New Bright Idea It seems they are trying to match the success of the "Extension" courses the church offers. They apparently don't realize the Extension Courses have become the preferred method of avoiding regges and Call In people -- "I am doing my Basics Book Extension Course so leave me alone..." What Do You Get? Not this, that's for sure. One thing EVERY ideal org FART Div 6 has is common. They are completely empty. Plan to do it at a later date? It's getting more bizarre. They are not just asking "would you attend if we put it on at a later date?" Now they … [Read more...]
Cause Over Life Demonstration
Here is a perfect example of scientologist cause and confront from a posterchild for OTishness, our old friend Barbara Dews. A Special Correspondent sent me this email exchange and if you read down the thread (earliest at the top) you will see BD going from a shark smelling fresh blood, to a somewhat concerned deer caught in the headlights to a rabbit that scurried down her hole in abject terror. This is cause over life. This is how to confront and shatter suppression. This is how to be OT so you can go OT. Barbara epitomizes fundamentalist scientology. So dead certain that she knows … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Join Staff Or not. I guess I am the wrong public. There is no way this would interest me in joining staff in Birmingham... It has the opposite effect. If this represents the homo novis world of scientology then it's a sorry future indeed. Valley STILL not done And it's a looooong way to go. SO now CC is doing it for them? And some ringers from Flag (how did the LRH Hall let Tom Cummins give money to Valley instead of the most vital dissemination program in history?) WTF I thought the Scots had a bit more class than this.... You DO NOT want to … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Filing for Idealishness Simply the best filing anywhere.... Another Taufer Just what the world really needed. This one is pitching in to help raise funds to support Ken Kramer. Not just a temporary thing Bit of an understatement... They're really pushing the Sea Org. Unfortunately this is all 45 years out of date. The Sea Org hasn't expanded for decades... They know he died a while ago, right? This one is REALLY out of date... Start a Narconon today A golden opportunity for the … [Read more...]
The Feeling Of Elation
This about sums up what scientology sells: The feeling of elation knowing I "helped." They have convinced the people inside the bubble that money given the IAS is actually used for good. It is one of the sad truths of scientology that this is a lie. More money is spent on creating the illusion that scientology (the IAS) is helping than is spent on actually helping anyone. The only real expenditures the IAS makes are the purchase of property -- ostensibly to "service parishioners" but as every org on earth is shrinking, there is not a one of them that needs larger premises when most … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Pirates and Whales What a combination. How fitting. More pirate parties.... And more. Seems to be contagious. Do the Survival Rundown at ASHO Of course. Nobody wants to do auditor training any more... Or can. Wonder if they ever actually HOLD these conventions? Or is this just a survey to see if anyone bites? This is the best they've got? This guy has been in the SO for about 40 years and had never climbed beyond being in charge of "WISE" in EUS. This is the best they've got? Dave Petit and … [Read more...]
Buy Your Super Power NOW – in 1978
Here is a blast from the past. This appeared in The Auditor issue 155. Published in 1978. Sign up for your Super Power at ASHO! This is when L. Ron Hubbard announced that Super Power would be available at Saint Hills "within 6 weeks." Of course, Ron said it, so it must be true. And ASHO got the jump on making a few extra bucks and started selling it. Can you imagine if you paid ASHO in 1978 for Super Power and then had to wait for it to be delivered in 2013? If you were 40 when you paid for it, you more than likely died before it was delivered. This is typical of … [Read more...]
It Didn’t Take Long
It was clear to everyone this was coming. The SuMP launch is done. Funny, haven't seen any shows broadcast yet on the airwaves - not TV or radio or even anything on the internet?? You can be sure that if someone else "opened" a "broadcast center" it would begin broadcasting. Ideal orgs will continue, but there are too many areas where they already HAVE an empty ideal org or there is absolutely NOTHING happening even when they have a "new" building (Hello Philly? Detroit, New Haven, Chicago etc etc etc). The dead ideal org horse has been beaten to dust in all but a few cities. So what's … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Central Files This is REALLY important. And absolutely everyone is doing it! Even the Captain FSO (OMG) is involved! The movies must be a popular thing! Wonder how many things are misfiled as people are distracted by JT or Steve Martin? No such luxury in Miami. You just get a finger pointed at you. And there is a Sea Org ProGAM chief there... Pasadena SH Size They don't even have a Bookstore Officer? Then again, as my old friend Rob Williamson pointed out, they ARE the size of SH... As in small and empty. DEAR XXXXXX, CONSIDER THIS... "The … [Read more...]
Scientology Children
These have all been sent to me in the last week. The focus on children as a money-making tool, for recruitment and as free labor is very disturbing. In scientology, children are treated as "old thetans in small bodies" - meaning they are capable of pretty much anything an adult is able to do, only limited by their physical size and ability. This is one of the creepier parts of scientology -- they find nothing strange or offensive about showing a 5 year old boy signing a pledge to give money to an "ideal org." Scientology likes to justify its activities by claiming "this is just like … [Read more...]