Opinion Stories from August 18, 2011 (Change date)
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Crowded trains costing MetraAug 18, 2011 5:01 am - As the Metra board debates raising fares or cutting services, perhaps they should try riding their own trains this weekend so they can really understand the issues. Metr...
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Let’s stick to life-and-death issuesAug 18, 2011 5:01 am - Ron Paul, along with a few other presidential candidates, were called out on their foreign-made T shirts. Home grown is better, but in the larger picture, given the choi...
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Why shouldn’t feds have to trim?Aug 18, 2011 5:01 am - This is in response to Joseph M. Jason’s letter “Shortsighted to cut federal workforce.” Why does he think the federal government shouldn’t have to cut expenses? Busines...
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Time for tollway users to speak upAug 18, 2011 5:01 am - Today, suburban commuters get a chance to be heard. We hope they take advantage of it. The Illinois Toll Highway Authority begins a public hearing process on its 15-year...
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Need a march on economic stupidityAug 18, 2011 10:42 am - I propose a biblical Joshua-style protest march around the White House. I suggest getting 200 marching bands and have them as Joshua did when he marched around the “wall...
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Obama stumbling at the gateAug 18, 2011 4:19 pm - As the presidential election of 2012 grinds into gear, President Obama is already behind. To be safe, a president needs a Gallup job approval of 50 percent or better on...
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Obama zigged when should have zaggedAug 18, 2011 4:19 pm - History will record that Campaigner-in-Chief Barack Obama was president when the credit rating of the wealthiest nation in the world was reduced for the first time. The ...
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A view of Uncle Sam’s shameful autopsyAug 18, 2011 4:19 pm - What’s this? Has President Obama appointed yet another czar? This one would be, uh, let’s see now, I guess we’d have to call him the “national coroner.” His first autops...
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Obama spends too much on his needsAug 18, 2011 4:19 pm - Now that President Obama is acknowledging his concern over our level of debt and is blaming everyone but himself, I am wishing there was a financial genius out there som...
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Reporters’ biases push liberal causesAug 18, 2011 4:19 pm - For 33 years I earned a living for my family and myself employed as a public school classroom teacher. Though it has been more than 17 years since I stood in front of a ...