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7/ V ' OF CABBAGES AND kudos ' ; L I ' False Messiahs I Have Known.

Goddamn! It's getting so you can't pick up a yet, but they're out there, believe me. newspaper or magazine without reading about some But hold it! What am I saying! We have two of the Iww kind of cult. I was Just thumbing through an ' zaniest, looniest groups of crazies right here on old issue of Time and what should I find but a the island. Yessir, two of the oldest cults around, Story about some bunch in California that has hid right here on the island. I believe they only come themselves away in the‘desert awaiting the arrival out on Halloween, or is it April 1st, or perhaps of some spacecraft that's supposed to wisk them , its Election day, I can't remember which. mmy before the world blows up. One wonders how > . Yes, even here we have our groups of semi-mindless n“wally,eane~peop1e can be sucked into such . w zombies who continually follow what their cult things. This particular group is supposed to be , dictates. As far as the Island cults go, I believe harmless enough but boy, are they weird! ‘ that they have a ritual called voting. That's where

But I suppose as long as they aren't into human . the cult leaders tell their followers to put an X sacrifice or politician worship it may not be too by the name of the fellow that the cult is supporting dangerous to let them run around loose. I mean, _ on a piece of paper called a ballot. They have secret you have to remember that we are in a democracy _ places where they perform this ritual called polling founded on religious freedom and all that. Just . ‘ ‘ 'stations. It seems to me that there are recorded an same, I would feel aplot safer knowing that I 4' cases of people breaking away from these cults, but the people who ruled the country weren't worshippers they usually just go right out and join the other of Irving, the great god of fermented Avacadoes. cult. When it involves one of the high—priests, am you don't have to look as far afield as California this process is called “ crossing the floor ” to find some pretty peculiar customers. Just take ‘ As to how dangerous these cults are, well, I think a peek at 01' Mackenzie King. Now there's a maanho that they're still assessing the damages, something was a virtual living definition for the term which will continue for as long as the cults are basket-case. I mean the guy talked to the ghost of around. . . his dead dog! Not to mention his mother and other So remember gang, if some strange fellow comes assorted ghosties, goblins and ectoplasmic manifest— up to you and tries to convince you to join up, ations. Whooeee! Now hows that for a man to have at remember to ask some fundamental questions like He helm of the ship of state. And who knows about ‘ will I have to wear a weird Costume? Or will I mu-present leaders. How about Pierre? Does he look have to do ungodly things to chickens. Chances hke he might be communing with extra—terrestrial are the guy may simply be Colonel Sanders but it's mmelligences? Nah, he's got his hands full with always better to play it safe. The next thing you Margaret. And what about Joe? No I think Joe's know you could be on some street corner dressed in two drugs. He looks looks like the type who'd flowing robes, banging on a tambourine and asking get high injecting diluted Dristan into his big- passers-by if they'd like their Angus Maclean toe. And if that's true, he's liable to do for n ‘ consciousness raised.

Um patentwdrug.industry.whatERev..Jim,JQnes,did for Koch-$36.53 Lizu‘iw ..z‘l“ ’ 7’ “‘71 Now to getmback"t6”what I was talking about. And what Was I talking about? Oh yeah, cults! 2e11, the way I see it, the only way to stop these loons from taking over is to build a high wall around California. That's where theylall come from, iaflt it? California! Home of ESTing, Rolfing and rallying ground for the hypnotized armies of Krishna and the Rev. Moon. Why, you could‘callcthe act 7‘

of joining a cult Californicating ( I know it's . -

terrible, but I've been sick lately ... and I'm

getting sicker ). Sitting here on the Island it all T may not seem very real, but there are a lot of ‘ ._ 0

Very odd people running around out there. They haven't landed on our fair shores in great droves

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