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"MHirtes" |
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20 Dec 2003 03:19:20 PM |
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Warning! Oil companies are run by cults! |
Moonies in the GOP, and Reikins running the oil industry.
What do you fundies out there think about THAT?
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2307067
Dec. 18, 2003, 10:59PM
Lawsuit alleges cult rebuff led to firings
Ex-worker claims `new age' pressure
By HARVEY RICE
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle
Supervisors who were members of a "new age" cult at an Exxon Mobil Corp.
laboratory in Baytown harassed and fired workers who rebuffed cult
recruitment efforts, according to a lawsuit filed by a former laboratory
employee.
William McCracken, 63, of Houston alleges that he and at least two other
employees at the Exxon Baytown Olefins Plant laboratory were fired for
failing to seek counseling and undergo healing rituals administered by a
cult leader.
McCracken, a lab technician employed by Kelly Services and assigned to
work at the laboratory, is suing Exxon Mobil and Kelly Services for an
unspecified amount in damages for religious discrimination and
retaliation.
The lawsuit filed this week alleges that Exxon Mobil and Kelly Services
failed to investigate McCracken's complaints about the activities of
employees who "adhered to certain spiritual, religious teachings of (the
cult leader) and a `new age' belief system, including a practice known
as Reiki."
"I think it's inexcusable that they did not ... put a stop to this
intolerance and harassment that occurred at the lab," said McCracken's
attorney, Charles Jeremiah.
Exxon Mobil issued a statement saying that it conducted an investigation
and found the allegations were without merit.
One of many Web sites on Reiki, pronounced Ray-Key, defines it as "a
method of natural healing based on the application of Universal Life
Force Energy."
A lab supervisor, who allegedly was a member of the cult, fired one of
McCracken's co-workers after she refused to allow the alleged cult
leader to treat her cervical cancer, according to the lawsuit.
Another woman was fired after she refused to attend cult meetings at the
home of a supervisor, the lawsuit alleges.
"Favorable treatment for Reiki followers continued to be the norm, while
others were treated unfavorably," the suit said.
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| User: "ImpBush" |
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| Title: Re: Warning! Oil companies are run by cults! |
20 Dec 2003 04:03:52 PM |
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And you just figured this out?
"MHirtes" <htes@jawholenewaddy.com> wrote in message
news:htes-257BB0.15192020122003@news.central.cox.net...
Moonies in the GOP, and Reikins running the oil industry.
What do you fundies out there think about THAT?
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2307067
Dec. 18, 2003, 10:59PM
Lawsuit alleges cult rebuff led to firings
Ex-worker claims `new age' pressure
By HARVEY RICE
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle
Supervisors who were members of a "new age" cult at an Exxon Mobil Corp.
laboratory in Baytown harassed and fired workers who rebuffed cult
recruitment efforts, according to a lawsuit filed by a former laboratory
employee.
William McCracken, 63, of Houston alleges that he and at least two other
employees at the Exxon Baytown Olefins Plant laboratory were fired for
failing to seek counseling and undergo healing rituals administered by a
cult leader.
McCracken, a lab technician employed by Kelly Services and assigned to
work at the laboratory, is suing Exxon Mobil and Kelly Services for an
unspecified amount in damages for religious discrimination and
retaliation.
The lawsuit filed this week alleges that Exxon Mobil and Kelly Services
failed to investigate McCracken's complaints about the activities of
employees who "adhered to certain spiritual, religious teachings of (the
cult leader) and a `new age' belief system, including a practice known
as Reiki."
"I think it's inexcusable that they did not ... put a stop to this
intolerance and harassment that occurred at the lab," said McCracken's
attorney, Charles Jeremiah.
Exxon Mobil issued a statement saying that it conducted an investigation
and found the allegations were without merit.
One of many Web sites on Reiki, pronounced Ray-Key, defines it as "a
method of natural healing based on the application of Universal Life
Force Energy."
A lab supervisor, who allegedly was a member of the cult, fired one of
McCracken's co-workers after she refused to allow the alleged cult
leader to treat her cervical cancer, according to the lawsuit.
Another woman was fired after she refused to attend cult meetings at the
home of a supervisor, the lawsuit alleges.
"Favorable treatment for Reiki followers continued to be the norm, while
others were treated unfavorably," the suit said.
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| User: "MHirtes" |
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| Title: Re: Warning! Oil companies are run by cults! |
20 Dec 2003 04:08:15 PM |
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Oh, I knew it. I just want to know what these bible-banging fundie
repugs think about their little confict-of-interest.
In article <rH3Fb.2890$6l1.2756@okepread03>,
"ImpBush" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
And you just figured this out?
"MHirtes" <htes@jawholenewaddy.com> wrote in message
news:htes-257BB0.15192020122003@news.central.cox.net...
Moonies in the GOP, and Reikins running the oil industry.
What do you fundies out there think about THAT?
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2307067
Dec. 18, 2003, 10:59PM
Lawsuit alleges cult rebuff led to firings
Ex-worker claims `new age' pressure
By HARVEY RICE
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle
Supervisors who were members of a "new age" cult at an Exxon Mobil Corp.
laboratory in Baytown harassed and fired workers who rebuffed cult
recruitment efforts, according to a lawsuit filed by a former laboratory
employee.
William McCracken, 63, of Houston alleges that he and at least two other
employees at the Exxon Baytown Olefins Plant laboratory were fired for
failing to seek counseling and undergo healing rituals administered by a
cult leader.
McCracken, a lab technician employed by Kelly Services and assigned to
work at the laboratory, is suing Exxon Mobil and Kelly Services for an
unspecified amount in damages for religious discrimination and
retaliation.
The lawsuit filed this week alleges that Exxon Mobil and Kelly Services
failed to investigate McCracken's complaints about the activities of
employees who "adhered to certain spiritual, religious teachings of (the
cult leader) and a `new age' belief system, including a practice known
as Reiki."
"I think it's inexcusable that they did not ... put a stop to this
intolerance and harassment that occurred at the lab," said McCracken's
attorney, Charles Jeremiah.
Exxon Mobil issued a statement saying that it conducted an investigation
and found the allegations were without merit.
One of many Web sites on Reiki, pronounced Ray-Key, defines it as "a
method of natural healing based on the application of Universal Life
Force Energy."
A lab supervisor, who allegedly was a member of the cult, fired one of
McCracken's co-workers after she refused to allow the alleged cult
leader to treat her cervical cancer, according to the lawsuit.
Another woman was fired after she refused to attend cult meetings at the
home of a supervisor, the lawsuit alleges.
"Favorable treatment for Reiki followers continued to be the norm, while
others were treated unfavorably," the suit said.
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| User: "The Frog" |
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| Title: Re: Warning! Oil companies are run by cults! |
20 Dec 2003 04:58:41 PM |
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:08:15 -0600, MHirtes <htes@jawholenewaddy.com>
wrote:
Oh, I knew it. I just want to know what these bible-banging fundie
repugs think about their little confict-of-interest.
So how do you feel about your party out of power and the voters
uplifting the Republicans at all levels?
In article <rH3Fb.2890$6l1.2756@okepread03>,
"ImpBush" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
And you just figured this out?
"MHirtes" <htes@jawholenewaddy.com> wrote in message
news:htes-257BB0.15192020122003@news.central.cox.net...
Moonies in the GOP, and Reikins running the oil industry.
What do you fundies out there think about THAT?
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2307067
Dec. 18, 2003, 10:59PM
Lawsuit alleges cult rebuff led to firings
Ex-worker claims `new age' pressure
By HARVEY RICE
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle
Supervisors who were members of a "new age" cult at an Exxon Mobil Corp.
laboratory in Baytown harassed and fired workers who rebuffed cult
recruitment efforts, according to a lawsuit filed by a former laboratory
employee.
William McCracken, 63, of Houston alleges that he and at least two other
employees at the Exxon Baytown Olefins Plant laboratory were fired for
failing to seek counseling and undergo healing rituals administered by a
cult leader.
McCracken, a lab technician employed by Kelly Services and assigned to
work at the laboratory, is suing Exxon Mobil and Kelly Services for an
unspecified amount in damages for religious discrimination and
retaliation.
The lawsuit filed this week alleges that Exxon Mobil and Kelly Services
failed to investigate McCracken's complaints about the activities of
employees who "adhered to certain spiritual, religious teachings of (the
cult leader) and a `new age' belief system, including a practice known
as Reiki."
"I think it's inexcusable that they did not ... put a stop to this
intolerance and harassment that occurred at the lab," said McCracken's
attorney, Charles Jeremiah.
Exxon Mobil issued a statement saying that it conducted an investigation
and found the allegations were without merit.
One of many Web sites on Reiki, pronounced Ray-Key, defines it as "a
method of natural healing based on the application of Universal Life
Force Energy."
A lab supervisor, who allegedly was a member of the cult, fired one of
McCracken's co-workers after she refused to allow the alleged cult
leader to treat her cervical cancer, according to the lawsuit.
Another woman was fired after she refused to attend cult meetings at the
home of a supervisor, the lawsuit alleges.
"Favorable treatment for Reiki followers continued to be the norm, while
others were treated unfavorably," the suit said.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"The multicultural project will never fully succeed if 'diversity'
is defined as one's own preferred ideologies and political groups."
--Richard E. Redding, "Grappling With Diverse Conceptions of Diversity,"
American Psychologist, April 2002, p. 301.
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| Title: Re: Warning! Oil companies are run by cults! |
20 Dec 2003 05:51:24 PM |
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"The Frog" <jmattNOSPAM@ticnet.com> wrote in message
news:avk9uvgfsj6skb42stbu5dmjsfda3kfbs3@4ax.com...
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:08:15 -0600, MHirtes <htes@jawholenewaddy.com>
wrote:
Oh, I knew it. I just want to know what these bible-banging fundie
repugs think about their little confict-of-interest.
So how do you feel about your party out of power and the voters
uplifting the Republicans at all levels?
Proof that the village idiots have reproduced and taken over the reigns of
power.
In article <rH3Fb.2890$6l1.2756@okepread03>,
"ImpBush" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
And you just figured this out?
"MHirtes" <htes@jawholenewaddy.com> wrote in message
news:htes-257BB0.15192020122003@news.central.cox.net...
Moonies in the GOP, and Reikins running the oil industry.
What do you fundies out there think about THAT?
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2307067
Dec. 18, 2003, 10:59PM
Lawsuit alleges cult rebuff led to firings
Ex-worker claims `new age' pressure
By HARVEY RICE
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle
Supervisors who were members of a "new age" cult at an Exxon Mobil
Corp.
laboratory in Baytown harassed and fired workers who rebuffed cult
recruitment efforts, according to a lawsuit filed by a former
laboratory
employee.
William McCracken, 63, of Houston alleges that he and at least two
other
employees at the Exxon Baytown Olefins Plant laboratory were fired
for
failing to seek counseling and undergo healing rituals administered
by a
cult leader.
McCracken, a lab technician employed by Kelly Services and assigned
to
work at the laboratory, is suing Exxon Mobil and Kelly Services for
an
unspecified amount in damages for religious discrimination and
retaliation.
The lawsuit filed this week alleges that Exxon Mobil and Kelly
Services
failed to investigate McCracken's complaints about the activities of
employees who "adhered to certain spiritual, religious teachings of
(the
cult leader) and a `new age' belief system, including a practice
known
as Reiki."
"I think it's inexcusable that they did not ... put a stop to this
intolerance and harassment that occurred at the lab," said
McCracken's
attorney, Charles Jeremiah.
Exxon Mobil issued a statement saying that it conducted an
investigation
and found the allegations were without merit.
One of many Web sites on Reiki, pronounced Ray-Key, defines it as "a
method of natural healing based on the application of Universal Life
Force Energy."
A lab supervisor, who allegedly was a member of the cult, fired one
of
McCracken's co-workers after she refused to allow the alleged cult
leader to treat her cervical cancer, according to the lawsuit.
Another woman was fired after she refused to attend cult meetings at
the
home of a supervisor, the lawsuit alleges.
"Favorable treatment for Reiki followers continued to be the norm,
while
others were treated unfavorably," the suit said.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"The multicultural project will never fully succeed if 'diversity'
is defined as one's own preferred ideologies and political groups."
--Richard E. Redding, "Grappling With Diverse Conceptions of Diversity,"
American Psychologist, April 2002, p. 301.
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| User: "MHirtes" |
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| Title: Re: Warning! Oil companies are run by cults! |
20 Dec 2003 08:10:18 PM |
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In article <avk9uvgfsj6skb42stbu5dmjsfda3kfbs3@4ax.com>,
The Frog <jmattNOSPAM@ticnet.com> wrote:
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:08:15 -0600, MHirtes <htes@jawholenewaddy.com>
wrote:
Oh, I knew it. I just want to know what these bible-banging fundie
repugs think about their little confict-of-interest.
So how do you feel about your party out of power and the voters
uplifting the Republicans at all levels?
That's not even addressing the question, let alone answering it, you
butthead.
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| User: "Roedy Green" |
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20 Dec 2003 06:08:57 PM |
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:58:41 -0600, The Frog <jmattNOSPAM@ticnet.com>
wrote or quoted :
So how do you feel about your party out of power and the voters
uplifting the Republicans at all levels?
All you ever do is glorify the fact that evil has temporarily
triumphed. Nobody disputes that Bush is powerful and has a grip on
the media to lie for him.
But why do you root for the bad guys?
--
Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
Coaching, problem solving, economical contract programming.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html for The Java Glossary.
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| User: "MHirtes" |
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| Title: Re: Warning! Oil companies are run by cults! |
20 Dec 2003 08:10:54 PM |
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In article <i2p9uv8ahiutncueco71hvpmae9kcm8vi6@4ax.com>,
Roedy Green <look-at-the-website-for-actual-Roedy@mindprod.com> wrote:
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:58:41 -0600, The Frog <jmattNOSPAM@ticnet.com>
wrote or quoted :
So how do you feel about your party out of power and the voters
uplifting the Republicans at all levels?
All you ever do is glorify the fact that evil has temporarily
triumphed. Nobody disputes that Bush is powerful and has a grip on
the media to lie for him.
But why do you root for the bad guys?
A: Because Froggie's one of the bad guys.
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| User: "Roedy Green" |
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20 Dec 2003 06:07:28 PM |
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 15:19:20 -0600, MHirtes <htes@jawholenewaddy.com>
wrote or quoted :
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2307067
So fundies, you see that when you break down religious freedom, it
cuts both ways. Granted it does give you the right to force your
religion on others, but it also gives others the right to force their
whacko religions on you.
We are better off free to choose our own religions. We are better off
if the government does not promote one religion over another with tax
dollars. We must be free to choose a religion or to reject them all
as superstition.
--
Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
Coaching, problem solving, economical contract programming.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html for The Java Glossary.
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