Open thread for Sunday, February 9th: Prayers for Rain
Here is the open thread for Sunday, February 9th; please feel free to post links to interesting articles and to discuss whatever issues arise during the course of the day. Nothing is off-topic here.
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Well, the state of California is in the midst of a serious drought so for the musical selection this week I have chosen ‘Prayers for Rain’ performed live by The Cure and I dedicate it to all those in California who may be affected.
While we are at it why don’t we take a moment to look at the lyrics:
you shatter me your grip on me a hold on me
so dull it kills you stifle me infectious sense of
hopelessness and prayers for rain i suffocate i
breathe in dirt and nowhere shines but desolate
and drab the hours all spent on killing time
again all waiting for the rain
you fracture me your hands on me a touch so
plain so stale it kills you strangle me entangle
me in hopelessness and prayers for rain i
deteriorate i live in dirt and nowhere glows but
drearily and tired the hours all spent on killing
time again all waiting for the rain
Could this not be said about our feelings toward the Federal government at this point?
America's Watchtower 
We need all the “prayers for rain we can get”. After all, the poor delta smelt and the fairy shrimp need all the help they can get. As a life long Californian, I knew LAST YEAR things weren’t right, but did we act? NO! They kept draining the dams to save who-knows-what animal. And just like Rhom Emanuel says, our leftists aren’t going to let this go to waste. Now we need to tear out our yards, our toilets, our faucets, for “efficient” ones, AND pay a ton more money. And you can bet rates will stay high no matter what happens with the rain.
The idiots of California voted for a garbage “high speed” rail system in the central valley that will go from nowhere to nowhere. Hundreds of millions wasted for something nobody is going to use.
But do we build 1 new damn? 1 new water recycling program? 1 new desalinization plant? HELL NO.
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You know, this story has been bothering me since we learned about the drought. I could not figure out why one whole state would be affected by a drought when there are no reports of droughts anywhere else. Usually droughts are in a region, either within one state or over more than one state, so this always seemed odd to me–droughts do not adhere to state borders.I did not realize what California has been up to, thanks for enlightening me about this.
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Don’t get me wrong, we really are in trouble, and there is a drought. California is rates as an ARID region. We don’t get much rain, and we use a lot of water. Our average rain fall is only about 22″ for the whole year, and it is very rare to get any rain between May and October. What we depend on is the snow in the mountains to stay up there until we need it and slowly melt. Then we save it with dams. This year we have a big high pressure system steering the rain to the north.The problem is those on the left rather give the water to the fairy shrimp rather than the farmer.
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Hello Bro, Just Passing by and leave a Cover of the Cure with Robert Smith in the public…Better do Well lol. 😉
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmS4lGWYGK4
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Thanks for sharing, I have this whole show in my collection!
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Speaking of music relevant to our times, PLEASE YouTube the Temptations Ball of Confusion. Besides being a great song, I take some comfort in knowing our problems aren’t new, but am very discouraged that nothing has changed, except for the worse.
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I will check it out, yeah it is sad we have had these problems for so long and yet nothing has changed.
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Thanks!
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Best video I have seen for this song. Thanks a bunch Swiss.
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No Problem Bruce, Glad I’ve been able to Dig That One..
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It3Cctk6BRs
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Thanks for the link!
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Coming to your state soon! This is what happens when you have a Democratically controlled state:
http://weaselzippers.us/172722-illinois-bill-would-force-schools-to-teach-pro-union-propaganda/
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Yep, keep on pushing the propaganda!
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