McHenry County Opinion
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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...
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Strong language can incite violenceSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Words do matter. Words can soothe. Words can help promote healing. Words can also hurt, promote hatred and issue calls for vengeance. The anti-abortion bunch preach thei...
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Leaders needed to fix health careSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Although we may narrowly escape having over 1,000 unread pages of health care imposed upon us, the fact remains that our health care system is still badly in need of ref...
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Don't forget, Obama inherited this messSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - It's interesting to watch the Republicans address the national deficit, health care reform and talk about financial accountability. Do they think the public has forgotte...