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Gobsmacked

E-Meters to Haiti, courtesy of John Travolta
From Gawker: John Travolta to Airlift Desperately Needed E-Meters to People of Haiti

Scientologists have mobilized to seize on the promotional and recruitment opportunities presented by the horror going on in Haiti, and John Travolta has personally arranged to fly "volunteer ministers" to Haiti to inflict his junk science on victims there.

Anywhere people are suffering, Scientology's yellow-shirted "volunteer ministers" can be found lurking near news cameras and claiming to help people with their bullshit technology. They performed "purification rundowns" on recovery workers sifting through the ruins of the World Trade Center after 9/11, administered "touch assists" to victims of the tsunami, distributed literature after the Virginia Tech shooting, and are on the ground in Haiti right now warning the starving, dehydrated populace about the dangers of psychiatry.

The Onion couldn't make up a better story than this.

Onions and Clams...sounds tasty!

ETA: PZ Myers at Pharyngula chimes in with Just stay home, scientologists

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	sandglass 2010-01-19 05:23 am UTC (link)
	For a second there I was really happy. Then I remembered what an e-meter was. (Reply to this)

	sneer 2010-01-19 05:35 am UTC (link)
	(psst--wherever you meant the first link to go, it ain't going there) All I can think about is how much food and/or water and/or clothing and/or actual medical supplies (as opposed to their woowoo bullshit) he could have sent with that money. Ugh. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	darksumomo 2010-01-19 05:44 am UTC (link)
	Oops. Thanks for pointing that out. It's fixed now. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	thoms 2010-01-19 05:47 am UTC (link)
	RAGE. RAGE. RAGE. (Reply to this)

	airawyn 2010-01-19 05:49 am UTC (link)
	There is a Special Hell for you, John Travolta. (Reply to this)

	miraba 2010-01-19 05:56 am UTC (link)
	I just saw that. Rage. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	anarchicq 2010-01-19 06:25 am UTC (link)
	And yours is such a quiet rage. It frightens me a little. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	hallidae 2010-01-19 06:17 am UTC (link)
	FFFFFFFFFFFF- [insert spew of Angrish here]. (Reply to this)

	anarchicq 2010-01-19 06:24 am UTC (link)
	WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!?! KEYBOARDSMASH Helping, you're doing it wrong. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	darksumomo 2010-01-19 07:40 am UTC (link)
	If operation_mock didn't exist, this story would have to go to unfunnybusiness. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	vejiicakes 2010-01-19 09:43 am UTC (link)
	You know.. I knew that there's no depth of human suffering that the CoS won't exploit, but somehow I still manage to be shocked and disgusted by this. 'Stay home' is right, Scientologists. The suffering people of Haiti hardly have the money to survive right now, let alone pay for your bullshit Dianetics book or classes... (Reply to this)

	ladyrogue 2010-01-19 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	So I was reading about their 'locational assists' and my God, it makes me wonder how people take this cult seriously?! Dear Haiti, We're sending food in the form of a cult of idiots. Enjoy. Love, the US (Reply to this)

	chaimonkey 2010-01-19 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	God, I really hope some Haitian gets pissed beats the shit out of them. (Reply to this)

	plazmah 2010-01-19 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	Fucking vultures. >:( (Reply to this)

	wtf 2010-01-19 10:48 pm UTC (link)
	Funny, I thought the airport was really bogged down with ACTUAL RELIEF SUPPLIES. Here's hoping his ass gets turned around at the airport. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	adevyish 2010-01-20 03:06 am UTC (link)
	Landings/takeoffs are being prioritized who-knows-how though - American rescuers are having few problems landing in Haiti, and other organizations like the MSF had to land in Dominican Republic and get in from there. So at this point, I would not really be surprised if a Co$ plane was able to land in Haiti. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tachikoma01 2010-01-20 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	It'll be especially distasteful if the police have to divert resources to protect these nuts, because I can't imagine the general population reaction well to "Hi! I'm a well fed American who came not to bring food, water, or medical supplies, but to ask you if you've heard about Xenu." (Reply to this)(Parent)