Picket reports

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Subject: Picket Report San Jose 9/3/98 From: hkhenson@netcom.com (Keith Henson)

5:00-5:20. 20 cars, little in or out traffic. I am reduced to reporting the baglady who went behind the org scrounging for soda cans, and the (homeless?) woman with two kids who took a stroller into the org. One staffer who came out did talk a little, wanted to know if I had anything better to do.

John M was not bodyrouting today either. Of course, it is Thursday.
No counter picket. It is now a week since they last picketed my home, and I am up a dozen pickets (I think) on them. Keith Henson

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Subject: Salt Lake City Org Picket Report, 3 Sep 98 From: mirele@newsguy.com (Deana Marie Holmes)

Phil arrived about 5 minutes after me. He's allowed to stash his sign inside.

As usual, we pretty much just chatted. I reported the remark made either here or on a.r.s about how long it would take before you told the E.D. to pound sand. He said the E.D. asked him what he was doing there. (Why do I not believe this?)

He tried to guilt me today by telling me that he was taking time away from his children to picket with me. (snort) I turned his words a bit on their head and said, "So your church is more important to you than your kids?" He retorted, "No, I didn't say that!" I remarked that I wasn't going to let him guilt me over him spending time away from his kids.

Another thing I told him was that I knew darn good and well that there was nothing that I could say or show him about Scn that would change his mind, because it didn't come through official channels. "Just so we understand each other," I said.

Ah yes, and on the subject of handlers: He pretty much admitted that they have to have OTVIIIs handle me. They are afraid that I might say something that would restimulate someone of a lesser rank. I told him I didn't believe in it.

I also asked him about offloading and why we didn't see any old Scns in the Sea Org. He didn't have much of an answer to that. I mentioned what a piss-poor job RTC is doing in protecting the sekrits, and how OTIII might fall into the public domain because of their screwups.

But for the most part we just talked about SLC stuff. I found out he'd worked for the notorious Kingston clan in one of their many farflung operations (see www.sltrib.com for the latest on them). It was his belief that the family was so weird because they had to hide the great secret about themselves. He said they spoke oddly...with a stutter. As I've never met a member of the Kingston clan (although one just lives up the street from me--he's been in the paper a lot the last couple weeks), I can't vouch for *that*, but I do know they live a secret life. We've also talked about the Olympics, SLC traffic snafus, the Net (in general) and some other stuff as well.

At the end of the picket I stuck out my hand and he shook it.
I suppose I could do a lot worse for a handler/babysitter, so I'll keep him.

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Subject: SLC Picket Report, Friday 4 Sep 98 From: mirele@newsguy.com (Deana Marie Holmes)

When I got there, I noticed Phil was nowhere to be found. Oh well, it's not like my picketing depends on him being there, so I just started going back and forth.

I noticed a woman sitting at the reception table inside. She's a frizzy blonde, probably in her late 40s or early 50s. I think she's either the DSA or the ED. She was reading one of the red volumes and occasionally calling people. I took a couple of pictures of her through the glass. She ignored me.

Phil showed up at 5:45 p.m. I told him I thought he might have told the ED to pound sand, but he said no, he was doing payroll. So we began picketing.

Today was more Scientologically oriented, as opposed to yesterday. We talked about the following, in no particular order:
Lisa McPherson: I told him how Janis Johnson, a defrocked M.D., had been prescribing classified drugs to Lisa, and how David Minkoff (whom he does know) was "treating" Lisa over the phone, which I said I believed was a violation of medical ethics. I read to him the part about Lisa wanting to leave from the first day of the logs (and presumably she escaped, if Ken Dandar is correct).

NOTS: He knew who David Mayo was, apparently he's one of Scn's Great Satans. He denied that Mayo had anything to do with NOTS. I told him bluntly that a judge had found that Mayo had written the NOTS as a work for hire for the Co$. He doesn't believe it. I guess I have to find that Kolts decision....

Also on the subject of NOTS: I asked him about the scurrilous OTVIII that was posted today on a.b.s. He denied that such a document was part of OTVIII. He did his NOTS completion in September, 1988, if that helps. (I have my doubts as well; I can't believe Hubbard would be so stupid.) I asked him why they hadn't released OTIX and onwards again, and whether or not Miscavige would redefine the meaning of "St. Hill sized." He candidly admitted that the SLC org had a long way to go. I said that it seemed like there were maybe 50 people taking services from the "church". He replied, "In a good week."

I asked him why, as an OTVIII, he didn't seem to really have control over MEST. If he truly had power, I said, he should be able to get me to drop the body instantly. He was somewhat aghast about that (although I'm not convinced it wasn't playacting). I asked him why he still wore glasses if he was an OTVIII, and he really had no answer for it.

And on the subject of Jesus, he denied that Hubbard taught that Jesus was an implant. I promised I'd bring him the quotes to read. He claims that Hubbard spent 4 chapters talking about Jesus in the Phoenix Lectures.

One lady came up to us as the picket was winding down. I believe, based on the fact that she wore a cross, that she was a Christian, not of the Mormon persuasion. She said her 11 year old niece was asking what a picket was, and what it was about. I gave her a Lisa flyer and basically explained what it was about. I never really think I'm communicating that well when people ask me questions like that, but I try. I did say that "my shadow here" was afraid of words like "I mock up my reactive mind." And boy, he was! When she left (after I told her to explain to the niece about both freedom of speech *and* religion) he let me have it.

"Did you see the look on her face? She was bewildered!" he said.
"Yeah, so? It's a bunch of gibberish, six words you have made into something frightening."

I also told him I'd shown my coworkers the first page of OTIII in Hubbard's handwriting and explained that this is where the volcano on the front cover of Dn comes from. I'm pretty sure that this has convinced him that I am extremely dangerous.

Some Scns stepped out of the bOrg to cross the street and while they were smiling, they were looking at me nervously. I told them to pay attention to the news, because they'd see more of Lisa McPherson in the future. I said, "Even on CourtTV!" Phil laughed derisively, but I said, "It's already been on CourtTV...Ken Dandar for Lisa's family and Laura (I can't remember her name) for Scientology from the large Tampa law firm the church hired."

I also noted at another point in the picket that four people were standing in the bOrg lobby staring at me.

Oh yes, I have to remember, Phil said that one of the people in the bOrg wanted to know how long I was going to do this. "Until people are informed." He tried to make that out to be ridiculous, like, "Until everyone in the USA is informed?" I brushed him off. Geesh.

I'm sure that there was more said, but after nearly an hour, I decided it was time to call it a night. I told Phil I'd give him a day off tomorrow, but I've told him twice that it might be possible that I'd show up on Sunday to picket the bOrg (both times pointing to the "Open 7 Days" sign).

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[several dates are edited and arranged here. reports by Keith henson]
Subject: San Jose, Palo Alto Picket Reports, Fri/Sat Sept 4/5, 1998
From: hkhenson@netcom.com (Keith Henson)

Friday, short picket Palo Alto mission, about noon. This time two people went in so I did not have to tell them they had been picketed. I got very deep in something I was doing and did not get home till late. Found that I had missed a picket. They need to coordinate better with me because it's a waste of effort to picket a home when nobody is there.

Sat. San Jose, split picket. 10:05 to 10:30 am and 4:10 to 5:10 pm. 37 cars early, 42 late. I cost them a few today. A couple took a xenu leaflet, but they had already decided against it. Two single guys in cars who had been there a few times took Xenu leaflets and said they would check scn out on the net. They won't be back. One guy came with a friend who thought the whole thing was nutty. They left with a leaflet. I have been alternating between the $360 sign and the OT 8 cog/space cooties sign.

A high fraction (all the raw meat I talked to today) were East Indian looking. If anyone has any contact into that community, they should be warned. Scn San Jose it getting them from somewhere. Next time I talk to one I will ask where. Keith Henson

[snip] One thing I forgot to mention in my picket report today was one scn couple stopped to talk to me on the way out. They read my picket sign on both sides but would not take a xenu leaflet. When I mentioned that it was all on the net, the guy told me that as good scns they were not supposed to go on the net at all, and the he, being a good scn, would not look at anything on the net. It was an amazing display of something I cannot put a name on. Keith Henson

[snip] Followup. A neighbor reports that while I was in San Jose, scn picketed my place Saturday morning. My neighbor went over and talked to them and it took considerable effort to get them to admit they were scientologists.

I guess they are aware they are considered bozos.
If they follow through, they should be picketing today around 6 pm. Keith Henson

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Subject: PA, SJ Picket Reports, Tue Sept 8, 1998
12:44-12:45 33 cars. Only interaction was when John M (the body router) started out, saw me and went back in. I expect to picket the Palo Alto mission late this afternoon. Keith Henson

[snip] According to a neighbor, they picketed my house around 1 pm today, two guys. I wonder if the formula is that they picket me right after I picket them? Does this match with Kristi's experience?

Late in the day, 10 minute picket of the Palo Alto mission, with a photographer. It was open, but dead looking. They have six choices of picket signs sides to use, anyone want to start a pool on which one they use? There was enough rain to invoke the double credit clause in the ARSCC picketing manual. [grin] Keith Henson

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Subject: Picket Report, Mesa AZ Sept. 5, 1998 From: bpetty@primenet.com (BP)

Today Kathy and I were joined by Jeff Jacobsen and a new person, "Richard", who is an ARS lurker from Phoenix.

We arrived at about 9:20, and were greeted at the site by a Rondroid who looked like a taller, thinner, humorless version of Charley Ruggles (yes I am that old!).

This ex-person was a perfect example of what the cult does to a human. He battened onto me and proceeded immediately to tell me that I should be picketing "the psychs" over a tragic murder/suicide in Gilbert, a nearby town. He blamed the deaths on "psych drugs". When Kathy overheard him, she pointed out that a friend and the father of the young woman who killed her child and husband were baffled, and that nothing about psychiatric treatment was mentioned in the newspaper account (I checked two days of stories in the papers when we got home and NO mention of any psychiatric care appeared). My handler then back-peddled and offered to bet me $5 that "psych drugs" were involved. You can imagine my disgust.

This person stuck to me like a BT for the entire hour that we picketed. He was perfectly hatted for his job: He spoke through his hat and his hat was empty. I thoroughly enjoyed telling him what I thought of him and his cult, and continuously called him out for obvious lies and evasions, like claiming that the Xenu story was not Co$ scripture.

Further news: Ginny Gleason (ex-OSA spokeszombie for the site) visited the org during our picket - she did not come out to say "Hi".

There were 9-10 cars in the lot during the hour. Traffic was somewhat light (holiday weekend), but we got our share of honks and thumbs up, as usual. And, as expected, W. Russell ("Blunderbuss") Shaw was nowhere within insult range.

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[3 pickets in one day, by Deana Holmes]
Subject: "No Holidays in Hell": SLC Picket 7 September 98 - First Report
From: mirele@newsguy.com (Deana Marie Holmes)
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 16:24:57 GMT

This picket report is dedicated to the inmates of the RPF, because there are No Holidays in Hell.

I drove by the bOrg just before 9 am, just to see if anyone was really labouring hard on this Labour Day, and sure enough, someone was. She was outside (a) watering the plants and (b) attempting to wash the windows. She was doing a piss-poor job of (b)--those windows will be water-stained. I assume there's no Hubbard Tech to cover this?

I started picketing and didn't say a word to her. She finished up her watering and washing and went inside after about 10 minutes. I continued to picket.

People probably wonder about what I think about when I picket. I usually meditate on God when I don't have an OTVIII like Phil to play with. I'm not claiming I have exalted thoughts or anything; it's just that here is a time when I can do something outwardly and at the same time turn my mind towards God for a few minutes. This is something that is hard to do most of the time because there are so many conflicting pulls.

Anyway, at about 9:35, my handler Phil showed up. I'd decided that since this picket was on a holiday here in the USA, I was dedicating it to the RPFers, because there are no holidays in hell. He drove up and I noticed he had one of his kids (a girl, looked to be preteen) in the passenger seat. He went into the back parking lot, and I began snickering to myself. I had a surprise for poor Phil.

After a few moments, he came out with his usual picket sign, and I told him I was leaving, because, "I want to show you how I am at cause over your MEST." And then I said that his foot was basically nailed to the floor, because I could come back *at any time*.

His response was *astonishing*: "Why are you being so mean to us?"

I said, "Because this picket is for the RPFers, because there are no holidays in hell."

He said, "But the Sea Org gets days off; I took a Sea Org member golfing yesterday." [N.b., there's still a Sea bOrger in Salt Lake City.]
I said, "I'm talking about the RPF. No holidays in hell."
And I left poor Phil sitting on the sidewalk with his ridiculous platitudinous sign.

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Subject: SLC Picket Report #2: Monday 7 Sept 98: Rushed by the Cult
Well, after the success of my first picket, I wondered if I should rest on my laurels or Do It Again. I decided to do it again after a rest.

I got down there just after 12:30. Phil was there, waiting for me. (Even though he denied it during picket #3, I bet he had to remain there all day long to make sure I was not picketing without an escort.) Also returning from (what? I have no idea) was a Sea bOrger. I snapped a picture of him.

Phil had something new for me. He had STATS! He had charts that claimed to show PES (new starts?) and BIS (bodies in the shop) had gone up since I'd started picketing. I looked at his charts, and they were BOGUS. It was a strict grid, with NO numbering. There was no way to tell what the increments on the grid was. I told him that, and said, "Have you ever read a book called 'How to lie with statistics"?

Come to find out later that Phil showed me Squirrel Stats. The real, important stat is GI or Gross Income. That's supposed to be posted in the Org. The little bird who told me about this said to ask Phil next time I saw him if he'd ever read the HCOPL "How to correctly graph a stat." According to that HCOPL, the increments are to be clearly marked on the side. As I said, there were NO increments on this graph. My little bird also said to ask Phil to see the real OIC (Organization Information Center) graphs. These graphs show GI, GI divided by staff, and number of starts, completions, etc. My little bird finally suggested that I should write a KR on Phil and send it in to RTC for being shown out-tech graphs.

I'm only going to mention a couple other things that happened during this picket, because I've got this cold (I'm not at cause over my own MEST, obviously) and I'm feeling a little ill.

First, I got a second handler, named Cindy. Of *course* she wouldn't tell me her name at first, but Phil slipped later on and mentioned it. She is from Chicago, and she came on a bit strong. She is blonde, looked to be either late 20s or early 30s. She is good looking. She rubbed me the wrong way, and was very brassy. I was not happy about being rushed by two of these people (but I have a solution to that, OSA, so don't get any ideas), so things got off on the wrong foot when I took her picture. I told her bluntly that if she was going to hang out on a public street, she was just going to have to put up with it.

So now I had TWO handlers. Cindy had another platitudinous sign and I marched back and forth with these two handlers. I was so annoyed by this turn of events that I opened my red binder and took out a very special page that I had printed up from Dr. Touretzky's website. I then began declaiming in a LOUD voice the beginning of OTIII, as written in LRH's own handwriting.

Cindy had left the door of the bOrg open and my voice drifted in the door as I talked about volcanoes, renegades and Xenu. The woman sitting at the lobby desk had to get up and shut it. I then decided I would walk along the Ramona St. side of the org with my sign, since the classrooms were there. That I also did.

This annoyed Phil and Cindy (who was not up to major picketing anyway) to no end. Phil called me evil. Look, I don't believe that mere words such as "I mock up my reactive mind" are going to hurt you, and frankly, I WANT people in the org to consider that *I*, a lowly wog, have access to the sekrits of Scientology.

I stayed out for an hour, with my two shadows.
Note to OSA: If you guys push this issue and insist on rushing me with multiple handlers, I will make sure I have fair use excerpts from the Whole Track Sec Check, the Ls and other assorted documents for impromptu dramatic readings as I walk back and forth along the Ramona St. side of the org. Additionally, I know you don't have enough high level people to keep this up, and I WILL say something that will ruin their case. Even if it is something as simple as, "Now that he found out who he wasn't, he could now find out how who he was" (the OTVIII cognition according to Pattinson). I am not there to take your abuse.

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Subject: SLC Picket #3: 7 September 98: No Holidays in Hell (Reprise)
I'm going to make this short and sweet.

I went out from approximately 5:35 pm to 6:15 pm. I had my new sign, and I was wearing my black Scientology Kills T-shirt and green shorts. Phil was there to greet me.

For some reason, Phil thinks I take drugz. He said I was really hopped up (or some other word indicating drug use) during my last picket. No, Phil, that's not the case, you doof. As I've said to previous handlers, high emotion does not depend on whether or not one is taking drugz. For a group that claims to understand how psych drugz work, you all are pretty freaking clueless.

We talked very little about Scn, mostly about the events of the day (like Mark McGwire hitting home run number 61). We both agreed that this was a Good Thing for Baseball.

As for the Scn stuff, the one thing I was able to get out of him is that he had not (yet) performed a sec check on his daughter (aged 10). But that doesn't mean he wouldn't! He thinks the questions in the sec check will bring a kid straight.

"Have you ever been sloppy about your clothes or possessions?" (What kid *isn't*?) Frankly I don't think giving kids the 3rd degree in a sec check is Good Parenting, but hey, who am I to contradict the Almighty Words of Source, aka El Wrong Tubby?

Anyway, that ended up my third picket of the day, and now I am nursing a cold. Like I said, I KNOW I am not at cause over my MEST. I bet Phil still gets colds as well.

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Subject: SLC Picket Report: Tuesday, September 8, 1998
From: mirele@newsguy.com (Deana Marie Holmes)

I went out and picketed the bOrg for 45 minutes today, from 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. I gave one Lisa leaflet to a woman who has driven by during the past week and seen me picketing.

I got Phil to admit that the graphs he showed me were made special for me. I told him they were useless because they weren't the REAL graphs, showing the Gross Income (GI). "Haven't you ever read the HCOPL 'How to Graph a Stat'?" I asked sweetly.

Phil is a bit worried about me picketing in the winter. Let him worry.
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Subject: SLC Org Drive-By Report: 9 Sep 98
From: mirele@newsguy.com (Deana Marie Holmes)

[snip] I also decided to swing by the bOrg to see if Phil was there.
I turned down Ramona St. and I thought I saw the PhilMobile parked on the side of the bOrg, but I wasn't sure, because my eye had been caught by Cell Phone Woman, who was climbing out of a beat up blue Mercury station wagon, also parked on the Ramona St. side of the bOrg. I decided I needed to drive around the block again to make sure that really was the PhilMobile. Sure enough, it was, and I also scoped out Cell Phone Woman again. She has a thing for sleeveless blouses, but then again, she's got a nice tan physique and she looks good. I did satisfy myself that the vehicle was indeed the PhilMobile, by the presence of the Ability School stickers on the back window.

I went and got some food, then did a third drive-by of the bOrg. It was by now 6:00 p.m. Phil was still there. I then went home.[snip]

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Subject: Palo Alto picket report 9/10/98 - From: hkhenson@netcom.com (Keith Henson)

Short picket, afternoon. I was about to go up and let them know they had been picketed when two kids came out with boxes of scn papers. They may be getting ready for some kind of bash this weekend for auditor's day. [snip] Keith Henson

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Subject: SLC bOrg Picket Report: Thursday 10 Sep 1998 -From: Deana Marie Holmes

I picketed from 5:30 p.m. until about 6:20 p.m. Car traffic was heavy.
I had two handlers today. Phil, as per usual, was joined by another Cindy, a dark-headed Cindy, as opposed to the blonde Cindy who was brassy last Monday and annoyed me. This Cindy was nice. She didn't say much. I asked her what her case level was (prefacing it by, "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to"). She replied that she chose not to tell me. Cindy's husband is currently at FLAG, working on OTIII, so I assume she's pretty far up there herself.

Phil gave me a copy of "The Way to Happiness." I'll probably give it back to him, properly annotated as to how Hubbard didn't live up to any of it.

He also asked me how I was coming on my list of grievances. As I am still recovering from some sort of cold, I haven't had a chance to work on it, but probably will this weekend. I told him he wasn't going to be able to make it better. After all, it'd take a major upheval to get rid of the RPF, right?

It seems that both Phil and Cindy were at FLAG last December during the McPherson Memorial and picket. [snip]

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Subject: San Jose picket report 9/9/98
From: hkhenson@netcom.com (Keith Henson)

5:00-5:30, 2 of us. 33 cars. Little to no interaction with the scns. No counter picket.

However, I did find out something interesting! A client of mine (for whom I have done next to no consulting recently) got a picket by a bunch of scns who even identified themselves as scns. They were carrying the standard Henson-bigot signs and left only after taking considerable verbal abuse and a threat to soak them down with a hose.

This happened about two weeks ago, but I just found out about it.

Picketing at places of business against an individual to disrupt either employment or business relations seems to me like it might be something I should bring up up with the bankruptcy judge. Ruining my ability to earn money and make chapter 13 payments seems to be a bit at odds with the idea of them collecting on the judgement. One would almost suspect that they were not really interested in collecting damages, but are just trying to silence a critic. Keith Henson

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From: Xenubat@primenet.com (Bat Child (Sue M.))
Subject: "VP of CAN" and her friend try to follow me home after picket!
Date: 11 Sep 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID: 35f8b2db.15196954@news.primenet.com

This isn't a full picket report, as it's late, (hopefully I'll be able to go into more detail another time) but here's what happened tonight:

Three other people and I picketed the Minneapolis org from 5:30-7:10 pm; the Scienos were quite enturbulated the whole time we were there and sent at least half a dozen people out to handle us. About 7 pm a woman came out claiming to be the Vice President of CAN and asking us why we were out there, who's paying us, ad nauseum.

As I mentioned, us picketers called it quits at about 7:10. I had stayed longer than I planned, and the buses were starting to run less often, so I decided to take a cab home (my other picketing partners had all driven together in one car). We were all walking down Nicollet Mall towards 12th Street when we notice that "Ms. CAN VP" and another Scieno who had been out handling us were following us on foot. I asked my picketing partners if they could walk with me to the cab stand across the street from the Hyatt Hotel between 12th and 13th and Nicollet, and they were nice enough to oblige.

After we got there, two cabs pulled up about a minute later. I got in the first one, and we were just about to pull away when one of my picketing partners tells me through the open window, "You're being followed!" I look back, and sure enough, Ms. CAN VP and her sidekick were in the cab behind me, no doubt telling the driver to follow us! To be fair, I didn't actually hear their conversation, but it does seem to be more than a little coincidental that they were following us on foot and then they just decided to hop in a cab right after I got in one! In any case I wasn't going to take any chances so I told the driver that I changed my mind and got out. Thankfully my picketing partners had stayed there, and the picketer that was driving said, "Well, I think we should give Sue a ride to another cab stand!" and offered to give me a ride in their car.

Well, apparently Ms. CAN VP and her buddy also decided they didn't want to take their cab either so they got out of the cab and started following us on foot again as we walked towards where the other picketers had parked! Fortunately we were able to lose them before we got to the car.

I did make it home safe and sound, and immediately told several other people about what had happened. One of them suggested that I file a police report, which is what I did.

Well I definitely learned one thing for sure today, not that I ever had any doubt--Scn HATES pickets! I mean, it's pretty pathetic when even a little wuss like me can enturbulate a bunch of supposedly big, powerful Scienos just by holding up a picket sign and handing out some Xemu flyers!

(Just curious--does this do anything to my SP rating? Currently I'm SP4 but would I now get awarded a clam cluster? I was wondering the same thing when I got my Paquette-o-gram a couple of weeks ago about the RJ-67 transcript and the RA files on my web site--that was the second time my web page was attacked by Scn lawyers).

That's it for now. Sue -- (http://members.home.net/batchild1/)
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Subject: Minneapolis picket report - 9/10/98 From: spartakus@my-dejanews.com

[snip] There were four of us picketing there, including two from out of town. We did not get a warm welcome. It would appear that Boston is not the only location where scienos are moving down the tone scale and going out-ethics. Read on.[snip]

The scienos' reaction to our presence was interesting to watch. There was a flurry of furtive appearances at the "church's" threshold; then, one by one, they came out to handle us, first a woman, then a man with a cell phone, then another man with a camera. Three more scienos eventually left their sanctuary to hang with us SPs, but only one of these three used any verbal tech. This one identified herself as a "vice-president of CAN". Mr. Cell Phone talked for a long time on his phone before engaging us critics in conversation. [snip]

Conversation with the scienos was the usual standoff. They basically refused to validate anything we said, even when we cited references for our facts. They leaned heavily on the old bromide about "Unless you have experienced $cientology yourself, you can't make a valid judgment about it." [snip]

An interesting thing: the scienos I talked to seemed to deny that the Xenu story is really part of the Co$'s body of belief. Mr. Free Pass literally waved it away, saying something like, "we don't really believe that space alien stuff." Mr. Cell Phone studied the Xenu flyer for a long time and then declared that Xenu was simply an exercise in science fiction writing. [snip]

The man with the camera started handing out "free passes" for their intro lecture to passersby. I noticed that about half the pedestrians refused them. I started applying a little verbal tech to the situation, saying loudly, "Don't be fooled; it's a scam" every time someone accepted a pass. A few pedestrians turned around and gave the passes back! Mr. Free Pass then tried to reciprocate, saying "This man is a racist and a bigot. He hates blacks and Jews". Without missing a beat, I shot back, "Do you always make derogatory statements about people you know nothing about? If so, what does that make you?" and, "Criticism of the 'church' is NOT bigotry." After a few repetitions on that second comment, Mr. Free Pass was extremely non-confront for the rest of our time together.

At about 7:10 or so, we took stock. The sun was beginning to set, foot traffic past the "church" had dwindled almost to nothing and we were hungry and thirsty. We called it a day, gave the scienos our regards and began to leave. But our adventure wasn't over! About a block away, we noticed that we were being followed. [snip] Unfortunately, they cut us a little too much slack, following us by more than a half-block, so when we went around the corner , it was a simple matter to do a zig here and a zag there and lose them for good. [snip]

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Subject: Picket Report: Mesa AZ, 12 Sept. 1998
From: bpetty@primenet.com (BP)

Today Jeff Jacobsen joined Kathy and I from 10:00 to 11:00 AM. Jeff was picketed at his place of work last night and wanted to show the cult what the inevitable response would be.

We were joined by two counter-picketers with large signs bemoaning, of all things, litterers. Their aim was to block our signs, but since theirs were not on poles, and they were out-numbered, we easily kept our two-sided signs in view of the traffic. I assume that onlookers could only conclude that the lying, hurting, fraudulent, Co$ was _also_ a major source of litter. Considering what they publish, this is true.

According to Jeff, the woman Co$ picketer was Wonnerful Russ' Mother-in-law, and an OT8. She was certainly lame enough to be both.
There were 10 cars in the lot, and one arrival during the picket.

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From: Jeff Jacobsen
An older Scientologist walked with me most of the picket. We mostly talked about Lisa McPherson. I showed him the autopsy photos and discussed what happened to her.
Toward the end he tried to steer the conversation toward psychiatry, but I wasn't there picketing psychiatry, so I didn't talk about that much. It was a basically pleasant chat.