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Frankenstorm Set to Hit the East Coast Next Week

Wes Mantooth said:
Also, I unexpectedly got power last night around 9pm. A great, great feeling.
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Congrats - seriously.

I'm starting to feel a lot better about the situation now than I did 24-36 hours ago. Alot of my friends got power back yesterday afternoon and evening. Gas lines are still unbelievable. I got a friend from Western PA driving in on Monday and he's bringing 10 gallons of gas with him.
 
My in-laws and a few other friends on Long Island are still without power and probably will be without power for at least a few more days. I think the lack of heat is the biggest challenge, and no regular phone service - at their age they're not very plugged in to electronics. Their community is back on the grid, but their particular neighborhood was hit hard. We are looking into someplace for them and their caretaker to go until the power is back.
 
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This is the last thing we need.
 
Man, you north-easterners are a bunch of pansies. You get one minor hurricane and a winter storm in back-to-back weeks and you act like the world is ending. Put your big girl panties for ****'s sake.
 
Well, now that we know that everyone on our board seems ok, I want to ask a few questions.

#1 Anyone else look twice at the pictures of Christie and Obama shaking hands and appearing almost "friendly" with one another? After all the crap that dude has flung at Obama? And now, after their love fest, many repubs are criticizing Christie for working with and complimenting Obama. Just a day or so ago I watched Foxnews and they were discussing whether Christie gave Obama an advantage by working so much with him and being so friendly. LOL. Seriously???!!!

#2 Anyone else find it a bit ironic that Christie and his party after years of ranting against the Fed Gov and "handouts" are all of a sudden super grateful for the "federal handouts" they're receiving/will receive now?

Here's what I have to say, let Christie and his party put their money where their mouths are... Refuse ALL federal aid and just let volunteers and charities fix New Jersey.
 
I can't think you're serious, Thriller. There's a difference between sustained handouts and disaster recovery/relief. I'm not even going to explain any further than that .. because, like I said, you cannot be serious. I don't think it's quite time to be ignoring the hard-ships going on in the NE by making it a partisan issue and analyzing handshakes.
 
PKM said:
I can't think you're serious, Thriller. There's a difference between sustained handouts and disaster recovery/relief. I'm not even going to explain any further than that .. because, like I said, you cannot be serious. I don't think it's quite time to be ignoring the hard-ships going on in the NE by making it a partisan issue and analyzing handshakes.
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I'm merely reporting what I'm seeing. Just the other day on fox and then on Sunday (on meet the Press I believe) they were talking about this Christie and Obama thing. I'm not the one making it a partisan issue. Talk to the media about that.

As far as the whole disaster relief thing, why not? Why couldn't/shouldn't states, charities, and churches be counted on instead of the fed gov? Set the example that local governments can get the job done just as well, if not better, than the fed gov.
 
The Thriller said:
I'm merely reporting what I'm seeing. Just the other day on fox and then on Sunday (on meet the Press I believe) they were talking about this Christie and Obama thing. I'm not the one making it a partisan issue. Talk to the media about that.

As far as the whole disaster relief thing, why not? Why couldn't/shouldn't states, charities, and churches be counted on instead of the fed gov? Set the example that local governments can get the job done just as well, if not better, than the fed gov.
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Fine, allow the states to manage their efforts internally by retaining a more fair stake in the feds take.
 
The Thriller said:
Definitely worth considering! Think this would be better than the system we have currently in place?
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Yes, I do. However, it's not an all or nothing thing. I am not saying all taxes should go to more localized government, but a much greater share, yes.
 
PKM said:
I don't think it's quite time to be ignoring the hard-ships going on in the NE by making it a partisan issue and analyzing handshakes.
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I actually think it's a great statement. There's none a better time to critique politicians, then when we are in hard times.
PKM, do you actually think that these rich *******'s actually care about the lowly peasants that have been affected by this storm?
 
TheSilencer1313 said:
I actually think it's a great statement. There's none a better time to critique politicians, then when we are in hard times.
PKM, do you actually think that these rich *******'s actually care about the lowly peasants that have been affected by this storm?
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I think they care about the masses of people, yes. This storm has not cherry-picked the poor and even if I had, yes, I think people care about one another .. at least in times of great hardship.
 
PKM said:
I think they care about the masses of people, yes. This storm has not cherry-picked the poor and even if I had, yes, I think people care about one another .. at least in times of great hardship.
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Well I didn't mean the storm had cherry picked the poor, as most that the storm has affected would be considered peasants by politician standards.
I agree that people care about one another, but at the same time.... I don't believe that includes high profile politicians.
IMHO, most politicians that get involved in relief aid here, will be doing it specifically to aid and abed there careers in particular.
 
TheSilencer1313 said:
Well I didn't mean the storm had cherry picked the poor, as most that the storm has affected would be considered peasants by politician standards.
I agree that people care about one another, but at the same time.... I don't believe that includes high profile politicians.
IMHO, most politicians that get involved in relief aid here, will be doing it specifically to aid and abed there careers in particular.
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The stupidity here surpasses anything you've ever demonstrated. Real estate on the water, and PKM can attest to this, is considerably higher than that inland. For instance, here in NJ, many if not most of those homes destroyed or at least flooded terribly by the storm approached or exceeded 1M. Hell, there are hundreds if not thousands of them along our coast in the 2-20M range. Hardly peasants. And it was these coastal areas as well the low-lying ones most devastated by Sandy.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
The stupidity here surpasses anything you've ever demonstrated. Real estate on the water, and PKM can attest to this, is considerably higher than that inland. For instance, here in NJ, many if not most of those homes destroyed or at least flooded terribly by the storm approached or exceeded 1M. Hell, there are hundreds if not thousands of them along our coast in the 2-20M range. Hardly peasants. And it was these coastal areas as well the low-lying ones most devastated by Sandy.
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Well I think your stupidity surpasses almost anything I've ever heard here.
If you don't actually believe that politicians do not use catastrophes to there advantage politically, then you have no idea how politics work.

They're peasants because they don't have the power and influence that someone like the president has.
And the point is, they could care less about any of these people.
It's all about furthering their careers for most of them, including the president.
 
Most politicians are not all that wealthy (at least before they start office). I believe there's some truth in both. I think in times of hardship, most have a legitimate concern for those suffering .. it's also easy to see them being careful with their words and what image they're portraying in front of the camera, especially in an election year.

I think these things would be far more 'pure' if not for there being cameras everywhere and shock journalism being the chosen mode of marketing the news.
 
TheSilencer1313 said:
Well I think your stupidity surpasses almost anything I've ever heard here.
If you don't actually believe that politicians do not use catastrophes to there advantage politically, then you have no idea how politics work.

They're peasants because they don't have the power and influence that someone like the president has.
And the point is, they could care less about any of these people.
It's all about furthering their careers for most of them, including the president.
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Ozzy,

I wasn't referring to their (not "there" as you liked to spell it moran) power or lack thereof. I was referring to the fact that you called them peasants. Millionaires are hardly peasants. And whether these politicians truly give a damn or not really means jack ****. Their actions and how they've dealt with this situation does. But keep trolling.

Signed,
Someone who doesn't look as if they've been transported from 1984
 
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