itheta 11/18/01
The Mail Man
Subj: [itheta-talk] Criminon Newsletter #18
Date: 11/18/01
From: nvd...@msn.com (Nico van den Berg)
To: ithet...@yahoogroups.com (I Theta Talk)
Dear all,
I hope you like this one.
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Nico van den Berg
Houston, TX
Volume 1 - Issue 18
L. Ron Hubbard
Weekly Quote
"The reformation or reclamation of the criminal does not depend upon
punishment...but upon the reestablishment of the criminal's
self-respect"
-L. Ron Hubbard "Ethics, Justice and Civilization"
What is the CriminonT Program A weekly article describing the Criminon
programs that are available to be done by any offender in any setting,
location or facility. This week is the second part of a two part
series on the massive prison complex called Corcoran.
CORCORAN STATE PRISON (Part 2 of 2)
Corcoran inmate, Ron Higgins, has written a proposal to establish a
classroom in the prison, where he and his eight assistants, all
Criminon graduates, will supervise the full program, including courses
in Handling Drugs, Learning Improvement, Communication Tools, Personal
Integrity, etc. The space for the project has been selected and the
Corcoran Education Department is currently reviewing the materials.
Subsequently it will be submitted to other prison officials and the
warden for acceptance. If approved, it will be the first time in the
U.S. that inmates themselves administer a classroom for Criminon.
From another institution in California, Salinas Valley State Prison, a
Criminon student wrote, "I'd very much like to spearhead as an inmate,
the introduction of your program here. This program is right on the
money. I am a first termer, and I'd like to leave this environment
better off than when I entered it." After showing the program to
prison officials, he received a memo from a supervisor in the prison's
education department, which stated, "I have investigated the Criminon
program. I agree with their mission and will publicize their
correspondence courses on our TV message center. This would be a
valuable course for any of our inmates to take. Thank you for bringing
it to our attention and please continue to recommend it to inmates in
the yard."
This is a dawn of a new era for Criminon, with inmates taking
responsibility for helping others so that they, too, can experience
the life-changing wins to be had from the courses. The rehabilitation
of the inmates is directly attributable to the power, simplicity and
common sense of the material they have studied, the many virtues they
have practiced, and the dedicated Criminon correspondence course
supervisors who have guided them through their courses to the
achievement of such positive results.
Wins Just In... Change begins in Salinas Valley State Penn
"In the darkest hours of my life here in a prison for the first time,
I have been struggling with a discovery of what in my character has
been so self-destructive. This course let me sort out my good and bad
qualities. It has taught me to fortify the fit and eliminate the unfit
within me. The presence of this course also has allowed those of us
who share the same goals to meet. We need more of this as a formal
program within California Department of Corrections. I am proud to
have introduced it to Salinas Valley State Penitentiary. The essence
of this course should be the mission of CDC." -Bruce S., Salinas
Valley State Pen.
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HOW CAN YOU HELP?
With programs like these we are reversing the downward spiral that
society as a whole is taking as seen with the climbing rates of
criminality as can be seen in your community and in the newspapers.
These are very sad but real situations in society. Only one type of
program has any chance to arrest this steady climb of criminality-
Criminon!
Criminon Western United States needs support to cover the expenses of
the mailings of numerous extension courses and its expansion into
society as a good workable solution to the present rehabilitation of
criminals.
We need more programs as the one above, but it will cost money to get
them started. Criminon would love to put in a story of a similar
Criminon facility in your area. We have to get built and established
first and that costs money.
You can become a FRIEND OF CRIMINON for a donation of just $100. WILL
YOU HELP?
Please fill in the below and fax or mail in to Criminon West US.
Phone or Fax: (323)254-6008 Address: PO Box 9091, Glendale, CA
91226-9976
NEW MEMBER INFORMATION: You can mail, Fax or Call in this information.
(DO NOT EMAIL it as it would be unsecure to do so.)
Date_____________
Name_________________________________________________
Address________________________________________________________________
Phone (Day)________________________ (Eve)_____________________________
Fax__________________________ E-mail_________________________________
VISA_____ MASTERCARD_____ DISCOVER_____ AMEX_____ Faxed Check____
Card #:_______________________________________________________
Expiration:_________
Signature: _________________________________________________
MEMBERSHIP LEVELS Criminon Friend - $100
Criminon Donor - $250
Crime Fighter - $500
Super Crime Fighter - $1,000
Felon Fighter - $2,500
Criminon Sponsor - $5,000
Criminon Benefactor - $10,000
Global Crime Solver - $25,000
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
CRIMINON WESTERN UNITED STATES
Phone: (323)254-6008
Fax: (323)254-6008
Address: CRIMINON WEST US
PO Box 9091,
Glendale, CA 91226-9976
Criminon is a licensed group under the Association for Better Living
and Education. ABLE was established to coordinate and assist the work
of various groups and individuals employing the social betterment
technologies developed by L. Ron Hubbard. Mr. Hubbard's examination of
the links between educational failure, drug abuse and crime led to
discoveries that have formed the foundation of social betterment
activities throughout the world.
Criminon means "no crime." It is the organization which uses L. Ron
Hubbard's discoveries to rehabilitate criminals, bringing such
individuals back into society to lead lives of decency, honesty and
integrity.
REMOVAL REQUEST: If this E-Mail was sent to you in error, please send
a reply to the message informing me to remove you from our mailing
list. FOR TEXT ONLY REQUEST: Though I try to make these full color and
graphic E-Mails 100% standard as can be programmed and they are at
least 5 to 10 times smaller due to hand programming them sometimes
E-Mail readers have problems despite testing. If this email is hard to
read or there seems to be garbage in the text; you can get them as
text only by replying to this E-Mail with a request for text only
E-Mail Letters.
© 2001 Criminon Western United States. All Rights Reserved. Criminon
and the Criminon logo are trademarks and service marks owned by
Association for Better Living and Education and are used with its
permission. Grateful acknowledgement is made to L. Ron Hubbard Library
for permission to reproduce selections from the copyrighted works of
L. Ron Hubbard. The Way to Happiness and the "Road & Sun" Design are
trademarks owned by L. Ron Hubbard Library in the USA and in other
countries (trademark registrations issued and other registrations
pending) and are used with permission. Programmed in USA.
Subj: [itheta-talk] Criminon Columbia - Sponsors required
Date: 11/18/01
From: nvd...@msn.com (Nico van den Berg)
To: ithet...@yahoogroups.com (I Theta Talk)
Dear All,
I received an email from Criminon Columbia where they urgently need
people to sponsor the prisoners they have on course. I know there are
many demands made on you already but every little bit helps.
Sponsoring a Columbian inmate is $100. You will get a T-shirt of
Criminon Columbia and a commendation for your ethics file. If you
cannot do $100 maybe you can give a bit less.
You can tell me how much you want to donate and I will see how to get
your money to Columbia.
Thanks a lot,
Nico van den Berg
Criminon Europe (& Texas)
Subj: [itheta-talk] VM Photo's NY Requested for PR in Holland
Date: 11/18/01
From: nvd...@msn.com (Nico van den Berg)
To: ithet...@yahoogroups.com (I Theta Talk)
Dear all,
Does anyone know which website now has the VM pictures of NY? This is
required for some PR action in Holland.
Thanks for your help.
Nico van den Berg
Houston
Subj: [itheta-talk] FOX network news
Date: 11/18/01
From: oilp...@gte.net (Gerry & Jessica)
Reply-to: jes...@rockwellportraits.com
To: ithet...@yahoogroups.com
Ithought I should let you know that FOX network did a feature
documenting my progress painting a portrait from beginning through the
unveiling (which was a true-to-life surprise for the clients as it
always is). It's about 5 minutes long and is scheduled to be shown the
night before Thanksgiving, Wednesday, November 21st, on the 10pm news
on Channel 13 in Clearwater. After it airs here it will be picked up
by other FOX network stations around the USA. It should be good as the
interviewer is a genuinely wonderful person and we had a lot of fun. I
also enjoyed the photographer composing his shots of me—usually I am
the one fussing over my subjects, you know—but this time I got to see
some one else perfecting his composition and he went throught a lot of
the same things that I do.
L, Jessica Rockwell
PS: Please note that I have been told that with a news program there is
always a small chance of last minute change.
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Commission realistic oil portrait paintings by Jessica Rockwell.
Please visit our web site at http://www.rockwellportraits.com
or call Gerry or Jessica at (727) 442-5553.
Subj: [itheta-talk] Fw: Fw: URGENT URGENT!!! Mental Health Parity
Date: 11/18/01
From: nvd...@msn.com (Nico van den Berg)
To: ithet...@yahoogroups.com (I Theta Talk)
Dear ithetans,
I am forwarding this email as I understand we still need emails, etc. sent
as soon as possible.
Thanks for your help.
Nico van den Berg
Houston, TX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Boling" <donna...@hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: URGENT URGENT!!!
URGENT
URGENT
ACTION ALERT!!!
14 November 2001
HELP DEFEAT MENTAL HEALTH PARITY RIGHT NOW!!!
UPDATE: URGENT! The mental health parity amendment (2020) is being
debated right now in a joint House and Senate Conference Committee and
they will vote on whether to include the parity amendment in the final
version of the appropriations bill in the next few days. Then the bill
will be sent to the President for signing.
We need to deluge Congress with emails and phone calls telling them to
vote "NO" on the Mental Health Parity Amendment 2020 to the Labor
Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Bill (HR 3061).
Parity advocates are rallying all their forces to urge Congress to
make full mental health parity the law. Per the Congressional Budget
Report this amendment will put $23 billion more into the hands of
psychiatrists. Don't let that happen!!!
Only about 30 members of Congress are on the Conference Committee, but
other members of Congress, especially the leadership of the House and
Senate and the President, will have great influence over the
Conference Committee members. They will be letting the Conference
Committee know what the citizens in their states and in the country
want to happen with mental health parity. That means you, your
friends, family members, work colleagues, etc. Get all of them to
email and call Congress now.
These Congressmen read their local newspapers, keep in touch with
their local offices to find out what their constituents want, and
listen to local opinion leaders, businessmen and political office
holders. Read on to see what else you can do to help defeat mental
health parity now!!!
These are the things you need to do:
1. E-mail and call daily for the next few days (or until the amendment
is defeated)
E-mail and call the list of Congressmen below (which are the members
of the Conference Committee and the House and Senate Leadership). Plus
email and call President Bush and the local offices of your own
Representative and two Senators in Congress.
2. Write letters to the editors of your local papers
Right away as time is short, and based on the messages above, or your
own message, get letters and editorials to your local papers. Also
contact the editorial boards of your local papers and make an
appointment to meet with them right away. They can express the opinion
of the newspaper and come out against parity in the Editorial Pages of
the paper. When you meet with them make your points on why parity
should not be passed now or ever.
3. Call or meet with local business owners, insurance companies,
clergymen, law enforcement, community leaders and elected officials
and get them active right now on this issue.
Educate business owners, insurance company executives, clergymen,
etc., letting them know why parity should not be passed. Get them to
contact their Senators and Representative and convince them to vote
down parity.
The following messages are recommended, (to be put in your own words):
Calls - make it very short and to the point - such as:
I urge the [Representative or Senator] to make it known to the
Labor-HHS (Health & Human Services) Appropriations conferees that the
Senate's mental health parity amendment (S. 2020) puts too great a
load on an already overburdened economy and should be taken out of the
Appropriations bill. We don't want parity.
Emails - make it very short and to the point:
Addressing the President:
Dear Mr. President,
I wish to make my voice heard against the mental health parity
amendment now before the Labor, Health and Human Services and
Education Appropriations Conference Committee. Please let the
Conference Committee members know that we do not need or want any
mandated insurance cost increases.
(The rest of your message goes here. Suggested messages are below.)
Addressing members of the Labor, Health and Human Services and
Education Appropriations Conference Committee.
Dear Senator/Representative (NAME):
I want to make my opposition to the mental health parity amendment
known to you. You will soon be deciding on whether or not to include
the mental health parity amendment as part of the Labor, Health and
Human Services and Education Appropriations Bill to be sent to the
President for signing. This is intrusive and costly legislation. I
don't want to be told what insurance I have to pay for. The insurance
coverage I have is between me, my employer and the insurance company.
The Federal government should not be mandating mental health
insurance.
(The rest of your message goes here. Suggested messages are below.)
Addressing other members of congress:
Dear Senator/Representative (NAME):
Soon your colleagues will be deciding on whether or not to include the
mental health parity amendment as part of the Labor, Health and Human
Services and Education Appropriations Bill to be sent to the President
for signing. This is intrusive and costly legislation. I don't want to
be told what insurance I have to pay for. The insurance coverage I
have is between me, my employer and the insurance company. The Federal
government should not be mandating mental health insurance.
(The rest of your message goes here. Suggested messages area below.)
Suggested messages are:
a. I don't want any increased costs for our businesses or employees
because of mental health. I don't want to pay for more mental health
coverage, mine or anyone else's,
b. I am opposed to any mental health parity, especially a bill that
does not have the 1% cap on increases in premium costs. The government
can't afford to pay for this amendment and yet they are trying to
force businesses to cover it with 23 billion dollars in the next 10
years
c. This amendment would cost businesses and employees 23 billion
dollars over a 10 year period. Some of us can't afford to pay for
health insurance now. I don't want to give the mental health industry
a blank check to cover their so-called "disorders" in the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) like "Caffeine
Related Disorder", "Mathematics Disorder" and "Disorder of Written
Expression." These are not "parity" diagnoses. They don't meet medical
or scientific proof as physical illnesses do. I just want my insurance
to cover me when I get hurt or physically sick.
d. Covering all these "mental illnesses" nobody can really define will
make premiums go up, as they have in the past, and health insurance is
too expensive now
e. Do not saddle the nation's companies with yet another financial
burden during these times of terrorist threats, economic upheaval or
even recovery from it.
Call and e- mail President Bush and the Senators and Representatives
listed below. Tell them to vote NO on Amendment 2020 (mental health
parity).
Contact President Bush at the White House through the "Comment Line"
at (202) 456-1414 and to send email go to the White House website at
www.whitehouse.gov/contact.
List of House and Senate leadership to email or call:
House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert - dhas...@mail.house.gov in Illinois
- 603-406-1114 Fax (630) 406-1808
House Majority Leader Dick Armey - dar...@mail.house.gov in Texas
972-556-2500
Tom Delay - the...@mail.house.gov in Texas 281-240-3700 Fax
281-240-2959
Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle - tom_d...@daschle.senate.gov
Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott - senat...@lott.senate.gov in DC
202-224-6253
Members of the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education
Appropriations Conference Committee who also need to get your email:
Senate:
Robert Byrd (D-WV), senato...@byrd.senate.gov
Arlen Specter (R-PA) 202-224-4254 in Pennsylvania at 215-597-7200
Tom Harkin, (D-IA) tom_h...@harkin.senate.gov
Thad Cochran (R-MS) - sen...@cochran.senate.gov
Larry Craig (R-ID) - larry...@craig.senate.gov
Mike DeWine (R-OH) - senator...@dewine.senate.gov
Judd Gregg (R-NH) - mai...@gregg.senate.gov
Ernest Hollings (D-SC) - 202-225-6121 or in South Carolina at 803-765-5731
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) - sen...@hutchison.senate.gov
Daniel Inouye (D-HI) - sen...@inouye.senate.gov
Herb Kohl (D-WI) - senato...@kohl.senate.gov
Mary Landrieu (D-LA) - sen...@landrieu.senate.gov
Patty Murray (D-WA) - senator...@murray.senate.gov
Harry Reid (D-NV) - senato...@reid.senate.gov
Ted Stevens (R-AK) - senator...@stevens.senate.gov
House:
C.W. "Bill" Young (R-FL) bill....@mail.house.gov (727) 893-3191
Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA), 202-225-5452 or in California at
760-737-8438
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) - 202-225-3661 or New Haven, CT 203- 562-3718
Kay Granger (R-TX) - texas....@mail.house.gov
Steny Hoyer (D-MD) - 202-225-4131 or in Maryland at 310-474-0119 or
301-843-1577
Ernest Istook (R-OK) - ist...@mail.house.gov
Jesse Jackson, Jr.(D-IL) - comm...@jessejacksonjr.org
Nita Lowey, (D-NY) - nita....@mail.house.gov
Dan Miller (R-FL) - 202-225-5015 or in Florida at 941-951-6643 or
941-747-9081
Anne M. Northup (R-KY) - rep.n...@mail.house.gov
David Obey (D-WI) -202-225-3365 or in Wisconsin at 715-842-5606 or
715-398-4426
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) - sf.n...@mail.house.gov
John Peterson (R-PA) - 202-225-5121 or in Pennsylvania 814-238-1776
Ralph Regula (R-OH) - 202-225-3876 or in Ohio at 330-489-4414
Don Sherwood (R-PA) - 202-225-3731 or in Pennsylvania at 570-346-3834 or
570-327-8161
Roger Wicker (R-MS) - roger....@mail.house.gov
You can reach all the House and Senate offices by calling the Capitol
Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
Ask for your Senators or Representative by name or simply give your zip
code.
Many House and Senate offices are closed and phone operations are
somewhat disrupted, but all in the individual States the district
offices of Representatives and Senators are open. You can find the
phone number of your district office for your U. S. Senator and
Representative listed in the Federal Government sections of the "Blue
Pages" in your local phone book.
If you are sending an e-mail, please include your home address so that
the staff know that you are writing as their constituent.
VERY IMPORTANT: Let me know that you have emailed/called. Also get me
copies of any letters you get printed in your local papers and report
on any other actions you take such as meeting with editorial boards of
your local papers and getting business owners and clergy to write to
Congress. You can do this by emailing me at human...@cchr.org. Or
call me at 800-869-2247. Thank you so much for your help!
Sincerely,
June Parks CCHR Int
Subj: [itheta-talk] Looking for work
Date: 11/18/01
From: hdn...@hotmail.com (Norman Krauskopf)
To: ithet...@yahoogroups.com (ithetatalk)
Dear ithetans,
I’m writing this for my daughter, Lydia Hopwood whose currently doing
auditor training at ASHO Day. Lydia is an independent bookkeeper and
has room in her schedule for one more job. She’s accurate and
responsible and does a great job at the various places she’s currently
working. She’d prefer to work in the Foothills area as she lives in
Sunland. If you or anyone you know needs her services, please give her
a call at 818 951-4525. References available upon request. Thanks,
Norm Krauskopf
thecomputerguyla.com