# Cal. Assemblywoman says she knows why her state is in a drought. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 13, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445 "2015-06-13T18:28:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/61 "2015-06-16T21:46:05Z")
Only if they are pan-theists. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/62 "2015-06-16T22:37:26Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > There’s surely a market for stem cells, but I’m not sure what other parts are mature enough for sale as replacement parts. According to this same cousin, certain vaccine manufacturers use aborted baby parts in their vaccines. (She has no understanding whatsoever of “cell lines originating from fetuses that were aborted decades ago.” Yes, she was homeschooled.) ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/63 "2015-06-16T23:08:32Z")
There have been several articles involving various “right to life” groups trying to distance themselves from her as a nutter. A friend of mine is quoted in the article below, there are quite a few voices in among the locals calling her out on this as she tries to “reinterpret” her commentary to something less ignorant. [http://www.bakersfield.com/News/2015/06/11/Assemblywoman-Shannon-Grove-blames-drought-on-God-s-anger-with-abortion.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000618](http://www.bakersfield.com/News/2015/06/11/Assemblywoman-Shannon-Grove-blames-drought-on-God-s-anger-with-abortion.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000618) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/64 "2015-06-16T23:15:24Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > There have been several articles involving various “right to life” groups trying to distance themselves from her as a nutter. > > A friend of mine is quoted in the article below, there are quite a few voices in among the locals calling her out on this as she tries to “reinterpret” her commentary to something less ignorant. > > [http://www.bakersfield.com/News/2015/06/11/Assemblywoman-Shannon-Grove-blames-drought-on-God-s-anger-with-abortion.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000618](http://www.bakersfield.com/News/2015/06/11/Assemblywoman-Shannon-Grove-blames-drought-on-God-s-anger-with-abortion.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000618) > [@](#): > > Kern County even received some rainfall this week when a thunderstorm dropped seven-tenths of an inch of rain on Taft within a few minutes. Roadways flooded, and other parts of the country received trace amounts of rainfall. A little seeped through God’s hands? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/65 "2015-06-17T02:39:56Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > A little seeped through God’s hands? Eww, doesn’t God use Kleenex, or just a tube sock ? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/66 "2015-06-17T13:28:58Z")
I like how the idiots “defend” her by pointing out that she said “no one knows” the cause of the drought and this somehow makes the “but I think it’s about Abortion” bit ok. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/67 "2015-06-17T14:10:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Would Wiccans do in a pinch? Cast a spell to bring a storm and try avoid any resultant falling farmhouses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445.md?page=3)