Wow! Did I really just see that? Sonny Perdue publicly praying for rain?

[Fridays Child]

Well, yes, I did and, this is what he said to the reporter: "God is a god of mercy. He's a god of grace. And, uh, he uses, obviously, weather, many times, to, uh, influence the affairs of men."

Edited to add this link to an article I just found.

[Solly Mack]

1. ROFLMAO

[RamblingRose]

29. "Rain is the only cure. I believe in the God that can make it rain, and we need to pray for rain."

Gov. Sonny Perdue said he's asking the Almighty to break the drought.

"I'm very concerned," Perdue said at a Thursday news conference. "Rain is the only cure. I believe in the God that can make it rain, and we need to pray for rain."


What you say? There's more than one God Sonny?

From AJC
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/printedition/2007/06/08/metfireworks0608b.html

[Bluebear]

2. Hey, ya ya ya ya

[onethatcares]

3. we should have never taken this land from the Natives

they had the entire chanting to the gods down. Now we're left with some baldheaded guys in business suits thinking they can pray up some rain.

[Fridays Child]

5. Personally, I wouldn't vote for a shaman or for Sonny Perdue to govern my state...

...if they can't abide by the separation of church and state.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

32. With All Due Respect, Where Exactly Is That Violation?

Oh, guess what, there wasn't any, no matter how much you'd want to argue there was.

There is no law against praying for help during a news conference.

My god when will the melodramatic animosity towards religion stop here. It makes us look friggin ridiculous.

[Fridays Child]

34. A state-sponsored, taxpayer-funded prayer meeting...

...violates the separation of church and state. To deny that makes you look "friggin ridiculous."

[Perky]

24. who not only prayed for rain, but they danced for it too

:shrug:

[Perky]

27. Georgia is in serious drought right now

it is so bad the Peach, peanut and soybean crops will fail.

I know lots of southern farmers and they could be wiped out
if it doesn't rain a lot real soo.


believe me they are praying for rain too...

[SalmonChantedEvening]

4. hey CNN? Head is NOT spelled D-R-Y

kthnx.

[Fridays Child]

6. ...

:spray: :rofl:

[Iris]

7. LOL! But what I want to know is what is the drought a punishment for? Huh, Sonny?

[Fridays Child]

14. That's really the question. How great a leap is it from Perdue's statement to...

...comments such as those made by the likes of Pat Robertson.

[Iris]

23. yeah. Scary. Especially when you live here!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

19. Electing him and Kingston for starters... n/t

[Iris]

22. LOL! Good one! n/t

[KG]

8. lets not forget this moron was elected coz he promised to put the stars and bars back on the

GA state flag.

outside of Atlanta, there's not much brain power in GA.

[Iris]

9. careful. There are some folks from GA who come here for that very reason.

They live outside of Atlanta and they come here to be with like-minded folks. Treat them kindly.

[KG]

12. well, gee, here i was thinkin' that those folks would assume i wasn't refering to them.

next time i'll post a disclaimer.

btw, i've lived in small town/rural GA for over 5 years and have some family and frinds there, and visit often.

[Iris]

13. I was just sayin' . . .

People are sensitive. Hell, I live in Atlanta and I still need to come here for comfort sometimes.

[KG]

15. sorry.

sometimes get irritated when i feel the obvious is being pointed out to me. :hi:

[Iris]

21. it's ok.

I didn't really think of it that way. Just wanted to head of a war between the states! ;)

[Fridays Child]

10. It probably exists, outside Atlanta, just not in high enough concentrations to affect elections.

[entanglement]

11. So Mother Nature sends hurricanes and Bearded GuyintheSky sends rain?

:P

[vireo]

16. No shortage of pinheads in that state

Vincent "Zippy" Duvall, president of the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation, said the organization began attempts to establish the official day of prayer on May 24.

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

17. Sheesh, he really is desperate LOL... n/t

[ellie]

18. Yes, I saw that too.

What a fucking loon.

[Enrique]

20. that's part of the job description for governor there

Georgia is a primitive society.

[Perky]

28. Excuse me?

and what enlightened state do you come from?

[Enrique]

30. Florida, lol

just teasing. :-)

[Elspeth]

25. Maybe he should pray for some hair.

:)

[Tsiyu]

26. Confess your sins Sonny

Confess them publicly and then repent and ask for forgiveness.

:rofl:

[PurityOfEssence]

31. Too bad they ran off all them Cherokees; even a trail of tears would help right now

I feel sorry in the current sweep of events in this country for moderate and sensible believers in a supreme being; to have to listen to all the ludicrous primitive superstition must be quite embarrassing.

Booga booga booga.

[treestar]

33. Don't these people know anything?

Just leave your cars outside with the windows open, dopeheads!

:rofl: