Veterans – The Musings of the Big Red Car

Screwing The American Military Veteran Yet Again

Big Red Car — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 20:42:59 +0000

Veterans are a useful bunch of folks. They fought our wars and kept the country safe. Twice a year — Memorial Day (war dead) and Veterans Day (all veterans) — we trot our veterans out and honor them, but the rest of the time we disrespect and abuse them. WTF, Big Red Car? My beef […]

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Service To The Nation — Veterans

Big Red Car — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 19:57:47 +0000

If you are of a certain age, your life was ordered by the draft. If you are younger — the vast majority of those reading this are — or a woman, you have no idea what that means. That is not intended to be judgmental. If you were of that age and avoided the draft […]

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Veterans Day 2021

Big Red Car — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 20:46:25 +0000

Respect to all veterans on Veterans Day! “I, Jeffrey L Minch, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation […]

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Welcome Home

Big Red Car — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 05:18:29 +0000

I was at Lowes today buying a dehumidifier for a little stone repair I am in the midst of. It seems that water got behind some Carrera marble and some pinwheel stone flooring and I have to suck it out using a huuuuuuge dehumidifier. So, I park at the Veterans Parking Spaces at Lowes. I […]

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Send Me

Big Red Car — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 20:35:15 +0000

Big Red Car here on a rainy Austin By God Texas day, a Veterans Day. Today in church, the minister asked veterans to rise and he had some kind words for all of us veterans. It brought to mind Isaiah 6:8: Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and […]

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Suicide

Big Red Car — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 14:58:27 +0000

Big Red Car here on a lovely sunny Sunday morning to discuss a somber subject. Suicide. We never really know what demons another person is wrestling with. I have come to realize that everybody has their demons. Nobody is demon free. What can we do, Big Red Car? On a day-to-day basis, it feels like […]

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Veterans Administration Changes — Culture

Big Red Car — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:44:17 +0000

The toxic culture at the Veterans Administration is finally getting some overdue attention. Bravo! Big Red Car here on an incredibly beautiful Texas day. Will be hot, sunny, and Texas. On Earth as it is in Texas, y’all! So, big things going on over at the Veterans Administration. Finally! In late June, the President signed […]

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Veterans Day, A New Beginning

Big Red Car — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:01:26 +0000

Veterans Day after Election Day feels a little different to me. The Boss is a veteran as were both of his parents. He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute — a hard place to be but a good place to be from. Every veteran in America is in a better position today than […]

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Veterans — Let’s Screw Our Veterans

Big Red Car — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:32:08 +0000

Veterans — one more attempt to screw our veterans? Shall we? Big Red Car here. No niceties about the weather (OK, 62F low, 84F high, sunny as Hell) today. The Pentagon is not a friend to our veterans. That is no revelation if you’ve ever served in the Army. You knew this. The Pentagon can […]

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Memorial Day v Veterans Day

Big Red Car — Sun, 29 May 2016 12:46:27 +0000

Big Red Car here on a quiet Sunday morning. Tomorrow is Memorial Day. Memorial Day is different than Veterans Day. Let the Big Red Car explain the difference. This is why we have Memorial Day. Memorial Day Memorial Day, formerly known as Decoration Day, started in 1868 and was a celebration initiated by the Grand […]

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