On Earth as it is in Texas – The Musings of the Big Red Car

Sanctuary Cities and Texas

Big Red Car — Mon, 08 May 2017 14:39:46 +0000

Sanctuary cities, Big Red Car? Pray tell? OK, so the People’s Republic of Austin (really Travis County) has a Sheriff — Sanctuary Sally Hernandez — who took it upon herself to decide which laws and what level of cooperation with ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) she thought, in her opinion, was advisable. Criminals were […]

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Balmorhea Springs, Texas

Big Red Car — Thu, 12 May 2016 13:06:43 +0000

Going to be a great day here in the ATX. Why not? It’s Texas and Texas has a lot of very interesting places. One of them is Balmorhea Springs. It is, technically, a cienega which is a spring located at the foot of a mountain. A cienege is often a wetlands. In this instance, it […]

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Cinco de Mayo

Big Red Car — Sun, 05 May 2013 21:49:45 +0000

Big Red Car here celebrating Cinco de Mayo here in the ATX. Good as it gets, really. On Earth as it is in Texas! Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican victory over the French in Puebla, Mexico on 5 May 1862. On Cinco de Mayo you must eat fajitas and drink Mexican beer. [That is […]

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