Cook County Opinion
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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...
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Failure of repeal proves need to changeSep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - As a resident of Cook County, I was extremely disappointed to learn that the Cook County Board failed to repeal board President Todd Stroger's controversial sales tax in...
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HR 3200: Read it and you won't want itSep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - It took me a while, but I finally finished reading HR 3200 - the proposed health care legislation. It was a real eye-opener. Our current politicians supporting HR 3200 m...
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We've taken many breaths, thanksSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - You say to "take a breath, America." We have been breathing since Obama took office in January. Breathed while he had to so quickly pass a "stimulus" bill filled with po...
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Methinks thou doth protest too muchSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - In his Sept. 5, letter Mr. Albert J. Dzermejko writes: "Am I the only one who's absolutely aghast by ... the media's sanctimonious praise of now departed Sen. Ted Kenned...
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It's time to fix unfair override systemSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - State Rep. Paul Froehlich said last May it will take "dynamite" to dislodge legislation on the Cook County veto process from the Illinois House committee where it was se...
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Resistance is an American traditionSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - An open letter to Sen. Durbin: The American people are speaking loud and clear on issues that concern them, these days so-called Health Reform among them. But our leader...
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Kirk's survey misleads districtSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - An Open Letter to Congressman Mark Kirk of the 10th Congressional District: As your constituent, I am appalled by the inflammatory language pertaining to health care ref...
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How will panel be selected?Sep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - I was just wondering... Will the death panels be selected like jurors or will there be a different way of choosing who is to live and who is to die? I was just wondering...
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Health care bill doesn't add upSep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The health care proposals before Congress are economically unsustainable. Analysts agree on this, including, among others, the Congressional Budget Office, the Heritage ...