Last week we reacted to the startling news that actor Tom Cruise would play a part in the Olympics Closing Ceremony on August 11 by bringing up the awkward spot it would put Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in.
“ Using Tom Cruise to represent Los Angeles demeans our city as he's a major representative of the cult of Scientology. It’s the equivalent of using Charles Manson to represent San Francisco. Please stop this from happening.”
And his main residence these days is supposed to be in England, with a secondary residence in Clearwater, Florida, neither of those things give him a right to represent Los Angeles any more than I have the right to represent it although I once lived there.
Maybe the Delphian staff can explain that form of compensation to the IRS. Or count it as income with the Social Security Administration.
They are looking at a big surprise when they get too weary to work anymore. No savings, no Social Security, and their "friends" at Delphian School happy to put them out into the streets. Their statistics will be down, and no good Scientologist rewards down statistics!
It is hard to explain to non-Scientologists just how ruthless this form of age discrimination can be. You're never supposed to age or weaken or get ill. If you do, you're doing it wrong. Turns out you were a traitor all along and deserve whatever happens to you, despite all the thousands of hours spent trying to "make it go right" without proper resources or help.
The Scientologists typify the old Stones song, "My Generation". "Hope I die before I get old". Somehow, they all got old but are still on the road. The magic of big bucks. Some of us are not so lucky.
Gosh, Ze Mooo, you're right. But I guess their members also didn't take the song's advice about dying young, except Keith Moon.
Dying young seems to be a good strategy to a committed Scientologist. Drop the body, get a new one. Never mind what anybody else thinks. It's all about you.
“We're a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the educational standards in our society and truthfully, it's not a very lucrative business.”
Yeah, the word “nonprofit” means no one gets rich. And I didn’t even have to word clear that. Everybody who has ever worked at a nonprofit is underpaid.
However, the lofty mission of improving the educational *standards* (notice they didn’t say “outcomes”) includes paying instructors a living wage. If tuition doesn’t cover it ask yourself why you are unable to secure public or private funds to support faculty and staff salaries, instead of whining about it in a letter that skates on the perilously thin ice of the Doctrine of Exchange.
I wasn’t considering nonprofits that have Pinky and the Brain mission statements. Clearly their board is made up of cronies who rubber stamp those salaries and they don’t care who knows it. But just because a nonprofit leader is being paid at a salary commensurate with for-profit peers doesn’t automatically mean it is a scam, either.
“I often get asked what the pay is like for Delphian staff. It's a hard question to answer. It really depends on what someone considers their "pay" is in life.” This is a really bad way to start a success story. Delphi puts out overt products as well. The only thing Delphi is preparing a child for is a life in the Sea Org. It’s just a warehouse where parents pay big bucks to house their children while they are off doing other so-called planet saving activities.
In the Feshbach tax fraud case, IIRC it was revealed that they were paying $45,000 per month for one child to attend. Where is that money going? I’m sure Davey boy gets at least 10% in licensing fees but that still leaves a lot. Like any Scientology run business, anything that could be used to improve facilities or staff pay is funneled back to Scientology in different ways.
"And now others have been raising questions about why Cruise, the Scientology celebrity who may be the single biggest reason the embattled group remains in business,"
No, just no. Don't give Mr 'I do my own stunts' such adulation. Cruise hasn't publicly shilled for the Clampire in nearly 20 years. Yeah, he has attended the big shows at Saint Hill and few other places, but even he can't be the reason $cientology is still around. Give the Whales their due, their millions of dollars in 'contributions' have kept the Clam Scam solvent. Also give laws about arbitration their due, judges hide behind it every time they get a chance to do so.
Let TC play super duper secret agent one more time. The blow back from so many people and places might even make the LA Times.
Someone was filmed riding without a helmet? I trust he wasn't doing more than the regulation speed limit (could be down to 30 kph - 20 mph - in these enlightened times :-) ).
I wrote Karen Bass again. Here’s what I wrote.
“ Using Tom Cruise to represent Los Angeles demeans our city as he's a major representative of the cult of Scientology. It’s the equivalent of using Charles Manson to represent San Francisco. Please stop this from happening.”
And his main residence these days is supposed to be in England, with a secondary residence in Clearwater, Florida, neither of those things give him a right to represent Los Angeles any more than I have the right to represent it although I once lived there.
Very well put, Geoff!
Maybe the Delphian staff can explain that form of compensation to the IRS. Or count it as income with the Social Security Administration.
They are looking at a big surprise when they get too weary to work anymore. No savings, no Social Security, and their "friends" at Delphian School happy to put them out into the streets. Their statistics will be down, and no good Scientologist rewards down statistics!
It is hard to explain to non-Scientologists just how ruthless this form of age discrimination can be. You're never supposed to age or weaken or get ill. If you do, you're doing it wrong. Turns out you were a traitor all along and deserve whatever happens to you, despite all the thousands of hours spent trying to "make it go right" without proper resources or help.
The Scientologists typify the old Stones song, "My Generation". "Hope I die before I get old". Somehow, they all got old but are still on the road. The magic of big bucks. Some of us are not so lucky.
The Who did 'My Generation' and they seem to be finally retired.
Gosh, Ze Mooo, you're right. But I guess their members also didn't take the song's advice about dying young, except Keith Moon.
Dying young seems to be a good strategy to a committed Scientologist. Drop the body, get a new one. Never mind what anybody else thinks. It's all about you.
Don’t feel bad, Techie. I thought it was the Stones also, and that’s my generation, lol. Thanks Ze Mooo for the correction!
“We're a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the educational standards in our society and truthfully, it's not a very lucrative business.”
Yeah, the word “nonprofit” means no one gets rich. And I didn’t even have to word clear that. Everybody who has ever worked at a nonprofit is underpaid.
However, the lofty mission of improving the educational *standards* (notice they didn’t say “outcomes”) includes paying instructors a living wage. If tuition doesn’t cover it ask yourself why you are unable to secure public or private funds to support faculty and staff salaries, instead of whining about it in a letter that skates on the perilously thin ice of the Doctrine of Exchange.
Many 'non-profits' pay their leaders very well. They can be quite a scam. See what the leaders of the National Rifle Association were paid.
I wasn’t considering nonprofits that have Pinky and the Brain mission statements. Clearly their board is made up of cronies who rubber stamp those salaries and they don’t care who knows it. But just because a nonprofit leader is being paid at a salary commensurate with for-profit peers doesn’t automatically mean it is a scam, either.
Cult double-speak at its finest. Of course, it's lucrative. But, it's lucrative for the criminal organisation known as the "church" of $cientology.
I wrote Karen Bass. You can reach her online. If this happens I hope mainstream media picks it up.
Write Karen Bass. There’s still time.
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“I often get asked what the pay is like for Delphian staff. It's a hard question to answer. It really depends on what someone considers their "pay" is in life.” This is a really bad way to start a success story. Delphi puts out overt products as well. The only thing Delphi is preparing a child for is a life in the Sea Org. It’s just a warehouse where parents pay big bucks to house their children while they are off doing other so-called planet saving activities.
In the Feshbach tax fraud case, IIRC it was revealed that they were paying $45,000 per month for one child to attend. Where is that money going? I’m sure Davey boy gets at least 10% in licensing fees but that still leaves a lot. Like any Scientology run business, anything that could be used to improve facilities or staff pay is funneled back to Scientology in different ways.
"And now others have been raising questions about why Cruise, the Scientology celebrity who may be the single biggest reason the embattled group remains in business,"
No, just no. Don't give Mr 'I do my own stunts' such adulation. Cruise hasn't publicly shilled for the Clampire in nearly 20 years. Yeah, he has attended the big shows at Saint Hill and few other places, but even he can't be the reason $cientology is still around. Give the Whales their due, their millions of dollars in 'contributions' have kept the Clam Scam solvent. Also give laws about arbitration their due, judges hide behind it every time they get a chance to do so.
Let TC play super duper secret agent one more time. The blow back from so many people and places might even make the LA Times.
Someone was filmed riding without a helmet? I trust he wasn't doing more than the regulation speed limit (could be down to 30 kph - 20 mph - in these enlightened times :-) ).