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Georgia was enduring its worst drought in a century, and it had already asked President Bush and the Supreme Court for relief. So on Nov. 13, Republican Governor Sonny Perdue appealed to a higher power, hosting a statehouse vigil to "pray up a storm," begging God to bring the rain he had withheld for 14 months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Georgia Bring the Drought on Itself? | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...wasn't God who allowed an outdoor theme park to build a million-gallon mountain of artificial snow while the Southeast was running dry; it was Governor Perdue and his fellow elected officials. They also allowed the wasteful irrigation of Georgia's cotton farms and the rampant overbuilding and overslurping of metropolitan Atlanta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Georgia Bring the Drought on Itself? | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

Politicians always call catastrophes "acts of God," blaming unnatural destruction caused by natural phenomena on supernatural forces. When Perdue's spokeswoman said prayer was the answer, because "the issue at the heart of our drought is a lack of rain," she was wrong. The issue is a lack of water, and the best way to retain more is to consume less--with less lawn-sprinkling, car-washing, irrigating and sprawl. At Perdue's vigil, the Rev. Gil Watson acknowledged that "we have not been good stewards of our water," and even Perdue suggested that God was trying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Georgia Bring the Drought on Itself? | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...next to a bowl of fruit and an open Bible. The ad invites viewers to "tune in as" the two men "sit down for six days of frank discussion on the biblical perspective of character." The ad quotes Huckabee: "Character is who we are when nobody's looking but God...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Huckabee Stands By a Televangelist | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...show. And the real risk is with non-Evangelicals. This could be his Dean Scream moment. Not that he would scream. But he's doing well enough now to draw major media. And he may find himself standing next to a 'prophet' or an 'apostle' getting a message from God. On national...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Huckabee Stands By a Televangelist | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

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