Rain of the King
We talked politics yesterday. 1 hardcore Republican, 1 hardcore Democrat, and 4 passionate unaffilates. There was yelling, blood, one guy tore his shirt in half, babies cried. Somewhere a fairy died.
The economy keeps coming up. And for some reason, everyone thinks the President is in charge of it. I think even the President thinks he's in charge of it, seeing he wants to give $700 billion to bailout his rich buddies.
But the President has as much control over the economy as he has over the weather.
Anciently, kings were expected to bring down the rain, so that crops would grow and all would prosper. The king claimed divine authority, so if it didn't rain, his authority came to be doubted, and if it got bad enough, he would soon be dethroned and deheaded.
Sacral kings were mostly gone by the year 600 BC, the same year Lehi left Jerusalem. But the superstition lives on. We believe that the President has some mystical connection with the business transactions and monetary prosperity of over 300,000,000 people.
The Government, along with the President, do have some control. They can tax, regulate, and give billions of dollars to businesses. You have some too. If you want to impact the economy, start a business.
Happily, humans also have some control over the weather. Farmers in Australia discovered that when they cut down trees to plant crops, it stopped raining. You can see in the picture below. Below the airplane wing a line is drawn between green land with clouds and cloudless desert. Below that a satellite image shows that the southwest part of the country looks deserty. That's what the farmers accidentally did.
Also, humans created the Sahara Desert, the world's largest hot desert. The linked article was written by an African, English isn't his native language, so give him a break on type-o's.
In case you haven't seen the movie, here's a picture of how awful the Sahara is:
Global Warming seems to be the only environmental issue people talk about anymore. But you can see that's only the tip of the melting iceberg.
The economy keeps coming up. And for some reason, everyone thinks the President is in charge of it. I think even the President thinks he's in charge of it, seeing he wants to give $700 billion to bailout his rich buddies.
But the President has as much control over the economy as he has over the weather.
Anciently, kings were expected to bring down the rain, so that crops would grow and all would prosper. The king claimed divine authority, so if it didn't rain, his authority came to be doubted, and if it got bad enough, he would soon be dethroned and deheaded.
Sacral kings were mostly gone by the year 600 BC, the same year Lehi left Jerusalem. But the superstition lives on. We believe that the President has some mystical connection with the business transactions and monetary prosperity of over 300,000,000 people.
The Government, along with the President, do have some control. They can tax, regulate, and give billions of dollars to businesses. You have some too. If you want to impact the economy, start a business.
Happily, humans also have some control over the weather. Farmers in Australia discovered that when they cut down trees to plant crops, it stopped raining. You can see in the picture below. Below the airplane wing a line is drawn between green land with clouds and cloudless desert. Below that a satellite image shows that the southwest part of the country looks deserty. That's what the farmers accidentally did.
Also, humans created the Sahara Desert, the world's largest hot desert. The linked article was written by an African, English isn't his native language, so give him a break on type-o's.In case you haven't seen the movie, here's a picture of how awful the Sahara is:
Global Warming seems to be the only environmental issue people talk about anymore. But you can see that's only the tip of the melting iceberg.
Thanks for this. Especially the picture of the Sahara. I read the first paragraph to Kate because it made me laugh so much.
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