Paperwork Answered before the Prayers Were

 photo courtesy of http://thinkprogress.org/green

Why Throw Tax-payer Money at a Tax-payer Problem 

When You Can Pray for Free?

 
(OKLAHOMA CITY)  Some of you may remember that Gov. Mary Fallin-Christensen  of Oklahoma got in a huff when her administration requested disaster relief from the Feds a few months ago and it was denied.  Naturally, she played it as a personal affront from Obama himself.

The US Dept. of Agriculture just announced 33 states will be receiving (guess?) disaster relief money.
Among the list are red, blue, and purple states that  had agricultural difficulties during 2011 due to severe weather conditions.
http://www.news-leader.com/article/20120118/NEWS11/301180094/-1/RSS


Oklahoma will get a bit over $5 million.
http://www.theolympian.com/2012/01/18/1953457/list-of-states-getting-usda-disaster.html

Perhaps the marked weather change that's beyond the heretofore normal variation has been brought on by global warming, in turn brought on by excessive use of fossil fuel exported, in part, from Oklahoma?  But, no, this can't be because Oklahoma's senior Senator, Jim Mountain Inhofe, has said global warming is a myth.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-roberts/inhofes-speech-and-right-_b_30242.html

In addition, Mrs. Fallin-Christensen pleaded with sky-god believing Oklahomans to pray for rain for three days to "move" the heart of their god, as if this god's heart might be as dessicated as the landscape was during the summer of 2011 and needed the sweat of farmers, the tears of widows and orphans to soften it. http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/07/18/271658/climate-denying-oklahoma-governor-tells-residents-to-pray-for-rain/

But it would seem the USDA answered her paperwork before her god could get around to answering her commanded prayers.

Oh, but silly me, that's just the Democrats throwing money at a problem just like they always do.  So shouldn't Gov. Fallin-Christensen refuse this 5 million dollars just like she refused 54 million dollars to begin a health insurance exchange for her state residents?
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53216.html

Why throw taxpayer money at a tax-payer problem when you can pray for free?