A message to the Flag OTC from their ex-SO "Dissem Sec." She is obviously well acquainted with the tried and true methods of "raising stats" through manipulating numbers, coming up with new means of "padding" and in this day and age, offering the prize every fundamentalist scientologists covets above all else: STATUS (bought). This is quite an amazing message. Hi to all OTC members, This is Maria Robb, Dissemination Sec, Flag OTC and I wanted to tell you about what we are doing in Division 2 here and ask for your help. One of my responsibilities includes the creation … [Read more...]
Panic in Pasadena
Various reports have come in about the scene in Pasadena Org. Apparently, they have been being "shamed" by the "production" at LA Org with their massive bodyrouting effort fail (I guess they didnt read the recent post about this). But this is not a new "management" tactic in scientology. In fact, it is pretty much par for the course. Make every org believe that others orgs are doing well and they are the only ones failing. According to the reports there are about 25 Sea Org members hovering around the Pasadena org to "inspire" staff to get things going. They are passionate to get "the … [Read more...]
Lights Out At Jobur Org
Here is another chapter in the sad tale of the demise of Jobur Ideal Org. To begin, let me remind you that this is the second "ideal org." Dear Leader himself made the long trip to bless the "new org" and in finest shermanspeak, pronounced this the beginning of the new age in Africa and THE thing that would make S. Africa the first cleared country. And the goodness would spread from there and overtake the entire continent. Of course, no such thing happened and Jobur has struggled since. So much so that a Sea Org "Command Team" was dispatched to get things back "under control." They rolled i … [Read more...]
LA Org Bodyrouting
A report sent in by a Special Correspondent concerning the reports of LA Org SO members on a bodyrouting binge "bringing in 600 new people for an intro service each week." Surprisingly, that may be a bit of an exaggeration.... On a sunny Sunday afternoon we decided it was time to check out the hunting grounds for LA ORG . We wanted to see what is up with the claimed 600 bodies flooding the org every week. So we took a 40 minute observation sample. A crew of 10-12 Sea Org body routers were strategically positioned on the four corners of the Sunset/Vermont … [Read more...]
Fundraising Part 4
Next in the series -- the infamous "Pass The Pen" drill hat write up. Another proven "successful technique" of how to shame your marks into forking over more money. Scientology -- the religion that coverts other people's money. See the earlier parts of this series here, here, and here. … [Read more...]
It’s ALL About The Money.
Here is yet ANOTHER "seminar" on making money pushed by the "church" of scientology. It's thrust upon the world by the "Senior Administrative Consultant" (whatever that is?) of the "new" LA Org. Obviously a Sea Org member, as everyone in LA Org is now SO, which makes this guy an expert on money -- he rakes in and manages an annual income of $2500 in a good year. Of course, what would a scientology promotional piece be without a glaring typo -- commonly in the headline as here (also check out the copyright notice). For good measure, and just to reinforce the point, though in point … [Read more...]
“Ideal Orgs” — Baffle Them With BS
Tony Ortega already included a bunch of this series of posters in his Sunday Funnies last week -- but he left some out (there are 13 of them in total). Two I felt were important as they highlight points made by David Miscavige where he sold the brilliance of his "ideal org" strategy. Just think about this for a second. This is taken from the original Miscavige sales pitch on "why ideal orgs?" But it makes absolutely NO sense. He had used the analogy of an auditing session to sell the original GAT and how you could not deliver a standard session unless you had all the elements … [Read more...]
Conversations With Scientologists
A couple of people have recently sent me copies of email correspondence they have had with people in the church. They were not working together, but both hit upon the same concept: responding to church efforts to get new people in or collect money from existing public and using this as an opportunity to present some facts to people they might not otherwise be able to reach. It is also interesting to see the reactions, responses and "pitches" that are employed. This first is with a Mission who had advertised a Big League Sales Seminar. The responses from the mission person are in … [Read more...]
Flag’s “Late Breaking (No Longer Good) News”
After months of publishing his "Good News" briefings in inverted commas, Jeff Mintz has now changed the title to "Late Breaking" news. Whatever he wants to call it -- it's a really poor show. He might as well take the same figures every week and just change the date. This is LOOOONG term flat (Emergency condition). Month after month. And if there was any international expansion happening in scientology, it would have shown up at Flag by now. After all, it's nearly twenty years since the "Golden Age Of Tech" and more than a decade since the "Ideal Orgs Strategy" and more than a year since … [Read more...]
The Mission Network More Lies Exposed
Here is something a Special Correspondent just forwarded to me: This week's international Mission Birthday Game Standings. It follows perfectly from my Sunday Redux post The Missions of Scientology -- Where Are They? (and yesterday's with Jeff Hawkin's classic infographic). When that Missions posting was written in March 2013 there were 325 missions internationally. This new leak provides an interesting and very up to date comparison with which to analyze the massive, straight up and vertical international expansion under the brilliant and dedicated leadership of Mr. David M … [Read more...]