The Securities and Exchange Commission

[thepennyking]

The Shadowy Story Behind Scientology's Tax-Exempt Status

Will Scientologists now take on the SEC and get involved in the political process to "Clear America" of corruption?

On Oct. 8, 1993, 10,000 cheering Scientologists thronged the Los Angeles Sports Arena to celebrate the most important milestone in the church's recent history: victory in its all-out war against the Internal Revenue Service.

For 25 years, IRS agents had branded Scientology a commercial enterprise and refused to give it the tax exemption granted to churches. The refusals had been upheld in every court. But that night the crowd learned of an astonishing turnaround. The IRS had granted tax exemptions to every Scientology entity in the United States.

"The war is over," David Miscavige, the church's leader, declared to tumultuous applause.

The landmark reversal shocked tax experts and saved the church tens of millions of dollars in taxes. More significantly, the decision was an invaluable public relations tool in Scientology's worldwide campaign for acceptance as a mainstream religion.

On the basis of the IRS ruling, the State Department formally criticized Germany for discriminating against Scientologists. The German government regards the organization as a business, not a tax-exempt religion, the very position maintained for 25 years by the U.S. government.

The full story of the turnabout by the IRS has remained hidden behind taxpayer privacy laws for nearly four years. But an examination by The New York Times found that the exemption followed a series of unusual internal IRS actions that came after an extraordinary campaign orchestrated by Scientology against the agency and people who work there. Among the findings of the review by The New York Times, based on more than 30 interviews and thousands of pages of public and internal church records, were these:

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Cowen/essays/nytimes.html

Hartcourt Courting Preston Gates?

Is Hartcourt getting sued by the SEC and what does Preston Gates have to do with the company?

Bush May Not Be KO'd Yet, but he's definitely got his gloves off and has lost most of his clothing.

Bringing the SEC under Investor Control?

100 million investors chipping in $1.00 each might cover the cost of bringing down the SEC, but it would cost half that much just to organize the investors to collect it, and the other half would have to go to a good bunch of lawyers just to take on the case which would take about a decade to handle the 37 million plus pages of documents needing to be brought before the Supreme Court, so you are correct, you are kidding yourself and anyone who reads your post. There is no evidence anywhere we can find that suggests that anyone has ever sued the SEC and won. But there are alternatives to using force and the current court system young Jedi Knight.

Miserable Failure

Using a technique called "Google bombing," Internet jokesters have been engaging in political mischief-making again. Go to Google, type in "miserable failure," and then click on "I'm Feeling Lucky." And while you're at it, do the same with "french military victories" and "weapons of mass destruction."

The Second Amendment is now moot. The Fourth Amendment was usurped by the Patriot Act. What would you like to do about it?

Predictions of collapse of Philippine economy, Afghanistan bloodshed will lead to limited nuclear war in middle east, and Iran will invade Iraq within a year.

Will the 911 Victims Sue the United States Government instead of the Saudi's for $1 trillion or just joinder the government in that action?

How do you go about starting the impeachment process?

Let the Choir Sing

Bush Ready in the Ring


No Pictures Please, the Emperor Has No Clothing Any More

http://play.rbn.com/?url=livecon/kcrw/g2demand/ls/ls040321le_Show.rm&start=13:56&proto=rtsp


"Osama bin Laden Found Dead, Autopsy shows he died before 911"



Connect the Military Industrial Financial Media Complex Dots:

http://www.conspiracydigest.com/carlyle_group.html
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3995.htm

"A 1-megaton air burst could kill everyone within a radius of 7 km from the hypocentre."

http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/icj/text/ianw_ijudgment_19960708_dissenting_koroma.htm

A 1 megaton nuclear bomb can now be carried on the back of one human suicide bomber.

In other news the lesson to be learned is never issue any press releases about public companies until after the fact of any event is totally completed.

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=2681538

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=2679778


The Rolling Blog of GAG - Initials of the Hornblower. Everyone else just keep blowing your whistles until the reign stops and we have slayed the dragon at the gates.