Jerry McConnell

U. S. Jews just don’t get it

A column written by Dick Morris and published on “TheHIll.com” on December 16, 2008 had a title of “U.S. – Israel Collision” which caught my eye with great interest.

Auto companies can survive without bailouts

Normally one of my favorite writers, Pat Buchanan, offered in his December 16, 2008 column on Human Events.com, an opinion markedly different than one I had penned just recently for my Canada Free Press readers. Buchanan based his opinion of the proposed Democrat/Pres. Bush bailout of the auto industry giants, GM, Ford and Chrysler on the condition that not to do so would be, in his words, “risking swift death” for those companies.

GOP kills liberal efforts to fund auto-execs

On December 11, 2008 the United States Senate voted down the Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 7005 (Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 ) which would have been weighted down with earmarks to provide the $14 or 15 billion that the liberal Democrats and President Bush wanted to give to the auto industry and their labor unions; the Republicans, except for 10 RINO’s and 8 weak-kneed wusses who did not even care to vote (see below) kept the motion from passing.

Bush legacy – Angel or Albatross?

A friend emailed me a day or two after the recent presidential election and spoke despairingly about the fortunes of President Bush who, in his opinion, should have been celebrated for what appears now to be a significant victory in Iraq.

Some celebrities prefer colored Christmas lights: Ben Stein for one

Several weeks ago I wrote a column about the current commercial-like use of white lights for decorating during the Christmas season. (Being a traditionalist, I flatly refuse to call it the “Holiday season” when we are clearly talking about Christmas.) I advocated strongly, again for traditionalist reasons, for the old-fashioned, but never outlived multi-colored lights, in particular for our homes and neighborhoods decorations of Christmas trees, house and yard trimming.

Obama, the Clintons and the military

As Thomas D. Segal, writer for GOPUSA, stated in his November 22, 2008 article, ‘Do Veterans Look At Obama With Great Expectations?’ “One veteran summed up what I believe is the most credible and worthy assessment of the Obama presidency. It was a man named Lee Webber living in Hawaii and his simple statement was: ‘I just have a hard time believing that if you pick the same folks that have done wrong in the past that they will somehow change this time around. I have a hard time believing in someone who denies that if you hang around, support, work for, or associate with folks who don't like our country very much, nothing rubs off. Now in my humble opinion, if you hang out in the barn long enough, you start smelling like the cows.’

An effort to get the truth out

On Oct. 29, 2008 Newsmax.com posted an internet article titled, “Arabs: Obama ‘One of Us’” in which an Iranian born columnist for the New York Post, Amir Taheri, was featured and who observed that while Obama has “pushed his origins into the background, his ‘Islamic roots’ have won him a place in many Arab’s hearts.”

Think professional athletes are all greedy?  Think again.

Ian Browne, writer for MLB.com, and cover reporter for RedSox.com provided an interesting offering on November 26, 2008, the day before Thanksgiving, to refute the often-stated thinking of the public that all professional athletes are greedy. Such is their reputation gained from notable monetary dealings with baseball teams’ management.

Lighten Up – With Color

What has happened to our Christmases? The joy and warmth is being removed more and more each year. The soft heart-warming glow of multi colored lights on trees, shrubs, house trim and other ornaments has disappeared. In its place now is the harsh, glaring, antiseptic, and chillingly cold glare of all white lights.

Two former Marines were “Good to Go.”

As one of the greatest military forces in the world, the triumphs and achievements accrued by the United States Marine Corps are phenomenal. President Reagan once said: “Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.”

Sand In My Shoes

‘Sand in my shoes’ was an expression generated back in the work-scarce days of the nineteen thirties implying an excessive amount of foot-travel to get away from the unemployment areas. It was how a lot of folks felt when unable to secure employment and who were thus forced to move on to other parts of the country looking for that elusive, ideal job; or any job that would put a roof over their heads and food on the table. Moving on was done mostly without the benefit of a vehicle, the primary mode of transportation being your two legs and feet, spawning another term, ‘Shoe leather express.’ Where today we see a family of four with a like number of automobiles parked in the driveway, back then most homes had no cars in that parking area and the bread winners walked to work and all walked to stores, churches, schools, parks, picnic areas and other places where communities gather.

Day -O! AARP goes bananas for Belafonte

I have been a member of the American Association of Retired Persons, more commonly known as “AARP” for a good many years having joined back when the lower age threshold for membership was fifty-five, reduced some years later to fifty.

Ode to a female Ronnie Reagan

If there is one word in the English language that can drive a liberal to do crazy things right at this time, you can be sure it is “PALIN.” She pronounces it ‘PAYLYN’.

My View on Global Warming

As if to back up the many, many recent reports of the onset of global cooling from distinguished scientists around the world, Brazil, whose northern border touches the Equator and lies in the Southern Hemisphere where seasons are opposite of ours in the Northern Hemisphere, meaning that when we have warm temperature months the lower half of the earth is experiencing cold weather. Equatorial countries rarely ever have weather cold enough to produce sleet and snow. So Brazil experiencing these latter weather-produced phenomena is an almost positive sign that the ridiculous blusterings of Al Gore and his sycophants calling for measures to stop global warming are fallacious and unfounded in fact.

Assigning blame for Fannie and Freddie

On the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the $700 billion bailout, much of the attention has to be placed on the men and women we elect to Congress, as they bear a large share of the blame! Most of the blame though, rests with President Bill Clinton and his appointees who earlier mishandled the administration and finances of those agencies.