Waiting for government

You know, this sounds awfully familiar:

Three months after Sandy struck, thousands of storm victims in New York and New Jersey are stuck in limbo. Waiting for the heat to come on, for insurance money to come through, for loans to be approved. Waiting, in a broader sense, for their upended lives to get back to normal.

While Congress passed a $50.5 billion emergency aid package on Monday, many say the rebuilding has been complicated over the past several weeks by bureaucracy. Some people are still living in mold-infested homes, while others are desperately trying to persuade the city to tear theirs down. Illegal immigrants who don't qualify for federal aid are struggling to scrape by. Small businesses are shutting down in neighborhoods where nobody seems to shop anymore.

Funny thing, though, I distinctly remember the coverage in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina being distinctly different than that following Hurricane Sandy. I wonder what changed since then? Could it have something to do with who was in the.......

Nah, couldn't be.