McHenry County Opinion
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Insurance companies are not the problemApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Here's a message for President Obama and all his lemmings. Your attempt to make the health care debate all about insurance companies is both disingenuous and a big lie. ...
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Bring troops home, where real threat liesApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - With the rise of homegrown terrorism with threats of violence and government upheaval to return the White House and Congress to radical right wing hands, why don't we wi...
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Bean not much of a 'representativeApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The health care debate and its passage has been a polarizing issue, polarizing on the constituents and their representatives. Any poll of the 8th Congressional District ...
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Politicians are out of touch with peopleApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Our senators and representatives have great jobs, fantastic health care benefits and a wonderful pension plan who think they know and understand what the plain folks are...
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Bravo to Bean for backing her peopleApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The health care reform legislation is not perfect. Neither were the Bush tax cuts, a uniquely financed Iraq war, or the Medicare Reform Act that banned any effort to lev...
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Kids say the darnedest thingsApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - In response to a call for volunteers from State Rep. Mike Tryon to help out at the McHenry County Farm Bureau's AG Expo, I worked as a chaperon for a wonderful group of ...
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Pension plan hurts wrong peopleApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The "pension reform" rushed through the legislature is a drastic solution that punishes the blameless for a problem created by government mismanagement. The only reason ...
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Saturday Soapbox: We're all in this togetherApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - All in this together: If nothing else, Earth Day brings a good reminder. No matter if one is a fervent believer in global warming or believes it's nothing more th...
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Obama a Republican in Democrat's clothingApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - In just 14 short months, President Obama has become a serious challenger for the title of the greatest Republican president of the last 50 years. He has accomplished th...
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Dumb to drop moon for MarsApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Hard to comprehend and I, frankly, don't know when this is going to stop or even turn around. But on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mishap and near disaster, the ...