Maria Shriver, wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who I have always referred to as Skeletor, is having her annual Women’s Conference in Long Beach Ca. this October.

She has asked John Travolta and Kelly Preston to attend and are part of a grief panel which will also include Elizabeth Edwards and Susan St. James, who’ve all lost teenage sons in tragic accidents. This is the first interview that Travolta and Preston have agreed to since the death of their son this past December. It was recently reported that Travolta was too distraught to promote his latest movie, so perhaps this conference will help them come to terms with their son’s death a bit.

I am not going to get into my personal views which are shared by many about the death of their 16-year old son Jett. Let’s just say the circumstances surrounding his death are beyond questionable and it left many very important questions unanswered. Most especially, that their Scientology beliefs have a lot to do with unscientific unproven methods which they used in the treatment of Jett’s condition while he was alive and their stance on psychiatric drugs.

Some of the unanswered questions are, why would they hire two untrained men to care for their special needs son, why weren’t these two people questioned or interviewed yet, what was the reason they flew to the Bahamas to have a sixty person party when their son was having grand mal seizures, and why was there such a the quickie autopsy? There are many other unanswered questions surrounding their son’s death, but these are top on MY list.

Travolta did admit that his son was autistic in a police report, even though he said he had Kawasaki Syndrome. But according to the National Enquirer, which was reported this past June, he told the police his son was autistic:

 ”On Monday 29 December 2008 I travelled to Grand Bahama Island. I was accompanied by my wife Kelly Preston, my son Jett Travolta, my daughter Ella Travolta, Eli Wheaton, Jeff Kathrein and others. We stayed at town houses at Old Bahama bay, Grand Bahama. My son Jett suffered from a seizure disorder and he was autistic.

So. perhaps someday, if Scientology loosens its death-like grip on its members, all these questions will be answered. Back in 2007, Travolta and Preston were also present at a fund raiser for Narconon Hawaii. Hawaii is Preston’s native home. Narconon is a front group of Scientology as well as and the CCHR (The Citizens Commission On Human Rights), which they both highly support. Sadly, there are many Scientology front groups in which unsuspecting people have given donations to, due to the fact that they had no idea that these groups have Scientology ties. Unfortunately cities and towns who have not done their homework have funded these front group’s programs and continue to fund them with their tax payer’s dollars!

Front groups such as Criminon, Drug Free Marshalls and Second Chance  have all received financial help from tax payer’s money.

Kirstey Alley and Kelly Preston on Right at Psychiatry Protest

The CCHR does not believe that mental illness is a disease and they believe that all aspects of psychiatry are evil and destructive. They are against psychiatric drugs, and launch huge campaigns against the two. But there are many more disturbing facts within this organization. The CCHR has a department called The Office of Special Affairs aka OSA, whose main job is to dig up dirt on critics and psychiatrists and pry into and expose their personal lives and they use illegal means to obtain the information. Their big enemies are psychiatrists, Scientology critics and of course all aspects of the media. They have a Fair Game policy, which is very much alive and in use today — and carried out ruthlessly. Many victims of Fair Game have been brought forward in court, and more will continue.
Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard wrote:

 ”A person may be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed” October 1967 Policy Letter (HCOPL 18 Oct 67 Issue IV, Penalties for Lower Conditions.

Scientology members believe that psychiatry is responsible for the holocaust. They actually have a traveling exhibit called Psychiatry Industry of Death. I kid you not. If you are in the California area,  you can go visit the permanant exhibit there. But word of caution, don’t bring the kids. It is not the kind of exhibit you would want young children to see, with all their morbid displays and holocaust pictures. 

From Within The CCHR Exhibit.

Now this upcoming Women’s Conference interview with Travolta and Preston must have Scientology a tad nervous to say the least. Usually all questions are known before hand when it comes to any Scientologist agreeing to an interview. Scientology likes to keep a complete handle on what will be asked and what the answers will be. All as part of the control they have over their members ability to speak freely.

A snippet from the Associate Press said:

“Shriver said she will interview Preston as part of a panel on grief, along with Elizabeth Edwards and actress Susan Saint James, whose teenage sons were killed in accidents. The panel will be the only session not broadcast on the Internet.

“All three of them lost sons. All are at different stages of the grief,” Shriver said.

Although it is doubtful that Scientology will be discussed at all in their interview, I would think the fact that they are talking openly about their continued grief for their son would be a red flag to Scientology. Why? Because Scientology’s beliefs on human emotions, are far from what other people believe in. While most people, doctors, and psychiatrists would agree that grieving is necessary in order to help the healing process begin after a loved one has passed, Scientology looks at grieving as a weakness, and should be handled and audited out on their e-meter, which is nothing more than a lie detector. Cult followers have been convinced that this lie detector can audit out any problems you may have. You may ask how is this possible? Simple. IT’S NOT. But cult followers are willing to fork over hundreds of thousands of dollars for hours and hours of continual auditing simply because they were convinced that this “machine” is one of the answers to all their problems. 

Emeter AKA "The Cans"

So what are Scientology’s views on death? Scientology believes that a person only ”drops their meat body”, and that a person can come back in many different lives.  (A little something that Hubbard stole from Buddhism). Scientology has never made a big deal of death, and tries to suppress the normal emotions associated with it. I would imagine that Scientology sent “handlers” to Travolta and Preston right after Jett’s death, to try to keep the PR at a minimum, and to curtail their grief as much as possible. Grieving is a normal emotion and much needed to a certain extent in order to get on with your life after a tragedy. But grieving to Scientology is a big no-no. Why?

Grief is considered VERY low on the Scientology Tone Scale.  According to Scientology, grief only has a rating of only 0.5, regret being a negative 1.3, and sympathy a rating of only 0.9! So it seems that Travolta and Kelly would be in real trouble here. The Tone Scale which was of course made by Scientology quack, founder L. Ron Hubbard, has not scientific value in any stretch of the imagination, and it is very harmful to Scientology members who follow it. Stifling normal human emotions can be very detrimental to someone’s mental health. It also doesn’t make any sense. The Tone Scale has 80 increments which are numbered from -40 (total failure) to +40. For instance, sympathy is listed on the Tone Scale as 0.9, but on the other hand, feeling NO sympathy on the Tone Scale is a 1.2, right under resentment and hate.

Soooo…if you are feeling sympathy, it’s not a good thing, but if you have no sympathy, it’s not that much higher on the scale. HUH? Be sure to click the link above and read the many different emotions on the Tone Scale, it will leave you scratching your head and it’s very entertaining. Even more disturbing about the Tone Scale, comes the words of it’s creator, L. Ron Hubbard. In his OWN words:

“any person from 2.0 down on the tone scale should not have, in any thinking society, any civil rights of any kind, because by abusing those rights they bring into being arduous and strenuous laws which are oppressive to those who need no such restraints” and “There are only two answers for the handling of people from 2.0 down on the tone scale, neither of which has anything to do with reasoning with them or listening to their justification of their acts. The first is to raise them on the Tone Scale by un-enturbulating some of their theta by any one of the three valid processes. The other is to dispose of them quietly and without sorrow. Adders are safe bed-mates compared to people on the lower bands of the tone scale.”

Ok then, well I guess Hubbard would have considered snakes as safer bed-mates than Travolta and Preston? And since they would be considered so low on the tone scale because they are still grieving for their son, (and rightly so) according to Hubbard’s words, they should be disposed of  without sorrow?

It’s these beliefs that Travolta and Preston must be struggling with. They probably are suffering some real inner turmoil about the death of their son and Scientology. And if they aren’t, then they should be. But is this turmoil enough for them to step away from Scientology?

One can only hope. Maybe Travolta and Preston are ready to leave Scientology. Maybe they will announce it at the Conference. Wouldn’t that be a glorious day? Not only for them, but for us all who would like to see everyone leave this insidious cult. It would send a huge message to other Scientology celebrities as well as all Scientology followers. But Travolta has been in Scientology since 1975, he is FULLY “conditioned“, and my hopes are that they do not try to further Scientology’s agenda by telling people at the Conference how much it has helped them after their son died. I would tend to think that if they did, it would go over like a lead balloon, especially wtih all the negative publicity they both have recieved after their son died as well as Scientology.
 
People actually can have a chance to hear what they are going to say. Apparently they are selling tickets to this Women’s Conference, and they go on sale July 13th for the event in October. Boy would I like to be a fly on the wall for that conference. If anyone goes, please record it!

More information on this Women’s Conference from the Associated Press:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Maria Shriver’s annual women’s conference has always been an A-list affair, and this year’s event is no different.

Cindy McCain, Elizabeth Edwards, Katie Couric, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and actress Kelly Preston are among the featured speakers. But the guest likely to draw the most attention is a relative newcomer to the media spotlight — reality TV personality Kate Gosselin.

California’s first lady says she invited the star of TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ at the suggestion of her teenage daughters who watch the show.

The invitation was sent five months ago. That was before Gosselin announced that she and her husband, the parents of 5-year-old sextuplets and 8-year-old twins, were splitting after 10 years of marriage.

“I think her life has certainly changed dramatically, but so be it,” Shriver told The Associated Press on Wednesday in a telephone interview. “I think that’s the beauty of this conference — to have Madeleine Albright and Kate Gosselin at the same place.”

Gosselin’s speaking role will be relatively minor. She will have 15 minutes on a small stage at a fair where she will be selling her book, “Eight Little Faces: A Mom’s Journey.”

Shriver described Gosselin as “a real interesting girl” who is facing the challenge of raising eight children and coping with “a lost marriage.”

Laurie Goldberg, a spokeswoman for the TLC show, declined to comment about Gosselin’s decision to attend Shriver’s forum.

The show is on hiatus until Aug. 3 so the family can “regroup,” according to the network. When it returns this fall, Jon Gosselin has said the show will portray the couple’s new arrangement, in which the children live at the couple’s sprawling Pennsylvania home while the parents alternate their stays.

Shriver’s conference, to be held Oct. 26-27 in Long Beach, has become an annual showcase of women’s issues and success stories.

This year’s guest list includes well-known women from the world of politics, sports and entertainment, including Olympic swimming champion Dara Torres and race car driver Danica Patrick.

Preston has agreed to be interviewed for the first time about the deathofher16-year-old son with husband John Travolta. Both actors have kept low profiles since Jett Travolta died following a seizure in January.

Shriver said she will interview Preston as part of a panel on grief, along with Elizabeth Edwards and actress Susan Saint James, whose teenage sons were killed in accidents. The panel will be the only session not broadcast on the Internet.

“All three of them lost sons. All are at different stages of the grief,” Shriver said.

The women’s conference began 20 years ago under former Gov. George Deukmejian to help female small-business owners. Shriver has turned it into a star-studded affair and her signature event as first lady.

Past guests have included exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, U2 frontman Bono, financial guru Suze Orman and Martha Stewart.

The event also has drawn controversy. In 2004, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was criticized after he mocked nurses who unveiled a protest banner during his speech, prompting him to remark that special interests didn’t like him “because I’m always kicking their butts.” He later acknowledged that he should not have made the comment.

Schwarzenegger, who as governor has struggled to win approval for many of his reforms, also is scheduled to speak at this year’s conference, titled “Architects of Change.” Shriver said her husband many politicians, business owners and nonprofit groups, are facing tough challenges trying to deal with a national recession.

“There isn’t a policy leader in this country at any level that isn’t having a challenging time,” Shriver said. “To single out Arnold as having a challenging time is not factually correct.”

Tickets for the main forum range from $125 to $200 and go on sale July 13.

Associated Press Writer Juliet Williams contributed to this story.

Now a bit off topic, but…..I would kick myself if I didn’t mention that Kate Gosselin was also asked to be part of the conference.
What was Maria thinking?  She  invited Gosselin to the conference because her kids watched the show?  WTF?  Who’s next the Jonas Brothers?
What on earth can Kate Gosselin possibly contribute to a Women’s conference? This women who was a complete nobody, who took fertility drugs, had a litter of kids, and then exploited the hell out of them on TV, bitched at everyone in her path, turned into a veritable MONSTER mom, and then lost her spineless husband that she nagged away in the holy grail of all hot messes. Out of all the wonderful and noble women she could have picked from she picks Gosselin? Her choice is very disappointing  to say the least, and I am sure she will catch some flack about it.

Jon! Careful! Look Behind You!

So where are my feelings on the Scientology Tone Scale about Travolta and Preston being interviewed? Well…I will be at Tone 40, if they announce they are stepping away from Scientology at the Conference that’s for sure. But right now I would have to say i have a strong interest which weighs in at only a 3.3. But if we are talking about how I feel about Kate Gosselin being picked to attend the Conference? That will drop me down to a scathing 1.5 for ANGER.

Source: Queen