I staged a one-man protest yesterday at the French Embassy in Washington, DC in support of that government's efforts to enact legislation on what should and should not constitute a bona fide religion. My sign declared "Scientolgy: Church of Greed"

from the Times Magazine front-page article, "L. Ron Hubbard was a liar and a fraud", "Xemu: Evil Galactic Ruler", and another slogan saying "ask them if they use lie detectors in church confessionals?" I got a couple of thumbs up and one gentleman from Ethiopia came up to ask me what this was all about. After a little over an hour an attractive brunette woman came out of the embassy and started writing down what my signs were saying.

I said, "Comment ally-vous". And she replied, "Tre bien.

Merci." She spoke to me briefly and I asked her if she wanted to know who I was. She said sure and I showed her my driver license. She left and five minutes later a white TV van with satellite antennae on top pulled up across the street. Gee, I was thinking. It's just me and I'm going to be on CCN tonight.

So I asked the cameraman whether they were there to film my protest. It was then I learned that the Concord had crashed and they were there for that. I left immediately.

Wes Fager
Oakton, Virginia "If David Miscaviage can go to his deposition as Admiral Farragut, then Keith Henson can go as Bozo the Clown."

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