Bartlett Opinion
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Cuts are real, cause great harmJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - It has begun. According to a story by reporter Bob McCoppin in the July 1 Daily Herald, because of a reduction in state funding, local human service agencies have begun ...
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Standing in defense of governmentJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Ronald Reagan was famous for saying that, "Government isn't the solution; government is the problem." I prefer to rephrase that as, "Representative government isn't the ...
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Use same rules for liberals, conservativesJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - I can't believe what I hear on TV these days. How low can David Letterman get to make such crass comments about a family member of Sarah Palin's family. Had he made that...
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Palin, Letterman gained from flapJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - I find myself in awe of two recent events. First;, the incredible timing of David Letterman's writers to come up with extremely sophomoric, crude, unfunny jokes about S...
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Schools need best, diverse teachersJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - After changing careers in 2003 to become a teacher, I believed what a lot of people said about finding a job as a teacher in grades K-5. People said that there was a tea...
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Energy laws are unreasonable taxationJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - For about 100 years the United States has built most industries around the use of oil and its products. Now the government wants to instantly change that reliance. "We m...
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Tragedy prompts recall of 'Mr. Irwin'Jul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - A short while ago, there was an accident involving a motorcycle and a car, reported on the air and in the newspapers. The car was waiting to turn left at an intersection...
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Another view of county summer jobsJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - This is in response to Blair Stevens' June 23 Fence Post letter (County kids have inside track to jobs). As a DuPage County summer employee for five years, I hope that B...
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Spending goes to the wrong thingsJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Where Our Priorities? Where are our priorities when our Congressmen add pork projects to funds for our troops fighting in the War on Terror. Yes, this is not the Iraq, A...
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Stop minimizing soccer, Daily HeraldJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Every morning I open the sports section of your newspaper hoping to find some soccer news. Sometimes I am lucky and find a very (very) small note about the Chicago Fire....