For those of you who haven't heard, Georgia's not doing so well on the water front. We've been in a drought for months now, and I'm dreading the day when the water commission says, "we're going to ration water usage. We'll turn it on for x amount of hours in the morning and x amount of hours in the evening."
I shouldn't be worrying about water rations, though - 'cause sweet Baby Jesus, we're gonna PRAY FOR RAIN, ya'll! And the Heavens above are gonna shower us all with plentiful rain!
Can you believe this? http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/11/07/droughtpray_1108.html
Yes, it's true. Govenor Sonny Perdue has called a PRAYER SERVICE to pray for rain.
Whatever happened to the separation of church and state? I was raised Catholic, and I don't have a problem with anyone who wants to pray, but seriously - did prayer stop and cure the destruction of Hurricane Katrina or the Tsunami? Did it stop all the earthquakes on the west coast and tornadoes and floods in the midwest? Let's not forget that mixing religion with politics never, ever works out favorably.
Let's think about this. What about shutting down carwashes that don't recycle water and giving the owners monetary compensation? What about monitoring water usage and warning/fining those who use more than an allotted amount? What about, as I mentioned before, rationing water use? Hell, even Cobb County's idea of not serving restaurant customers water unless requested is a more logical step than holding a prayer service.
If I didn't know I was living in the Bible Belt before today, this definitely put the nail in the coffin. Let me buy my alcohol on Sundays, and I'll be happy to give you my tax dollars, but not to think up idiot solutions like holding a prayer service.
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