McHenry County Opinion
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Let's have a clean fight, candidatesJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Even before that last weathered McCain sign is gone from the landscape and just as sure as daffodils bloom in the spring, you'll soon see a fresh crop of campaign signs....
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Bush couldn't have left too soonJan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - After watching President Bush' second and FINAL farewell speech to the American public on Thursday evening, and hearing his lopsided (in HIS favor) presidential score ca...
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Bad time for open space referendumJan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - The economy is in a depression, maybe another Great Depression. Unemployment is going up and continuing to rise. The federal deficit is at an all-time high, and state an...
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Bring back real freedom to chooseJan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - I was taught that it was a basic right in a free society to belong to a union. After President Reagan fired the air traffic controllers, unions became a dirty word. The ...
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It's time to stop talking about raceJan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Larry King recently stated that "black is in". Apparently, Mr. King is making it clear the battle against racism hasn't come to an end. American citizens need to be disc...
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Too few see Bush was good PresidentJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Given the moral decline of the world, especially in our own country, it does not surprise me that so few "get" the president and approve his performance. After all, it's...
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Follow safety rules when snowmobilingJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - This is the time of year when the temptation to ride a motorized sled across a frozen surface becomes too great to fight. Snowmobilers see days and weeks of temperature...
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Obama sets example on sunshine lawsJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - On the heels of an administration that looked for reasons to refuse Freedom of Information Act requests, President Barack Obama started his first full day in office with...
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It's high time we worked togetherJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - In a recent Fencepost, a contributor linked Hitler and Stalin's rise to power with Nancy Pelosi and the lopsided number of Democrats over Republicans in Congress. Lookin...
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Congress: Work and work hardJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - I have a friend who refers to Sen. Dick Durbin as Senator Press Conference. "He has one every day whether he needs one or not." I mean to single him out and the balance...