McHenry County Opinion
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Don’t impose English on Puerto RicansMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - Have Republicans have lost faith in the proposition that free markets provide the ultimate gauge of useful behavior? How else can we interpret the current bandwagon buil...
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Shame on Cook for treatment of vetsMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - Thank you to the members of the Illinois Senate who saw through the Cook County Board’s shameless attempt to deny service to the veterans of Cook County. It is difficult...
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We’re ignoring our great privilegeMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - We are one of a few countries with the supreme privilege of voting for the candidate of our choice for government offices. Why then is it necessary to make it so easy fo...
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How do people miss Obama’s failures?Mar 31, 2012 5:00 am - The fact that Obama’s re-election is even being considered is sad testimony to how successful the left’s dumbing down of America has been. If Obama worshippers would pu...
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U.S. mission in Afghanistan changedMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - Does anyone remember why we went to war in Afghanistan? Not many in Washington, apparently. The mission was very clear at the time. It was to hunt down and bring to just...
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Make English the official languageMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - The fact that this was a federal mandate did not diminish the outrage I felt when I went to vote and received a bilingual ballot. As far as I am concerned, if you don’t ...
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Budgets don’t influence assessorMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - The township assessor is charged with valuing property fairly and equitably ... PERIOD. Assessing property is complicated, but in the simplest terms, assessments are lar...
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Consider algae as alternative biofuelMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - Charles Krauthammer’s March 20 column blasting President Obama’s oil policy was way off base and greatly distorted. Just more Republican bashing of Obama — after a while...
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Obama’s regret explains our messMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - March 31 marks the seventh anniversary of the “legal” murder by dehydration of Terri Schiavo. For 14 days she was dried out like a prune while the country stood by. Cont...
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The SoapboxMar 30, 2012 10:45 pm - Hit the jackpot? Well, did ya win? Did ya? Did ya? Yeah, neither did we. Oh well. Then again ... One or two people may have proved themselves “geniuses” by turning a few...