Wild Wild Country

Sheela emerges as a provocative spokeswoman. As Election Day approaches, the Rajneeshees recruit thousands of homeless people to fortify their ranks.

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He was gone.

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I couldn't see them, but could hear them.

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cars with lights on them and the lights would be flashing

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and took him to Wasco County jail.

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I've seen them come out of Dachau.

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Bhagwan told me to be very, very strong in the media.

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You seem to be enjoying it, almost giving them your finger.

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When you include Bhagwan's followers who are not Sannyas...

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and you've got food and people are buying stuff.

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You bet I did.

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taking all I could grab.

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I could fire off a letter to Dave and say, "Hey, here's what's happening."

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was that the two were inextricably linked.

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and then they staged elections, but it was all a show.

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the Establishment Clause of the Constitution,

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were a huge majority and totally ran the government.

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Everybody knew that their loyalty was not to their badge,

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that would repeal the city charters in both Rajneeshpuram and Rajneesh-Antelope.

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And so with time, I just became more and more devoted to her.

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At some point, I was woken in the night. Eleven o'clock, I was fast asleep in bed

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Any indication of the magnitude of that announcement?

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The latest controversy is a program to recruit the down and out, the homeless.

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Up till now, society had abused these people all their lifetime,

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Well, you don't have no crime.

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says five more busloads of the homeless arrived there today.

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Antelope started to change when the ranch doubled in size.

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So you want to control Wasco County?

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They told me they wouldn't have me.

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How is it legal for people to step off a bus and literally vote?

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There's no crime. That's what I said, there is no crime.

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was not paved with money.

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to fraudulently register people in Wasco County to vote

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It was really as though a bomb went off in the middle of the community.

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And the whole Peace Force,

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The conversations were taking a very bizarre turn.

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