Fuck Scientology - Phoenix Anonymous

I protested in Tustin Saturday morning, LA in the afternoon, and Hemet on Sunday.  It was great fun.  Tustin was fun with chalk art (where the head of the org came out and tried to smear out the word “Xenu”) and fun costumes.  There were I think 6 of us receiving lots of horn love.

In LA there were fewer protesters than I expected, but I did get there late. There may have been 30 when I was there.  One guy had a 4-foot working volcano he was wheeling around. Another had a huge helium balloon advertising a free phone number for staff who wanted to leave to get help.

In Hemet we went from 12:30 to 6pm.  There were about 30 here which I’m sure is a record.  The Anons found the Eagle’s Nest lookout post high on the hill behind the compound with some huge binoculars.  I took some video of it.  The Balloon guy came too and walked his balloon up and down the road, which means it was visible anywhere in the compound!  Will Scientology have deadly anti-balloon drones next time?

The first two times we walked up the road, Scientology turned on their sprinkler system. This was bad because we can only walk along the curb, and they had the sprinklers spraying into the road! Besides that, there is a water conservation ordinance that they are violating.

About 20 of us went out to dinner after.  As I went by the compound to head home, it was lit up for some reason. Many of the flood lights that point to the fencing were lit up.  I don’t know if this is unusual or not because I don’t think I’ve ever been by there at night before.

Lookout - http://www.vimeo.com/3694965

sprinkler tech - http://www.vimeo.com/3706200

my pics - http://www.lisamcpherson.org/gold_picket.htm

http://www.kesq.com/Global/category.asp?C=162474

Great stuff!  Finally, local media takes an interest in Golden Era Studios.

http://www.lisamcpherson.org/visas.htm

I wrote this after reading about Artur Solomonyan’s case, then learning about the site www.exposescientology.com.  It took a while, but I managed to get the transcripts of Solomonyan’s case where he discusses his involvement with Scientology.  Appended at the end.

Religious Workers visas are a ripe area for scams.  Hopefully the new rules that Scientology fought against will help end some of the fraud.

Scientology’s “secret headquarters” is a large property north of Hemet California at the base of steep hills. Highway 79 bisects the property. It’s pretty much in the middle of nowhere. Cars whizz by. There are bushes and trees that block the view of the road on much of the property. Yet some people like to picket there. The main idea is that since David Miscavige lives and works there, it will particularly piss him off to protest theres. But to my mind, he’s about the only audience you have out there.

That being said, people have off and on protested there. Keith Henson was convicted of harassing a religion by his constant protests there (and some legal shenanigans on the prosecutor’s part). Anon Orange was gang-tackled and citizens arrested for trespassing. Riverside County just passed an ordinance about protesting meant to limit protests there.

Scientology has worked hard to limit or stop protests there. Mark Bunker and Mark Lowell were recently citizens arrested there for trespassing. The county sheriff’s department, which handles that jurisdiction, has been extremely heavy-handed and biased against protesters. I still don’t think it’s a good place to protest, but now I think it’s an important place to take a stand against governmental censorship. People have a right to protest there and the county must be stood up to when it tries to side with SCientology and shut down peaceful, legal protests. It is THIS that cannot be allowed to stand.