It's Gonna Take More Than That
Filed under: PolitikThe governor of Georgia, Sonny Perdue, is praying for rain.
Georgia is going through one of their worst droughts in history and they could be out of drinking water in a handful of months, so the governor is holding a prayer service next week.
Oh, boy. God help them indeed!
Posted: November 8, 2007 at 2:44 pm
i live in georgia, so please don't talk shit.. i am in northern ga, by lake lanier, and we really have to put some water restrictions up! we need rain!!! however, please think about other states as well that need water! we aren't the only ones in need.
Perez, if you were in the same situation, people would be praying for rain too. Actually, weren't people praying for rain about 3 weeks ago in the middle of those massive fires?? Surely you can relate, but then again, California is kinda Godless, so I understand if you guys think it's really funny.
Perez iz a fucking douch bag fucker! You're running ur fat ass mouth about GA and you don't kno Shit! What we're going through is serious! If I ever saw yo fuckin as I'd pepperspray ur ass. No wonder ur sucky ass lost on Rap superstar!!LOL!! Ha Ha..Lata
Re: muffin ass – What part of GA do you live in? You must take baths, wash dishes, and wash clothes in that swimming pool! I live in GA, and I have a swimming pool too. How is your water bill only $43 for three months?
I am from Ga now living in Cali I personally am so glad that shit hole is turning dry its full of rednecks and one big city in the middle of nowhere and all they do is waste waste waste we don't water lawns here and were just fine we turn into parking lots and why cant you jerkwater Georgians drain Buford damn huh that's what you get for being self absorbed and full of your damn self I hope it don't rain ever FUCK GA
Atlanta, that portal to hell, deserves to dry up and rot!
Perez iz a fucking douch bag fucker! You're running ur fat ass mouth about GA and you don't kno Shit! What we're going through is serious! If I ever saw yo fuckin as I'd pepperspray ur ass. No wonder ur sucky ass lost on Rap superstar!!LOL!!
Re: Calcbunny – "He is right, rain does come from a higher power, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the only God."
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Well, this explains the problem. If we can explain to Georgians that rain comes from clouds, they might be able to make some progress.
I live in Georgia and it has gotten really bad here! The lakes are at an all time low and will be completely drained by January, that's when we will run out of water in general. They have banned any outdoor watering, like watering your grass or washing your car! People are getting arrested for it! I believe in prayer and I hope that everyone can say a quick prayer for us! Thanks!
what a fucking idiot. the article says he has encouraged prayer — along with water conservation– as a solution. haha. what a loser
This is what you self centered Georgians get FUCK YOU ALLL FUCK YOU ALLLL FUCK YOU ALLLL awww your water is all gone well to damn bad learn to conserve bitches your all a bunch of sinners you think your better than everyone else and have no respect for each other rot in hell bastards
Whatever it takes! We really need the rain.
If you believe you will receive all you need to do is Ask and Most important have Faith and trust in the Lord he is not a joke!
Re: juicy – Yeah , actually praying is worse. Some tribal rain dances utilized large bonfires which put particles into the air which allows for condensation of water molecules on said particles etc = rain. Where as prayers are total magical fairytale bs
His name is Sonny - that you should tell you something. Our big lake is almost gone and I feel like shit if I brush my god damn teeth, and this idiot is praying?? Thanks a lot, asshole. Why don't you be a man and get back all of our water we're sending to AL and FL?
Re: Brett – Thats nice… would you like to bathe with that water also? ALL water will run out not just drinking water.
Re: Georgian – How long have you lived in Georgia? I think it's ridiculous. People scarf up the resources, build all these houses, etc. and wonder why we don't have any fucking water? I've caught a clue. I've lived here for almost 27 years and have seen 2-3 droughts - I'm telling you, this one is due to the fact there is over population and environmentally ignorant people. I think it is scary but do not feel sorry for anyone. You cannot disagree that the media has blown this out of control…people want to feel sorry for themselves when this has been completely self-inflicted. We have had water restrictions for years now. What's new? You need to catch a fucking clue.
Re: camille43 – They have lots to loose by praying. it further entrenches dark ages brainwashing. It wastes time that can be utilized to enact legislation and measures to lessen the coming pain from lack of water etc
Re: person of God – you have slipped off into coo coo crazy cult land. take lithium, it helps with schizophrenia
didn't the governor ever hear of a rain dance?!?! i would love to see everyone dancing in the streets for rain instead of praying.
that is horrible. i will def pray for the ppl of georgia. it makes me feel bad that I complained during the summer when all it did was rain in louisiana
Re: perla – "If you believe you will receive all you need to do is Ask and Most important have Faith and trust in the Lord he is not a joke!"
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He is also not a sugar daddy who will fulfill all your wishes if you just wish hard enough. We've had plenty of warnings that the climate is going through dramatic changes. What did the morons say? "Where? We don't see it! It's all a liberal plot!"
Well, does your drought feel like a liberal plot? Because it looks like severe climate change to me. Nevermind. You'll get a good rainstorm, sooner or later, and then you can go right back to pretending nothing will ever change no matter how much we abuse the planet. Right till the next drought, when y'all will be moanin' and prayin' and baffled by how it could happen.
thats what you all get, finally you have pissed God off!!! you people make Britney who's crazy showing that cooch to everone, wait….. theres more dogs racist ass and the worlds worst cri-mi-ni-mi-nal Oj look normal atl can rot in hell
It makes no sense to me that there are people on here laughing at a state that is about to run out of water. What happened to human decency? I live in GA and it is a serious issue. Just keep us in your thoughts if you don't believe in praying. I do not think that is too much to ask.
Hey people of Georgia,get your asses up to Vancouver Island.The weather up here is nothing but that damn rain,its been raining for days up here and yippy more to come.
I'm in GA in one of the counties experiencing the worst of the drought… Tons of people are doing their best to conserve water–including restaurants are serving on paper plates/plastic utensils, not automatically offering water…. It's been really rough & there are people losing jobs & closing businesses. To the jerk-off who says it's not affecting them, they need to come up here & take a look around OR urge their lawmakers to give us some of their water since they have so freakin' much!
Making fun of Georgia and God…wow, that's awesome. Even if you didn't believe in prayer &/or God, why would you make fun of someone for trying everything that they can to get us water…I think prayer is a good a tactic as any. What you need to be making fun of is one of the reasons we're in such bad shape to begin with…having to release water because of the endangered muscles in FL. Yes, muscles…like clams & oysters. Now that's something to make fun of. And the people actually showing up to town hall meetings with muscle hats on trying to save them all the while knowing that they won't have water in about 60 days. Classic.
We have prayed and done rain dances, dumbass! All he is asking is for some spiritual help in this matter. You let me know how it feels knowing you have 86 days of water left in your lake…bitch.
Re: FAT UNDESIRABLE GIRL WITH LOW SELF ESTEEM WHO HAS NO FRIENDS AND HATES HERSELF –
can anyone say "THERAPY"
Re: Faith – HEY FAITH:
YOU'RE A LOUSY, WATER-WASTING, BITCH!!! Soon this will be affecting the entire state. I wish I had your address.
why are some of you so hostile towards christian beliefs? It seems to actually make some of you angry that someone suggests that they pray about this. Not all christians are hypocritical holier than thou people who judge everyone else. Belief in God and Christ does not mean that someone is stupid or backwards. If you were faced with the situation that some in Georgia are faced with, believe me, you would be considering prayer and probably any other method you could get your hands on. Of course it will eventually rain, but there is nothing wrong with asking for it to come on ASAP! Belief in a higher power does not equal ignorance, anymore that disbelief does. Accepting Christ is a choice. No one on this board is shoving God or the belief in Christ down anyones throat. If you want to pray, do it, if not dont be hateful to the others for doing it.
And just for the record, you can look up all of my comments, and you will see that I have never made fun of anyone, but only gave my opinion. So all of you who say that we as christians go around making fun of others but cant take it when we are the subject of ridicule can see that I have not shown myself to be a hypocrite.
Just because many of you may not know any intelligent christians does not mean that we all fall into some sort of sterotype. So I will be praying for rain. many of you are showing yourself to be just as intolerant as the many of the christians you complain about.
Being in Atlanta, I can say this is a TRUE story. Our governor is holding a prayer session at the capital in an effort to give the panicked people of GA something to believe in. Faith moves mountains and Lord knows, we need all the help we can get!!
As a Christian, I will be praying for all of you that think that prayer doesn't work. My heart aches at what you are missing by not knowing the power of God through prayer and faith.
whats sad is that i live in georgia and had no idea we were in a drought..
i'm pretty sure it rained like heck here in augusta like last week..
but props to PERDUE. i'm prayin with you buddy.
whats sad is that i live in georgia and had no idea we were in a drought..
i'm pretty sure it rained like heck here in augusta like last week..
but props to PERDUE. i'm prayin with you buddy.
um..we don't make anyone feel bad for taking a shower or drinking water..god some people are such DUMBASSESS!!!!
I live in Georgia and we are in need.. so are other states.
i live in Georgia and ummm it'd be horrible if we ran out of water(which we wont, duh).. all the fucking smelly nasty people who cant shower….
eek.
drink beer, save water!!!!!
BUT YEAH, SEND US SOME MOTHERFUCKIN RAINNNNN!
Marc….who the hell do you think you are? You think that GA doesn't conserve water? Are you mental? Plus, a drought is out any humans hands. So get off your damn high horse and shut your mouth. Every state has has some sort of issue and you pull together not mock them. Did you mock CA when they had the fires going on or LA after Katrina? These are all separate events of different severity I am aware but it is out of the states hands. So shut your mouth!
So what's the reason for this punishment from God? I haven't heard Pat Robertson weigh in on this yet? He was sure quick to blame Katrina, the California wildfires, and 9-11 on immorality. Could it be that God hates rednecks?
Welcome to modern Georgia…. I am afraid some of the faith leaders will not attend… they are busy trying to run away from the Congress inquiries….
Re: Megan – Um wtf does that have to do with anything?
Re: camille43 – No, I wouldn't be performing magic incantations in the hopes that it will rain. I would look at REAL options, conservation, importing water from other states, cloud seeding. Not some pie in the sky grasping at straws. I don't care what you believe, but when real issues are addressed with superstition, that makes you stupid.
By the way, this is the same Governor that does not want stores to sell alcohol on Sundays, does not believe in public transportation, and totally rejects any right to gay people… so now you get the idea….
What's up with everyone bashin Georgia? WTF? I'm from Georgia and we are having drout problems. No one from here is making fun of the dumb ass little boy who set California on fire so why don't you stop making fun of our people. I can talk about Cali because I've been there and all YALL out there are totally fake. Your just a buncha Britney's!
Prayer works and is often answered. Don't knock it. And its unselfish request, Geez Perez. Don't you have better things to do then to question someones request to a big problem, effecting a large group of people?!
Forget it I'm starting to pray to for you now…
I smell a climate change! Don't pray…change your lifestyles, bitches!
Or else this planet's gonna die of global hot flashes. Oh mama!
PRAYER IS A POWERFUL THING.
I am very proud to say I am from SOUTH GEORGIA. Actually, I live about 30 miles from Tallahassee, FL in Cairo Georgia. Down here, we don't have a problem with the rain but I really feel sorry for the people in Atlanta. Maybe they can come up with a solution fast! If anything, buy bottled water to drink. The government can't force you not to shower!
Ease up Perez. People were sympathetic when you guys experienced wildfires. We have NO other option. Our Govenor is quite a man. And I agree…you're the one who'd better start praying. And not for rain.
its not just georgia that's experiencing this drought. its a lot of the southeast states that are in this drought. you idiots don't know how serious this could get. and we've been in this drought more than just a couple of months now. all the rich fuckers who care about their lawn need to get their heads outta their ass. who the fuck cares about a lawn? its gonna die anyways since winter is coming. dumb fucks i swear.
Re: Val – No because California peole actually use there brain , Further more you want to tell me Georgia Concerves water Can you fucking explain why I drove by the new mall, down from BJ and they had sprinklers on. I also noticed a Home Owner in Polo Golf & CC, have installed shrub, trees and other landscape.
Why would the County not discourge this kind of work at this time. Some of us go out of our way to conserve and some just do not care, it is what "I want to do, and what I can afford" now what huh Val honey its not your fault you were born dumber than Britney
for all the fuckers that said for georgia to just drink beer to conserve water.. guess what.
TO MAKE BEER YOU NEED WATER YOU FUCKIN IDIOTS!
It is realy bad in Georgia. Don't knock prayer it works.
I live in Georgia and it is getting pretty rough.. the lakes are bone dry and drinking water is going up in price.. its CrAzY~!~ So please please pray that we get some rain soon!! They are "talking" about cutting peoples water off! I dont know how they can do that but its what going around right now..?
Re: you dumbfucks – you dont have to buy beer thats brewed in georgia………dumb bitch…who brews their own beer???
Re: Atlantan – Can you believe they are just now coming up with a "Traffic Management Plan" ?
you people who think it's fun to make fun of the south and the drought we are experiencing in georgia now are ridiculous. i have lived up north and down here in atlanta, and i would NEVER move up there again. the weather is terrible, people are rude, and no matter what you say, we do have great schools down here and are educated as well.
we are all extremely worried about running out of water. when it happens, they will be using cess pool water and filtering it to make it suitable for showering. this is not sanitary and quite frankly, I, as well as many others I know, are considering moving to other southern cities because of the disaster that is on it's way. so ya'll make fun of it all you want, but doinbg so only makles you the uneducated ones.
it's really started to show around here now… i live in Atlanta and we drove up to the northern part of the state and all of the creeks were completely dry. i hope it rains SOON!!
Re: Sara –
Oh shut your pie hole, I know you;ll read this, so thats why I wrote this comment. Rain comes from the damn clouds and cool fronts, warm fronts, ITS CALLED WEATHER! Praying for rain is is gonna help just as much as a hole in your head.I quite frankly find ppl like you offensive…………..
Re: r u stooopid or what?? –
Well not everyone can drink beer you dumbshit. And how does drinking beer from another state make a difference? We have the same damn beer everyone else has but that's not even the case. GA is in a drought and we NEED water. Everyone needs water you fuckin idiot. Beer doesn't solve a fuckin problem. You want everyone turning into a fuckin alcoholic? You fuckin dumbshit.
prayer is a powerful thing, Perez.
I live in GA and this is a HUGE problem. It would be wonderful if we could get many, many, many days worth of rain. Things are in bad shape here, all over the state of Georgia. There is not a town in the state of GA that is not affected by this drought. We have been praying for months that this drought would be resolved and so far nothing has happened. Maybe the Gov doing a prayer will send the rain clouds our way… We can only hope because at this point we are grasping at straws..
God hates his dumbass redneck followers. That's why this is happening.
I live in Georgia and I LOVE Sonny Perdue, He's actually from the city I live in. But if they don't figure out something to stop this drought, whether its a rain dance or prayer, they better be supplying me with FREE bottled water.
I live in Ga right next to Lake Lanier. The lake drops over a foot a week. It is starting to smell. Winters here are typically dry. I think it is very strange after all of Purdue's grandstanding, he all of a sudden drops the lawsuit and resorts to prayer. There must have been some political deal made up in Washington during that meeting.
The lake will take few years to refill.
No need to make fun of the folks in Georgia, at one time or another every state in the US has had or will have the same problem. Everyone needs to get rid of their lawns. They are useless and a waste of resourses. They take too much water. I live in California (not Cali). I eliminated my front and back lawns years ago. I planted trees and plants that are drought tolerant and once established can live on just rainwater and added paving for seating areas. Even took out my hot tub. I WILL MAKE FUN OF YOUR GOVENOR. HE CAN PRAY AT HOME, WHEN HE IS WORKING HE SHOULD COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS AND PLANS TO ALLEVIATE THESE PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE. STOP PRAYING AND START PLANNING AND DOING!
Re: whitney – I was with you up till the part where you said and I quote "we do have great schools down here and are educated as well."…. the Georgia Performance Standards, may be the fifth-best state curriculum in the nation. but when it comes to using your brain I have not seen to much of that here. we don't need a prayer we need to get back together and think of a way to solve this sonny!!!
im on a college campus and there hasnt been too much of a big deal going on about it here….gettin a little nervous now…
We're fine in the Savannah area….
Marc….you dumb ass. You can not group everyone in with the stupid people that are watering their lawns. I am conserving water and most of us Georgians are. Plus, people have been getting arrested and fined for doing stupid shit like that. Just because there are people that aren't playing by the rules does not mean that GA as a whole is not conserving water., and it IS something that is discouraged by GA. There are always going to be people that do not do what they are supposed to but as a state we are trying. You on the other hand is what is wrong with society. When your fellow man is down you kick. We should pull together when there are problems and you are just stirring up shit. So…..ENOUGH!
they really arent making too big of a deal out of it. sonny perdue has a tendency to make everyone panic for reasons that arent that crucial. i.e. the gasoline shortage. everyone ran out and filled up every car they own. im not saying this isnt a big deal im saying that he shouldnt worry people like this because we still have water and thats all that matters. if he really cared then he would have made an outdoor water ban earlier that way we could conserve more water before the problem got so out of hand.
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Where do you live in Georgia? If you live anywhere near the Lake Lanier area, where I'm at, you should be hearing a lot of information about itbecause it's all over the news and very serious. If you're more south towards Macon you're fine. I hope we get rain soon though…we need it!!!
Re: marc – You are a damn fool and an uneducated prick! Why don't you go complain about something else! Oh and you can go FUCK URSELF!
Re: Annabelle – well thank goddess for that!
I live in GA, and its quite messed up to think that I'm going to soon live with limited to no water. Fuck praying, do a rain dance!
wow. I'm kinda shocked that my own stereotypes of the ignorant southerner are manifested in non other than the governor of Georgia!
I agree with all the people who say I AM COMPLETELY FUCKING EMBARRASSED TO BE FROM GEORGIA right now. Atlanta is getting ready to DRY UP and the best our dumbass Bubba Governor can come up with is PRAYER?? This is so typical of Republicans. They only think of the here and now and don't plan for the future. They are reactive instead of proactive. We should have banned outside watering and started rationing water as well MONTHS ago. Georgia is so ass backwards. Remember during the gas crisis after Hurrican Katrina he kept kids home from school one day to conserve fuel? Token response. Now he's outdone himself by asking us to PRAY. Even if prayer works, you might oughta have a better plan than JUST THAT!!!!!!! Un-fucking-believable!!!
You had my loyalty Perez til you gave a man shit for saying a prayer…how low are you, really?
For everyone who doesn't believe that there is a serious drought in Georgia, please go to ajc.com (the local paper for Atlanta) and look at the pictures of Lake Lanier and Lake Allatoona. Those are large lakes and they are down more than 20 feet! That's where we are getting are water from. The Metro Atlanta area is one of the higher populated areas in the country and is still growing, try a few million people! Those few million people need water and have no where to get it, but from those lakes! What do u think will happen when those lakes are dried up? WE WILL BE OUT OF WATER! If you think Georgia is full of rednecks, you are an uneducated moron. We are just as intelligent as any of you and so is our Governor! Just keep us in your thoughts! Thanks!
Re: Val – with all do respect I just did group everyone. And yes I did kick the fellow man down that is the Georgia lifestyle being rude!! it is all about our damn selfs . what you said was ok, but……
I think we need to be a tad more conservative about water hook up permits. With thousands of dollars worth of flowers and trees dying for lack of water, it just does not make sense to continue to continue building. Do we have to conserve our way into a desert to provide water for new construction such as a NEW CAR WASH?? I just can't believe the BOC oked building a NEW CAR WASH when water is so short.
So how come we haven't fined them for such irresponsible decisions????
It is more then just a few people who are wasting!!!!
damn im in georgia. i need to stock up on some bottled water i guess. things are serious down here, our lake has turned to a stream and cops are cruisin looking for anyone using outdoor water.
Atlanta has grown without any thought or consideration as to where their life-sustaining resources are coming from. Atlanta creates so much heat it creates it's own weather and it created most of the drought. If you want all of those people in Georgia, send some businesses to the rural areas.
Re: Liz – LOT LIZARD COME ON you can't tell me you didnt see this coming I think we all need to be a little more conservative with our water use,especially you!! not just with our yards, but inside as well, we are so wasteful, and it has been a long time coming for us all to realize we can't take water for granted so why don't you fuck off you uneducated mafia ass lick!!!
Oh, Americans make me laugh. Not the drought bit so much as the fact all the Christians and non-Christians are blaming each other. Hilarious.
Stephanie, go take a douch. Use RC Cola to save water.
Re: missmeow11 – Sweet Jesus, we have done all that on the west coast since the 70s! Do you people deliberately go out and waste water just for the fun of it? No wonder the idea of rationing is so shocking to you.
Our nation is abusing it's natural resources so much that in the future there will not be oil wars but water wars. So, I say at the very least we can do is recycle and implementing "if it's pee, let it be, if it's brown, flush it down." I don't think that is too much to ask.
don't make fun of Christians, GOD or prayer….. Prayer does work, trust me… I know first hand….
Re: Georgia Peach – I am sure Allah will answer your prayers, blessed be His name. You are Muslims, aren't you?
I blam the white devil's there jut like Kentucky people the all want to hang and burn us negro and before that they was shooting the native americans. its that cracker sonny's fault lol lol lol holla ducez we niggas need to united !!!!!!!
Re: Har Sharif – no girl there not muslims in there mind the coutrys found father was hitler. lol
Re: Ciz –
I seem to remember Europe having a heat wave not too long ago in which thousands of people died. Just as you find our drought funny, we were laughing hysterically at the thought of thousands of Europeans melting in the streets. Douche-bag.
Re: rio – fuck you people that why we have no water
Why aren't there more desalinization plants in this country so we wouldn't have worries like this if there's a bad drought???
I go to the University of Georgia and it's really horrible here. We have been told not to flush our toliets, "if it's yellow let it mellow," at football games, and to drink as little water as possible. It's rough. We really do need the water, and we're running out of time.
Re: Megan –
What makes you so biased that you believe they do not see the similarities, why are you so prejudiced against Christians?
I know–I live here in the South and it is ridiculous. Remember after Hurricane Katrina and Kathleen Blanco called for a day of prayer one day after the levees broke???!!! Really weird how the leaders here deal with issues
I am from Georgia and go to the University of Georgia! Thanks for reporting on the rain issue!!! Go DAWGS!!
Re: steve – yeah it always us niggas faults your big white cracka ass pro be outside hosin dat truck off with a plate dat say southern by the grace of god and you old ass lady pro inside dipping dat ugly stank ass pussy in gallons of water fuck off white boy you wouldn't know ghetto if it came up and pop a cap in yo wack ass