McHenry County Opinion
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Instead of criticizing look at the positiveFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - It is no secret that I am not an admirer of many policies and activities of the current Congress and administration. But I think they and the agencies supplying aid to H...
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Thanks for making Christmas specialFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - The 2009 Marine Corps Reserve Toys For Tots Program has wrapped up for the year. Due to the economy this year, the program opened slowly and floundered for a while. When...
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Don't lay off Dist. 202 teachersFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Leave the school District 303 teachers alone and lay off the school superintendent who tried to raise our property taxes to pay for new schools in the middle of a recess...
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Now they're after retirement savingsFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - And now we wake up to find that the 0bama administration and the secretaries of Labor and Treasury are making plans to force all IRA owners and 401(k) participants to in...
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Plan could leave retirees out in coldFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - On Christmas Eve the U.S. Senate slid through its own version of the health are reform bill. The bill fails to protect the earned post-retirement health care benefits of...
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High court decision empowers the richFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - The Supreme Court has spoken! Rich people are entitled to more freedom than poor people. One dollar, one vote. Thomas C. Curtis Rolling Meadows ...
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Death penalty an effective deterrentFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - The Hammurabi Code of ancient Mesopotamia called for a death sentence for all manner of crimes. Why shouldn't it be effective today? The death penalty could be the only ...
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Want to see a bully? Look in the mirrorFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Our government spends more (borrowed) money on its military forces than the rest of the world combined. We maintain hundreds of military bases placed all over the world,...
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Stop using private armiesFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - A national coalition of groups opposed to Blackwater, now called Xe, have called on Congress to investigate the U.S. Justice Department's handling of the criminal case a...
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Point missed on Super Bowl adFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - This is in response to Susan Estrich's Jan. 29 article about the Focus On The Family's Super Bowl ad featuring Pam and Tim Tebow. She misses the point. This ad has every...