McHenry County Opinion
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Washington no place to run health careNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Americans presently enjoy the best health care system in the world. It provides the most advanced treatments to the most people with the greatest expedition possible. Th...
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Vaccine only good for making moneyNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Gardasil is a new vaccine that is supposed to protect young women and girls against four strains of the sexually transmitted Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Gardasil is prom...
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Auto-dialer calls don't' win us overNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Melissa Bean, Please quit having your auto-dialer call my home telephone. These attempts to inform this voter, trumping up the good job you and your Washington peers ar...
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Listen to the average joesNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Thank God for the representatives who listen to the everyday "Joe" and voted for H.R. 3962. Too long we have been in the stranglehold of the insurance industry. We try t...
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Ignoring warming carries greater costNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - While reading the newspaper the last few months I have noticed a disturbing trend. There is a new wave of deniers of the fact that greenhouse gasses are contributing to ...
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A list of fixes for health careNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - The House of Representative's version of the health care bill barely passed on Nov. 7. Good or bad? Many questions remain to be addressed. It's estimated that reform wil...
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Legal marijuana would be a menaceNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - I would like to differ with a Daily Herald commentary published on Sunday, Oct. 25 by Froma Harrop in which she called the crusade against marijuana ill-conceived. Harro...
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Protest proposed change in health careNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - I'm totally opposed to any further expansion of the federal government in the area of health care. Even if I thought this was remotely permissible under the Constitution...
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It's easy to imagine what could happenNov 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Having read many adventure novels this past year by Clancy, Cussler, and Vince Flynn, I'm inspired to write my own thriller. After all, Tom Clancy foresaw an attack on W...
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Know history behind Obama's world viewNov 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Dear President Obama, As of Nov. 20th You are in the 11th month of your presidency. This is my 11th letter to you. We enjoyed hearing the classical music workshop at the...