# 143 days **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/143-days/199552 **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [September 11, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/143-days/199552 "2008-09-11T14:21:03Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 50
### Author: ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar) #### Post date: [September 13, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/143-days/199552/50 "2008-09-13T22:21:14Z")
> [@Gay Ass VW Owners \*halloween special\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gay-ass-vw-owners-halloween-special/37877/24): > > that sounds awfully new deal-ish??? i have no problem helping someone out in need. i have no problem w/ the govt taking money i give them to help others either. but i do agree to make them work for it somehow. > > on the flip side, how is it that we rushed to send aid to tsunami victims, yet turned our backs on new orleans. wtf is up w/ that??? The policies that are enacted in this country are NOT for the country’s own good. They are about who to appease, which wheel to grease, which special interest to court, etc. The litmus test for things have moved from “is this best for the country?” to “is this the best for my political career?” Its corrupt in a just barely intangible way. And it has now become the status quo and no one even questions it. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/143-days/199552)._