McHenry County Opinion
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Let's bring back reasonable debateSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Conservatives have invested so much effort into creating lies about the President (his birth certificate, being a Muslim, "hating white people," being like a "Nazi" or "...
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Vargas could make dent in unemployment hereSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - I recently read on the Daily Herald Web site that Elgin resident Mark Vargas was running for Congress in the 14th District. I read that while serving on an economic deve...
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Different views vs. deadly pejorativesSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - It is one thing to disagree with public officials. It is quite another to liken these same officials to Adolph Hitler and Nazis while encouraging others to kill them. Sa...
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Free market is not socially responsibleSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Mr. Carver, writing in the July 30 Fence Post, seems to think the only group capable of advancing this country and the world is private enterprise. Would you say that th...
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Construction crews should coordinate!Sep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Like most who travel Lake County lately, I am surprised at all of the "shovel ready" construction that has popped up in the last several weeks. Milling here, patching th...
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Don't be hasty with health care debateSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - I would like to note that I am neither Democrat nor Republican, but a true patriot. I served my country during the Vietnam War and today I admire the courage and dedicat...
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Death panels, socialists just scare tacticsSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Here we go again with "scare tactics." Death panels - kill Grandma and Grandpa - believers, don't mess with my Medicare? Socialists taking over, birthers, reverse racist...
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Define yourself as simply AmericanSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Let me get this straight. When a black person spouts their black pride it's justified, but when a white person does the same it's a hate crime? Personally I believe obse...
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Fix small problems before big overhaulSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - If the government takes over health care, it would be a disaster. First, the people who work for Medicare have to be better trained. Example one: I had a pain in my foot...
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Fake grass roots effort aims to derail reformSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Health insurance companies and big pharma have launched an AstroTurf campaign against reforming health care. They are paying millions of dollars to get people to write l...