Editorial: Some good from the overshoot

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

See!? Told ya we weren’t sleeping!
That’s the potential reaction of the one Northwest Airlines pilot who spoke to the media in the wake of the “airport overshoot” heard around the world recently in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
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The results of the 1989 Tiger yearbook poll

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

During one of my searches for a column or article topic, I happened to look over a copy of the 1989 Tiger yearbook in the archives of the Freeborn County Historical Museum Library.
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Health care bills from Reid, Pelosi are ‘sham’

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

It has become obvious that Democratic leaders in Congress are not able to marshal the votes necessary to pass the “public option.”

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How will they cut Medicare program?

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

Health care bill: As I understand it Medicare is $36 billion short and in the bill going through the House of Representitives there is a $500 billion cut in Medicare over 10 years. They are going to cover that by making the 45 million that do not have insurance buy government run health care and making companies pay an 8 percent tax on their salary costs or furnish health insurance to their employess plus taxing the medical device manufacturers $31 billion over 10 years.

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The results of the 1989 Tiger yearbook poll

During one of my searches for a column or article topic, I happened to look over a copy of the 1989 Tiger yearbook in the archives of the Freeborn County Historical Museum Library.
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How will they cut Medicare program?

Health care bill: As I understand it Medicare is $36 billion short and in the bill going through the House of Representitives there is a $500 billion cut in Medicare over 10 years. They are going to cover that by making the 45 million that do not have insurance buy government run health care and making companies pay an 8 percent tax on their salary costs or furnish health insurance to their employess plus taxing the medical device manufacturers $31 billion over 10 years.

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