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America Is Baaaaaack!?

Big Red Car — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 15:58:56 +0000

Once upon a time the world, our enemies in particular, feared American power whilst our friends and allies revered it. It was bad to be an enemy of America. It was good to be a friend of America. After the Normandy landing in World War II, it took America and her allies ten months to […]

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Things I Like About America #1

Big Red Car — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 18:29:03 +0000

I am tired of hearing all the criticism of America. Not suggesting some of it isn’t well-deserved, but just tired of hearing it without any offsetting praise. So, today I rise to defend and praise the Statue of Liberty Lady and our great country. We are the best hope for mankind though we may have […]

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Audacity, American Audacity

Big Red Car — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:44:26 +0000

God bless America. Today, we celebrate American audacity — the willingness to take bold risks in the face of fatal outcomes. It is a characteristic of a man not all men possess. More than 245 years ago, a handful of American men decided they had had enough preditations from an English king who possessed the […]

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The Imperfect Storm

Big Red Car — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:12:39 +0000

America finds itself in the hold of several substantial challenges — the Imperfect Storm. Chief amongst them are the following: 1. The Pandemic 2. The economic impact of the Pandemic 3. The civil unrest in our cities 4. The #DefundPolice v Black Lives Matter confrontation 5. Government response to diminished tax revenues 6. The Election […]

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The Waning Ability To Hold Two Competing Thoughts At The Same Time

Big Red Car — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 20:20:38 +0000

In my now post-COVID bliss, with my newly cleared mind, with my returning brain cells, I make bold to say that we are really getting stupid at a time that we need to be smart. What pops to mind is our inability to hold competing thoughts inside our single brain. We once debated the merits […]

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Being An American In Trying Times

Big Red Car — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:15:21 +0000

I once asked a man who had been in the Army when Pearl Harbor happened what it felt like to be attacked and lose most of our fleet in the mud. I imagined it was harrowing. I imagined that America was scared to its core. I was wrong. This man would fight in the war […]

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Skin In The Game

Big Red Car — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 17:27:40 +0000

I woke up this morning to a lovely Texas day. It is a good habit to get into — waking up every morning. I am on a run that I hope to continue for a long time. Wish me well. In my first look about at things, I was struck with awe and gratitude that […]

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What Chaos?

Big Red Car — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 22:11:55 +0000

We Americans are a tough people. Hard to believe that when you see what a bunch of victims and cupcakes we see on the Internet, but at our core, we are resolute survivors. I used to ask my father if he thought my generation could have fought and won World War II. He received a […]

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America – Go Upcountry

Big Red Car — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:29:04 +0000

Big Red Car here on a gloomy Monday in America (haha, Texas, really). The rains stopped and yesterday was sunny, but it’s gray today. Getting cold (58F). Today, the country feels divided. Divided by things political and a number of important issues. We have mid-term elections in a couple of weeks and, today, early voting […]

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God Bless Bloody Bayonets

Big Red Car — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 13:20:00 +0000

Big Red Car here on America’s birthday. Happy Birthday, America! Ahh, to be an iconic American muscle car. Hey, I AM an iconic American muscle car, haha! America was born at the point of bloody bayonets. We were the product of a fight between the most powerful military force on the planet and an idea […]

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