Island Lake Opinion
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Health care reform, but not this waySep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - The sheer verbosity of America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 - 211,360 words found on 1,017 pages - is troubling to me. Further, we all know that once any legi...
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Clearing up some misconceptionsSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - In his Aug. 19, 2009, letter, William Slater discusses some provisions of H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. Mr. Slater chiefly focuses on Sec. ...
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Health care plan a bigger 'Clunker'Sep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - It is amazing to witness the ignorance of those who continue to support Obama, Reid, Pelosi, and in our state of socialism, Durbin and Burris. I need not mention the oth...
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Dad inspired me to be better personSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - My dad had battled brain cancer during my teenage years and I had always asked, why my dad? As I kept asking this question, my dad continued to keep his spirits high and...
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Insurance companies control health policySep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Are you happy with your medical insurance? In the heated debate over health care reform, I keep hearing from the opponents that they are happy with their medical insuran...
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No confidence in Obama's abilitySep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - I have to wonder how we can trust the president's court jesters who have managed to send us to a $9 trillion deficit, bailed out his buddies in the banking business, mes...
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Where's the outrage over this murder?Sep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - The premeditated murder of James Pouillon of Owosso, Mich., a disabled pro-life activist, father of two and grandfather, affectionately known by locals as the peaceful "...
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Impeach Obama before it's too lateSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - There must be some sensible legal device whereby Barack Obama can be removed from the White House before 2012. His presence as President bodes imminent danger to this na...
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What could be controversial?Sep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - I am horrified to hear a school official describe a speech to be given by the President to school children, on the benefits of getting good grades, as "controversial." I...
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Afghanistan's lessons unheededSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The Obama administration is failing to apply lessons from our first fight in Afghanistan. They are heading into a conventional war model, having an estimated 68,000 troo...