How my ingenious governor shows leadership in dealing with the water shortage

[CatWoman]

He *prays* for rain :eyes:

Putting faith in call for rain
Service Tuesday gathers religious, political leaders to pray for precipitation, but not everyone buys into it.

By BO EMERSON
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 11/13/07

When you pray for rain, says Rockefeller "Rocky" Twyman, be specific.

Earlier this month, the former Atlantan flew south from his Rockville, Md., home to help organize a prayer vigil and gospel concert for drought relief at the Berean Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Atlanta.

Hundreds showed up. And their prayers were answered. After the service was over, heavy showers came down — on the green fields of Rockville, Md., that is.

"I guess we prayed for rain and it came up here," Twyman said from his home up north. "It was raining when our plane touched down."

Nonetheless, said the public relations executive and musician, "I think the governor is on the right track."

That would be Gov. Sonny Perdue, who has asked Georgians to pray for rain today, and at lunchtime will convene with various religious and political leaders on the steps of the state Capitol to seek divine intervention in the state's months-long drought.

Desperate times, it's said, call for desperate measures. And with Lake Lanier growing grass instead of bass, we're definitely in desperate times.

Randy Mickler, senior minister at Mount Bethel United Methodist Church in east Cobb, approves of the governor's plan.

"I do not think we have to come together to convince God of anything, but like any parent, God wants to hear from his children," said Mickler. "We pray for rain every Sunday."

Like endorsing motherhood and apple pie, endorsing prayer seems a pretty safe bet across party lines.

But not 100 percent safe.

"This is a ridiculous, illogical exercise even for people who are deeply religious," said Ed Buckner, treasurer for the Atlanta Freethought Society. "I would think they'd be offended."

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/11/12/prayer_1113.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab

[babylonsister]

1. LOL! Oh, first laugh of the day here!

:rofl: And FWIW, I hope you get some!

[CatWoman]

3. BS, howya doing?

:hi:

[hobbit709]

2. You can pray for water in one hand

and crap in the other. See which one overflows first

[mrreowwr_kittty]

4. It's like God is an ATM machine to some people, dispensing goodies. nt

[gratuitous]

5. Yep, that's it exactly

And if you have the secret code, you can open the gates of Heaven, and the rest of humanity can go suck it if they don't believe as you do.

[demnan]

6. God, if he/she exists, does have a sense of humor

Making it rain in Rockville was rich, but making the Republicans vote against tabling impeachment was his/her finest hour.

Maybe they should have prayed for impeachment instead. There were plenty of prayers being sent up in the Capitol Gallery last week that got partially answered.

[tularetom]

7. Do they think god is so fucking stupid that he doesn't know

they need rain? Maybe he just doesn't like them.

[CatWoman]

8. hey!!! I live here!!!!!

:rofl:

[emilyg]

9. So do I. Poor us.