Comments on: Wait a cotton-pickin’ second!! I am happy Abraham Lincoln had decided not to hang the leadership of the Confederacy, but I don’t think he wanted citizens to wax their cars. The U.S. placed a military cemetery on Robert E. Lee’s family property. That was gesture worthy of 14th century Florence and reverberates today. Let a private group rebuild Davis’ home. Would taxpayers be expected to place vinyl siding on Timothy McVeigh’s house? Just because one wore levis and a windbreaker and the other dressed as a Kentucky colonel doesn’t mean the country is responsible for the latter’s Home Depot bills. There must be plenty of rich, crypto-confederates willing to restore old Jeff’s crib. While I fully support the preservation of history in thought and material, I would think African-Americans have a real beef on this one.

Comments on: Wait a cotton-pickin’ second!! I am happy Abraham Lincoln had decided not to hang the leadership of the Confederacy, but I don’t think he wanted citizens to wax their cars. The U.S. placed a military cemetery on Robert E. Lee’s family property. That was gesture worthy of 14th century Florence and reverberates today. Let a private group rebuild Davis’ home. Would taxpayers be expected to place vinyl siding on Timothy McVeigh’s house? Just because one wore levis and a windbreaker and the other dressed as a Kentucky colonel doesn’t mean the country is responsible for the latter’s Home Depot bills. There must be plenty of rich, crypto-confederates willing to restore old Jeff’s crib. While I fully support the preservation of history in thought and material, I would think African-Americans have a real beef on this one. http://david.barillari.org/wait-a-cotton-pickin%e2%80%99-second-i-am-happy-abraham-lincoln-had-decided-not-to-hang-the-leadership-of-the-confederacy-but-i-don%e2%80%99t-think-he-wanted-citizens-to-wax-their-cars-the-us-placed-a Ex Historia, Non Est Salus...Cultural, Social & Politcal Satire Fri, 25 May 2012 11:42:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5