McHenry County Opinion
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AARP has close ties to governmentSep 18, 2010 11:00 pm - I have been wondering for a while why the AARP supported and advocated for the Obamacare bill that was jammed through Congress. Richard Foster, Medicare's chief actuary,...
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More discussion, less bashing, pleaseSep 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Telling, isn't it, that after a year and a half in office President Obama now spends more and more of his time bashing Republicans in his speeches. You would think that ...
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Ignoring bullies can cause further harmSep 18, 2010 11:00 pm - When President Obama visited a Philadelphia school, he told the children to ignore bullies and in the same breath asked them to be tolerant of others. Tolerance is a val...
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Illinois needs fresh startSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I know it seems like a long way away, but November will come quickly and we need to be ready to say enough is enough when we step into that ballot box on Election Da...
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Find real solutions on immigrationSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - My wife and I are deeply disappointed by the remarks made by the 8th Congressional District candidates regarding immigration as reported in the Daily Herald Sept. 12. We...
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Parker's Muslim column hereticalSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I understand that this is mostly a letter and thoughts of the writer - columnist Kathleen Parker - but she must have not said that everyone in America thinks like her. I...
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Act now to fix 'Grayslake Crawl'Sep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Route 120 traffic through Grayslake is a crawl every day. This morning, it was like a merge of people turning right from Garfield Blvd. to go up the incline, over the tr...
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Saturday Soapbox: Getting textySep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Getting texty: Seen on a bumper sticker this week: "Guns don't kill people; drivers with cell phones do." Also seen, on a Schaumburg municipal sign: "Texting and ...
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U.S. should stand firm against mosqueSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Can you tell me one good reason why I should sit back and let Imam Feisel Abdul Rauf tell me what is not hallowed ground? It is not his hallowed ground to him. It might...
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Tax cuts are not givebacksSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - On Sept. 15, the Daily Herald ran a political cartoon in which a man, pointing to a GOP elephant dressed as Robin Hood, tells his wife, "Says he's stealing from our gran...