McHenry County Opinion
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Saturday SoapboxOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - How about a good fall cleaning? If you need motivation to clean out toy rooms to make room for the Christmas windfall, Mundelein High School students are offering it. Th...
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Abortion is not a health care issueOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Mr. Pasternak recently suggested that abortion is a health care issue. Would he also suggest slavery was an employment issue? I would hope not because both slavery and a...
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Language shows bias in ACORN articleOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - I read the Sept. 16th article regarding Dick Durbin and Roland Burris' defenses of their votes not to ban federal funding to ACORN. The article described ACORN as an ant...
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Democrats prove they can do things rightOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Ron Fogel of Buffalo Grove decries President Obama's ability to run a business. We were on the verge of depression, Mr. Vogel. Do you know what that means? We could have...
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Health care facilities are not extravagantOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - In Ken Kitzing's letter to the editor ("Greed is the cause of health care problem"), I take exception. He asserts that hospitals are greedy, that their building is drive...
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Fix failing system that burdens usOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Being over 65, we are covered by the public option called Medicare and can afford supplemental insurance, but given a less self-sufficient circumstance my wife and I mig...
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How the mighty have fallenOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago's elimination in the first round of the 2016 Olympic selection is just one more indication of America's declining position in the world. William Peterson Elgin ...
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Global warming doesn't measure upOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - I find it very interesting how all the global warming alarmists have been crying about the rise in the earth's temperature and screaming about how the Arctic ice shelf i...
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Stop the name calling, DemocratsOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The approval ratings for Democratic leaders has sagged. Their response has been to hurl negative labels at their opposition like "un-American," "AstroTurf" and the worn ...
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Legislation makes no senseOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Waxman-Markey HR 2454 was written in such haste that many sections are incomprehensible. As written, HR 2454 will result in litigation for years to come; and this will r...