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Nancy 'Bart Simpson' Cartwright Gives $10 Million to Scientology (Dough!)
San Francisco Gate ^ | January 30 2008 | Staff

Posted on 01/31/2008 6:47:48 AM PST by tlb

Nancy Cartwright, the voice behind Bart Simpson, has been awarded Scientology's Patron Laureate Award after she donated $10 million in 2007.

Cartwright's gift -- almost two times her annual salary from "The Simpsons" -- puts her top of a list of celebrity benefactors. She gave even more than Tom Cruise who has donated $5 million in the last four years.

Kirstie Alley gave $5 million last year.

John Travolta and Kelly Preston gave $1 million, while Priscilla Presley was handed the Patron Award for a donation of $50,000.

The prizes were handed out at a top-secret ceremony in Florida.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: cult; scientology; thesimpsons
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Aye-Carrumba, it says the ceremony was in Florida, I expect that means in Clearwater. A "religious" tax exemption is handy.
1 posted on 01/31/2008 6:47:49 AM PST by tlb
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Are poor people allowed to be Scientologists?

I’m thinking I need to join...


2 posted on 01/31/2008 6:49:46 AM PST by JoanVarga ("¿Por qué no te calles?")
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Why was the ceremony “top-secret”? Aren’t they proud of their “religion”?


3 posted on 01/31/2008 6:49:51 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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Hmmm..............I didn’t do it, nobody saw me do it, you can’t prove a thing!......


4 posted on 01/31/2008 6:50:27 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: tlb

I’m beginning to think that L.Ron was a more astute student of human psychology than P.T. Barnum.


5 posted on 01/31/2008 6:51:27 AM PST by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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Does this mean she gets extra points when she travels after death?


6 posted on 01/31/2008 6:51:40 AM PST by sarasota
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The AMT will still hit her.


7 posted on 01/31/2008 6:51:53 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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Geez, can’t anybody keep a secret anymore?


8 posted on 01/31/2008 6:52:32 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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Good thing The Simpsons suck these days, or I would find this report distressing.

They jumped the shark so many years ago, they can't remember when...

9 posted on 01/31/2008 6:52:43 AM PST by gridlock (Proud Romney Supporter since January 20, 2008)
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Are poor people allowed to be Scientologists?

No moola, no "salvation". Get lost, peasant.

10 posted on 01/31/2008 6:52:48 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: tlb

I knew there was a reason I never liked that show.


11 posted on 01/31/2008 6:53:02 AM PST by Psycho_Bunny
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To: JoanVarga
Are poor people allowed to be Scientologists? I’m thinking I need to join...

LOL! Que bien

12 posted on 01/31/2008 6:55:17 AM PST by Cuttnhorse
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A fool and their money are soon parted.


13 posted on 01/31/2008 6:55:23 AM PST by dragonblustar (Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God - G. K. Chesterton)
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A fool and his money are soon parted. Or her money, in this case.

As L. Ron Hubbard once said, “If you want to make alot of money, don’t start a business, start a religion.”


14 posted on 01/31/2008 6:55:29 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Change.....that's what we will have left in our pockets if a Democrat gets elected president!)
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To: tlb

It takes big bucks to keep Lord Xenu in prison.


15 posted on 01/31/2008 6:57:57 AM PST by Shellback Chuck
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To: dragonblustar

A fool and his money can also throw one hellofa party !


16 posted on 01/31/2008 6:58:02 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: Shellback Chuck

It takes big bucks to keep Lord Xenu in prison.
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Any idea how much a floating soul catcher hovering in space above a volcano runs? It’s big dollars, I assure you.


17 posted on 01/31/2008 7:02:42 AM PST by Greg F (Romney appointed homosexual activists as judges in Massachusetts.)
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To: JoanVarga
Are poor people allowed to be Scientologists?

If you have a few hundred thousand dollars laying around you can join.


18 posted on 01/31/2008 7:05:12 AM PST by MotleyGirl70
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19 posted on 01/31/2008 7:07:10 AM PST by evets (beer)
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To: gridlock
I still love the pre-2002 Simpson's on re-runs and haven't watched a Sunday episode in 6 years.
20 posted on 01/31/2008 7:07:32 AM PST by MotleyGirl70
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