Bomb is loaded. Until it hits the ground, here is a little something to go on with....The latest angle on "PR by redefinition of words". What you get is not an ORG, it is wood floors and a reception desk. With a completely disrelated quote that gives the gloss of "On Sourcyness". Funny, it IS "what your donations buy" -- MEST. And its even degenerating into PICTURES of MEST. But not even REAL pictures. It is mock ups of MEST generated by computers. And that pretty much says it all about the Church of Scientology today: Creating mock ups of MEST. Perhaps they should get their PR … [Read more...]
What Scientology Could Be
One of our Special Correspondents sent this in and I felt it worthy of a separate post. I am interested in your comments. I don't agree with some of the sentiments expressed here but I believe it is food for thought and perhaps from the responses we might gain some insight into what is considered valuable, important or unwanted. Fire away! Mike A Vision of What Scientology Could Be... A vital part of evaluating any situation, good or bad, is to envision the Ideal Scene for that activity. How this is done is laid out in detail in Data Series 12, HCO PL 5 July 1979, HOW TO FIND AND … [Read more...]
David Miscavige In His Own Words
Dirk Niblick just put up an interesting comment quoting from "The Wake Up Call." For those who may not have heard of this -- though if you spent any time in the church and attended even a single event, it is hard to imagine you have NOT -- it is one of Miscavige's favorite "accomplishments." Written after 9/11 it was intended to be the "Come to Jesus" message for the faithful to get busy. It was mostly written by Dan Sherman. Miscavige wanted to put out the issue, but did not plan on writing it himself. So, he called Marc Yager, Greg Hughes, Guillaume Lesevre, Lyman Spurlock, Ray Mithoff, … [Read more...]
Tampa Ideal/SH Size Org Not Flourishing
This is the St Petersburg "Life Improvement Center" of the Tampa Org on Tuesday afternoon. Yes, the doors are closed, the lights are off and there is nobody home. Similarly, the "Mission of Old Tampa Bay" that was opened with great fanfare, closed up shop more than a year ago. This "Life Improvement Center" cost at least a couple of million dollars as part of one of the earlier "here is how we are going to clear the planet." This is TAMPA ORG -- the largest "Ideal Org" in the world. TWO St Hill Size Orgs. 10,000 local Scientologists (if you believe the church PR) who are all … [Read more...]
Scientology Bowling For Dollars. Seriously.
This doesn't even deserve a comment (well, one, how about at least spell checking the 7 words on the first line). Valley Org surging back into the lead of the nutjob stakes.... … [Read more...]
The Asking Seminar
Here is something new, though NOT improved. An "ASKING" seminar to help you with asking for those LARGE, MEANINGFUL donations to get your fundraising done faster They just get more and more brazen, and apparently totally unconcerned about their image or the fact that they have become known for their money motivation. Someone coined the term "Sciendollary" the other day. It is sadly apt. A VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ULTIMATE IDEAL ORG ALLIANCE AT FLAG 7-9 JUN 2013 The Eastern United States (EUS) is ramping up to complete all EUS … [Read more...]
The International Association of Scams
Here is some update information about the activities of the International Association of Scams. Now you too can get one of those neato IAS jackets, portfolios or messenger bags to make your outfit complete. Note the "quote" that is used here without attribution: "The single most dauntless, defiant and resolute group this world has ever seen". Dear Leader is going to be raising hell about that... It is interesting that orgs now have "targets" for the IAS and "targets" for "Ideal Org fundraising" -- I wonder if they have any targets for auditors made or releases? Probably the only "tar … [Read more...]
Nation Of Islam Leader Now Fundraising for “Ideal Orgs”….
Wow.... Have the Nation of Islam taken over the Church of Scientology Inglewood? What is in this for the NOI? How can buying a building in the Valley for a Church of Scientology possibly help forward their agenda? Have the NOI and Church of Scientology merged into one organization? Understand that Tony Muhammad is the head of the Western Region of the Nation of Islam. This would be like Heber Jentzsch being the features speaker at the Los Angeles Mormon Temple fundraiser to raise money to build a new Mormon Temple in the Valley. Why would he do that instead of speak at the Scientology … [Read more...]
Signs of Success?
To maintain the support of his followers, David Miscavige has to keep up the appearance that his brand of leadership is guiding the flock to the promised land – a Cleared Planet. If they thought he was failing, they would abandon him in a New York minute. It is a firm principle of the belief system of members of the church that they must operate on the "greatest good for the greatest number of dynamics" and the 3rd dynamic -- the church -- is believed to enhance ALL other dynamics. Thus if the church is achieving its objectives then it must be supported. A successful and prospering church t … [Read more...]
Scientology in the Bay Area — Boom or Bust?
Last week we showed you the "test center" for Mountain View Org with a "For Lease" sign on it and reported about the two vacant building in an industrial park that have sat idle for 5 years now. A few miles up the 101 is another "Ideal Org", San Francisco. It is one of the original 5 orgs that launched Miscavige's program a DECADE AGO (Tampa, Buffalo, Joburg, NY and SFO). But even before the Ideal Org hype came the Ideal Mission hype for the "celebrity" Mission of SOMA ("South of Market") -- more on the other "celebrity" missions in Wichita, Memphis and Santa Monica in another post. Izhar … [Read more...]