Pictures from the March 15th Boulder Protest
With Commentary by Mike Reuss
Bob Penny passing out flyers. Boulder DSA (Director of Special Affairs) Deb Danos is in the background holding a sign that reads "Wollersheim used Penny. Who's Next?" They probably thought Bob wasn't going to make it to the picket. And they seem oblivious to the fact that public (mostly) doesn't know anything about the internal F.A.C.T.Net Squabble. People walking by would view this sign as being unintelligible.
It was good to see Bob and Larry together, fighting the same wrongs that they have both opposed for so long.
Bob looked real weak, and said he was not doing too well. I wish that
somebody would find a cure for this horrible disease (MS) and that
Bob could be whole again. Failing that, I wish that the Co$ would
unconditionally release Bob from the F.A.C.T.Net suit, which of course
they refuse to do.
Deb Danos being interviewed by a German freelance film crew based out of Washington DC The guy in the background was a Scientologist who was passing out Dianetics flyers. The Germans are astounded at how little Scientology is understood in this country, and about how disinterested the American public is with fascist totalitarians. I explained to them that if we can't eat it, spend it, fuck it or watch it on TV, most Americans just won't work up enough energy to give a shit (I didn't use these exact terms;-)
I apologized to the Germans on behalf of all Americans everywhere,
for the clueless pronouncements coming out of our State Department.
(Mission Impossible is a really great movie, honest!)
Larry Wollersheim being interviewed by a reporter. Man-oh-man did
the Scienos stick close and have a lot to say whenever Larry got
anywhere near a reporter. The guy with the pony tail is one such
example. A lot of the Scientologists clearly believed that all the
pickets were Larry Wollersheim "groupies" and I even had one of them
tell me the peanut butter in the underwear DA story, claiming it was
in Larry's service records. That really made my day. And it gave me
the perfect opportunity to tell him about Hubbard's service records,
the lying, the screwing off, the shelling of Mexican goats, the
lying, being paid a VA disability for his entire post-navy life,
even after he'd claimed to have found all this healing technology.
Good stuff, but I was probably wasting my breath.
Xenu made an appearance at the Boulder Picket, gracing the whole front range area with his powerful spiritual vibrations (not to mention he carried a sign with a damn good question on it). As in Clearwater FL last week, Xenu was speechless throughout this picket. His mere presence speaks volumes. Xenu's an alien, you know. He's falsely been alleged to have brought us all here 75 million years ago and nuked us in some volcanoes and showed us bad movies, and we all bonded into disembodied clusters, and now because of that, we're all really scared and timid and stuff. Stop me if you've heard any of this before...
Xenu stood on this particular spot to keep Scientologists from
throwing acid on his bitchin' new red sport coupe. This is a joke!
Aside from a pissy blonde PR woman flown in from L.A., everyone at
the picket was pretty cool. There was only one major outbreak of
shouting from her, and otherwise not so much as a hints of violent
activity was present.
Xenu further enturbulates about 20 Scientology counter-pickers who
begin to chant (from across the street) "Internet bigots, spreading
lies, {meow, meow, meow, meow}, tolerance dies." [I forget the 3rd
line]
OSA weasel Joe Neal who flew in from L.A. to catch our little
picket, just as he did last weekend in Clearwater. Joe apparently
reports directly to the head cheese of the OSA, Mike Rinder. And
they obviously spared no expense for his video hardware, eh? Nice
stuff. I hope he didn't catch me on camera picking my nose or
anything. The Scientologists flew in a few other big hitters from
the coast for this picket, a woman named Nancy (I think) who tried
to bullbait me, and later got a little "pissy" with Larry W., a
cute, petite women from Portland. I imagine they brought in the big
guns because they heard that Larry Wollersheim was going to be
there, and we all know how Larry scares the bejeezus out of them. A
smallish, but not inconsequential effort on their part, which means
there's much less money for Miscavige and his whoring lawyers.
Boulder FSM Robert Anderson dressed as Uncle Sam. When Robert came outside from the Dianetics center, I playfully told him he had a lot of "cajones" to wear that outfit in public. But then again, this is Boulder, so maybe not. His flyers promoted free speech and freedom of religion. Isn't that terrific? On the other hand, there was nothing in his flyer about one of those freedoms trumping the other one completely, nor of hiding illegalities and medical malpractice behind a veil of religion. In this photo you can get an idea of why the local store owners (records, flowers, clothes) were starting to get a little peeved by the presence of our picket. Anyone wanting to get into their stores would have to navigate through this throng.
However, I did speak to the owner of the closest ground level
business, a flower shop that's right below the Dianetics mission,
and she was way cool about our picket. She said people have to do
what they have to do sometimes, and she would not complain nor get
in anyone's way. She must believe that's the price a business owner
who wants to be a good citizen and a good neighbor must pay on
occasion. To all the local Boulderites who read this, please give
this woman your business, if you are as impressed with her attitude
ae I was. Her store is on W. Pearl St. North side of the street,
approximately one block west of Broadway. I forget the name of the
store.
Robert Anderson, Boulder FSM and stepfather to the children of Bob
Penny. (Great background text, eh? "be a mistake" purely
unintentional). Anyway, I've spoken to Robert on 3 occasions now
(all pickets), and he doesn't seem to be a mean or bad guy. I asked
him what he thought of Lisa McPherson's death and how he felt about
shipping an occasional member of his mission off to FLAG where the
same thing might possibly happen again. I thought he might show a
little hint of guilt. He quietly said something to the effect that
"neither of us knows what happened to her." Wake up, Robert! We know
what happened!
Here are the pickets and counter-pickets intermingled. There were about 16 of us (max.) never picketing at the same time, and at least 20 of them. The Boulder Dianetics mission entrance is a small doorway to a second floor location across the street from this sidewalk and parking lot. 18 months ago, this mission used to be three or four blocks east of this locale, smack in the middle of the Boulder mall, which is a plum and cherry location for fun, people watching, vending things, and recruiting Colorado University freshman into secretive cults. We picketed that other location 18 months ago, shortly after the F.A.C.T.Net raids. I suspect they moved to this relatively downstat location because they couldn't afford the rent (YAY!)
Anyway, we moved our picket across the street from the new mission
door because the sidewalk in front of the Dianetics mission doorway
was fairly narrow, and a few of the neighboring businesses resented
having 40 or more pickets in front of their stores. There was a lot
of foot traffic.
A notable SP, obviously an aficionado of high fashion apparel, wears a startling message on his shirt. Incredibly, conspiracy theorists accept this claim at face value, and claim they've known about Ron being Xenu for years. They DO however protest when they think they see the Nike logo subliminally implanted in several locations on the shirt. Official ARSCC representatives try to assure them that this is not the case, and that the ARSCC does not whore itself for money, let alone to promote a shoe company, no matter how popular we become. The conspiracy theorists remain unconvinced.
(This is a little local humor. The Denver Broncos professional
(American) football team recently changed their uniforms with much
help from Nike corp. There are several "swoosh"y looking things on
the new uniforms.)
The back side. This shirt might give a whole new meaning to the phrase O-Tee-3. By the way, here's an open question to IP lawyers: have I just violated copyright laws? Has the T-shirt wearer?
[--For that matter, have I violated copyright for having this
picture on my page? --Ray ]
Note: All the folks in this photograph consented to being in it. Anyone who did not want their face on a web page were given the opportunity to move out of the frame.
SPs in the employ of the Internet (from left to right around the table): Xenu, Xenu (face just barely visible), Xenu, Larry Wollersheim (who everyone knows is Xenu), then there's Justified and Ancient Xenu, A. Nonymouse (the blacked out individual), I forgot the name of the smiling guy, but I think it started with an 'X' and ended with a 'U", and finally Xenu (with his eyes closed).
My apologies to Xenu and Xenu for their faces being washed out. I'm sure Joe Neal has some damn good pictures of you. Maybe he'll make you a copy?
The blacked out individual was on a secret mission and postulated darkness over the image she/he/it would otherwise have created in my camera. Being at cause over MEST, all photons momentarily ceased rebounding from her/his/its personal space and thus, the black spot. Please refrain from speculating about this individual's identity, as I think her/his/it's name was Xenu. Rest assured that she/he/it is neither a vampire, nor is it Koos Nolst Trenite. So there's no need to panic and notify the authorities or even file a knowledge report with the OSA.
Other individuals among the pickets. Myself (Honorary Kid), Xenu,
Xenu, Xenu, Bob Penny, and Xenu (and a few others who shall remain
nameless because they requested it).