Why is it ok to make fun of cliched white images, but it's not ok to make fun of anythingotherthanwhite cliched images? How is this not racist? If it's not racist, then maybe we need to rethink what's become defined as racist.

Exactly. Most of the outrage seems to be manufactured by the media, and served up to a society that has been trained to consume that outrage and repeat it. I've spent my entire life living near reservations. I've spent my entire adult life dealing tangentially with folks from various reservations. I've seen plenty…

Nice place you've got there on your moral high ground. I care if 3 people died (4 confirmed now). I care if more are unaccounted for. I don't know any of these people. What happened has already happened and my knowledge level, this very second, of a press conference update (at which there was no new news) isn't…

I did use the the word "typical". I didn't use the word "every". If you want to take it personally, good luck with your quest for happiness.

Soooo, acknowledging the country from where someone originates in any way is somehow offensive? Is "Hack-a-Polish Citizen" better?

Your arguments have more to do with your lack of money management skills than logic. I am currently shopping for a vehicle and my decision will be based on my budget, which includes a few thousand for wheels and winter tires, while typical mouth breathing American consumers buy something that is just beyond what they…

What do you think he meant by "they"?

Why did he schedule surgery now? Is he entering the NBA draft?

Really? Is there any subject that can be discussed without a race angle to it? Should the list of things white people feel guilty about include hockey fights?

True. But going to all the trouble that supposedly led up to the "drugged drink and a gag" just seems like way more trouble than would be necessary to get a woman in that position.

Exactly. The current standard skating look seems to be lots of red lipstick and the hair pulled back, neither of which is good for her. The red lipstick highlights her worst feature. When she's not covered in horrid makeup and her hair is down, she's pretty good looking.

No, not angry, just realistic about marketing. The points you make agree with my point. Yes, car companies have been doing this for decades. My only point, is smart consumers should be aware of when they are being manipulated by meaningless, important sounding words.

A group of technologies, none of which are exclusive to Mazda. In fact every technology you can name that would come under the skyactiv name is just the same bunch of technologies that are in every other comparable car. Keep drinking the adman's koolaid. They have to fill their ad space with something. This just…

Really? Ecoboost is just a marketing term, but Skyactiv is really a thing? Skyactiv is just a marketing term. You might be able to point out what their marketing term is supposed to refer to, but that doesn't change the fact that it is just a marketing term made up by advertising people, just as ecoboost is just a…

Yeah, just like every other manufacturer that makes a turbocharged engine. And the design philosophy of every manufacturer is to strike a balance with as much power as possible for a given mpg, or the best mpg for a given horsepower, based on what they're shooting for. Do you think that's unique to Ford? Do you…

Don't know why they didn't use Dan Patrick.

Locomotives have massive banks of lead acid batteries? Really? Tell us more.

WTF is an "ecoboost"? Same as Mazda's "skyactive technology". Just meaningless words made up by the advertising department. I heard someone ask a dealer if it had ecoboost. You mean are there a thousand, incremental, minute design changes from the last generation that, combined, make the car slightly more…

I said nothing about lack of knowledge on how to operate things. I know more about the last 3 cars I owned than the dealership did. But knowing how to operate the radio is irrelevant if the radio quits working. Knowing how to operate the transmission is irrelevant if the transmission quits working. Either case is…

I don't look at the distinction between, "necessary to operate" and "nice to have" the same as you all are framing it. I look at it more like, am I going to have to take time out of my life to take it back to the dealer to get something fixed. Whether it's a vital mechanical part or the radio, either way, the pain…