Batavia Opinion
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Money takers now outnumber suppliersSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - The end of a good thing. I think the first guy to observe this truth was Cicero, Roman Senator in about 33 B.C.; the most recent was a professor Tyler in Scotland in 177...
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Real penalties needed for church to improveSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - Recently Pope Benedict commented that he could understand why some Catholics abandoned the church in view of the most recent sex scandals. The Pope then opined that Cath...
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Don’t need warrior for middle classSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - Here comes the second Obama stimulus bill even though the first one in 2009 didn’t work. He touted the exact verbiage of how we needed infrastructure repair and how it w...
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It’s time to call out GOP as obstructionistSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - What? Another long delay in job funds for disaster relief, debt ceiling crisis? Now the Republicans are delaying the signing of Obama’s jobs bill that could get this cou...
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Nothing absurd about OK’ing Huntley hospitalSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - When my grandmother was alive and living in Del Webb, she was required to travel to Good Shepherd Hospital for care. Although the care she received was very good, the di...
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The Soapbox: Fermilab tests speed-of-light barrierSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - The earth moves — fast: Scientists at Fermilab will be whipping subatomic particles around an accelerator tunneled beneath the suburbs, trying to replicate or refute an ...
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Hampshire VFW had great fundraiserSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - Hampshire Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8043 and Ladies Auxiliary would like to thank the members, Hampshire/Burlington and surrounding area community for the cooperatio...
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Who cares about Sarah Palin?Sep 24, 2011 4:00 am - Why is anyone still wondering if Sarah Palin will get into the presidential race? She is the most irrelevant person in the entire field, if not the world. Does anyone re...
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GOP loves construction; why not Obama’s plan?Sep 24, 2011 4:00 am - On Sept. 8, President Obama urged Congress to pass his American Jobs Act: “Pass this jobs bill, and we can put people to work rebuilding America. Everyone here knows we ...
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Don’t solve ills on backs of unionsSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - In the last two weeks I watched hours of footage covering the 9/11 attacks, and the 10 years since at ground zero. There was a common thread running through everything I...