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Nov. 2, 2012 7:44am Jonathon M. Seidl

Staten Island Residents Angry at Red Cross, Response

NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 01: Water continues to flood a neighborhood on November 1, 2012 in the Ocean Breeze area of the Staten Island borough of New York City. Most homes in the seaside community were inundated by the ocean surge caused by Superstorm Sandy. Credit: Getty Images

NEW YORK (TheBlaze/AP) — The mother grabbed her two boys and fled their home as it filled with water, hoping to outrun Superstorm Sandy.

But Glenda Moore and her SUV were no match for the epic storm. Moore’s Ford Explorer stalled in the rising tide, and the rushing waters snatched 2-year-old Brandon and 4-year-old Connor from her arms as they tried to escape.

The youngsters’ bodies were recovered from a marsh Thursday – the latest, most gut-wrenching blow in New York’s Staten Island, an isolated city borough hard-hit by the storm and yet, residents say, largely forgotten by federal officials assessing damage of the monster storm that has killed more than 90 people in 10 states.

“Terrible, absolutely terrible,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said as he announced the boys’ bodies had been found on the third day of a search that included police divers and sniffer dogs. “It just compounds all the tragic aspects of this horrific event.”

The heartbreaking discovery came as residents and public officials complained that help has been frustratingly slow to arrive on stricken Staten Island, where 19 have been killed – nearly half the death toll of all of New York City.

Garbage is piling up, a stench hangs in the air and mud-caked mattresses and couches line the streets. Residents are sifting through the remains of their homes, searching for anything that can be salvaged.

NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 01: Homeowner Michael Russo (R) is comforted by friend Joseph Bono on November 1, 2012 in the Ocean Breeze area of the Staten Island borough of New York City. The first floor of Russo’s home was completely flooded by the ocean surge caused by superstorm Sandy. Russo said that he salvaged an American flag he had stored on the upper shelf of a supply closet. Credit: Getty Images

“We have hundreds of people in shelters,” said James Molinaro, the borough’s president. “Many of them, when the shelters close, have nowhere to go because their homes are destroyed. These are not homeless people. They’re homeless now.”

Molinaro complained the American Red Cross “is nowhere to be found” – and some residents questioned what they called the lack of a response by government disaster relief agencies. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Federal Emergency Management Agency Deputy Administrator Richard Serino planned to tour the island on Friday.

But Molinaro didn’t end there. He delivered a scathing indictment of the lack of help:

“All these people making these big salaries should be out there on the front line, and I am disappointed,” a frustrated Borough President James Molinaro said Thursday morning at a press conference with other local officials to talk about the needs of the hard-hit borough. “And my advice to the people of Staten Island is, ‘Do not donate to the American Red Cross. Let them get their money elsewhere.’”

Here’s how he put it:

There’s more:

“Because the devastation in Staten Island, the lack of a response,” Mr. Molinaro said to explain his comment to NBC after the press conference. “You know, I went to a shelter Monday night after the storm. People were coming in with no socks, with no shoes. They were in desperate need. Their housing was destroyed. They were crying. Where was the Red Cross? Isn’t that their function? They collect millions of dollars. Whenever there’s a drive in Staten Island, we give openly and honestly. Where are they? Where are they? I was at the South Shore yesterday, people were buried in their homes. There the dogs are trying to find bodies. The people there, the neighbors who had no electricity, were making soup. Making soup. It’s very emotional because the lack of a response. The lack of a response. They’re supposed to be here….They should be on the front lines fighting, and helping the people.”

“It is as the borough president, Jim Molinaro, said, it’s disgusting, it really is,” State Senator Andy Lanza added, especially criticizing the decision to go on with the New York City marathon.

NBC’s “Rock Center” went more in depth, delivering an emotional segment that captures the devastation and the outrage, especially regarding the marathon that will wind through Staten Island:

Four days after Sandy lashed the East Coast with high winds and a huge storm surge, frustration mounted across New York City and well beyond as millions of people remained without power and motorists lined up for hours at gas stations in New Jersey and New York.

In the city’s Queens borough, a man was accused of pulling a gun Thursday on a motorist who complained when he cut in line at a gas station; no one was injured. And as the Friday morning commute began, long lines at gas stations in suburban Westchester County snaked along expressway breakdown lanes and exit ramps.

There were hopeful signs, though, that life would soon begin to return to something approaching normal.

Consolidated Edison, the power company serving New York, said electricity should be restored by Saturday to customers in Manhattan and to homes and offices served by underground power lines in Brooklyn. More subway and rail lines were expected to open Friday, including Amtrak’ New York to Boston route on the Northeast Corridor.

But the prospect of better times ahead did little to mollify residents who spent another day and night in the dark.

NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 01: Members of the Hague family try to salvage a washing machine from their flood-damaged home on November 1, 2012 in the Ocean Breeze area of the Staten Island borough of New York City. Their house, like many in the seaside community, was innundated by the ocean surge caused by superstorm Sandy. Credit: Getty Images

“It’s too much. You’re in your house. You’re freezing,” said Geraldine Giordano, 82, a lifelong resident of the West Village. Near her home, city employees had set up a sink where residents could get fresh water, if they needed it. There were few takers. “Nobody wants to drink that water,” Giordano said.

“Everybody’s tired of it already,” added Rosemarie Zurlo, a makeup artist who once worked on Woody Allen movies. She said she planned to temporarily abandon her powerless, unheated apartment in the West Village to stay with her sister in Brooklyn. “I’m leaving because I’m freezing. My apartment is ice cold.”

There was increasing concern about the outage’s impact on elderly residents. Community groups have been going door-to-door on the upper floors of darkened Manhattan apartment buildings, and city workers and volunteer in hard-hit Newark, N.J., delivered meals to seniors and others stuck in their buildings.

“It’s been mostly older folks who aren’t able to get out,” said Monique George of Manhattan-based Community Voices Heard. “In some cases, they hadn’t talked to folks in a few days. They haven’t even seen anybody because the neighbors evacuated. They’re actually happy that folks are checking, happy to see another person. To not see someone for a few days, in this city, it’s kind of weird.”

Along the devastated Jersey Shore and New York’s beachfront communities, a lack of electricity was the least of anyone’s worries.

Residents were allowed back in their neighborhoods Thursday for the first time since Sandy made landfall Monday night. Some were relieved to find only minor damage, but many others were wiped out. “A lot of tears are being shed today,” said Dennis Cucci, whose home near the ocean in Point Pleasant Beach sustained heavy damage. “It’s absolutely mind-boggling.”

After touring a flood-ravaged area of northeastern New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie said it was time to act, not mourn.

“We’re in the `triage and attack phase’ of the storm, so we can restore power, reopen schools, get public transportation back online and allow people to return to their homes if they’ve been displaced,” he said.

In Staten Island, police recounted Glenda Moore’s fruitless struggle to save her children.

Kelly said the 39-year-old mother “was totally, completely distraught” after she lost her grip on her sons shortly after 6 p.m. Monday. In a panic, she climbed fences and went door-to-door looking in vain for help in a neighborhood that was presumably largely abandoned in the face of the storm.

She eventually gave up, spending the night trying to shield herself from the storm on the front porch of an empty home.

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Associated Press writers Cara Anna and Karen Matthews in New York, David Porter in Moonachie, N.J., and Wayne Parry in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., contributed to this story.

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Comments (137)

MontanaWarrior
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:43am
Did our dear leader not just say on MSNBC that NO ONE will be left behind?
What a phoney..no one left behind! What the hell do you call this mess these people
are facing?Where is the help they need?He is so completely out of touch!
I am so sorry for these people especialy the elderly who seem to have no one
to turn to..I pray God will help these people and watch over all who need him!

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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:23am
  The obvious question is: Why did they not evacuate? plenty of early warning. You stay, you pay. It is sad, but was completely avoidable tragedy.
  
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- DeOppressoLiber
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:49am
  I wonder how fast Halliburton, KBR, Black Water, and the other private civilian construction and security companies could get in there and clean this mess up?
  
  No Unions or stupid government red tape, or rules and regulations on sleep and chow, just cash and action. Hard work and big money for the ones who want to do it. Not the usual dragging of the feet by government and union workers.
  
  Dear Leader acknowledged that big government has big red tape that does not work in a crisis so why is it a good thing on regular days in this country.
  
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- toiletclogga
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:57am
  A real leader would mobilize the faith based communities in NY, NJ, CT, MA, RI, PD, DE and MD, and all around the country. They can do more to provide sustenance than the Federal government can!
  
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- Marine 1
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:12am
  Hey, New Yorkers, you should have known that the NY Marathon was simply much more important than your flooding issues. Surely you understand that the needs of the many are more important than your needs at this time.
  
  Welcome to the New Amerika, Comrade. You got what you wanted. How does it feel now?
  
  By the way, King Obama in for a day and then gone while folks had to” dumpster dive” for food. Obama jumps on AF1, orders a big, fat, juicy burger and a soda then heads back to D.C. – all on your dime. He has to get back to the election thing you know. Much more important.
  
  Anyone see any real compassion here? NO! Do you people really want four more years of that?!
  
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- rightinCT
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:30am
  I live in CT and we took the warning very serious. Our governor, as much of a idiot as he is, wasn’t messing around with serious warnings. We don’t live on the shore but we were ready to be without food or help for 2 weeks. Last year was a serious eye opener. I still stand by that if you were told to evacuate by your state and you didn’t, you should get that bill in the mail when rescuers have to put their life on the line to come get you. HOWEVER, all the extremely rude comments of people in the Northeast is getting really old and it’s disgusting at a time like this. YES, were are allowed to build on the shore, but the devastation still hits you in the heart. If we shouldn’t build on the shore, then no one out west should be able to build where tornado’s are prone.
  
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- HKS
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:33am
  Maybe their to choosy about who helps?
  
  “Remember Benghazi”
  
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- listeninginVT
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:41am
  WARMUNGER_AL, no kidding, NYC mentality(and other progressive, liberal cities) is that of 2 year olds.
  
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- JRook
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:03am
  so this is how GB and the staff attempt to turn the handling of the disaster by the PRESIDENT negative. while surprised that romney didn’t try and politicize the disaster…. no such decency found here. if staten island is a step child to manhattan, which would be nothing new, than take it up with the mayor and governor…. why because it would be consistent with romney’s position to let the states and cities handle disaster rather than FEMA. you can’t have it both way folks.
  
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- one.dakine.howlie
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:11pm
  I would help these people if I could but look… There was plenty of warning that this hurricane was going to hit. They should have listened to their local leaders and evacuated or at least stocked up on food and water to last them a couple weeks. Did Hurricane Katrina not teach anyone anything??? I would help these people in a heartbeat if I didn’t live across the country but I honestly have to say that this is pathetic. The East Coast is full of people that can’t help themselves or each other. They rely completely on the government. They spend most of their time whining about not being helped when they could use their time more productively to problem-solve and help each other. They will sit there and die because they don’t know any better.
  
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- midwesthippie
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 1:29pm
  …if this happened in ohio obama would still be there pretending to help and trying to win votes…but NY/NJ is already “in the bag” for this election…sad. i’m from LI, NY and my heart goes out to these folks…
  
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- HMNSC
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:20pm
  Where is Kanye West to tell us that President Obama doesn’t care about white people?
  
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- yiska8
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:06pm
  Wasn’t it Kanye West who on a telethon in the aftermath of Katrina said,”George Bush hates black people!”
  
  Well looks like Barack Hussein Obama hates white people!
  But I think most of us have known this since 2008.
  To Andrea “meth face” Mitchell: I guess those Mitt Romney buses loaded with donations full of food, water, clothing, blankets and paper towels are looking pretty good right about now to the residents of Staten Island, huh?
  I bet they’d appreciate the help in a second over some dry ice and an MRE from the Red Cross who only wants cash donations.
  Methface and her MSNBC minions are causing donations to run dry because of her comments. That’s ok, the buses will be there soon, and I hope the residents remember ALL OF THIS the next time they think the government will be there to SAVE THEM. I said from the beginning, when the SHTF, you’re on your own. Barry doesn’t give a *hit about any of you Staten Islanders. The photos have been taken and he’s out telling people to vote and get revenge on Mitt Romney for running against him. And Romney is the one who’s collecting cans of food and clothing for people who’ve lost everything.
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:04pm
  I agree with the Borough president! The Red Cross should have moved in last week.and brought Water, Generators and lots of food. What good are they after the fact.
  
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Beachbaby
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:36am
You have been played by the playaz. No excuse for not having electricity. WHERE are they? Hmmm?

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- Vickie Dhaene
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:47am
  They are not union workers so they are being turned away. Alabama workers came to help and have been turned away!!! Insanity.
  
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- objectivetruth
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:17am
  You got that right.They were non union and couldn’t work it.How sorry do you have to be to turn down qualified help considering the diaster in front of you?Currently Va Power workers are being used closer to home.Due to the inland Blizzard.Otherwise they would have offered.Maybe its time to contact them and request that they not offer our workers in any subsequent diasters.We are the oldest right to work state in the nation.Even more importantly we have the most qualified electicians and line workers in the nation.[This is based on fact not just pride].We have every type of weather and diaster from it that you can think of.Its one of the reasons they are the best.They shouldn’t have to risk their lives for the truly ungrateful.
  
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- yiska8
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:18pm
  CPS from San Antonio also offered help, but I guess they’ll be turned away too. Turning away help with a blizzard coming is self-destructive and many people will suffer without power. Sorry, but looks to me that the Unions are not getting it done fast enough. The next storm isn’t going to wait for them.
  
  http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Sandy-strands-some-San-Antonians-as-others-help-3993557.php#photo-3680245
  
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:33am
This is called Karma for all you Northern Liberal Commies that criticized Busch after Katrina – Now that the tables are turned and you have a Commie-Crat president how does it feel ? And you idiots really think the federal government is going to take care of you? It’s worse up there in Commie Land because you people have to depend on your precious Communist Unions ! Well too bad, suffer through your own ignorance !

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- 13th Imam
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:54am
  You do realize that not everyone up here are liberals, right? Many conservatives live here, and are suffering along with the ‘Liberals”.TRruth is that most of us have paid high state taxes and the same high federal taxes that have covered disaster relief around the country. These aren’t Obamaphone people, for the most part.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:26am
  13th IMAm-
  Everybody there is a liberal by default, since not one conservative vote would count in the massively communist districts of NYC. A New York conservative is just a mainstream democrat.
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:31am
  Hey Al
  Bullcrap
  
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- Seede
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:32am
  @ SOCIALISTSLAYER
  
  Yes and they will still vote this commie ticket.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:32am
  13th
  Most of us know better- be well in Ct.
  
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gardener213
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:32am
Anyone notice how disrepectful Schumer and Gillebrand are standing behind Borough President James Molinaro as he speaks about the tragedy of what the Staten Island folks are experiencing? They are talking and laughing. And they are supposed to be Senators.

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- LolaB
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:55am
  I sure did..noticed it right away….disgusting!!!!!!!!!
  
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- USALOVER2011
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:38am
  Watch these people re-elect mayor bloomberg and governor cuomo…..Just watch. This mess can be fix, but not the stupid people!!!
  
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- yiska8
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:41pm
  Exactly. This is what New Yorkers wanted. These are their representatives at work. Wow. At least in Katrina, the military stepped in and offered to fly people out into other states when there was no real hope of rebuilding and safety took precedence. And this wasn’t even a Cat 2 hurricane. They’re not used to being hit. They thought they were untouchable. Only us hicks in the sticks or the Gulf Coast”too stupid” to live anywhere else or evacuate are the type to go through storms like this.People have warned for decades that the Perfect Storm of 1991,could happen to again on the NE coast to NJ/NYC and the damage would leave things unrecognizable. The people are “stunned” and even Christie is shocked that the boardwalk is gone. Yeah, that’s what storms do. Fire does the same thing. We burned in 2011 and Barry loved it. The SOB loved watching Texas burn. My revenge took place yesterday with a Republican straight ticket vote. But New York will never wise up and they’ll go blue again come election day.
  
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4EVERFREE
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:28am
I live in the Tottenville Beach area of Staten Island. We were hit very hard with lives lost and much devastation. I myself have been very lucky but no more than a 1/2 block from me it looks like a war zone. I have to say, I did see the National Guard yesterday but no sign of the Red Cross. Now it looks like after many phone calls they finally showed up and no where near the damaged areas. They are parked in a parking lot about 4 miles from the damage. We are taking care of ourselves, the NYPD and other agencies are helping clean up the debris. Our borough has a large number of civil servants so they are coming together with the rest of the community to help each other out. I just hope that we all can come together to help each other and keep peace in our community. The individual has the best chance of doing the best job, not the Govt. I have seen it all week with neighbors getting together to help each other and donating to our local church OLHC. I hope we can all get on our knees, pray and heal together, because if we don’t call on Gods help this might just be one big test that we fail.

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- dimitrisokolov
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:35am
  What is the reason you all don’t have at least two weeks of food and water? Did you not prepare? Did you just ignore the hurricane evacuation? Did you see what happened in New Orleans during Katrina? I don’t understand why you didn’t prepare at all. If you knew an 8.3 earthquake was going to hit your city next week would you just stay and try to ride it out? A hurricane is no different, but I’m sure no one has learned a thing because the same thing happens during every hurricane. Idiots.
  
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- rightinCT
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:03am
  DIMITRISOKOLOV: why are you giving this person sh-t? They never said anything about not being prepared or not having food YOU ASSUMED THAT. This person can’t speak for all the ones that stayed and didn’t evacuate so don’t berate them. They are calling on prayer and God, you’re reading what you want to read and shame on you.
  I live in CT and not all of us are what you are trying to portray. Myself and everyone I know is very far right. Re-read what they wrote and what you wrote …. you’re pathetic.
  4EVERFREE: from one Northeasterner to another, our thoughts and prayers are with you. Work with your community and your church and you will get through this.
  
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- objectivetruth
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:26am
  You are currently experiencing what many in my state do after a hurricaine.Rarely do we have federal assistance of any major degree in the residential areas.Here you don’t have to be close to the coast to experience it.I know this may the wrong time to state this.Please learn from this and do what is necessary for any changes you see that need to be made.Of yourself and your city.
  
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- 4EVERFREE
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:36am
  You have to understand that in the past 30 -50 years we have not had storms of this magnitude. When a snow storm or hurricane does hit its mostly minor damage. We usually dig out pretty quickly. Unfortunately we did get a wake up call and I think anyone thinking of purchasing property near the ocean will now think twice. I think there are to many homes built on high risk property near the Atlantic on the east coast. One family we lost had evacuated last year for the Irene storm and their home was ransacked, so this storm they decided to stay and this time lost all their lives.
  
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- objectivetruth
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 1:14pm
  Real Help is on the way.Please read this link and pass it on.
  http://www2.timesdispatch.com/business/virginia-news/2012/nov/02/tdbiz01-virginia-power-sending-crews-to-northeast-ar-2330728/
  If our team can’t get you up and running the problem is definitely on y’alls end.
  To Dominion Power workers You are fantastic.We really do love y’all.Please stay safe.
  
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Yaya2
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:27am
What a sorry state of affairs this is! I will not give the Red Cross one red cent…I saw a post where the salary of their CEO was posted and it was incredible. the Salvation Army and Operation Blessing do wonderful things with their donations. Obama has really stood up and taken charge like a very concerned wimp…one quickie little token visit to NJ and he’s back out on the ole campaign trail. Please pray this man is not re-elected!!!
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- jwpowers41
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:40am
  he will not be reelected unless by voter fraud and it already happening where people are voting for romney and the machine pops up obama and the voting officials say it’s a calibration problem and I say bull**** it’s fraud start locking up people…….
  
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- Watchingtheweasels
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:41am
  Who knows. Maybe FEMA told the Red Cross to “stand down”.
  
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marvlus
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:24am
While my heart goes out to the folks, I need to say this: When liberals become so dependent upon the government like this, bad things happen. Conservatives rely on each other for help. Liberals cannot figure this out.

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denispaul
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:21am
I’ll bet those 16 oz sodas would come in handy about now.Hey N.J.how about non- union help?NAAAA.bIG GOV. IS THE ANSWER.HAIL OBAMA!

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Ted Sheckler
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:14am
Just This http://static.thepeoplescube.com/images/Bush_Fault_Teleprompter.gif

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Edward
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:13am
THis is what happens when a society has become a slave to big govt and big institutions. This is a time for churches and communities to rally together and help each other. Groups should getting lists and traveling on foot if need be to the nearest places for supplies. People shouldnt be huddling together in homes with no power and food. This is what church and community is for. Keep big govt the hell outta of it. Keep money sucking institutions like the Red Cross out of it. If these entities really cared they would have been to these places the next day with supplies either by vehicle or air drops.

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- Reformed
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:30am
  yep!
  
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Ballot_Box_Revolution
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:12am
Where’s the gubment….we need the gubment!!!

I don’t know what to say about this. When hurricane Charlie came through my neighborhood, it looked like a war zone..trees down, no power for 2 weeks, and the only reason we HAD to go to FEMA is because of Regulations….We have a pool and our fence was blown down, and the city said fix it or be fined 50 dollars a day……other than that we were fine….didn’t even have a generator….

Besides it being hot and humid with no fans and that was horrible, i look back and think that was actually a really fun time…we were forced to talk to one another, play board games…nighbors helped each other….

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:19am
  translation: “get your dirty government hands into our neighborhoods”
  
  I guess republicans are going to try to highlight areas where the government should be doing MORE – in order to help Romney
  
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- MSrain
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:37am
  Nice try SOY but know one believe anything you type. Might as well go back to HuffPo and talk to the like minded.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:09am
You’re doing a heck of a job Barry. Sucks when history repeats itself doesn’t it Democrats?

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- momrules
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:33am
  But who is going to know about this other than conservatives? You can bet this won’t be reported on by the MSM. They will show Obama with Chris Christi patting people on the shoulder and saying “there, there” and think Obama has done a great job.
  
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- idarusskie
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:00am
  Christi kisses Obama’s ass because Obama with a word will send resources else where.
  
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- jwpowers41
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:46am
  Hey Barry Soetero That 5 million from trump would sure help out a lot of people from SAndy’s
  destruction how about you take his offer…………OH you can’t……OH you applied to college as a Foreign
  student……Then what the hell are you doing as POTUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- floridareader
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:26am
  @Ida
  Your Obama went to Jersey Shore, got the photo-opp, said he would “order” FEMA to help and then run to Vegas.
  Where is the help he promised? I don’t think his a$$ is going to be kissed. He will fell the pain of the kicks in his behind.
  
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dublinthewagons
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:04am
Our fearless leader is in Las Vegas. This is not important to him.

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grimjack3791
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:00am
Interesting how it was all FEMA’s fault and Bush’s fault for “not doing enough” during hurricane Katrina, but in this case it’s all the Red Cross’s fault and not a peep about Obama and FEMA.

Cute.

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- 000degrees
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:15am
  The parade of “czars” is the last thing I would want to see………….
  
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RightUnite
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:00am
What a shame…..

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sweens
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:58am
And yet, Bloomberg thinks its okay to divert all sorts of resources so that there can be a marathon on Sunday. Unreal. Do NYC a favor, and like this page: http://www.facebook.com/CancelThe2012NycMarathon

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- tj1961
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:44am
  The part that makes the marathon interesting the high profile marathon PROS would not able to run later … conflict with other races
  
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FightingBear
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:56am
I can’t help but wonder if they will vote for real hope and change this time…or more of the same.

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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:31am
  It is NY, they will vote more of the same. Communism they love, freedom they hate. They can’t function without some government tard telling them how to live, what to eat, how much to drink. They can’t be trusted with things like firearms, they might hurt themselves.
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:56am
Please forward all complaints to obama – he’s back on the campaign trail …

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2012/11/01/obama-campaign-trail/1674413/

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toiletclogga
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:55am
Do not give to the Red Cross. Give to the Salvation Army!

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- SaturdaysWarrior76
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:02am
  Give to MERCURY ONE! Every penny goes to the victims of Sandy! EVERY PENNY.
  
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- oldguy49
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:17am
  i am one that believes in capitalism but doesn’t the guy that runs the SA make almost 1million a year plus expenses………..
  
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- D-Fence
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:18am
  Amen
  
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- toiletclogga
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:46am
  @ Oldguy, No, the CEO of the Salvation Army does not make over $1 million per year. He makes approximatley $80,000 a year. This is well below the CEO of the Red Cross who make approx. $500k per year.
  
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karen162
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:55am
Why did this Mother wait until the storm was there, to figure out she needed to evacuate? Very, very sad.

Another failure of “Big Government”. When will the Progressives wise up and realize that Big Government does nothing efficiently, quickly or without it costing hundreds of times what it would cost private organizations to do? Big Government DOES NOT WORK!!!.

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toiletclogga
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:55am
Where is Andrea Mitchell now. She criticized Romney about asking for donations of good when the Red Cross explicitly asked for cash. Well Andrea, people can’t drink or eat cash. Cash cannot cloth somebody. Cash is worthless if the stores are bare, and have run out of items.

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/10/30/MSNBC-Attacks-Romney-For-Hosting-Storm-Relief-Event

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- FightingBear
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:02am
  The cash is not worthless to the Red Cross….they absolutely need it to pay their salaries….and maybe even give themselves bonuses after their exceptional handling of this disaster.
  
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midnightsun
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:53am
Red Cross only wants monetary donations which is BS. They should be accepting donations of all types, food, clothing, personal hygiene items and so on. I refuse to donate money to the Red Cross.

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- objectivetruth
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:32am
  You aren’t alone in that.I haven’t donated to them in decades due to there debacles with money mismanagement fraud and last but not least.There involvement with the tainted blood scandal.They are in it for themselves.The only good they do is in foriegn operation in conjunction with or for our troops.I’m not even so sure they are any good at that any more.
  
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:51am
You get the government you deserve. Votes matter. Maybe people will think differently going forward. Probably not though.

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Gary_K
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:51am
Somebody needs to hurry up and invent large boats and helicopters so help can be sent quickly. /sarc off

It is beginning to look like the plan is to leave people behind even though our gay communist muslim potus said otherwise.

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Bluefish49
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:51am
By this time after Katrina President Bush was being crucified by the press….but now with Obama…was that a pin dropping?

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- Racer Pups
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:52am
  “There’s nobody there to respond to us. This is America”, the Borrow President said. “Nobody’s responding to us.”
  Ah, so this time it’s not the Government’s fault. It’s the fault of the PRIVATE SECTOR!!!!
  The Big Salary people working at the Red Cross are to blame.
  Bush and his Government Administration was to blame for Katrina but this time it’s the Red Cross that’s to blame.
  Makes perfect sense to me.
  
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