Category Archives: Government

05/27/25

The Power of Pickleball in Toms River, New Jersey

Comes now the weird tale of pickleball and a second century church in Toms River, New Jersey, a city of 100,000 and 75% white and, apparently, keen on pickleball. Who knew?

Buckle up, folks, it’s your old pal, the Big Red Car, and I’m about to run over the boneheaded scheme cooking in Toms River, New Jersey.

The township’s council, in a move that reeks of small-town stupidity, wants to seize 11 acres from Christ Episcopal Church — dating from the US Civil War — via eminent domain to build a fancy-pants waterfront park with 10 pickleball courts, a soccer field, and a skate park. Yeah, you heard that right—pickleball courts!

This isn’t just a land grab; it’s a gutless attack on a church’s mission, and I’m here to call it out for the pathetic power trip it is. Toms River’s council needs to get its head out of its collective rear and ditch this dopey plan before it crashes and burns. Continue reading →

03/20/25

Tariffs, A Little Context And Analysis

Since President Trump’s inauguration — is it really still less than the first 100 days — there has been much talk of tariffs. Trump has threatened them, imposed them, modified them, and removed them. New concepts — such as “reciprocal” tariffs — have flooded the space.

Tariffs are in play, baby.

Here’s a link to the Federal Register where you can look up all of President Trump 2.0’s Executive Orders. Federal Register

Trump 2.0 has made tariffs into a sharp-edged weapon. And, yet, we are still only in the early innings. Continue reading →

02/11/25

The NGO Grift and Hustle

The acronym “NGO” is cast about a lot in the news, but what exactly is an NGO and what is their hustle? Great question, dear reader.

Always, always, in all ways, follow the bloody money!

What is an NGO?

An NGO is a Non-government Organization which is an odd name since many of them are, in fact, funded by government block grants or perform government contracts thus making them government dependent organizations. Continue reading →

02/6/25

Dragon Energy

We are only a couple of weeks into the Trump 2.0 administration and I can already feel the palpable improvement — meaning increase — in governing energy emanating from what was essentially a morgue during the Biden administration.

Honestly, I cannot recall the Biden admin, but I turn 74 tomorrow, so that could just be on me. I used to watch Joe Biden walk to/from Marine One and see that Old Man Gait that had that Nascar “pile-up-at-the-turn” quality to it.

When everybody recognized how feeble Joe Biden looked walking to Marine One, the White House assigned people to walk with him so his fragility was not on as direct display thereby validating the concern for the thinking world. Yikes!

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02/5/25

How Deep Does The Media Corruption Really Go?

Yesterday I posted about the horrific reveleations about the conduct of the US Agency for International Development — please focus on that word “International.”

Today, comes this nugget: USAID funded POLITICO — a left leaning “domestic” media property — to the tune of $8,200,000 over the last 4 years. 

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02/3/25

Who’s Been Swimming Naked?

Donald J Trump swept into office like a bloody tsunami and now (comfortably esconced in government housing) is letting the water recede to reveal who’s been swimming naked.

WTF does that mean, Big Red Car?

What I mean is this Trump fellow made a lot of campaign promises and signed a lot of Executive Orders and we can now see — SEE — whether those promises were real or just shiny stuff to attract votes. [Politicians are known to lie to us for our votes.]

Bit more specificity, Big Red Car?

Certainly, dear reader. The Trump 2.0 promises us a sleeker government and today he locked out the offices of the US AID (Agency for International Development) and indicated their functions will be folded into the Department of State. He had previously halted all foreign aid programs for 90 days (another campaign promise made good upon).

Boom — locked out! Sort of a bold stroke. Imagine arriving for work as a government employee as say 10:19AM and finding your workplace locked?

Can we get some back story, Big Red Car?

For a bit of background, let’s explore from whence USAID came to be and what it does.

 1. In 1961, President John Kennedy wanted to counter the Soviet hegemony and expansion around the world. He convinced Congress to pass the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to marshal funds to counter the Soviets.

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12/21/24

Budgeting — The Avoidable Train Wreck

The morons in the US Congress just conducted the latest version of the Sky Is Falling budget crisis. It was predictable, boring, and completely avoidable.

How avoidable, Big Red Car, how?

Simple the Congress could just do their damn job for a change. Let me explain.

First, the US Congress is the laziest, well paid public institution in the entire country. A US Congressman will work for 112 days during which the Congress is in session. Think about that — a full time job in which you work 112 days.

Conversely, they will be “out of session” for the remaining 253 days.

This is not a hard job. It pays grandly and you get a lot of great perks. Continue reading →