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We giggled when Gov. Sonny Perdue prayed for rain because, well, the whole affair was just silly. Everyone knows God is too busy fighting health care reform and strip clubs to care about a drought.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, always one for a challenge, is gonna try and one-up Perdue. Tonight outside the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in Midtown, the founder of the RainbowPUSH Coalition will hold a 6 p.m. prayer vigil. His wish to the heavens? Lord, convince banks to “restructure loans, not foreclose on homes.”

Jackson will be joined by Americans for Democratic Action and the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda. An event organizer told CL that Jackson’s prepared, if need be, to practice some of that good ole fashioned civil disobedience to help raise awareness.

It’s a noble idea, especially here in hard-hit Georgia, home to some of the harshest foreclosure laws for homeowners. But good luck. You might find it’s a helluva lot easier convincing God to make it rain than it is bankers to restructure deals.

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>> Washington City Paper, CL’s sister in news awesomeness, was on the front lines of yesterday’s joyful madness. Check out their twitter feed and uber blogging that captured Obamania in D.C.

>> Plus, Flickr photos of all the festivities from readers and images from the WCP staff photog.

>> Thoughts from the Chicago Reader, Obama’s old ‘hood…

>> CL Charlotte had Inauguration covered from all angles in their Obama-Rama blog…

>> Civil rights leaders share their experiences and thoughts on the historic Inauguration — Andrew Young, John Lewis and the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

>> And, in case you were wondering why your internet kept crashing yesterday, you can already blame something on Obama.

>> Crazy!: So many people were gathered to watch the Inauguration in D.C. that the masses could be seen from satellite (i.e. space).

(Photo by Joeff Davis)

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— There’s still election fall-out on the blogosphere. Atlanta Public Affairs gives their take on Tuesday’s winners and losers. And GriftDrift recounts the scene as Democrats gathered at Manuel’s Tavern on election night.

— But Random Atlanta makes one of the best points. All those candidates got out and littered the city with yard signs; how ’bout going back out and taking them all down?

— Over at My Urban Report, A.man.I gives his take on Jesse Jackson’s use of the N-word, and how Jackson told him a few months ago that he wants to ban the word. Guess since it’s not banned yet, Jesse still felt free to use it.

— Even as transplanted New Yorkers were dissing Atlanta and whining about the lack of pizza and bagels here, the intrepid Duane Moody was on vacation in the Big Apple and … got engaged at the top of the Rockefeller Center.

— So Maryk was fast asleep when he she was awakened by what she he thought was an owl on his her front porch. But no, wait, it wasn’t an owl. It was “some old Allman-Brothers-looking bum” smoking a cigarette on his her front porch. The bum had even lit all the candles on the porch. The full account is on Moisten Manapkin.

— For everyone who’s ever lost a pet, Dusty pays a sweet tribute to a cat named Queasy on Pork Tornado.

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TESTY: Iran test-fires more missiles overnight, although maybe not as many as it claims.

TESTES: Jesse Jackson apologizes for his bizarre comments about Barack Obama caught by a Fox News microphone he didn’t know was on.

CONSERVATION PIECE: The Georgia DNR is working on buying 1,800 acres of land between Pigeon and Lookout mountains in North Georgia.

BRIAN NICHOLS TRIAL: Starts today.

DNA EVIDENCE: Clears JonBenet Ramsey’s parents in her 1996 killing, points to “unexplained third party.”

PEOPLE: Twenty thousand of them moved to Atlanta from 2006 to 2007, putting the city’s population at more than 500,000.

OUT OF THE BAG: A mysterious spotted wildcat was found and detained in Midtown early this morning. UPDATE: It’s an ocelot serval.

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