TRYING TO AVOID WX; FLC COULD NOT ACCEPT HDG CLRNC. WHEN NEW SECTOR CTLR CLRED ACFT TO TURN TO JOIN THE STAR; FLC RESPONDED UNABLE DUE TO WX. CTLR TOLD FLC TO SQUAWK 7700 AND DECLARE AN EMER. FLC DIDN'T COMMENT; BUT CONTINUED TO CIRCUMNAV WX.

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WHILE ON STAR FOR EWR WAS TOLD TO HOLD AT HPW. DID A 360 DEG TURN WHILE ENRTE BACK TO HPW. WAS ASKED BY ATC TO PROCEED UP THE STAR TOWARD ENO. LINE OF WX BTWN MY POS AND ENO. PROCEEDED L 20 DEGS THROUGH A HOLE. BECAME PATH FINDER. ATC CLRED ME TO DEV AROUND WX; PROCEED ON ARR WHEN ABLE. AS I WAS TO ENTER AREA ATC REQUESTED IF I COULD TURN AROUND OR DSND TO FL210. I ADVISED WE WERE UNABLE. ATC SAID OK AND ALLOWED TO PROCEED AS CLRED. TOLD TO CONTACT NEXT SECTOR. WHEN CONTACTED NEXT SECTOR CTLR REQUESTED R TURN BACK ON STAR DIRECT TO OOD-RBJ. STAR AS CLRED. I TOLD CTLR WE WERE UNABLE AT THIS TIME DUE TO WX. HE SHARPLY ADVISED ME TO 'SQUAWK 7700 AND DECLARE EMER I WAS OUT OF HIS AIRSPACE.' I REPLIED; 'ARE YOU KIDDING.' HE STATED; 'NO.' I ASKED FOR PHONE NUMBER. I PROCEEDED 5 DEGS R AS WX PERMITTED. I MADE NO MORE REF TO HIS COMMENT AND CIRCUMNAVED WX. HE THEN CLRED ME L DIRECT TO RBJ. WE HELD AT RBJ FOR 45 MINS. THIS IS UNHEARD OF. I HAD NO EMER. THE PROB OCCURRED WITH: 1) ATC UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE BTWN SECTORS. 2) UNPROFESSIONAL ATC. 3) DESIRE TO PUT ATC PROB IN MY LAP; RELIEVE ATC OF RESPONSIBILITY (I HAVE ASKED FOR TAPES TO BE PULLED). 4) NO TFC WAS EVER ISSUED. 5) NO LOSS OF SEPARATION WAS EVEN COMMUNICATED WITH ACFT. 6) NO TCASII WARNING. THIS WAS A SHORTAGE OF PERSONNEL PROB. IF CTLR COULD NOT HANDLE TFC; HE SHOULD ASK FOR SUPVR HELP AND PUT HOLD ON ALL TFC.