Summon the heavens!

There are almost too many ways to satirize this story. So I'll just play it straight: The seriously determined man in the photo above is Georgia governor Sonny Perdue. Like the rest of the Southeast, Georgia is suffering through a terrible drought. Perdue is leading a prayer service on the steps of the Georgia capital. Here's how he began the service: "We've come together here simply for one reason and one reason only: To very reverently and respectfully pray up a storm."

They're beseeching their god for rain. In public. Without shame or embarrassment.

Who needs to govern, who needs to cut back water usage, who needs to control rampant over-development ... after all, the Lord is in charge!!!

Editors of The Onion must find their jobs becoming more and more unnecessary in this country.