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Haven't you ever noticed that a lot of right wingers invoke either the Bible or Constitution as justification for their beliefs or actions? They certainly seem to have a hard-on for old unchangeable texts, as if their lives are ruined without some sort of bedrock of written word to support their fragile egos and shitty lives. I don't get it. I certainly don't need such things, I have my morals, ethics, my life, my will, my dreams to sustain me. If you're wondering what I'm rambling about, it's about the Oregon cowboys and their takeover of the nature site. Brokeback Oregon. Specifically, it's what someone said in this NYT article that caught my attention and prompted this. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/04/us/armed-group-vows-to-hold-federal-wildlife-office-in-oregon-for-years.html Um, wat? Okay, first off, how exactly is the constitution going to show who's on the right side? Right-wingers always want to throw around the Constitution as if the Constitution doesn't allow the US government to write laws and enact departments, WHICH IT DOES. The whole legislative branch is designed to write laws. The whole executive branch has departments under it. Do these people not understand basic civics? It's like the constitution is the choice buzz word for people on the right nowadays to sound smart and on the right side of history. I'm still not sure how it's un-constitutional for the government to own land like these gay cowboys seem to think. And I'm not even sure I WANT to get into how reading the Bible will show they're on the right side. Seriously. I wish I was there, I'd ask him to elaborate and he'd probably say "Well, you know, right? I don't have to explain it, you should know". Or some other vague answer without details or facts. I WANT to hear him give specific details on how their occupation of a wildlife center is justified by the bible, without vaguely interpreting a random bible verse to fit their needs. And people wonder why I can't take politics or religion seriously nowadays.

RIght, so normally when you think of religious music you think of chants and other kind of normally boring music, BUT THIS POPE'S DIFFERENT, for he's releasing a rock album in November. And best of all, it's PROGRESSIVE ROCK, which is, y'know, my jam. I gave a listen to the first single they've released and it sounds surprisingly good. Basically prog/post rock with excerpts from his speeches. Evidently they hired some progrock artists to aid in this all. I can't believe I'm saying this, but the pope seems like a cool guy now and I'm waiting for the album. It has an unique vibe to it. That's still not saying I'm a devout believer of the christ and all that, never have been, but this is a cool trick they're pulling off. You can listen to the first single here https://soundcloud.com/believedigitalitaly/wake-up-go-go-forward/s-DONtr