Posted on 11/02/2012 11:14:05 PM PDT by Evil Slayer
Two days after President Obama flew into storm-ravaged New Jersey on Wednesday for a 90 minute photo op with Governor Christie, parts of the state have descended into what one local resident calls "an apocalyptic vision." On Friday, in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, this New Jersey resident described the situation there:
New Jersey right now is experiencing an apocalyptic vision. Gas lines are a mile long. Hundreds are standing in line with gas cans. Fights are breaking out. Police and national guard have been called out. I've not had power or taken a shower since Sunday. Pray for us here.
FEMA reps are meeting with people in their residences to assess how recovery assistance can be provided to them.
While FEMA representatives had finally arrived on the ground by Friday, most of them appear to be focused on providing financial assistance to victims of Hurricane Sandy at some point in the future. There is no indication yet that any FEMA representatives on the ground are actually doing anything to aid in the distribution of food, supplies, gas, or restoring electricity.
On Wednesday, President Obama promised to deliver a far rosier outcome to New Jersey residents over the next several days. In fact, the President made a specific promise that he would make sure supplies were delivered, as CNN reported. Two days later, he's failed to deliver on that promise, though he has been able to campaign in key swing states across the country during that time:
Many people across the region are still in need of basic supplies. President Barack Obama visited a shelter Wednesday in the hard-hit town of Brigantine, New Jersey, where he said he met a woman with an 8-month-old who has run out of diapers and formula.
"Those are the kinds of basic supplies
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
did obama deliver her diapers yet?
He did take 3 choppers up to Jersey
I lived there 5 years and I liked the people a lot. I am a native to MI. I love how they speak their mind and don't play close to the vest. I certainly had to develop thick skin to work there. I remember within my first month at work I a guy asked me why I di something and I said "I assumed" and boy did I get the lecture - (ass- u - me ---haha), but these guys taught me to be tough and to not speak if I could not defend myself. I visited recently and really enjoyed going back, although I did not have any yearning to move back (mostly because I like the wide open space - the trees are to claustrophobic for me).
Exactly. Then we move on to Economics 101, too.
You should volunteer to help plan for disaster relief!
Look at those neighborhoods.
Those slackers really needed someone like you to advise them how to be homeless and jobless with 3 days notice,
lol This is an article from AP would you see this during Katrina? AP they have Obamas ass print on their lips those reporters.
“Can’t blame the “minorities” on Jersey’s political situation.”
Sure you can; many are parasites attached to the “palefaces” wallets, resulting in many less palefaces sticking around to feed the beast. Much of NJ is a Third World country, where while 70% of the voting population may be white much less than 70% of the population itself is (I believe the official “white”/non-Hispanic figure is 58%; unofficially it is obvious to anyone with eyes it is even lower than that).
“...I lived there 5 years and I liked the people a lot...”
You’re a lot more charitable than I!! (Alas) I live in the Hudson river valley now but grew up in the rural western part of New York State were they still say “pop” instead of soda, and think more like mid westerners. My daughter attended a fancy boarding school outside of Boston for her last 2 years of High School, and although she had a positive overall experience in that she learned a lot and did make life long friends, the people tended to be very SNOOTY unless you were a liberal. This place was in the general area of Wellesley. They definitely had attitudes -
Maybe Romney with his Mormon experience may be able to improve on this in the future.
Honestly, there are disasters **ALL THE TIME**! Geeze! Can't we figure out that when disasters happen that there will be immediate needs such as **DIAPERS AND FORMULA**!
( Yes, I am shouting, jumping up and down, and having a fit.)
Fist as communities, then as states, and finally as a nation can't we be better organized IN ADVANCE?
A very close friend of mine has been a Democrat all his life. Union family. Not a lot of discussion about politics in his household over the years because it was just a given that Democrats represented them best.
Recently he said he was in a checkout line somewhere and was behind someone who used an EBT card to buy hundreds of dollars of goods. He said it was the last straw for him because he realized he was working to pay for that person's spending as well as his own. He is now strongly supporting Romney & Ryan.
I know that's only one example but I speculate it is one of many more. The bad economy belongs to Obama. I am hopeful his moniker will change from The Won to The Wasn't (re-elected) next Tuesday.
I worked in the Western suburbs but lived another hour west of that, so I probably was interacting with normal people. Funny, you mention WNY, that is where I moved to after Boston. Having driven across I-90 to get back home I fell in love with NY. Absolutely awesome. I am not living there now but loved it. I just recently went to Letchworth State Park, which is the coolest park that nobody ever heard of.
Anybody...FEMA..Chris Christie...picked up their cellphone yet and dialed Sam Walton....
Wal-Mart Praised for Hurricane Katrina Response Efforts
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. marshaled its massive distribution network to have its shelves stocked and its store inventories bolstered, prepared for tremendous demand for supplies needed before and after Hurricane Katrina struck.
The world’s largest retailer has struggled on numerous public relations front in a prolonged battle with critics who say the company represents the worst of low-cost retailing. But Wal-Mart’s response to the catastrophe - seen as far more effective than government efforts - has drawn praise from nearly all quarters.
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/6/164525.shtml
There probably wasn’t much difference between Hillary and McCaim, but when it came to McCain vs. an America and American hating communist and secret Mudslime, it wasn’t even a contest. I voted for McCain.
———FEMA reps are meeting with people in their residences to assess-——
This piece indicates the writer is basically ignorant of the process of disaster relief. FEMA is not homogeneous. There are some who do this, some who do that. They do not wear several hats.
The Reps in question are Damage Assessment people. They are first on site to develop survey of the site and to make as accurate a determination of the scope of the disaster. They may also have safety duties, that is in addition to determining the damage they declare if the structure is safe or unsafe.
I have not been associated with the process for some time but I was a volunteer Red Cross Damage Assessment specialist. This task has I now believe been taken over by FEMA. For a while, there was duplicate damage assessment and that duplication was expensive and unproductive.
The damage assessment process is is critical to the Disaster Managers because it defines the scope of the disaster and areas most critically affected. The damage assessment data point to where relief services are most critical. The process of interviewing each and every family affected is a long time consuming process that requires face to face discussion and simply can not be rushed.
In the meantime,shelters and food relief must be established. The damage assessment data allow the disaster managers to direct relief forces where needed.
Since most disaster personnel must come from afar, time is required. In spite of efforts to preposition first action teams, the bulk of the force must of necessity lag. There are several examples of quick relief forces being prepositioned too far forward and actually being caught up in the disaster as victims.
The bottom line is those affected by disaster will not ever receive immediate relief. Simple logistics of the disaster relief effort insures there will be some unrelieved suffering during the early days of the incident. Many will never be made whole. Disasters destroy things and wreck the status quo.
Like a war, the detailed plans go out the window as soon as the first early units engage in the battle. Disaster relief is like war. The battle is fought on the front lines but is managed by commanders to the rear receiving intelligence and directing the forces available. All, both front line troops and commanders must first be brought to the battle area.
-——MSM chooses to let them see it.-——
Niel Cavuto had a member of his staff telling of the destruction on Sataen Island. Neil is a VP of News Corp with program on both Fox News and on the Fox Business network. He mobilized his troops and sent them to Satten Island to prepare a comprehensive report in what was transpiring.
His detailed report was outstanding and lasted a full hour yesterday
I wonder if the resident Democrats have enough unwashed synapses left to realize they've been thrown under the bus by the apostles of their meissiah.
Sadly I cannot disagree.
I recall many adults when I was a kid who voted for Carter (grew up in heavily unionized blue-collar area). After that, they went Republican and never looked back.
I remember my own parents liking Carter because he was a Christian, just like them. To this day, among my entire family, Democrat = Evil.
I believe there will be another wave of such transitions. Some people are eternally stupid - the ones where obama could walk on stage smoking a bong and munching on a dead baby and they would still vote for him. But like in the days of Carter, I think a whole lot of people are suddenly having second thoughts about what they've always believed.
There are ways around it. I would count Facebook as an alternate means of news. Facebook and the internet will transmit millions of more stories than would ever be broadcast on tv.
I hear occasional statements about FEMA but nobody has asked the real question, “WHY HAVEN’T THE NATIONAL GUARD BEEN CALLED OUT IN NJ AND NY?”
This is true. NJ is a densely populated state, and to be without power for so long is an tragedy. Power companies have mutual aid pacts, but yeah we pay for it in the end.
But anyone in NJ would gladly pay money if they could get their power on in the next 15 minutes, and gas for their car.
I have a feeling there will be a lot of new Republicans in NY and NJ by Tuesday. Shock is turning into rage now.
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