Ben Jones has been in the news lately. In fact he has an editorial in today's USA Today. For those of you across the Atlantic Pond who may not know the history of the Confederate Flag here in the US, it was used by the South in the Civil War back in the mid 1860s and the South wanted to keep slaves (Although there was much more to the war than that). Most people today only view the Confederate Flag as a sign of southern culture and heritage but a few still think it symbolizes slavery and should be banned from society. Ben Jones argues that it doesn't stand for slavery anymore because symbols, words, flags, etc change their meaning sometimes. He also argues that even George Washington owned slaves and we shouldn't outlaw anything affiliated with him. Some people in Texas want to customize their license plates on their vehicles and want to have a small Confederate flag on it but Texas said they couldn't and now the case has gone to the highest court in the land, the U S Supreme Court. Ben Jones is the official spokesman for the group defending the flag. I should probably add that we aren't allowed to inject political views on the HazzardNet and I am simply stating facts and not opinions. If anybody responds to this post please be respectful and realize that the moderators could shut it down if you're not. Thanks