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Subject: James Randi on Margarita Lopez
http://randi.org/jr/082605charles.html#16
SCIENTOLOGY GETS TAX FUNDS
Back a month ago, the media noted that our administration has chosen to
support a dangerous and vindictive "religion," L. Ron Hubbard's
"Scientology" farce. Margarita Lopez, a Manhattan, New York,
council member successfully lobbied for $630,000 in funding of a
controversial Scientology "medical treatment" for rescue workers
who worked on the 9/11 disaster, and then received nearly $100,000 in
her political campaign account from Hubbard followers.
The "New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project," which based
its "therapy" on Hubbard's book, "Clear Body, Clear Mind," called
for the rescue workers to abandon traditional medical treatment in
favor of large amounts of niacin, long sauna baths and exercise.
Hubbard was against all pharmaceuticals and preached "natural"
modes of treatment. Of further interest to us is the fact that the
"Project" was co-founded by Scientologist Tom Cruise. Questioned
about the wisdom of Hubbard's system, Lopez asked, "This is a program
that should be funded. Who are the stupid people who are criticizing
it?" Well, Ms. Lopez, just about everyone who doesn't believe that
intergalactic alien octopi were here billions of years ago imprisoning
criminal souls in volcanoes...
Not to our astonishment, the "Project" also has supporters in
Congress. Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Charles Rangel have
both come out in favor of it and Representatives Vito Fossella and
Carolyn McCarthy have requested $1.5 million in federal funds for the
New York programs. But, after all, Scientology is a religion, and
offers "faith-based" reasons for acceptance, so it must be okay
with the White House, right?
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Date: 2 Sep 2005 06:19:24 -0700
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