McHenry County Opinion
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RTA/Metra need defibrillatorsOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - On Oct. 8, I was a passenger on Union Pacific Northwest Line Train 610 - a train I take weekday mornings from Woodstock to Chicago. After leaving Barrington, I heard an ...
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Longer school day just a dishonest ployOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - President Obama has discovered that American elementary education leaves something to be desired. The rest of us have known about it for years. Conservatives have long c...
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Limbaugh just says what everyone thinksOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - This whole Rush Limbaugh debacle is an outrage. It's also amusing in a sad sort of way. What really frosts me is that we have the usual suspects, Jesse Jackson and Al Sh...
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Meditations on Obama's NobelOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - "However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?" - Buddha "As I grow older I pay less attention to ...
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Reform is only hope for affordable careOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - So you are among the lucky ones who have employer provided insurance and believe that you are very well protected and have no reason to support health care reform. I was...
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No public option limits your optionsOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - I am amazed at the concern that the public option will take away our ability to keep our existing health care. The ads claiming the public option provides no guarantee y...
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Obama is wrong to attack Fox NewsOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Reading Ann Sanner's article on the White House vs Fox News sparring in today's issue of the Daily Herald, I kept on asking myself, can the White House do that? Can the...
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So much for the Greatest GenerationOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The president and the bungling Congress have "honored" the greatest generation again by reducing the benefits they earned the hard way and giving them to some who have d...
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Real 2009 deficit was over $2.1 trillionOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The Federal Government has just announced that the Federal Budget Deficit for Fiscal Year 2009 that ended Sept. 30 was $1.4 trillion. That is a lowball figure. It assum...
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Tobacco law is good for business, healthOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The Schaumburg Business Association supports passage of legislation known as the PACT Act that helps combat illegal sales of cigarettes. We believe the PACT Act will det...