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.