Digby: The Republicans Scientology Strategy
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pkatz
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Sue the pesky gov't agencies to death.
If you go to www.Salon.com, scroll down to Voices on the right, to Heather Digby Parton, click on her photo and it will be the sixth-or-so story down.
Smurf
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No. This is your homework for today. And we expect a 5-page, written, single-spaced report on it by Thursday at 2:00 PM.
WildKat
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No. This is your homework for today. And we expect a 5-page, written, single-spaced report on it by Thursday at 2:00 PM.
I'm sorry, sir, it is incumbent upon you, the OP originator, to produce a detailed report, to spur the ensuing discussion.
Smurf
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I'm sorry, sir, it is incumbent upon you, the OP originator, to produce a detailed report, to spur the ensuing discussion.
oneonewasaracecar
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If I don't do my homework, do I get a smack?No. This is your homework for today. And we expect a 5-page, written, single-spaced report on it by Thursday at 2:00 PM.
cleared cannibal
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Wrong board . This is ESMB not your normal BDSM site
oneonewasaracecar
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So there's no submission and domination and beatings in Scientology?
I owe Tommy Davis an apology.
WildKat
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OK, here's the story that was kinda buried
Well, since Smurf failed to do his homework .....
I did some digging and found the link, where you can actually read the news and "cut to the chase" on the actual story. I think it's a pretty big story:
http://www.salon.com/2015/05/12/the...nment_agenda_has_won_over_the_american_right/
Excerpt:
(Charles) "Murray has a new book coming out that is poised to take the conservative and libertarian world by storm. It’s called “By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission,” and in it Murray proclaims, “the government cannot enforce its mountain of laws and regulations without voluntary compliance.” His book proposes to create “a private-sector counterweight that pulls back the curtain and exposes the Wizard’s weakness.” The private sector counterweight, in this case, will be a billionaire-funded institution that will bankroll thousands of lawsuits against the government, which Murray fatuously names “The Madison Institute.”
Many of us who watched the recent HBO documentary “Going Clear” about the Church of Scientology and its long battle against the IRS — to win tax-exempt status as a religious organization — will recognize this strategy. Peter Montgomery at Right Wing Watch did:
Scientology besieged the IRS with 200 lawsuits from the church and more than 2,300 lawsuits on behalf of individual parishioners in every jurisdiction in the country, “overwhelming government lawyers, running up fantastic expenses, and causing an immense amount of havoc inside the IRS.” [Scientology leader David] Miscavige boasted that church lawyers had so exhausted the IRS’s legal budget that the agency couldn’t afford to send its lawyers to an American Bar Association conference.
That is what Murray wants to do to agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
If conservatives follow the Scientology strategy to the letter, they will file lawsuits against individual federal employees as well, making their lives miserable and putting them into personal financial jeopardy..."
Well, since Smurf failed to do his homework .....
I did some digging and found the link, where you can actually read the news and "cut to the chase" on the actual story. I think it's a pretty big story:
http://www.salon.com/2015/05/12/the...nment_agenda_has_won_over_the_american_right/
Excerpt:
(Charles) "Murray has a new book coming out that is poised to take the conservative and libertarian world by storm. It’s called “By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission,” and in it Murray proclaims, “the government cannot enforce its mountain of laws and regulations without voluntary compliance.” His book proposes to create “a private-sector counterweight that pulls back the curtain and exposes the Wizard’s weakness.” The private sector counterweight, in this case, will be a billionaire-funded institution that will bankroll thousands of lawsuits against the government, which Murray fatuously names “The Madison Institute.”
Many of us who watched the recent HBO documentary “Going Clear” about the Church of Scientology and its long battle against the IRS — to win tax-exempt status as a religious organization — will recognize this strategy. Peter Montgomery at Right Wing Watch did:
Scientology besieged the IRS with 200 lawsuits from the church and more than 2,300 lawsuits on behalf of individual parishioners in every jurisdiction in the country, “overwhelming government lawyers, running up fantastic expenses, and causing an immense amount of havoc inside the IRS.” [Scientology leader David] Miscavige boasted that church lawyers had so exhausted the IRS’s legal budget that the agency couldn’t afford to send its lawyers to an American Bar Association conference.
That is what Murray wants to do to agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
If conservatives follow the Scientology strategy to the letter, they will file lawsuits against individual federal employees as well, making their lives miserable and putting them into personal financial jeopardy..."
Smurf
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Re: OK, here's the story that was kinda buried
I did my homework. I wrote a KR on you, but my dog ate it.
Well, since Smurf failed to do his homework .....
I did my homework. I wrote a KR on you, but my dog ate it.
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