McHenry County Opinion
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McHenry County: What's your opinion?Sep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - The McHenry County Board's Liquor and License Committee has scheduled a public hearing to hear residents' opinions on video gambling. The hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m....
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Smart Choices not the best choicesSep 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Pardon me if I resist applauding ConAgra, General Mills, Kellogg, Kraft, PepsiCo and other major food manufacturers who, as reported by the Daily Herald food editor, ann...
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Health care reform, but not this waySep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - The sheer verbosity of America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 - 211,360 words found on 1,017 pages - is troubling to me. Further, we all know that once any legi...
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Dad inspired me to be better personSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - My dad had battled brain cancer during my teenage years and I had always asked, why my dad? As I kept asking this question, my dad continued to keep his spirits high and...
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Impeach Obama before it's too lateSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - There must be some sensible legal device whereby Barack Obama can be removed from the White House before 2012. His presence as President bodes imminent danger to this na...
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What could be controversial?Sep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - I am horrified to hear a school official describe a speech to be given by the President to school children, on the benefits of getting good grades, as "controversial." I...
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Afghanistan's lessons unheededSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The Obama administration is failing to apply lessons from our first fight in Afghanistan. They are heading into a conventional war model, having an estimated 68,000 troo...
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Time for Johns to run againSep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - When I first moved into McHenry, John Jung and then John Rossi started to recruit me in getting involved with McHenry. I just cannot believe that both hard working offic...
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Death panels, socialists just scare tacticsSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Here we go again with "scare tactics." Death panels - kill Grandma and Grandpa - believers, don't mess with my Medicare? Socialists taking over, birthers, reverse racist...
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Questions for Bean on health care billSep 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Where is Melissa Bean? After reading Congresswoman Bean's stated keys for evaluating proposed health care legislation on her Web site I have a few questions. How can yo...