Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has declared "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."September, 2011:
Firefighters southeast of Austin, Texas, battled strong winds Monday as they struggled to gain ground against a fast-moving wildfire that has so far scorched some 25,000 acres and destroyed close to 500 homes. ... Dozens of fires are burning across the parched state, the Texas Forest Service said Monday. ... At least 63 new fires across Texas on Sunday burned nearly 33,000 acres, the state's fire service said. Fires were reported in at least 17 counties.I find it rather odd that none of the "natural disasters are a message from G-d" crowd are flapping their gums about the Texan wildfires. Oh, they had plenty to say after Hurricane Katrina smacked New Orleans and when Hurricane Irene marched up the East Coast, just after a minor earthquake hit the D.C. area.
But for the wildfires, zip, nada, nichevo.
Curious, no?
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b b b b but this is texass ya see - or not
Especially baffling since Rick Perry's very own home smells like fire and brimstone at the moment, since Austin is enveloped in smoke from the fires. You'd think that'd be a Major Clue to the "message from G*d" crew, but apparently IOKIYR.
- Badtux the Smells-like Penguin
It would be less painful if Perry hadn't cut firefighter funding by 75%.
Personally I wish Goodhair had stayed on the campaign trail. With the worst single year drought and the highest average temperatures in history already plaguing us, we don't need him praying for any more blessings.
Well so much for the power of prayer. Maybe he was not doing it correctly, you know facing the holy city with the Sun setting over his shoulder, the dead chicken in a bag, an a bottle of cheap mescal to spit on the fire or maybe God just does not give a shit about the whole bloody situation.
Pllleeeaaassseee Rick, stop the praying !!!
Those of us here in DC don't need any more airborne delivered moisture.
(or at least educate whatever spirit you're making supplication to on geography ( oops, that'd be like science)
Bearsense, if you're the Lord of the Multiverse, the distance between Dallas and D.C would be lost in the noise.
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