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Odd anyone with a "liberal" mindset would celebrate what this guy "Cat Stevens" endorses.
Here come a few grafs from an unpublished biography of Shannon Sullivan, the woman who led the recall against perverted mayor James West in Spokane:
"My one hope is my grandmother. Ray has told us we're heading for Spokane, so I pin all my hopes on Spokane. Once we get to Spokane, I know I can find a way to get in touch with my grandmother. I know she lives on 25th and Bernard. I'll run away and get help, Angela would be safe for the hour I figure I'd be gone. Spokane becomes my word for hope.
And just as easily, Shiloh Iowa becomes my word for despair. Instead of Spokane, Ray takes us to a religious commune in Shiloh Iowa. Talk about weird. An entertainer named Cat Stevens has started it. Somehow, they got their hooks into Ray. My dad really believes that God has told him to kidnap us, and that by bringing us to Shiloh he is saving us from evil.
Shiloh is exactly the opposite of salvation. An evil place where mad cultists enforce their literal interpretation of Biblical verse. Shiloh is a fenced compound, entry by guard through locked chain link gates. Everyone lives in big dormitories. Church services all day and everyone has to attend their service. Because Angela and I are new, we're under constant surveillance by a series of guards. Our guards range from indifferent to outright mean. The only connection to the real world is a pay phone near the mess hall. At first, my experience there is just mental torture, from the cultists and from Ray. I do what I have to, to survive. Angela is a different story.
Angela refuses to give in to her new "home". Her practiced belligerence gets more dramatic, and the more defiant and bitter she gets, the worse Ray treats her. Angela makes it worse because she refuses to call Ray "dad". John was dad. Angela hates Ray and rarely lets an opportunity pass to express her hatred. So her life becomes a vicious circle. She is verbally abused and physically punished with extra chores and church duty. The more she refuses to cooperate, the more severely she gets punished.
Me, I am less combative. Because Ray and I had a relationship going back to when he and Mom were married, he is attentive to me and shows affection, something I had not gotten a lot of with Mom and John. What a weird turn of events. I had been the forgotten child now I am the favorite. My main concern is always Angela. She is scared and just wants her Mom. She cries herself to sleep every night. This makes Ray loudly angry. I try to reason with him, but I'm just a kid.
Salvation comes after the devil laid hands on Angela. One day while Ray is at worship, today's guard grabs Angela by the arm and drags her into the bathroom. I hear Angela pleading and the woman talking smoothly. The more she talks the louder Angela screams. This devil woman was sexually abusing my little sister. I run to the payphone and call 911. I guess I was lucky Ray caught me instead of one of the guards. I don't know why the authorities never show up, but my call does the trick. The next morning we left Shiloh."
Yes indeed, let us all now praise Cat Stevens.
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