Tag: Music

Rich Men North of Richmond An Anthem For All Americans

This is the most powerful anthem that I’ve heard about what has happened to our country and our world and our future. This man was nobody a week ago, and now he has 14 of the top 30 iTunes, beating Taylor Swift. 7 million views in 4 days on this one song alone. Every second, a new comment. This is spreading like wildfire across the world, with folks from Ireland, Brazil, and Germany commenting about the corruption of the elites. It hits especially hard in Canada, now that Meta (Facebook and Instagram) has started blocking news articles on its social networking services in Canada. My friend visited Canada this weekend and tried to check on our Austin news page, and it was blocked.

Rich Men North of Richmond is not about any one political party, though the media will surely spin it; it’s about greed and control and the anguish on all of our hearts across the world as we watch our liberties being stolen. I pray it is an anthem for an uprising.

When You Appreciate The Majesty Of Nature But Also You’re Super Hungry

Bolatbek, Eagle Hunter, Mongolia, 2017 by Oliver Klink

Okay, yes, that Mongolian is an eagle hunter. But he’s not eating the eagle; he’s using it to hunt. Deer hunters hunt and eat deer, but eagle hunters use the eagle prowess in a self-serving manner and consequently keep the eagle alive. They train the eagles to catch small animals such as foxes and hares, whose furry coats eagles can easily spot in the snow. Then the trainer eats them. You see? It’s all about the hierarchy of which animals we like. Is it okay to kill tuna to eat sandwiches? Absolutely. Is it okay if we accidentally kill a dolphin while we’re in the middle of murdering tuna? No way, Jose. It’s about which animals matter.

https://www.toursmongolia.com/

Obviously, in America, eagles are emblematic of our country. We do not train them, and instead use hawks in falconry. We do not touch them, or their nests, or their eggs, as this is prohibited in the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Though the bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list in 2007, we continue to protect them as the symbol of our country. And we are certainly not alone in loving eagles. Mexico has a golden eagle on its flag, with a serpent in its talons, mid-murder. If that’s not badass, I don’t know what is.

Anley flag

And lest you think the mere association with eagles is not powerful, remember that The Eagles hold both the #1 and #3 spots of best-selling albums of all time (per http://www.mentalfloss.com). And that’s why we don’t stab eagles with steely knives.