New Jersey an 'Apocalyptic Vision' Two Days After Obama Photo Op

Breitbart ^ | 11/2/12 | Michael Patrick Leahy

[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

[exit82]

Re: The Salvation Army—there is no better group to donate to, in a disaster.

I emailed the Romneyt campaign to include them in his pleas, when he was only mentioning the Red Cross.

[exit82]

The NJ NAtional Guard has been called out. My 20 year old nephew is helping out on Long Beach Island, which is the barrier island to the south of the Barnegat Bay Inlet.

Go Army!

[reformedliberal]

Wow! Is that regionally-based?

Born and raised in the Midwest and I knew by age 10 that in any discussion I needed my facts and ducks in a row before even bringing something up at the dinner table, let alone out in public.

[reformedliberal]

People were calling in to Hannity yesterday saying how their life was ok, no big deal with storm problems at all.

So, I stopped worrying about them.

[Betis70]

>>It is an absolute fact if you are not a born and bred native of New England you are classified a “wash ashore” and are either shunned or at the least looked at down their nose by a large % of the natives.

LOL, this is actually fairly true. I remember people telling me I wasn’t from New England since I was born in Missouri and spent all of 6 months there. But my brother, born in Hartford, he was a New Englander despite living here for less time than me. Go figure. Texans seem the same way in my experience (3/4 of my extended family live in east and west Texas. Maybe central Texas is different, dunno). We’re an insular sort, no doubt. There is also a strong Puritan mindset still in many ways.

I still like living here, maybe because my family has so many close ties in the community. Other places I’ve lived in the US (WA, NM, CA), I actually found it a lot harder to make decent friends. Superficially friendly people, yup lots of them. People who would drop their fork in mid-dinner and drive 300 miles to help you out when your car breaks down in a snowstorm (which I’ve done for friends)? Not so much.

If I get a chance I’d like to live down south. i spent some time in a small town in NC and people seemed the most genuinely warm of any place I’ve visited.

[TArcher]

>>a woman with an 8-month-old who has run out of diapers and formula.

Interesting that it was just “a woman” and not A FAMILY.

And what ~did families do before pampers and formula? Hmmm.

[Hotlanta Mike]

President Photo-Op voting present again...

[Betis70]

We lost power with the two storms last year for 8 days each, and I was prepped for about a month’s worth of power outage. So thankful I only lost it for a few hours.

>>the LAST people we would ever think would help us would be the govt.

Absolutely, I never expect the local, state or feds to save my bacon. Even though I can’t stand Gov Malloy, I have to give him credit for not sugar-coating this during the days before the storm. Locally people were told to prepared for long power outages and if they didn’t, they must have been stuck in la-la land. That I am reading reports of local officials whining or actually encouraging people to take their frustrations out on line workers (Bridgeport) is PATHETIC!

[exit82]

Yes, PM,”them’s my boys”.

And we love Virginia and all those who have left their homes and families to help.

[khelus]

To NJ Freepers: Is there any chance that NJ might go red b/c of frustration over the lack of relief and/or b/c the blue areas are most affected.

Hard to say, but people who lost absolutely everything are being very vocal about the fact that FEMA, Bloomie, and Obama have done nothing to get basic supplies (water, food, sanitation, diapers, blankets) to them. The Red Cross has been trashed for bring hot chocolate and cookies to people who need clean water, food, and blankets.

The Marathon got cancelled after the outrage that supplies such as port-a-potties, generators, and water were going to marathoners and the media and that people who had evacuated in advance of Sandy were being evicted from hotels (who were giving them discount rates) for marathon participants.

I'm no fan of Christie, but Christie, an R, unlike Bloomie, a D, has not been hyping the everything is hunky dory meme. He seems to be working hard to expedite getting in fuel and getting electricity on line, calling attention to improvements while acknowledging the long haul ahead of us.

One hopes some people now realize the folly of depending upon the government and the emptiness of Zeros' 'Hope and Change'

I'm one of the lucky ones with electricity and TV has been flooded with extremely well done ads contrasting Zero's promises with economic reality.

[Lacey2]

I spent time in the South (NC) and can testify they are easily the warmest and most friendly people in the country (Southerners in general)

NE types are fine as long as you agree with them but turn nasty real quick if you don’t. The best word to describe them is “pissy”

The people of MA are not almost universally referred to as “Massholes” for nothing.

[khelus]

Thanks for posting the link.

If you are going to donate and want the money to go to the people who actually need it, give to the Salvation Army.

[VanShuyten]

The NY deputy mayor said yesterday that they didn't want the National Guard because they wanted the NYPD to be the only people on the streets of NYC with guns!

Screw'em

[WVKayaker]

Salvation Army helps year round. They SHINE when disaster happens.

They are very involved with restoring lives within our entire society.

Donate NOW!

INDIVIDUAL REHABILITATION -For over 100 years The Salvation Army has been providing assistance to people with a variety of social and spiritual afflictions through its 119 United States based Adult Rehabilitation Centers (ARC). The Adult Rehabilitation Center ministry began in 1881 when William Booth, founder of The Salvation Army, opened shelters for homeless people on the streets of England and this initiative quickly spread to the United States. Persons who have sought our ministry, nurture, and healing have come with issues of substance misuse, legal problems, relational conflicts, homelessness, unemployment, and most importantly, a need for spiritual awakening and restoration.

[Betis70]

Yes, pissy is the perfect term. It seems to be tightly coupled with being a NE liberal too. All my conservative friends here, while being quite staunch in their beliefs, generally don’t get pissy when someone disagrees with them.

The “Massholes” seem centered in Boston and in my experience, that attitude dissipates as you go outwards from there. Locally in Conn, the biggest horse’s posteriors are in the rich, liberal areas. I grew up in a farming town where cows outnumbered humans till the 90s, when many of the rich, liberal kids from other towns couldn’t afford to live in mommy and daddy’s town, so they moved here. And changed the character of the town.

[JerseyanExile]

People tend to have short memories. The north-east is hardly alone is giving emergency-preparations for a potential future disaster short-straw. The central US is in the middle of one of the largest potential earthquake zones in the lower-48, but no real preparations have been made.

[exit82]

The NY deputy mayor said yesterday that they didn't want the National Guard because they wanted the NYPD to be the only people on the streets of NYC with guns!

Wow,how amazing--a deputy mayor even dumber than the mayor of NY.

[BRL]

Born and raised in the Midwest and I knew by age 10 that in any discussion I needed my facts and ducks in a row before even bringing something up at the dinner table, let alone out in public.

If you are a reformed liberal then you clearly lived much of your life without your facts being lined up before speaking .... so there.

[khelus]

” “wash ashore””

ROFL. Brings back memories. Spent some time in Maine and taxachusetts. the term I heard was “from away”.

[Lacey2]

“And changed the character of the town.”

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Liberals do this wherever they decide to infest. They are not ever content to become part of what is there or simply keep their ideas to themselves. Instead they have to “change” things to reflect what THEY in their profound arrogance think is a “better” way.

Liberals are the most closed minded, self aggrandizing and uninformed as*holes on the planet.