This is a blog post from 29 May 2013 that I am republishing today because I thought it interesting and still timely (And frankly was too busy to write a new post).
One of our Special Correspondents sent me an excerpt of Miscavige’s only print media interview.
It is of interest for a number of reasons, but most significantly, it makes clear why he is scared of the press. He has no control over revising history with the media as he does with his internal public (try to find an event video in any org on the planet that has Heber Jentzsch or Ray Mithoff in it…. they have been written out of history). There is no mystery why the DVDs of his speeches are guarded like the Crown Jewels and extraordinary measures are taken to prevent anyone from recording what he says, even on a public street).
This excerpt is from the profile by Joe Childs and Tom Tobin that appeared in the St Petersburg Times on October 25, 1998 entitled “The Man Behind Scientology.”
Compare his statements to what has happened since and you can make a judgment as to his sincerity, truthfulness and intentions [boldface added by me]:
After 1993, Scientology was able to channel the millions it was spending against the IRS into projects that had been under way since the early 1980s.
Among them: trying to grow Scientology by attracting new members; pushing parishioners to sign up for ever higher levels of Scientology counseling; standardizing Scientology practices the way Hubbard outlined; preserving and distributing his many writings and lectures, and renovating Scientology’s buildings.
Now, Scientology’s global 10-year plan calls for a mission in every city of 100,000 or more and a church in every city of 250,000 to 500,000, Miscavige said.
In the U.S., Scientology sees opportunity for growth in parts of the country with little or no Scientology presence, Miscavige said. “You go to the Midwest there’s not much at all.”
He also has been trying to improve Scientology’s public image, even as reports persist that Scientology harasses its enemies with private investigators, lawsuits, and tactics such as bad-mouthing targets to neighbors, relatives and business associates.
The image needs work, he said. “Am I satisfied? No. Of course not. Do I think it’s improved? Yes. Do I think we have more credibility than we had in earlier years? Yes. Do I think it should change? I think it should improve. Do I think that’s something that can happen overnight? Not quite.”
Scientologists on occasion had “no choice” but to fight, he said.
“Have they been right every time? Probably not. Should they make as big an effort at mending fences? I think so. … Is there another approach that could have been taken? I think probably.”
“Do I think that we should work with the community or the police or the medical people down there to work out what to do if there’s another Scientologist who needs care and we want to avoid psychiatric treatment? Yes I do,” Miscavige said. “And why is that? No matter what the circumstance … anybody would want to do something to avoid someone dying.”
Miscavige said he usually does not involve himself in local issues, such as which buildings Scientology will buy in Clearwater. Nor was he called, he said, the night McPherson died.
He will, however, stay active on larger matters such as the 300,000-square-foot building Scientology wants to build across from the Fort Harrison Hotel.
Just to highlight a few of the more significant points:
– Less Missions now than 1998, let alone one in every city of 100,000 people.
– No NEW orgs anywhere. And certainly nothing in the “MidWest.” In fact, Kansas City and St Louis, the ONLY orgs in the region have had buildings purchased for years and NOTHING has happened. Same with Battle Creek — not really midWest but close. From Idaho and North Dakota to Oklahoma and Iowa, the heartland of America remains a Scientology desert.
– Just from a fast Google search — there are 141 cities in the US and Canada over 250,000 population. Cannot quickly find this figure for the world, but cities with populations in excess of ONE MILLION (cutting him a lot of slack) is 336.
– Of course, things have really gone much better with no Private Investigators or bad-mouthing happening. There has been more negative publicity about Squirrel Busters and PI’s and stupid lawsuits (Debbie Cook) than ever in history.
– He has of course done a brilliant job of improving Scientology’s public image. It’s at an all-time high, though undoubtedly he would blame this all on the Bitter Defrocked Apostates (BDAs) — and as he operates on that wrong Why the situation continues to deteriorate.
– And finally, he has stayed right on top of the Super Power building — 15 years later he is still “active” on it. Actively suppressing. (If that building opens this year, there should be a statue of Luis and Rocio Garcia erected in the entrance inscribed “Without you, these doors would never have opened.”)
THIS is David Miscavige in his own words. He doesn’t need any BDAs to make him look bad. He has that well in hand.
Thanks for reposting Mike. Those in Scientology are programmed to forget promises. The new promises and propaganda supplant the old. It’s only in the real world that people don’t forgot. Remember Mike, AUDITING ERASES YOUR MIND!
OT here, but in keeping with the general topic of lying through statistics, and following up on comments I have made recently in response to pieces about that, and particularly to Thursday Funnies items with statistical claims:
Tony Ortega’s piece today has a bonus item about new reges getting awards for “their personal Highest Evers.” I’ve been trying for a while to figure out the claims being made by orgs for “Highest Evers,” because it seems impossible for the obviously struggling orgs to be doing better than ever at much of anything, and yet usually there is a sliver of truth that can be teased out of their claims – they seem to have a remainder of the human compunction about out-and-out lying. I was guessing that they were claiming highest evers for newly made up statistics, like various GAT II completions, and that might indeed be some of it. However, we can now see that they are claiming highest evers for individual staff members – and since they have a lot of staff turnover and shuffling through positions, that allows for plenty of claims of personal highest evers even as the org’s long-term statistics continue to decline.
I imagine the last newly roped-in staff member at a dusty, empty org furiously typing about “highest evers” as the sheriff bangs on the door to seize the property after Scientology runs out of money even to keep up with back taxes….
Just wanted to let everyone know that all our local tv channels in Alpena, MI have been airing commercials promoting Narconon for the past month. They air daily and during all times of the day. I have no idea why they started but it’s clear that there is a strong effort being made to give this organization a positive image here in norteast lower Michigan.
Hey, we already have a T.J. on this blog, it’s me. I’ve been posting here for several years. Therefore, requesting kindly that you identify yourself in some other format/name to avoid confusion……….. thanks in advance. 🙂
I’m off the subject but what is going on in Tennessee? Finding 2 people locked up in tiny cabins in the wilderness for 9 months,the man called 911 to get help to escape, Scientology, check out”The young Turks”
Another subject,once you’re broke and old and become a so called burden and you don’t have a family to help you are you just tossed out in the street? Just curious?
Mike thanks for all you do,a big thanks to your beautiful family ! They are lucky you’re such a wonderful family man, I’m praying for this to end so you can enjoy more time with them!!!
Shelly, apparently the Tennessee matter is about two Independent Scientology Cult members (not affiliated with the Church of Scamology) who are doing what Scientology Cult members do best. Scamming people and committing crimes.
http://fox17.com/news/local/tennessee-scientologist-charged-with-facilitation-to-kidnapping-of-two-people
You can take the “church” out of the Cult of scientology but you cannot take the criminality out of it.
Thanks wynski, I kind of thought that may be the case
“Not affiliated with the church”….
oh bullhockey. The facility was touted on CCHR website. It is completely affiliated with the Church.
No shit. A former SO member I knew from the Freewinds used to work there. Now he is in Arkansas.
Shelley, regarding your question about being old and ill and so forth… from what I’ve heard, this is a failing of the CofS, they have no old-age plan or pension. So a Sea Org member who served for many years with not enough pay to accumulate savings, and not enough income earned to qualify for disability or Social Security.. yes, it’s a problem! A bad situation. Very disturbing, wish there was a way to mandate that the CofS establish a plan for old-age provisions.
T.J.,
As an argument for broad planetary depopulation measures wasn’t it Henry Kissinger who called the ill and elderly, “useless eaters”?
This is not a new concept and the cherch we love to hate embraced it from the get-go.
In the cult, age is ok, even extreme age, so long as someone is still – as they’d put it – useful.
but aqua, that’s so sad. and unfair. I would love to see the church institute a program to allocate funds to care for their elderly and incapacitated. Sea Org members who gave years of virtually free labor for the church are now left to fend for themselves in old age? That is so unfair and wrong. Take some of the reserves (they have millions) and start a program to assist those in need. The Church is ‘out-exchange’ at present because for years there has been an imbalance of what S.O. members give, to what they receive. Time to bring it back in balance.
PS I don’t know anything about Kissinger, but when I searched, it said he is 93 years old. I wonder if he regrets that remark now?
T.J., I totally agree with you. I believe that a society that cares not for its elderly and incapacitated is an uncivilized society. The body wears out, sometimes the physical at a far greater pace than the mind. A person’s mind is more who he is than his body, IMO. Used to be that families cared for their elderly, who lived with them at home, and these elderly “gave back” and would contribute by helping as they could with the young children and with household and gardening, etc. Well, that no longer exists but I think it was a good system. What kind of monster wouldn’t have a bedroom for their mother, or their elderly father?
I’m not Irish, but there’s an old saying from that country: “One mother can take care of 8 children, but 8 children can’t take care of one mother”. And as for Kissinger, I would imagine that he would be regretting those callous remarks of his now, wherever he is.
As a civilized society we need safety nets for people – for the elderly and incapacitated, for the drug addicted, for the mentally ill, and for those seeking asylum here, for those who cannot find work because of disability or lack of training, and for those desperately poor people who have no chance in their own countries who risk life and limb to reach the USA where they can do something, have something.
And, yes, there will be those who abuse these safety nets but then, what do we do -along with those able but unwilling to work, let the other justifiably non working sick, elderly, disabled, disadvantaged, etc. – all the “useless eaters” including all the people who all their lives were bad with money and never saved anything starve and die in the street as happens every day in the 3rd world?
One has to see that sort of thing up close for it to be really real. Seeing it up close would be an eye opener, I believe, for many Americans.
Well, how I do run on, as Scarlett O’Hara would say. End of rant.
And, by the way, I’m not a bleeding heart, I’m not naive. I’m well aware that there are a number of people who ate themselves sick, drank themselves and/or drugged themselves sick, and otherwise made poor choices which created their current incapacitated conditions, and no, it isn’t “fair” that others have to pick up the slack and pay for their mistakes. No it isn’t fair. But the alternative, to “punish” them for their mistakes by letting them starve, suffer or die, is, to me, the wrong solution. Not to mention “Un-Christian”, for those (not me and necessarily anyone here on this blog) who profess to love Jesus Christ so much.
Wow you said that so well. I agree with you, 100 percent. So nice to hear a view with empathy, caring and concern for others. But I guess Scientology was upfront when they stated their purpose of making the able, more able. They have no place for the less able. And they are dauntless, defiant, and resolute about that.
Aquamarine, Sorry to correct you but Henry Kissinger never said that about the “useless eaters.” It was Hitler who said it and the Nazi party picked it up and repeated it. See link https://www.britannica.com/event/T4-Program
Ya can’t make an evil cult “better” through PR. You can only disband it.
The Super Power building was actually finished before the end of the year that this was originally written, opening about 6 months later – after almost endless delays and broken promises.
It is interesting to see Miscavige seeming to be just a bit reflective about possible mistakes and strategic shortcomings. And there is acknowledgement of awareness of the very uneven presence that Scientology has across the United States. But no meaningful corrective action seems to have resulted – it’s actually reminiscent of the old critique of Freudian psychiatric analysis, that Dianetics and Scientology seemed to have fallen into as well, that there is supposed “insight” that results in a temporary feeling of improvement, but that does not actually result in the necessary change to address the problem.
My guess is that the money that Scientology was spending on attorneys and private investigators in the battle with the IRS, has largely just ended up getting spent on attorneys and private investigators in new battles with ex-members and the internet, rather than channeling into more productive endeavors. Though that is Miscavige’s and Scientology’s choice, and not the main reason for their failure to make progress in other areas.
p.s. I can’t believe that Scientology ever distributed that picture of Miscavige, he just looks so devious in it.
“I can’t believe that Scientology ever distributed that picture of Miscavige, he just looks so devious in it.”
you’re right. Add a bigger map and a bigger desk and he would look like a Bond Villan
When ever I see DM’s face on this picture that you posted Mike, I always see him forcing energy out of his eyes.
TR0 can sometimes be a make believe being there. Energy directed outward but minus a natural state of being.
Is it just me or does DM looks like he is pinching one? lol!
Dave’s cold chrome steel take on KSW. “I’d rather have you dead than incapable of obeying my dictates.”
Blue Magnum
He’s holding in gas or constipated….you decide!
What can anybody really say about David Miscavige that must not have already been said? New people that leave the church may share their experences. But, in the meantime, Dear Leader’s most recent hairstyle rivals Marie Antoinette’s in dark blonde and everybody should know where Marie Antoinette wound up. 🙂
Yeah, he keeps getting blonder and blonder. Early photos show him with decidedly dark hair. Guess he’d rather be blonde than grey. Creepy.
Dave,
“I know nothingggggg!!!” Update:
Your Volunteer Minister’s Van in your empty parking lot across the street from your Valley Mortuary is a monument to your failure.
DM was right about one thing. Scientologists had to fight. I didn’t want to fight anyone. My wife was being held against her will and was begging me to do something to get her off the ship as she refused to let me die as ordered by the Captain. She was taking abuse daily as a traitor who would not toe the line. If someone had come to me from the ship and explained to me that it would be better for the SO that I die; I would probably have been willing to die.
Most people are disconnected from their loved ones when they fail to follow the rules. I was disconnected from my wife and had to rebel in order to see her again. Had I not done so, not only would I be dead; which would be no big deal
But my wife would still be being held prisoner. Now she has disconnected, ( I assume, because I have not received any disconnection letter) though I have not seen he in almost 2 years.
I have just been diagnosed with heart failure, so maybe all is not lost for the ship yet. Their prediction of my demise will finally come true. Since dead men tell no tales i had better speak my peace while I can. Just as Japan surrendered on the USS Missouri, DM will surrender on the MV Feeewinds. I may not live to see it but I think most of you will.
Hang in there! And please get a second opinion about your condition. (And please ignore my name, it is derived from being sarcastic against the tactics of scientology).
Yes, when it comes to serious illnesses, a second opinion is really needed, because some doctors will watch you get worse and worse unless you’re bleeding out externally in front of them.
Bill….ONE thing is for sure…YOU have many people/friends here who truly care about you & want you to hang tough.
Just remember ONE THING…if YOU LET GO>>>>>>>>THEY WIN……We can’t have THAT now can we? Get a 2nd opinion, even a 3rd & I have a feeling your life will improve greatly once yur MIND SET becomes more positive.
You CANNOT BAIL on these fellow members, THEY need you to keep up a good fight Bill…..someday your lady may see the light…& YOU have to be the one who keeps trying too!
I am not going to bail on anyone. I would not want to give those persons who predicted my death the satisfaction of being right. If DEATH wants me he is going to have to come and get me. I am not going to do his post for him. He has plenty of people like DM who are helping him get his stat up. Since there is fuck-all chance of clearing the planet with the existing church my job is to help inform people of what the church has become. I never expected to get off of the ship alive, and that was before it was known that I had AIDS from a blood transfusion. I am now 15 years into my life after the SO. Thank you for your well wishes and hopefully I will get to meet you all.
You do NOT have a death sentence. Being diagnosed with AIDS these days is as mundane as being diagnosed with diabetes. It is treatable and there is no stigma attached to it like back in the eighties.
Here’s to a long happy life Bill, you deserve it and you will have it!
No stigma, eh?
I was terminated from the Sea Organization the minute I tested positive for HIV. Later, when I went to get auditing at AOLA I was told that I had to wait for my sessions in Dept 3 even though I was under no Ethics Action. My wife and I had to sign something saying we realized that if we said anything bad about the Freewinds or the SO we would be hit with a Non Enturbulation Order.
And this was years before I said anything or even looked at and SP websites like this one. I wasted some good years. I could have gotten declared years earlier had I not been stupidly loyal to those cockaroaches.
Yes indeed Bill, you have what it takes to keep on fighting the biggest battle of all, & it’s a win all battle. I fully understand your issue as my daughter went to school with a young teen & this young teen and his brother had Hemophilia (the third brother is perfectly healthy) & the two boys received blood transfusions that gave both boys AIDS. This was before anyone knew anything about “bodily fluids” being a strong resources in the transmission of tis then “unknown virus” reared it’s ugly head. .
We never know when the Grim Reaper will make a visit to us personally….some people will welcome the call, others will do all they can to tell him where to go & how to get there. As you noted, you got off that damn ship alive & continue to remain afloat, & now you’ve got a blog full of friends to motivate & to keep YOU motivated to continue to shed light on what you & others endured. Someday, Someway the battle will be WON!
Best Wishes to you & one way or another, wouldn’t it be really cool if everyone on the blog could get together AFTER the battle is won!
Bill, I agree with Ballet Lady. Hang in there. Defy the odds just like you did before when diagnosed with AIDS from a bad blood transfusion when on the Ship. Defy the odds and be the cat with nine lives. I am rooting for you! And for sure get your story on Leah and Mike’s new season of A and E because your story needs to get wide exposure. Good luck to you!
There is nothing wrong with your name. It is probably more causative than “Dead men tell no tales” and certainly less sarcastic. I use my real name with it so that former staff I have worked with will know that I am still alive despite efforts by some to ensure my death. I apologize if my posts are too down tone.
I was told by 5 doctors back in 1995 who all assured me I would die if I did not have angioplasty performed immediately. I didn’t. Still here and in pretty good shape and active. Why does the opinion of doctors have to matter so much. They really don’t know very much, generally about 20 years behind the curve. Hang in, indeed!
” Do I think we have more credibility than we had in earlier years? Yes.” Anyone who saw Blinky McMuffins would disagree with that statement.
Miscavage demonstrates all the characteristics of a psychopath, and his actions show that very well. Rants of anger, striking subordinates, demanding worship of his bad self, Davy is psycho.
More news on the Garcia suit should be coming out shortly. I will enjoy the lutz when Judge Whittemore slaps the $cieno lawyers around.
If anyone needs psychiatric care, it is David Miscavige.
Why go to North Korea when you can attend a church of Scientology?
I’ve been known as, and called many things in my life, but I’ll willing wear BDA too, it has certain ring about it. I admire your tenacity Mike, most of your time apparently is not ours but you’re doing a great job, here’s hoping your efforts bear fruit quickly so you can get on with other things of your own choosing.
My “need & want” from the current scene is to see Miscavige in deposition. He’ll never allow that to happen though, he’d skip the country first or do something insane before ever fronting a legal situation in where he has to explain his own actions before someone or something with the power to legally incarcerate him and or publicly expose him for the despot he truly is.
Dreams are free and that’s mine at the time of this writing. If it did ever happen it would be with some irony that I would also image Miscavige would end up in psychiatric hands if Karma is half the girl I would hope her to be.
The Scientology Show ain’t over yet folks!
Thank you Mike. I appreciate every moment you spend helping expose the truth and reminding us of the facts.
Thank you to your family too. I’m sure they have to weather a lot of extra work in order for you to keep moving forward to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 🙂
Your blog is my FIRST PRIORITY in the morning and has been since I first found out about it (I think 4 years ago?).
I’m trying to keep a full time job and also run a blog and it’s nearly impossible WEEKLY let alone daily.
Michigan is in the Midwest.
Midwest is between the Mississippi river and the the rocky mountain states. Not sure why, but the great lake states all want to claim Midwest status, jealousy I guess. Basically, the states due north of TX and LA.
The Midwest is defined in a multitude of ways. Nothing is set in stone. The US Census does define the Great Lakes states in the Midwest.
Growing up in Minnesota, my people did NOT include Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, Indiana or Ohio. For us, the Midwest was the Dakotas, Iowa, MN, Wisconsin and Illinois for some reason – probably to claim Chicago.
The states in the Geo-political unit called the Midwest are: Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. During the Civil War soldiers from these states were called “Western” soldiers. In the post-war era the term “Midwest was coined as the center, or the perceived center of the country moved west. The fact that this was not the literal center of the country didn’t come into consideration. States often put in the Midwest by error include Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. BTW, I aced fifth grade geography back in 1958, one of the few good grades Mr. Hartwig gave me.
There are varying definitions of Midwest. For instance, I’ve seen cultural geographers break Ohio in half, because the Appalachians end and the Central Plains start in the Western part of the state, and culturally and historically the Eastern part has ties to the Eastern US and the original Colonies; but it’s also sometimes extended West to include the Great Plains states of Nebraska and the Dakotas, and South to include Kansas and Missouri. A few definitions stretch it to include Arkansas and Kentucky (or at least bordering parts of those states that fall in the Central Plains) as well as Eastern Pennsylvania.
The Upper Midwest sub-region includes the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, as well as Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and is often defined to also include the Dakotas, Illinois, and Iowa. So the main portion of Michigan is pretty solidly Midwest, not even Upper Midwest.
I would recommend that anyone who considers that Arkansas, Kentucky and Eastern PA, the Dakotas or Alaska as part of the Midwest get a grip. Wrong identifications, no matter how common, do not equal correct identifications.
Has anyone heard anything regarding Judge Whittemore in Florida? It’s been 10 working days, I wonder if the cherch decided to comply with his orders or is someone going to take the fall for the Demented Midget. Even if they do comply, i doubt he’ll get 3 people to mediate fairly if at all. Maybe at that point he’ll just have to find against Co$. What say you world?
I’ll second your request for information. I haven’t seen anything on Tony Ortega’s page either.
Good point. Waiting myself to see how much crap this judge is going to continue to take. I bet the only thing on Miscavige’s mind is, “leverage” I need leverage on this asshole judge!
Very strange, Judge Whittemore’s name doesn’t appear on any calendar for any location of the circuit court for mid florida for the next month (that as far out as it goes). Maybe they did get to him
here’s where it should be https://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/calendar/calendars.htm
KEEP SHINING LIGHT ON THIS GREEDY HYPOCRITICAL DARKNESS… CLASSIC MEGLOMANIAC PATHOLOGICAL LIAR WITH NO CONSCIENCE WHAT SO EVER – JUST LIKE TRUMP !
As my lady has said re all the Trump haters, “what you know about Trump is what you have learned from the only media you are willing to look at and believe…the left wing press.” Sad.
I agree with your lady, thegman77. Why try to gain insight into President Trump (or any well known person) solely via prejudicial media? That is indeed sad. Instead, read a book. He’s “written” 12 of them. I read the first 4, back in the day. Interesting. Also he’s given countless print, radio and TV interviews over the decades wherein he reveals a lot about himself. This is a man who doesn’t hold back. He’s really out there! Scanning his tweets from 2012 to present is also enlightening. Cheers!
FYI, your caps lock key is on. Might want to be polite and turn it off.
Geeee whiz….. No NEW orgs anywhere….BUT Tom Cruise has a NEW Movie out “The Mummy”…….at least he will have an income to “donate” to….Well, you know the rest of the story.
Please join me in a boycott of this movie.
I have no desire to munch popcorn and watch Tom Cruise, the complicit scientologist, while slave labor exists in the U.S.A. and people are locked up in scientology’s Hole.
I will boycott but Russell Crowe is in it & I like him…
I think you already KNOW my answer to your request “Crimes”…..I wouldn’t watch that money or support it in any way..
I would like to respectfully disagree on this. I think politics and religion should be divorced from actors’ work. I don’t watch Tom Cruise movies because I have never really cared for him as an actor. He’s been in some good films but I don’t believe they were good because of him. My opinion. Ditto Kirstie Alley, although she was mildly amusing on Cheers back in the day. Since then I’ve found her to be a total bore. I like John Travolta as an actor, though. I always have, and I’ve seen most of his films, the good ones and the clinkers. My opinion, to which I’m entitled!
This is just me, but I have a theory that if the general public knew the intimate details of the personal lives of lots of people whose stuff hangs in museums today – priceless art, sculpture, etc., that they wouldn’t even want to view these things and might agitate to have them removed.
Anectdotal Alert:
I had an aunt, on the evangelical side of the family, who adored Frank Sinatra’s voice but wouldn’t listen to him or buy his music because he had been a bad, unfaithful husband to his first wife. I kid you not. That was her reason. Of course, this is an extreme example but she felt strongly about it, that she was making a statement. This same aunt, when I mentioned that Bob Fosse was the only person to win an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony all in the same year, dismissed it all with, “Oh – wasn’t he a homosexual?” That was all she cared about. Again, another extreme example but you get the idea. Its possible that Michaelangelo was a horrible husband,neglectful father and after working all day on the Sistine Chapel went home and beat puppies or something. Of course, I don’t know and I’m not saying its so, but its POSSIBLE. The point being, should we care about this, and if so, why?
Another example, I adore Clint Eastwood, formerly as actor (that tough guy genre, its good escapist entertainment, imo) but particularly as a director. I’m mostly lukewarm on his politics except fo his view on gun control laws for the mentally ill and for convicted felons which I hate and disrespect. It blows my mind that he would be ok with mentally unstable people and suspected terrorists getting easy access to semi-automatic weapons. But – I like his acting work and I think he’s a fantastic director, so I’d never miss an Eastwood film. To further illustrate, I’m glad I don’t know the intimate personal life details and politics of my dry cleaner. He does a great job, always, and I’d hate to lose him if I found out that maybe when he was twelve he slept with his sister or something 🙂
Aqua, suspected terrorists get access to grenades and machine guns in 1st world countries were NO ONE can own even a pistol.
Don’t delude yourself about gun laws keeping guns from anyone except those who CHOOSE to obey the laws. We could pass 1 million gun laws and I could purchase 10 RPG 7’s in 24 hours…
Well, first of all, we can agree to disagree.
But remember that by buying a ticket to a Tom Cruise movie, you have supported someone who is aware of, and complicit to, abuse of members of scientology.
Also, part of your ticket purchase price will be going into the coffers of that abusive church and its demonic little imp Miscavige.
So go watch his movies if you want to, but I beg you to please reconsider.
Finally,!I’ve also wanted to boycott all Tom Cruise movies!I REFUSE to see any of them.Same goes with Kirsty Alley.Her ignorance makes her uglier than she is.(claiming she is a christian AND a stupidologist.).Anyway,you are right about money we spend on their movies goes to help support Miscavige,&while ignorant members starve &slave.exactly.I can’t even stand looking at pictures of them.sick
Ever since I heard about T.C. paying people from Scientology as little as 25 dollars a week to run his home and wait on him I decided to never watch any of his films. He obviously condones the various abuses of many scientologists and ones leaving the religion or why would he still support D. mascavige and Scientology as a whole. I have to turn the ads for his new movie Mummy because it just makes me sick that these people think treating others like slaves is okay. I was a little disappointed that Russell Crowe chose to even be in the movie with Cruise. I cannot watch Travolta, or Christie A. either. Hollywood actors are usually enlightened and lead the way in social injustices. Any actors that choose to be in movies with these immoral actors does not deserve my money at all. D.M is nothing but a con artist, bully and anyone who supports the intentional abuse of others is lower than the lowest.
I agree! My daughter is trying to get me to watch this movie. HELL No. I but watched a movie the other day and Kirstie alley was in it!
! but she did not die pleasantly. Quite cool. I felt better?
Finally!Someone who agrees we should all stop helping to support misgaviges pockets through seeing Tom Cruise movies!!The same with Kirsty Alley.Her ignorance makes her uglier than she already is,(saying she is a christian AND scientologist!). She should be called a STUPIDTOLOGIST. I can’t even stand looking at either of them.They know what’s going on with the slave labor,& members starving BC they aren’t paid enough.&if they pretend they don’t or deny it,they’re even more ignorant than I thought if they financially support their “religion” without knowing what we all do.sickos.Tom &Kirsty have mental issues themselves.maybe they should go get locked in a basement for a year to treat their mental health.
Great article….
Hey Mike, I was just thinking yesterday about how much time you must take to keep this blog up and running. I just want you to know the time is well spent and is much appreciated.
Thanks Robert!
Keeping busy here keeps Mike Rinder from helping out washing the dishes, right! Lol!….Thanks for keeping everyone updated…..our best wishes to your and your family! Give Leah our best!
I agree with Robert and very much appreciate the precious time you take away from your family to continue spreading the truth. However, you’re not in the Sea Org any more and deserve to have weekends off, or at least a few days a month. Put your feet up once in a damned while! 🙂
And on top of running the blog and the job all the work n A&E.
Family deserves a big thank you.
Mike, I too, am so grateful for all the work you do on this blog and on A & E. I want to remind everyone there is a donate button at top and we can donate to Mike’s efforts. I’d rather give to our “war chest” than the trumped up criminal war chest in the Cof$.
Miscavige in 1998 discussing Lisa McPherson: “No matter what the circumstance … anybody would want to do something to avoid someone dying.”
Miscavige in 2013 discussing his own father: “If he dies, he dies. Don’t intervene.”
A bit of a different mentality when he’s on the record vs. off the record, eh?
Well, do some research – David Miscavige MURDERED Lisa McPherson, in my opinion…
Truth be known, “all roads lead to Rome,” So in Scientology all roads lead to the micro-managing asshole called COB. Murder is a strong word and requires motive to be proved to the law. Accessory to unlawful death no doubt, manslaughter possibly if viewed by a non scio. Legal mumbo jumbo has a lot to answer for in letting the guilty go free in this case.
To someone who knows what is written in Scientology tech & policy, it is indeed murder with an intent that could only be described as pure evil! Lisa’s method of death was indeed a horror and so easily avoidable by any sane person. Miscavige is directly responsible!
Yep! E.g. “You __ __ on Hollywood Boulevard.”
“If he dies, he dies. Don’t intervene.” I think the dwarf put that inscription on a plaque.
OSD, you just gave me an idea. On Miscavige’s tombstone it should read, “He died, and we didn’t interfere”.
I predict a different outcome to this modern version of David and Goliath.
Maybe when DM is on his deathbed..the doctor will say. Don’t intervene. Let him die!
We’re tracking, Shirley.
Sorry, I forgot to include this (damn SP’s!) : http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/27/leah-remini-interview-scientology-aftermath-season-2/
Little davey better be getting ready for Leah Remini’s “Second Season”….I hear it’s going to be a Killer!
I am wondering when it comes to saving his OWN LIFE….does he have a complete “in house” fully loaded up and ready medical facility & fully licensed Dr., Surgeon, Orthopedist, Podiatrist in case of a heart attack, stroke,broken bones, hammer toe/bunion…..Or does he feel if his OWN LIFE is at risk….DO NOT INTERVENE….. just askin’.
And then the third season…
“I’ve been with many of the world’s top leaders, and I have to say in all fairness, that I’ve never met a more irrational, incompetent and self-centered being as David Miscavige. So I say to you COB, the FBI will be happy to nab you.”
Tom Cruise after waking up
Funny.
Unfortunately for him, I doubt quite seriously that Cruise will ever “wake up”. His arrogance is too tightly invested in his “position” as the #3 man in scientology. I think it’s already negatively affecting his acting career and certainly his personal life. Sad, in a way, but he’s unwilling to make the necessary changes. And “crow” is not his favourite meal!
To his eternal shame. I would never swap positions with Tom Cruise for anything. Look at his personal relationships. Suri or David Miscavige, and he opts for David Miscavige. That is just criminal.
I tend to agree. I think Tom Cruise is not very bright, and yet has a whole religion telling him how brilliant he is. From the stories I’ve heard, he acts like an ass, yet he has a whole religion telling him how caring he is. He stars in action movies, sure, but compared to being told he is essentially one of the saviors of the universe, that pales on comparison.
I think so much of his self worth is tied to this organization that he will never leave.
Yes, he stars in action movies because he has a handsome face and keeps himself in good shape. Well, so did Clint Eastwood, but when he hit his forties he realized he didn’t want to be a 65 year old Dirty Harry, so he got into directing. But then, in fairness, Mr. Eastwood has a brain. Can’t say the same for BB#3.
I would not be surprised if Cruise has already been designated as Miscavige’s successor. Who else, really?
So funny, perfect words gave me a great laugh!!!
“Tom Cruise after waking up” and discovering Demented Miscreant lying in the bed next to him making droopy puppy dog eyes and kissy sounds.