Gov Rick Perry (R-TX) declares "3 Days of Prayer for Rain in Texas".

[cleanhippie]

No, I am not making this shit up.

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NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICK PERRY, Governor of Texas, under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Texas, do hereby proclaim the three-day period from Friday, April 22, 2011, to Sunday, April 24, 2011, as Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas. I urge Texans of all faiths and traditions to offer prayers on that day for the healing of our land, the rebuilding of our communities and the restoration of our normal and robust way of life.

http://governor.state.tx.us/news/proclamation/16038/

[hatrack]

1. Yeah, that'll fix it - you just wait and see! They'll pray and eventually it WILL rain!

So there!

:eyes:

[Drale]

2. This is the fall back point when tax cuts for the rich don't do anything

BTW I don't know did they try giving tax cuts to right rich to stop the fires? :rofl:

[seabeyond]

3. ha hahahaha. lmfao. i was in the middle of something when this caught my eye

no fuckin way. why am i not surprised. what a hoot, i can tell all, as i go pick up the kids

we really do need the rain. but an indian rain dance would be more fun

[riverbendviewgal]

11. accuweather says

strong thunderstorm due today and Monday for Dallas area.

Good time to call for rain through prayers....

[hamsterjill]

15. Exactly what I was thinking...

After all, now...timing IS everything, right?

Incredible.

[seabeyond]

17. bah hahah. look at the weather forecast then call out for prayer. funny. we have had .06 rain

for a certain long period that is normally 2.67 inches. hubby and i saw thte other night and had to laugh, in a sad kinda way.

need that rain to water our yard. water bill gets too high, too easily and our grass is still yellow.

[W_HAMILTON]

21. Yep!

I never check the weather, but I just happened to check it today (in Austin) because it seemed dark outside given how late in the morning it was. I noticed that there was no rain around, but they were predicting possible rainstorms this weekend.

Then I come read this crap. How convenient. Watch it still not rain, heh.

[seabeyond]

22. i am sure we wont get rain. i will just tell all the funy friends they just didnt pray hard enough

see, rain in dallas. those people closer to god?

[sakabatou]

4. And they'll say it was a success... even after x-amount of days passed

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Conversely, if nothing happens after those three days of prayers,

will Texas acknowledge it's being punished by God for having produced Rick Perry, Tom Delay, and *?

[seabeyond]

7. my texas boys point the finger at Connecticut. nt

[Arugula Latte]

18. No, they'll say that god has a plan and ours is not to question.

:eyes:

[SoCalDem]

6. Too bad Burt Lancaster & Katherine Hepburn are no longer with us

makes as much sense as praying for rain..especially since eventually it will rain.. Perhaps they should be planting more trees & pumping out less CO2

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[blogslut]

8. Maybe he can get Sheila Fontaine to visit

because, wherever she goes, Holman Hart is soon to follow...

[marmar]

9. And when the first sprinkles fall weeks from now, he'll swear it was a smashing success.

nt

[lpbk2713]

10. Hold out your hands Rick.

I'll s**t in one, you pray in the other.

You tell me which one fills up first, OK?

[hlthe2b]

12. "God" may just send him DRY Lighenting storms....

thereby starting a few more fires..>> :eyes:

Be careful what you ask for, asshole.... There are consequences to being stupid...

[Logical]

13. All prayer does is make the prater feel better. Which might be OK. n-t

[End Of The Road]

14. We had a wildfire in our suburban neighborhood last weekend.

Southwest Austin.

A homeless man's campfire got out of control, and the fire took off in the dry grass, with a lot of help from wind.

The firefighters (and the Air Force) were amazing. I didn't lose my house, but others weren't so lucky.

I'LL PRAY FOR RAIN! If God answers within 24 hours, I'll reconsider my atheism.

I will not, however, reconsider my contempt for Gov. Perry.

[truebrit71]

16. Good grief...

...what an ass-clown

[bmbmd]

19. The Feds took over fire fighting operations in Texas-

it immediately rained in Young County.

[sinkingfeeling]

20. Well, it's pouring here in Arkansas, so I'll let Texas have some.

[Horse with no Name]

23. He's so fucking stupid it hurts. n/t

[dkofos]

24. It worked, it worked it's been taining at my house for the last 3 days.

Perry is a fucking miracle worker.

Now get to work on the $27 billion hole you put the people of this state in.

[damntexdem]

25. Hey, Rick, what's all this prayer for, anyway?

Don't you realize that Texas will get its rain under the trickle-down theory? Just as soon as that works in the economy, I'm sure it'll work in Texas weather.

;-)

(We have been getting a little rain in North Texas, but it's not what's really needed.)