Sonny’s rain dance
Call it the cynic in me. But as my old history professor used to say when he connected the historical dots, “Some people might call that a coincidence.”
Consider:
On Wednesday, Gov. Sonny Perdue announces that he’s going to hold a prayer session next Tuesday to pray for God’s intervention to end the drought. “The only solution is rain, and the only place we get that is from a higher power,” Perdue spokesman Bert Brantley said.
Guess what? It so happens Atlanta’s 10-day forecast predicts there will be scattered showers next week — beginning on Wednesday — followed by a steady rain on Saturday.
Hmmm. Sonny’s prayer service Tuesday; Sonny’s prayers answered on Wednesday.
Some people might call that a coincidence.
I’ll bet Sonny calls it an act of God.
Maybe God reads Sonny’s press releases and realized, “Oh, my, they need my help; let me schedule some rain for those poor folks.” Or maybe Sonny’s people read the 10-day forecast and saw an opportunity to make it appear that God is Sonny’s wing man.
Of course, maybe that’s the cynic in me.