All Stories from November 21, 2012 (Change date)
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No sympathy here for money ill spentNov 21, 2012 4:00 am - In regards to the Daily Herald story reporting on how all the superPACs funded by our nations 1 percent got nothing for their money, boo hoo! John Amling Arlington Heig...
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GOP ignorant about LatinosNov 21, 2012 4:00 am - As the votes in the 2012 election were being counted, the Republicans were already setting themselves up for a disaster in the 2014 midterms and 2016 elections. This iss...
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Making capitalism work for allNov 21, 2012 4:00 am - It is a particularly bad election when a party’s principal source of confidence is also its main form of a self-deception. Republicans generally believed that a presiden...
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The callousness of HamasNov 21, 2012 4:00 am - Of all the points of disagreement between Israel and Hamas, maybe the most profound is this one: Israel cares more about sparing innocent lives — including those of Pale...
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Congress, just get back to workNov 21, 2012 4:00 am - The votes have been counted and President Obama has won. Some folks are happy while some are disappointed, claiming that individualism has lost to dependence on governme...
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By the numbers fix to fiscal cliffNov 21, 2012 3:40 am - The following compromise on taxes, spending and revenues if agreed to by Republicans and the White House would prevent the country from going over the ‘fiscal cliff’ and...
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Tax break for Romney voters?Nov 21, 2012 3:40 am - I was interested to read Susan Estrich’s letter recently about why she voted for Mr. Obama and her whining about getting a tax increase. Where has she been for the last ...
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Boost deductions to fund pensionsNov 21, 2012 3:40 am - I have been a state worker for the past 34 years and I have been contributing into my pension for that 34-year period. Now when I’m just about ready to retire the Illino...
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Little for Obama backers to sayNov 21, 2012 3:40 am - Little for Obama backers to say I read a post here from a reader that found it odd that there were not a lot of comments from all the Obama supporters enjoying thei...
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Powerless against intellectual puerilityNov 21, 2012 3:40 am - Powerless against intellectual puerility As soon as I saw the election results, I thought of Galadriel’s words in Tolkien’s great novel. “The world is changed.” Ame...