This may come as a shock to the man who prays for rain, but his knees might be getting a whole lot sorer cause it ain't getting any better in Texas. The fact is Texas, like a good part of the Southwest is running out of water.
Take a look at this map courtesy of thinkprogress,
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Now take a look at what Yahoo breathlessly calls the fastest growing counties in the country, particularly Bexar, (San Antonio), Travis, (Austin) Tarrant and Dallas and Collin, (DFW) and Harris (Houston). Can you say desert boys and girls?
What happens when Texas's population grows by close to double in the next 40 years? Drastic water supply shortages. Massive disruptions, lost livestock, and crumbling infrastructure. Of course while not isolated, this represents one of the more extreme cases in the country. The thing is the downward spiral. The drier it gets, the less it rains. The less it rains the drier it gets. Yet day after day people continue to drive gas hogs, and they continue to waste resources.
But wait you say, Gov. Perry is a problem solver. Yes he is. That is why he is conditioning his body to withstand the daily rigors of constant prayer. It takes a lot of prayer to get enough rain for this much land mass, and Perry is on the job. (Note: prayer has its' place in my view, but God helps those who helps themselves. Prayer alone is not what we should rely on.) God probably wants 100 pound little girls to stop driving 3 ton tanks that get 10 miles to the gallon. He probably wants children to stop stuffing their face with enough junk to be accidently mistaken for a trash pickup. But I digress. Texas is running out of water fast. Most of these projections tend to come in light, meaning you can count on it being worse than they say. But if he puts Michele "The Wrist Slitter" Bachmann as his VP we can wave goodbye to the EPA, FDA, and whatever other progressive acronyms you can think of.
My friend Yuri says he is worried about a boil out, meaning the planet gets so hot water ceases to form. Yep, that sounds like a problem. But hey he has great hair. I wonder if he has prayed for good conditioner, my hair is a little flat.
P.S. I have changed my signature to help my family. I am trying to raise money for medical care and if you sign up (nothing required beyond a throwaway email address) for Government job info I get a small stipend. This is for full disclosure. If you don't approve just ignore it. But I wanted to be honest with everyone.