Cook County Opinion
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H1N1 problems are just the beginningNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - President Obama has declared H1N1 swine flu a national emergency. So, what did we get? A limited number of inoculation locations, long lines, insufficient supply of vac...
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Look at profits before bashing insuranceNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - I am always curious about the motivations that lead some on the left to demonize the corporations that bring us so many wonderful goods and services at small but fair pr...
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How long will it take to give health care?Nov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I was raised by the Greatest Generation. I especially remember the World War II years from age eight through 11. My uncles and neighbors served. This generation carried...
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If free rides go, cut sales tax, tooNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Editors, you should read your own newspaper. John Patterson and Marni Pyke nailed the facts down for you. First, half-priced fares for seniors are a federal requirement...
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Where's criticism of Obama's failingsNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Has anyone noticed or remembered all the things that our former president was accused of doing, not doing, causing, creating, neglecting, lying about, things that were m...
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Still time to vote for health care reformNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I wish to publicly thank Representative Melissa Bean for casting her vote to pass the Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962. I applaud her for resisting trem...
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Fence Post writer has me all wrongNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Let a writer dare suggest that the mainstream media is no longer liberal, but in fact has a conservative bent, and angry rebuttals are sure to follow. That is the case w...
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Vote against reform is a vote for freedomNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I just wanted to publicly say thank you to Representative Peter Roskam for voting against the ruinous "Health Care Reform (actually "Health Insurance Regulation") bill t...
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Put rhetoric aside in health care debateNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I wonder why it is that so many Congress people are so inclined to listen to the voices of a single lobbyist over the calls and letters of constituents who pull the leve...
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Thanks for courage on health care voteNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Dear Honorable Rep. Melissa Bean, This is to express thanks on behalf of my wife and two kids, for standing on the side of the common and hapless citizens by voting in f...