Again, I'm convinced

[packman]

that the greatest threat to America is the religious right. Here's another man who had God tell him what to do.

Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy claims the April confrontation between the federal government and his armed supporters was part of an age-old spiritual battle between good and evil.

Bundy, a Mormon, told an Independent American Party gathering in St. George, Utah, on Saturday that God provided him personal inspiration in the showdown over cattle in Bunkerville, Nevada, about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

"The Lord told me ... if (the local sheriff doesn't) take away these arms from federal agents, we the people will have to face these arms in a civil war. He said, 'This is your chance to straighten this thing up,'" ...
Bundy family members talked about how they fasted and prayed for the spirit of their forefathers to be with them as they prepared on horseback to defy the Bureau of Land Management's efforts to impound the cattle

Sometimes I wish the Lord would just shut the fuck up.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/03/cliven-bundy-iap-god-civil-war-_n_5646121.html

[Orsino]

1. Charge the matador, not the cape.

The so-called religious right is just a useful tool of Big Money.

[el_bryanto]

3. I think that's true up to a point; but the religious right has their own agenda

and they seem disinclined to simply follow the Big Money lead these days - yes they agree on a lot of things, but they are fed up at having their social issues ignored.

By way of saying that Big Money is probably the bigger long term problem, but the religious right is worth paying attention to as well.

Bryant

[Orsino]

4. Yes. Their agenda is not the same as Big Money's.

Big Money, without which they would wield little power, is using them.

[unblock]

2. "the lord told me to..." usually seems to mean "i really want to...."