Opinion Stories from August 5, 2011 (Change date)
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Voters have only themselves to blameAug 06, 2011 6:56 am - When asked in 1960 at the University of Hawaii whether Kenya was ready for self-government, our president’s father, Barack Obama, Sr., answered, “If the people cannot ru...
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Education at a reasonable cost?Aug 06, 2011 6:56 am - I’m seriously sick of being harassed by the schools for payment of fees. I make payments in full and on time. I got a call today asking why I sent only $100 instead of t...
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What liberals really think of usAug 06, 2011 6:56 am - Once in a while liberals slip and tell us what they really think of us. When the House of Representatives was unsuccessful in rescinding the ban on incandescent light bu...
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Bush tax cuts should not be permanentAug 06, 2011 6:56 am - The issue of tax cuts was a hindrance to congressional agreements on our national debt. It appears that some members of Congress still feel that the Bush tax cuts are ca...
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Debt ceiling debate nothing but a ployAug 06, 2011 6:56 am - I hate to blow the cover of those federal politicians. Well, actually I guess I really don’t because they are such deceivers, all of them, but this business about the U....
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Roskam more interested in making Obama look badAug 06, 2011 7:06 am - Dear Congressman Roskam, I stand with the president in asking you to support a balanced approach to deficit reduction, one that includes spending cuts and revenue increa...
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A word of warning from ChurchillAug 06, 2011 6:56 am - Barack Obama uses the phrase “shared sacrifice” as a nice way of stating his agenda for socialism. On the other hand, Winston Churchill was more plain spoken: “Socialism...
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Don’t mess with Social SecurityAug 06, 2011 6:56 am - The Republican representatives who ran for office last November saying that jobs were going to be their first priority have not brought up one jobs bill to be voted on. ...
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Companies should think about employeesAug 05, 2011 3:01 am - In a recent Daily Herald story on job stagnation and the unemployment rate, the phrase that caught my attention was employers have “learned to squeeze more work and reve...
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Straights should fear loss of rightsAug 05, 2011 3:01 am - I found Mr. Jim Finnegan’s letter of July 19 entitled “Defense of Marriage is Defense of Truth” disturbing. Whose truth is he defending? Whether one is straight or gay,...
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