Much of this thread, and similar gratuitous ego-stroking re Sandy the past few days on others, is an embarrassment and a stain on FreeRepublic.
Well said.
I think these issues you have are certainly fair enough. But remember that this particular storm coincides with an election that the majority of Americans, including an overwhelming majority of Freepers it seems, is going to determine whether or not America will survive as we know it or deteriorate into a 3rd World Communist totalitarian state on the brink of total Civil War with all our Universities, hospitals, cities etc going bankrupt and America doomed to collapse on every political, social and economic front. They are worried about whether or not the Democrat Party could gain a monopoly on all future elections from here like the Nazis and Bolsheviks did in their dictatorships. And the thought of this storm allowing Obama to get the election victory is too terrifying for most people to be able to look past it. Thus, even if this storm was at the level of Katrina, Wilma,Charlie or Andrew in terms of the intensity of devastation, they would still have many of these complaints. I do think it is also partly because there actually is a lot of people in this particular area who do have an obscene entitlement mentality and feel everyone must pay attention to them even when they are only inconvenienced on minor levels. Of course, there are many decent, honorable Americans, including genuine conservatives, in the most badly affected areas who do not fall into this entitlement mentality and we as people must give them our support and prayers. But I feel this are the main reasons people feel this way, understandable as it is why it would be very irritating.