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[t13nif]

Already pulled.....

[A*O]

I was listening to one of those Hollywood/Celeb commentators today who said that according to his 'sources' Tom will almost certainly sic his lawyers onto Morton and/or the publishers. I hope he does because then he will have to prove that he ISN"T a crazy gay freak. Bring it on.

[feedthepilot]

Originally Posted by t13nif

Already pulled.....

I saw that. Man, those scis move fast...they say it was pulled within 30 minutes. Huffington Post has some screen shots and Gawker has some key Tommy quotes:

"When you're a Scientologist, and you drive by an accident, you know you have to do something about it, because you know you're the only one who can really help. We are the authorities on getting people off drugs. We are the authorities on the mind.... We are the way to happiness. We can bring peace and unite cultures. Now is the time. Being a Scientologist. People are turning to you. If you are a Scientologist, you see things the way they are, in all their glory, in all their complexity... It's rough and tumble. It's wild and woolly. It's a blast. It really is. It is fun. Because damn it, there is nothing better than going out there and fighting the fight, and suddenly you see -- boom! -- things are better. I want to know that I've done everything I can do, every day... I do what I can. And I do it the way I do everything."


Basically it was a 9 1/2 minute crazed rant about scientology....

[lane]

^Thank you, feedthepilot! That paragraph of tomcrazy is just the most beautiful thing, a tasty tidbit of whack drizzled with a neurotic reduction, on a bed of breaded megalomania.

I don't think I could eat another bite. I really don't.

[january]

Welcome Lane, glad to have you here, good posts!

[judejack]

Tom Cruise preaches to the choir


Corkery/News Tom Cruise


A precious trove of Tom Cruise's sermons on Scientology could be headed to the Internet.
"It's the most unintentionally hilarious footage you've ever seen," says investigative journalist Mark Ebner, who is helping to post more than two hours of the videotaped preaching. "It's better than Tom jumping on Oprah's couch. It's better than the 'Trapped in the Closet' episode of 'South Park.'"
Among the actor's pronounce-ments, according to Ebner:

• "We [the Scientologists] are the authorities on the mind. … We are the way to happiness."
• "Crush these guys [psychiatrists]! I've had it! Psychiatry doesn't work. No mercy! None! Go to guns!" (Ebner allows that Cruise wasn't advocating killing shrinks, but merely spouting some macho "Top Gun" talk.)
• "If you are a Scientologist, you see things the way they are, in all their glory, in all their complexity. ... It's rough and tumble. It's wild and woolly. It's a blast."
• "When you're a Scientologist, and you drive by an accident, you know you have to do something about it … you're the only one who can really help."

Sunday, a nine-minute clip went up on the Web — purportedly showing Cruise speaking at a 2004 ceremony where he received the Freedom Medal of Valor from church head David Miscavige. Shortly after gawker.com (via defamer.com) and huffingtonpost.com linked to the footage, it disappeared.

It wasn't the Church that yanked it, Ebner believes, but rather a "consortium of church critics" who posted it in the first place.
"These tapes were made for purposes of recruitment," Ebner tells us. "I imagine it was an apostate who wanted to get them out. I think the church critics got worried that the tapes were the property of Scientology."

Ebner says he's now working with others, who have the tapes, to post them through his Web site, hollywoodinterrupted.com.

"You hear the theme from 'Mission: Impossible,'" he says. "You hear Tom railing against 'SP' — 'suppressive persons.' One speech was shot at a rally where you can hear the faithful chanting 'LRH! LRH [church founder L. Ron Hubbard's initials]!' It's very totalitarian.
"We're only showing the public — which they call 'wogs' — what they show their recruits, whom they call 'raw meat.'"

Reps for Cruise and the church had no comment by deadline on the tapes.

[judejack]

YouTube - Tom Cruise Babbles Like a Narcissistic Maniac

Hurry and watch this. It's the Tom Cruise video. Don't know how long it will last.

[SweetPea]

He sounds like a babbling idiot.

[Grimmlok]

Someone fucking save it! Grab it! record it somehow

[MrsDark]

I admit I'm starting to wonder. I expected something s shitload more controversial and exciting than what I'm hearing this book has to offer for all the pre-release hype.

[judejack]

The video has been pulled again from Youtube. "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Church of Scientology International "

Of course it's because of copyright issues . . . not because this makes him look like a certifiable nutcase who should be locked up in the booby hatch.

UPDATE: Gawker has made a copy.

Yesterday, for a few hours, the clip of Tom Cruise discussing his beliefs as a Scientologist appeared on Youtube, and was republished by Radar and Defamer. That video is no longer available, most likely after the Church of Scientology sent in a copyright infringement notice. Gawker is now hosting a copy of the video; it's newsworthy; and we will not be removing it.

Exclusive: The Cruise Indoctrination Video Scientology Tried To Suppress

I honestly don't know how long they will be able to hold out but it is available to view now.

[Palermo]

Crap, I missed it everywhere

[sparkly]

I'm not going to buy this book, because instead of addressing the gay rumors, Morton talked about Hubbard's sperm being used to impregnate Katie. I really don't believe that rumor, especially because L. Ron Hubbard has red hair and looks very aryan.

[Icepik]

Originally Posted by sparkly

I'm not going to buy this book, because instead of addressing the gay rumors, Morton talked about Hubbard's sperm being used to impregnate Katie. I really don't believe that rumor, especially because L. Ron Hubbard has red hair and looks very aryan.

Although, a father doesn't have to look like the child to be the biological father.

If it's true that Hubbard is the father, Katie and Tom are probably relieved Suri looks identical to Katie. Imagine them trying to explain why THEIR daughter looks like a man whose been dead many years?

[sparkly]

^True, but I don't think Tom would risk everything, especially because his daughter could have been born with red hair. Try explaining that one. lol Actually, Tom strikes me as the type to demand being in the lab while they created Suri in a dish, just to make sure that his line of superior thinking and beliefs rages on.