Right, because most of those soldiers who didn’t own slaves, and didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of ever owning slaves, were so clearly invested in the slave trade that they wanted to put their lives on the line. Nonsense right back at you.

And by the way, native South Carolinian here......love the Alvin Greene name.

That’s a pretty broad statement.......so if something upsets people, it should go.....what exactly does that not apply to?

Good God almighty........The Dukes of Hazzard isn’t on the air anymore because of the blanket knee-jerk reactions of offense to anything civil war related. Was the General Lee a literal monument to slavery? I’m not a “south’s gonna rise again” type, not by a long shot. I am a HUGE “those who don’t learn history are…

So the case has been solved, the culprits caught, and the motives determined?

It’s a great place to draw the line for defining someone as not having a complete view of the war and lacking any sense of historical perspective.

Ok, so now we’re getting somewhere. Let’s assume that you are speaking for all African Americans in being offended by these monuments......where else can we take this concept? Does it apply to anyone who is offended? Does anything causing offense get removed or spackled over?

Sure some fought for that, and many who fought could not have cared less about that issue. I bet many Asians who descended from Hiroshima victims find the WWII monument to be offensive.....should we take that down so they don’t have to walk by and be reminded of that sad milestone in history? Again, I’m open, you guys…

Ok, I’ll play.........where do we draw the line in this game of “Fuck this and fuck that”? George Washington owned slaves.......should we just topple the Washington Monument? Some US GI’s committed horrible atrocities against civilians in Vietnam.....does the Vietnam Wall belong on public land?

“Look, the Confederacy lost. It’s not going to “rise again”

Love these.....worked at an Alfa dealer in the early 90's in the summers as a valet and got to spend a lot of seat time in spiders. The sad truth is that at 6'3" and with size 13 shoes, I’m doomed to admiring these from afar. Unless shoeless and careful, every pedal application is an unintentional heel-toe maneuver.

Wait, wut?

Wealthy SUV buyers who want to spend their money in subtle-very subtle-ways, since 99% of the driving public will think it’s a Sequoia.

I see what you did there.......nice.

When the first line of a story is “after”, ideally shouldn’t some piece of relevant information have immediately preceded it?

Outraged against pollution, so drive 2000 miles to hand-deliver something that could be e-mailed. #HippieLogic

I know, I miss him too.

In other news, Clarkson sets new world record for schadenfreude.

Man, there’s an old mechanic cliche I haven’t heard in 20 years.....

I’ve got a pretty good deal at my indie german car mechanic that we’re both comfortable with. His normal labor rate is $98/hour, but if I bring my own parts, it’s $120 per hour. Likewise, he warranties the part and the work if he supplies the part, versus I bear the risk of the part failing if I supply it.. Seems…