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Lawmakers and Federal Official Gather To Praise Hubbard And Scientology

Three U.S. congressmen and a high-ranking government official gathered this week to praise a man heralded for his morals and leadership. That man is L. Ron Hubbard and Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Indiana Republican Rep. Dan Burton, Illinois Democratic Rep. Danny Davis and Liz Gibson, Senior Program Manager at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, gathered to celebrate his legacy.

While European countries have either banned or prosecuted Scientology as a criminal enterprise and Hubbard was pursued by various criminal investigations and civil litigants, the VIPs joined in the opening of the new D.C. office (for full disclosure, I was invited to visit the opening of the headquarters but declined).

Jackson Lee declared “I want to thank L. Ron Hubbard for recognizing that courage is not rewarded but it is valued. And to be able to have the wonderment of people coming together and ensuring that people come together for peace. That’s what I see in the Church, that you have come together for peace. I welcome and support that,” she said.

Notably, both Burton and Davis praised the church’s campaign on child medication even though critics charge that this is an outgrowth of Hubbard’s hatred for psychiatry and psychology.

Many are likely to view this high-level support as problematic. Yet, even mainstream churches like the Catholic Church have been the subject of criminal and civil claims. Should these members be criticized for support of the Scientology record while others appear at other religious sites, including the support for faith-based politics and programs by the last four presidents?

Source: Daily Caller

126 thoughts on “Lawmakers and Federal Official Gather To Praise Hubbard And Scientology”

  1. Lotta,

    Thanks for explaining the the compound action verb.

    I have used and described them many time here, but did not know the word for it. Reading/comprehending, hearing/listening, seeing/etc. Being and all its million ccompanion relations.

  2. Blouise, sorry if the grandchild dig hurt.
    Matt Johnson beat me to the memory thingy. Just let us know if you have any files left after the manueuver.

  3. OS,
    My sincere condolences. Kerstin and I just passed our 4th year now. Latest thought was of a better memorial than the stone one. She is still near everyday, but the memories are more cheerful.

  4. Blouise,

    Okay, let’s play a game of Scrabble telepathically—I just made the first move 😛

  5. LOL, dear lady, you win the internets today!!!!

    Now if you could just send me muffins that way 🙂

    Have fun with your grandchild- over and out.

  6. lotta,

    I am sending you the answer now … please raise your left hand ring finger to receive.

  7. OS,

    I’m so sorry, OS, for your loss and the void of companionship that you encounter everyday. I dread this future day in my life as I have no idea how I would carry on in your shoes.

    Sincere condolonces, and know that you have much left to do, and that many wish you well.

  8. Blouise, ZOMG! Are you Valentine Michael Smith in disguise? You (suspiciously) know a lot about Martians.

  11. OS, My thoughts are with you, remember only the good times, they’re the only ones that matter.

  12. lotta,

    Not everyone on Mars speaks Marian. It should be noted that, on Mars, speaking is an old habit that is gradually dying out. ‘Talking’ is becoming a lost art. Martians found that words were often inadequate to express true thoughts and feelings and complicated concepts.
    Consequently they have developed a highly sophisticated form of what humans might call telepathy. It is not really telepathy, which is a form of mind-reading, but rather a way of communicating to individuals or groups by simply transmitting directed thought-waves to the other person(s).

    We don’t need smartphones

    ᕠᒐ ᘎᒋᗱᘖ ᒉᗰᕓᒋᑌᖘᐱ

  13. Slarti,

    Graci, will take you up on the offer tomorrow.

    Pool, (c’mon, we’re not talking the tiny tables with the outlandishly large pocket angles for catching a wayward ball, are we), and redheads mix well.

    Actually, it’s all good.

  14. Blouise
    1, September 17, 2012 at 10:36 pm
    I DON’T HAVE A SMARTPHONE OR A DATA PLAN!
    ***

    Haha, what? You livin’ in the Pleistocene girl … oh, wait, NEITHER DO I! No security and you have to put the darn things in a Faraday cage so you can’t be tracked… no way.

    Us super-secret agents from Mars can’t be too careful 🙂

  15. Thanks, guys. ‘Tis been a long hard journey this past year. My youngest still has not picked up her bagpipes–they have lain undisturbed on the piano bench for the past year. She says she cannot play because it now hurts in her heart. When she was six years old she announced she wanted to learn to play the pipes because, “When I hear the pipes it makes my heart beat.” The hardest part has been to watch her grieve, first for her older brother, then for her mother.

  18. Matt Johnson,

    “I’m no too good at this”

    You’re better at it than you think ’cause you managed to bring a small tear to my eye.

  19. OS,

    I hope the pain of separation fades and the memories of the joy you had together remain as vivid and beautiful as the pictures of her and the lily.

  20. pete,

    tch, tch … I’m sure both you and Gene a just being modest and could handle a bevy of redheads

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