Okla. governor calls for prayer to end heat wave

[RamboLiberal]

Source: CBS News

It is relentless, dangerous and gripping the country. A major heat wave this weekend has prompted officials in 17 states to issue heat warnings and advisories.

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CBS News correspondent Cynthia Bowers reports that it's been so hot for so long in Oklahoma, the governor called for a statewide day of prayer in hope of some divine intervention

"I think if we have a lot of people praying, it moves the heart of God," Gov. Mary Fallin says.

For 47 straight days, temperatures in Oklahoma City have topped 90 degrees. There has only been one day below 100 so far this month, and it's expected to top the century mark through at least next Friday.




Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/17/eveningnews/main20080198.shtml?tag=stack

[RandySF]

1. So when this heat wave ends, as all heat waves do,

God and the Gov. of OKla. will get the credit.

[Bozita]

9. +1

[Ilsa]

10. Yes the long term forecast is for hot but more temperate weather in 7-10 days. nt

[WatsonT]

39. Non-believer!

Are you saying that summer doesn't turn in to fall then winter because of our prayers?

That it just happens on it's own?

Next you'll say my nightly prayers aren't the only things keeping the sun rising every morning (you're welcome by the way)

[BNJMN]

48. As my 4 year old said, "Dear God, make tomorrow Christmas, NOW!!" n/t

[Speck Tater]

2. Well, golly! Why didn't the cimate scientists think of that?

We screw up the world and then beg big daddy in the sky to make it all better. What a bunch of children!

[Me.]

3. Home Of Inhofe, Climate Change Denier?

[July16th-20th]

25. Bingo!

Maybe he can retreat to that snow hut he built for Al Gore. Awww, that's right: It MELTED. :rofl:

[RandySF]

4. If the heat wave breaks before the drought,

maybe she should run for president instead of Rick Perry.

[Downwinder]

5. Previous Governors were a bit more pro active. They had rain dances

and burned silver iodine torches to seed the clouds. Didn't work either.

[Kennah]

11. To get a rain dance right one must practice. Does it rain during practice?

[harrose]

6. Couldn't this be considered...

... public endorsement of religion and allow us to impeach this Rethug for violation of the establishment clause?

[totodeinhere]

38. If we impeach her for this wouldn't we also have to impeach Obama for holding prayer breakfasts

at the White House?

[harrose]

41. No.

Obama is not using his official position as President to call on people to pray. He's having a *private* breakfast with people whom he invites. As such, he's entitled to pray or not pray at his discretion at said meetings.

Here, the Rethug is using her *official position* as governor to call for mass public prayer.

[totodeinhere]

43. Come on now.

By having a prayer breakfast at the White House Obama is endorsing religion. You can call it private but it is the president having an event at the White House which belongs to all of us. Just because he has a "D' after his name, that does not give him a free pass.

[NYC Liberal]

45. That's silly. Obama also lives in the White House.

The president is allowed to have a private life even in the publicly owned White House.

[marasinghe]

51. in a sane world, this could be considered insanity & cause this lady's removal from office.

unfortunately, plenty of the US population have bought into the madness.
it'll take more than a heat wave to burn it out of them.

[AlbertCat]

7. Him and everybody else.

Besides, I thought humans couldn't affect weather....


Prayer is so lame.

He'll have them pray for rain... just as soon as the Acu-Weather forecast says to....

[mwb970]

28. And, what if other people are praying for no rain?

I've always wondered how God resolves conflicts among the people who pray to him for specific outcomes, apparently demanding that he snap into action, sometimes even changing the physical laws of the Universe, in order to satisfy the petty needs of yet another petitioner. God as short-order cook? This has always seemed blasphemous to me. So Zeke Wilkins of Thousand Sticks is praying for it to rain beer. Meanwhile the equally pious Jed Bunkum right next door is praying for a dry day. What's a God to do?

Seriously, the very idea that you can "pray" to God to do your bidding and to bring about some specific physical outcome that you desire is so ridiculous that I can't imagine a toddler believing it. And yet, I give you the Governor of Oklahoma.

You cannot petition the Lord with prayer!

[izquierdista]

30. Joe Pesci gets results tho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o

[madrchsod]

8. i`m about ready to...and the heat is just starting here in northern il.

i can`t be outside over a few minutes without my sinus implodes...

[Angry Dragon]

12. If their god really cared he/she would not have sent the

heat in the first place.........
Their god is just giving them a taste of hell for their
un-christian ways

[Fuddnik]

13. Rick Perry tried that in April and it got about 10 times worse.

If they pay me a nominal fee, I'll go there and do a rain dance. It should work as well as prayer.

[DollyM]

14. I would take Ok heat over Illinois humidity any day!

When we lived in Oklahoma (and loved living there!) I would hang my clothes on the line and they would be dry in 30 minutes. Yes, the heat was bad at times but 115 there is like 90 in Illinois because of the dang humidity. Here in Illinois, I gave up on hanging out clothes on the line to dry because they would still be dripping wet with the humidity by the end of the day. I think God just made Oklahomans a little tougher anyway.

[a la izquierda]

22. Hah!

I live in OK now, but am prepping to move to Ohio. I love it here, despite the fact that I'd sell a kidney for rain. It's so hot here that when I went home to NJ last week, I got fried...because I can't go out in this weather.

[DollyM]

50. You will miss Oklahoma . . .

It's been 12 years since we movcd back to Illinois to be near family and we still talk about how much we enjoyed living in Oklahoma. Illinois is just a hot, humid, boring state and all the Lincoln stuff on the planet would not make it any less so!

[buckrogers1965]

15. God answers all prayers.

Sometimes the answer is no. ;)

[Odin2005]

16. Idiots. Praying to your sky-daddy isn't going to get rid of an upper-level ridge.

[James48]

17. Won't work- God is ticked at Oklahoma now.

God is still pissed off at Oklahoma for passing idiot legislation banning sharia law, among other things.
The Oklahoma anti-government, republican forces have become so strong that they feel threatened by nobody other than the tea party type extremists in their own party. They compete as to who can get to the political extreme of the other. In such an atmosphere, anyone who is a part of government services, or who is a supporter of any government services such as mental health, public health, family and child services, education, or higher education, simply gets the nose-wave.

Well, God is going to show them a few things. Like heat. Lots and lots of heat.


We'll see.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

18. Let us know he god calls back. Idiots.

[theHandpuppet]

19. Why? Does he think God doesn't know it's hot?

:shrug:

[Vinca]

20. Maybe God is mad at them and is trying to make a point.

Maybe God thinks we should take better care of the planet. Maybe God thinks red staters are mean, nasty and hateful and need to change their ways. (Maybe I'm wrong to be an atheist - Dear God, Please give me the Powerball numbers. LOL.)

[lunatica]

21. They think they need to tell God how to do his job.

I say he, because it's obvious isn't it? God is a he. Period. If he were a she then she would have to have a higher male deity to succumb to, and wouldn't be nearly as intelligent in designing creation. It's so obvious.

And if you pray hard enough you can get god to do what you think he should be doing all along.

[No Elephants]

23. Folks who live near the equator and the Sahara will be relieved it's that easy.

By the way, to what does Pat Robertson attribute the heat in Oklahoma? Is the state known for its pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage stands, too?

[TheCowsCameHome]

24. God can see you better if you do out it in the hot sun, Mary.

Have fun.

[tanyev]

26. I think we can predict what Republican solution will be offered if they ever accept climate change.

[Ian David]

27. God answers Oklahoma's prayers, says, "No." n/t

[Lucky Luciano]

29. As Bugs Bunny would say, "What a maroon!!". nt

[sarcasmo]

31. More religious stupidity, it never ends.

[Downwinder]

32. Mary, according to history, you are supposed to gather

your people and lead them West to California to pick grapes.

[Zorra]

33. If "God helps those who help thmselves"...

then Governor Falin may want to consider joining the fight against global warming and be part of the solution instead of part of the problem.

[roody]

34. That heartless God!!

[BigDemVoter]

35. Maybe he can do a rain dance as well while he's at it.

[Ian David]

36. So the Oklahoma Capitol is closing at noon because of a big water break. That means the building wo

So the #Oklahoma Capitol is closing at noon because of a big water break. That means the building won't have water or air conditioning. #okc
http://twitter.com/#!/jaclyncosgrove/status/92998356430880769

So, it looks like god HAS spoken.

His answer is, "Get this batshit crazy Republican the fuck out of The Capitol Building."


State Capitol Complex Closes Due To Water Main Break
http://www.koco.com/r/28584209/detail.html

[somone]

37. Idiots

[jmowreader]

40. There's not a lot they can do in the short term...

so if praying makes them feel better, let them. Fuck it, man; it's not really hurting anyone if they do this.

Long-term? Not voting for James Inhofe anymore would be a good start. Besides, he needs to spend some time learning what big yellow X's painted on runways mean.

[panzerfaust]

42. If God did not want the heat wave - it would not be happening

Unless He has not had enough people groveling and begging on their knees to satisfy His needs - then he might change his mind?



We have found clusters with hundreds of galaxies in them, the universe(?s) is large beyond our possible comprehension, yet our leaders still 'pray' to pathetically transparent anthropomorphic local tribal 'gods' to intervene in the workings of nature?

[Frosty1]

44. Well said!

:thumbsup:

[Old Troop]

46. Actually I don't see any harm in this. NT

[BiggJawn]

47. Ya, like that prayer for rain really worked next door in Texas...

"Nothing Fails Like Prayer"...

[JAnthony]

49. That's exactly what I was thinking... n/t