Bartlett Opinion
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Illinois seems to want seniors off the roadSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Recently, I, a senior citizen leaning toward 91, who has driven nationwide for 51 years without an accident (thanks to other drivers), failed because I did not remember ...
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Who's paying for government control?Sep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Fence Post writer Greg Newlin has attempted to refute a previous post for which I encouraged him to read health care plan HR 3200 before writing about it. He quoted just...
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Overwrought, overrun by health care lettersSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I'd like to give you my view on a somewhat controversial topic: health care reform. I don't know. Seriously, I don't have a strong opinion on the right way to go. I do b...
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Health care reform, line by lineSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - What an opportunity the president has given Congress: he has offered to invite any Congressman to come to the White House and go over the health care bill "line by line....
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I should be telling senator what to doSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Just got an e-mail from Senators Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer and Patrick Leahy. They want me to write a letter to the Daily Herald to "tell my neighbors about the cost-re...
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Easiest way to kill capitalismSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - It appears that the words of two past political luminaries come to mind as our local and national politicians keep scrambling to keep coming up with new taxes to plug up...
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Service and patriotism are nonpartisanSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Americans gather today to remember. It will take the form of a moment of silence or public remembrance in Elgin, Des Plaines, Glen Ellyn, Elburn and many other communiti...
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Greed is the cause of health care problemSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I have some thoughts regarding the problems with our health care. To me the basic cause of our problems is greed. First of all let's look at the hospitals. Most seem to ...
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Why does 'trickle up' work for some?Sep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Maybe we all should get from the government what ever Tom Teune (Sept. 5 Fence Post) is smoking, then the idea of government expansion and taxing our great grandchildren...
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Put a lid on the preachy rhetoricSep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Many holier-than-thou Christians feel the need to spread pompous pronouncements through the pages of the Daily Herald's letters page. Many of you raise all kinds of nois...