The latest drought in the southeast has many southerners wondering why God is still punishing them. Ever since the Civil War, southerners have felt out of favor with their Master.
"It seems like every time we turn around there is some catastrophe that we are reeling from," said Reverend Jim Fever who lead a group of volunteers from his congregation three years ago to Louisiana to help pick up the pieces after Hurricane Katrina.
Before Katrina, it was the loss of tobacco and Phillip Morris and the many lawsuits that followed and the many people that have died of cancer. There were also other hurricanes, Hugo, Fran and legislative nightmares such as NAFTA and No Child Left Behind.
NAFTA (North Americans Feeding Troubled Aliens) caused "the great sucking sound" south of the border in Mexico that former presidential candidate Ross Perot spoke of. It was responsible for the loss of hundreds of thousands of North American jobs, many of those in the South. In fact, North Carolina lost their whole textile industry as a result of the hoodwinked legislation.
With the exception of ACC basketball, football teams from South Carolina, Florida and the Appalachian Mountains, southern sports teams don't do that well any longer.
Other problems that make southerners feel like pariahs include: Northerners coming to retire in the South, crooked lottery officials, sin tax, the loss of a good hunting dog, southern politicians, no bike lanes, ordinances against junkyards on private property, the price of gas, trailers, Southern Baptist ministers laying a guilt trip on parishioners, no sidewalks, ceaseless conurbation, shooting yourself in the foot, poverty, cars with stereos as loud as discos (thump…thump…thump), a higher incidence of aggravated assault and violent crimes, outlawing the rebel flag and posting of the 10 commandments from the South Carolina state capital building, banning smoking from public places and tobacco lawsuits.
With a 70-day water supply remaining in Atlanta and a 70-90-day supply in other southern cities, the South could be on the brink of disaster if it doesn't rain for a very long time.
