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The Ukraine a Test of American Capabilities and Credibility

Big Red Car — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 15:23:13 +0000

Big Red Car here. The Boss is in Steamboat having toured Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and now Colorado. Big range of weather enroute and some striking country [some boring as sin country also — hey, sin isn’t boring is it?] So you have undoubtedly been following the brouhaha in the Ukraine, no? Bad deal and let’s […]

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The Beclowning of American Foreign Policy

Big Red Car — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:36:37 +0000

Big Red Car here. The Boss is back home and the weather is a bit milder. No connection. Boss was in conversation with an old pal of his. Both interested in politics and got to talking about the sorry state of American foreign policy in the aftermath of the Syrian debacle. Don’t get a […]

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Some Straight Talk About Chemical Weapons

Big Red Car — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:59:46 +0000

Big Red Car here. The Big Red Car is against the use of chemical weapons in any and all forms. There, I said it. It is repugnant. But the entire subject got me thinking about it all and I did a bit of research — don’t tell The Boss because I was supposed to be […]

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Speeches by Guys in Hermes Ties

Big Red Car — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 01:43:25 +0000

Big Red Car here. So The Boss is still in the Carolinas helping the Cub move to his new digs in Charlotte. The Queen City is a great city and is one of those great American cities that are emerging as regional centers of growth, culture and commerce. The Boss is very high on Charlotte. […]

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The National Debt and Other Fairy Tales

Big Red Car — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:03:00 +0000

Big Red Car here. Another great day — hot, ya’ll — in paradise for the Big Red Car. On Earth as it is in Texas. So, I’ve been thinking about fairy tales — those stories told by, well, fairies to ‘splain things and to provide cute analogies. Fairy tales Fairy tales are a bit of […]

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Sequestration, Entitlement Reform, Debt Ceiling and Other Fables

Big Red Car — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:53:36 +0000

Big Red Car here. Another beautiful Wednesday in the ATX. We’ll be topping 100F today but, hey, it’s July remember? [Haha, Big Red Car, the folks do not need to be reminded it’s July in Texas. They can feel it.] The real world is a very nice world and a substantial number of folks like […]

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Has America lost its ability to be outraged, shocked?

Big Red Car — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:07:26 +0000

Big Red Car here. Prolific thinking going on here in the ATX. We seem to be bombarded by progressively more troubling revelations. The Boss was harping on this just today. Where has the American sense of outrage and shock gone? The Big Red Car thinks it has gone to Mexico for the summer and is […]

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Size Matters

Big Red Car — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:43:13 +0000

Big Red Car here. Nice cooooooooooooooool night but WTF about this humidity? Almost 80% — that’s like freakin’ Houston. Houston, we’ve got a problem! Haha, Big Red Car, you are starting early today. Cut the crap, Big Red Car and get on with today’s story. So the house sitter runs the snot out of the […]

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Talking Yourself Down Off the Ledge

Big Red Car — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:23:55 +0000

Big Red Car here. Going to be a bit cloudy and gloomy in the ATX today. Hmmm, it is getting close to Memorial Day, the day of historic Austin, Texas flooding. You are way too young, Grasshopper, to remember the 1981 Memorial Day floods when Shoal Creek was filled to overflowing with wrecked cars. Oh, […]

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Who is Running Things in Washington and at the IRS? NOBODY?

Big Red Car — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:14:39 +0000

Big Red Car and betraying a bit of IRS fatigue. The big question is really — who is running things in Washington, the District of Columbia and over at the Internal Revenue Service? The answer, Old Sport, is NOBODY! First, I will spare you all the real and imagined outrage at the notion that our […]

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