with many Benny Hill shetches, it’s gone on too long.

Scientology is raising funds for Hurricane Leah

Loved these observations from the inside, Derek, of this at best unworkable and at worst disastrous Ideal Org Program of Miscavige’s. Its why I left, and I was never staff, always public. You left because you saw what you saw and what you saw was completely unworkable and harmful to Scientology and Scientologists on all dynamics. You came, you saw, and you left. Well done. And, like a broken record I keep saying how it has as yet not ceased to blow my mind how long term highly trained Still Ins DON’T see what you saw, what we here ALL saw. Either they don’t see it OR, seeing it, they ignore what they know for their own reasons and continue to give it their full support! I chew on this constantly: “They HAVE to see it. How can they NOT? How do they justify this off policy out ethics program to themselves? HOW DO THEY. DO IT?” End of Rant.

Now I have this image of wee Davey M as a leprechaun going, “They’re always after me Lucky Charms!” Wish I had time to shoop today.

Doug, Miss Cabbage isn’t THAT stupid. What would be the point? No product to sell that people would buy.