Barrington Hills Opinion
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Different views vs. deadly pejorativesSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - It is one thing to disagree with public officials. It is quite another to liken these same officials to Adolph Hitler and Nazis while encouraging others to kill them. Sa...
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Free market is not socially responsibleSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Mr. Carver, writing in the July 30 Fence Post, seems to think the only group capable of advancing this country and the world is private enterprise. Would you say that th...
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Construction crews should coordinate!Sep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Like most who travel Lake County lately, I am surprised at all of the "shovel ready" construction that has popped up in the last several weeks. Milling here, patching th...
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Define yourself as simply AmericanSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Let me get this straight. When a black person spouts their black pride it's justified, but when a white person does the same it's a hate crime? Personally I believe obse...
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Fix small problems before big overhaulSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - If the government takes over health care, it would be a disaster. First, the people who work for Medicare have to be better trained. Example one: I had a pain in my foot...
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Fake grass roots effort aims to derail reformSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Health insurance companies and big pharma have launched an AstroTurf campaign against reforming health care. They are paying millions of dollars to get people to write l...
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Obama playing the ultimate shell gameSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - If you ever watch those street corner guys doing shell games, they always try to distract you at the critical time so you lose track of the prize. See if you can see a s...
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Saturday Soapbox: Profanity is bleeping unnecessarySep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Bleeping unnecessary: While we might not like it, we understand we live in a more profane, in-your-face world these days. But do we need the profanity that really doesn'...
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Lords Park Zoo is important part of ElginSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - My grandfather told me one of the reasons he came to Elgin was because of the very Beautiful Lords Park. I grew up going to Lords Park almost daily as a kid in nice weat...
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Retreating on treatment plans?Sep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Caregivers should read president "I'm not thinking about THAT"' in his own words: "Whether, sort of in the aggregate, society making those decisions to give my grandmoth...