November 3rd, 2012
It's fairly cold here in New Jersey - very cold by
SoCal standards. In the wake of Hurricane
Sandy, many still don’t have electrical power and now they can’t get gasoline
for electrical generators (or cars) in many areas. It is just now being reported that rationing of
gasoline has officially begun in twelve counties affected by the hurricane.
It has been the better part of a week since Hurricane
Sandy and the problems continue to mount for those affected by the storm. It appears to this blogger that Hurricane
Sandy could well end up as Obama’s Hurricane Katrina (the Hurricane that made
the Bush II administration look pretty bad).
Maybe we should just rename Hurricane Sandy as Hurricane Katrina II?
For his self-centered
part, yesterday, Obama was telling supporters to "vote for revenge"
while schlepping on the campaign trail. Finally, today it is being reported
that he has ordered twelve million gallons of gasoline to be sent to the areas
affected by the hurricane. To put this number in perspective, by the way, I
have always heard reports that the State of California – a population
comparable to the numbers affected by Sandy – burns 50 million gallons of
gasoline a day. (It is
interesting though, that President Obama apparently believes it necessary for
him to take a page from the playbook of former District of Columbia Mayor Marion
Barry, or so it seems to this blogger.)
Unions, another historically big reason to vote for
the Democratic Party, have reportedly turned away non-union electrical
power crews offering free assistance while millions of customers and residents are
still without electrical power. While
such is denied by the union, it is reported that before allowing the crews from
the south to help with the recovery, the IBEW (electrical worker’s union) demanded
that the workers sign union agreements.
To the unions, it seems it is more important that electrical crews
offering free assistance from the rest of the nation have valid union cards
than it is for people/customers in the affected areas to have heat and
electricity.
Who do these folks care
about, one has to wonder?
AVT
After thought, January 2013:
The only thing missing here from what was present during the Hurricane Katrina fiasco is that here with Hurricane Sandy we dont have a vocal minority screaming racism as the reason that the victims are not being helped by the Federal government - as we all know was readily apparent with the Katrina situation.
After thought, January 2013:
The only thing missing here from what was present during the Hurricane Katrina fiasco is that here with Hurricane Sandy we dont have a vocal minority screaming racism as the reason that the victims are not being helped by the Federal government - as we all know was readily apparent with the Katrina situation.
See:
Confusion causes
utility crew to return from recovery effort
JCP+L Denies Turning
Away Non-Union Help
Obama to supporters:
Voting 'best revenge' against Mitt Romney
Obama Tells Ohioans How
To Get Back At Romney: 'Voting Is The Best Revenge' (VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/02/obama-revenge-romney_n_2067459.html
What are the U.S. Labor
Unions Doing During this “Great Depression” of the New Millennium?
