McHenry County Opinion
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Thanks for supporting VFWSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - The Veterans of Foreign Wars will celebrate 110 years of tradition Tuesday, Sept. 29. VFW was established in 1899. Hampshire VFW Post 8043 received its charter July 25, ...
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What's wrong with silent lunch?Sep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm amazed that parents are outraged that their children had to eat their lunch in silence "after students exhibited rowdy and disrespectful behavior." They should be ou...
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Public option foes should look at factsSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Nearly 46 million Americans are uninsured, and two-thirds of all personal bankruptcies are due to health care costs. People are suffering and dying because of the failur...
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Writer lacks heart in health care positionSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - In his recent letter to the editor, Jeff Lonigro wrote: "No one has a right to medical care, education, or government redistribution of wealth programs known as welfare....
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Health care isn't our biggest problemSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Dear Mr. President Obama, Health care reform, at this time when our economy is barely above water, I believe, is a misplaced priority in your administration. Americans d...
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Opposing Obama speech to kids was wrongSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - President Obama's speech to America's children was inspiring, personal and a pep rally for the values of education and patriotism. It was a call to duty, as heard in pre...
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Read it, get involved, send leaders packingSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - I am so tired of the lies that we are hearing from Obama and the Democratic party concerning the health care bill. When you hear them talk, they constantly deny what the...
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Look past protests for health care factsSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Representative Biggert admitted her health care comments were "a little inflammatory." Actually her comments were worse than that - they were lies. The current health c...
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We must continue fighting both warsSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Reader Anthony Nelson decries Obama's "failure" to pull American troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan. He calls this a failure, I suppose, in the belief that simply retrea...
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Terrorist gets chance no victims receivedSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Ten years ago, my husband and I attended a convocation for 35 of Syracuse University's "best and brightest" students, blown out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland, whil...