ValR,

Wow! I just watched that interview with Ted Koppel. I had never before known of its existance. But I want to thank you again for telling me about it.

I feel like there is a lot I’d like to say about it and a lot more I’d like to ask. But I will just comment about one item here that I found very striking.

The first was when Koppel was trying to bring out the point that it costs a fortune – several hundreds of thousands of dollars for people to progress up the so-called “Bridge”. As a result, Koppel asked if the scam was only available to rich people.

The Rat vigorously denied this and claimed it was available for everyone no matter how poor they were.

My thought was that there is an element of truth in that because if someone is poor, unless they have a terrible credit rating, what happens is the scam “helps” them get credit cards and max out all these cards so they accumulate huge debts they can never pay off. Then, those people are thrown into bankruptcy and their financial lives are essentially ruined. The scam would say, “So what? Money is not important in this life because people are spiritual beings and money has little to do with one’s spiritual progress.

I would counter, “interesting that money is not important. But you don’t wind up bankrupt. The poor people who come to you and believe your crazy lies wind up bankrupt while you wind up sitting on billions of dollars with which you buy all these buildings that are never used so that you can protect your bogus Tax Exempt Status.

I’d really like to say a lot more. But I really should prepare some remarks first instead of just talking off the top of my head.

But … in terms of this interview …. all I can say is, “Wow! That is really worth seeing by anyone who has an interest in this crazy criminal cult.

Thanks ValR

More likely to get Blinky McMuffins (a/k/a Monique Yingling) to talk. Where is she these days anyway? After her disastrous muffin appearance, she seems to have faded into the background.

Skyler, no, Ted Koppell. The funniest interview of all time. Koppel won an Emmy for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exzmE3vW_Tw

He would never even agree to a one-on-one fist fight with Mary Kahn. That is how much of a coward he is.

He will only get violent against a single person when he has a large number of his body guards present and he can be sure that any fight will include several of those big body guards against a single victim.

I believe you may be thinking of a TV interview with Anderson Cooper – not Ted Koppel. It featured four ex-wives of some of the most prominent members of the cult that had spoken out against the cult and left. But you are certainly correct insofar as it not going well.

Unfortunately, I have often felt that although it may NOW seem so obvious these women were all lying, it may not have been obvious to most Americans at the time.

It’s extremely difficult for anyone who is unfamiliar with the inner workings of this criminal cult to see these women were obviously lying.

“COB” obviously must stand for Coward of the Board.

Way to confront, David Miscavige! What an inspiration you are to your Dwindle of scientologists. And I have met Leaders of Leaders!

DM has tried it before. In the 1990s(?) with Ted Koppel i think. It did not go well. In fact, i’d be willing to bet that was the first time he was confronted by a non-sycophant, and i bet it shocked him. I wouldn’t be surprised if it woke him up. Mind you, leaving would have meant giving up the lifestyle and having to wrk for a living…

Hey! Does anyone know when DM stopped practicing Scientology? Chris Shelton has publicly stated that he knew he hasn’t done it for years, but does it go back as far as this?

I also became a Rinderfan watching Aftermath. I knew nothing about the cult and it was Mike’s clear explanations of where the teachings came from and what they meant that made a huge impact on me. Without that piece of the puzzle I wouldn’t have understood the victim stories for what they truly were.

Mike is such a well spoken man and has so much knowledge it was like listening to a well respected professor give a lecture, I would hang on every word.

Also, I was amused that it took Mr. Smerconish calling Mike, Mark, 3 times before Mike corrected him. You are a gentleman Mr. Rinder!