Posted on 04/05/2005 1:49:50 PM PDT by Crackingham
While the religion of Tom Cruise and John Travolta has been getting some tough press in recent days, it’s also been lauded by President Bush’s brother.
Florida Governor Jeb Bush raised eyebrows among the critics of the sometimes controversial religion recently when he honored Scientology volunteers who helped victims of hurricanes in his state.
Members of the group — which was put in the spotlight this week by the New York Daily News for its alleged anti-homosexual philosophy — were given a “Points of Light Award” as Hurricane Heroes. Scientology volunteers have been high profile at disaster scenes recently, distributing food and water, as well as delivering controversial “touch assist” healings that supposedly help victims through the laying on of hands.
“The Bush brothers have both been good to some groups that have been called cults,” says Rick Ross of CultNews.com. “Governor Bush has recognized Scientology while his brother in the White House has actually appointed a follower of Reverend Moon [David Caprara] to dole out tax payer money through the so-called faith-based initiative. Seems to me like the fox guarding the henhouse.”
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The title seems misleading. From what the article says, he gave the volunteers an award for helping pass out water and so forth after the hurricane. The only thing they did that was specific to their religion/cult/whatever they call it was that "touch assist" thing. Otherwise, they did what any volunteer does. From what I read, Bush didn't actually praise their beliefs or the substance of their group as the title makes it sound.
Deceitful headline.
Can he put out a written condemnation for the making and release of "battlefield earth"???
That's already being handled by the Hague War Crimes Tribunal.
If all the volunteers that were honored were in a football stadium there would be many from all walks of life, religion, beliefs, non beliefs, etc..
Jeb honored volunteers some of whom may or not be into Scientology to various degrees of involvement..
Misleading headline...
Using deception as 'the hook' is not ethical
On the positive side,if the Bush Brothers can get Scientologists to vote Republican,maybe they would be content to only euthanize Democrats.
Battlefield Earth
Released: 2000
Directed by: Roger Christian
Battlefield Earth is one of the worst films ever made. It’s that simple. It’s Plan 9 From Outer Space made for sixty million dollars. Had Ed Wood made Battlefield Earth, people would have expected an apology. When the cultural impact of this fiasco finally sinks in, John Travolta will be lucky if he can get a job plucking the gray hairs out of Ron Palillo’s ass.
Battlefield Earth is based on a novel written by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Perhaps the Church of Scientology wanted to ensure nobody else joined up. This movie is like watching the Pope accidentally catch on fire while giving Easter Mass. If that’s not a time to rethink your spiritual choices, what is?
Discussing the details of the plot is akin to discussing the literary merits of a Nora Roberts novel. I just can’t emphasize enough how bad it all is. It’s such a disaster it may resurrect Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs’s career. He’ll be able to defend himself by saying, “At least I didn’t make Battlefield Earth,” and executives will have to acknowledge that he has a point. Anyway, it’s the year 3000, a thousand years after a race of creatures called the Psychlos has taken over the Earth. Their chief of security is Terl (John Travolta), who wants to use the humans as slaves for his personal gain. Unfortunately, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler (Barry Pepper) has other plans and leads a revolt.
Psychlos are essentially Jamaican Klingons who speak like Ferengi. The primary special effect in the movie is accomplished by filling buckets with dirt and pieces of concrete, then tossing them across the screen. Director Roger Christian has a hard-on for flying dirt like you would not believe. The guys who wrote this should be forced to dictate everything for the rest of their lives so they may never again touch pen to paper or finger to keyboard and declare themselves writers. If Christian can get a job as a Sears portrait photographer after this movie, Congress should make the use of cameras punishable by death. Every single scene is at an angle, which gave me the urge to slide off my chair and smash my skull into the floor. Action scenes look like they were shot inside a paint mixer.
If egos were farts, one imagines John Travolta could destroy an entire planet by devouring a single frozen burrito. That this film even got made is clearly one testament to that fact, and that they’re already planning a sequel is another.
Mr Cranky at http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?q3=Ezcbz34pkLc%253d
see post 13
How dare you mock the greatness of Hubbard and Travolta, man-animal! (LOL)
Now, all of sudden, they see a vulnerable Bush brother and they finally have a problem L. Ron Hubbard's satanic, serial killing ponzi scheme/death cult?
They're either complete idiots, total scum or all of the above.
Oh, I'm a huge fan of Mr. Cranky :-)
LOL. The line of the day... eloquent, dude!
But! I must bring up a related concept: I've met plenty of protestants, secularists and atheists who think Catholicism is a "cult". (But then, atheism and agnostics don't acknowledge whatsoever that they themselves practice a "body of beliefs". Snort.) There are two dangerous cults in America right now as I see it: liberalism and terrorists; and I'm not always sure I can tell the difference between 'em.
Christianity was considered a cult in the early Roman empire; only difference between a cult and a religion is how big it is, really.
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