Sunday after-noon at the Cajon Pass on I-15, South bound. Crowds of people were standing around waiting for the highway to open, with catering trucks selling sandwiches, coffee, and doughnuts. Police kept the median clear so that people heading south could cross to the north-bound lane and spend the night in Victorville. Under a pall of thick dirty orange smoke, I passed out around 25 "Lord Xenu" flyers and around 50 "What Judges Say about $cientology" flyers. If I had known the highway was going to be closed (a captive audience) I would have been prepared with many more flyers. The most popular approach line I used was "Scientologists eat their young!" As is always the case, a few people told me about the bad experiences they or one of the family members had with Scientology and Scientology Inc. Come to think of it, I have *NEVER* talked with *ANYONE* who had a positive opinion of Scientology (even when talking to current Scientology customers outside their stores, who tried to "bull bait me" and get me to cease protesting against their crimes and human rights abuses).

One guy insisted on following me around "heckling" me, trying to get me to talk about religion: a subject I'm not interested in. He quietly slithered away when I "acknowledged" his Lower Condition (non-existence, i.e., I ignored him).

One Highway Patrol officer read the "What Judges Say About $cientology" and told me (paraphrase) "Heh. Like this is news? We know all about this scam in Newberry Springs." This is the first I've heard about Scientology Inc. being in trouble with the law in Hubbard's old stomping grounds (Hubbard had a place at Newberry Springs where he hid from law enforcement).

I ran out of flyers several hours before the highway was opened--- I turned around and went back north for the night.

-- "I lack sufficient capabilities to express my disdain."

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