Arlington Heights Opinion
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Sen. Gramm, we've got reason to whineJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Republican Sen. Phil Gramm is correct when he says that "we're a nation of whiners." For eight years, average Americans have been whining that our "conservative" adminis...
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Double standard forgives JacksonJul 15, 2008 11:00 pm - While Jesse Jackson has managed to trip over his own tongue again, I have yet to hear exactly what he said about Sen. Obama. While I imagine "to geld" is as close as on...
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Keeping America an America we loveJul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - People are rightly fed up with blunders and gaffes in government, tired of a president who lacks the rhetorical skills to effectively communicate even the policies most ...
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Use FOIs to open county governmentJul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Cook County Board Chairman Todd Stroger's stifling of department head responses to the Herald (July 6) is no doubt the beginning of the county "iron curtain" shielding i...
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Liberal television can't even spellJul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - In a recent major network TV broadcast, one liberal, left-leaning station referred to the country of Colombia by showing the spelling on the screen as Columbia instead o...
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Relieved to see movement on old gas stationJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - My wife and I were happy to see that the Arlington Heights Village Board is finally taking action on the property at Arlington Heights Road and Golf Road. The lot and bu...
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Let's share burden of freight trafficJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Thanks to state Reps. Rosemary Mullins and Carolyn Krause for supporting the proposed Canadian National purchase of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway, and also support...
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Protect constitution, elect Seals in 10thJul 11, 2008 11:00 pm - In 2006, Mark Kirk voted for the Military Commissions Act, which denied habeas corpus to detainees, an 800-year principle which is one of the foundations of our republic...
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Oil prices realize bin Laden's dreamsJul 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Osama bin Laden once explained that during the reign of King Faisal, the United States paid only 70 cents per barrel of oil. In the 1973 oil crisis, the Muslim nations ...
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Yes, all firecrackers should be bannedJul 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Kudos to the towns banning fireworks of any kind (as reported in the July 5th Herald). The whole month of July has become a nightmare in Arlington Heights as the never ...