McHenry County Opinion
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Cost drives kids out of organized sportsFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - The article about the decline in youth baseball enrollment, given the state of the economy, is poorly timed and a bit socially irresponsible. Suburban kids are not enrol...
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Lauzen's victory shows he respondsFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - State Sen. Chris Lauzen's landslide victory in the Feb. 2 primary election should be an important lesson to politicians. His opposition contended that he was not an effe...
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Nothing progressive about our directionFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Ask yourselves how the U.S. has arrived where we are today. I'm sure you've heard the phrases: the New World Order and Going Green. I've concluded they are one in the sa...
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End Bush tax cuts for the wealthyFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Why would we extend and continue the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy when is has be very clear that they have not helped most average Americans? Health costs have skyrocke...
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Leave the coyotes beFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - The story regarding coyotes on Feb. 10 reminds me of the stories of man vs. buffalo and white man vs. American Indian. Who was here first? Let's just take "their" home a...
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Bush tax cuts help small businessFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - I agree with extending the Bush tax cuts. It's misleading to say only the rich are getting them. The job creators are small businesses, which are in the tax bracket Obam...
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This spending can't go on foreverFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - The selfish and irresponsible politicians that continually manipulate and restructure the very laws put in place for America's well being have changed our economic progn...
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Buoyed by everyday kindness of othersFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - In my 70 plus years, I went here, there, everywhere automatically. No thought ... in and out of stores, regular doors, revolving doors. I did things - lifted, carried, w...
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Ideas for jobs from newly unemployedFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - I just joined the unemployment club of over 17 million Americans. The future looks bleak. The only way the government can help "Americans" get back to work is: • Cancel ...
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Food story contains real message of loveFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Finally, someone gets it. Often newspaper and magazine food editors focus on Valentine's Day with food that delivers a somewhat twisted message. You love someone so you ...