Bloomingdale Opinion
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Roskam not strong on the environmentJul 15, 2008 11:00 pm - I recently arrived home to find a door handle flyer for Rep. Peter Roskam which, with its photography and generalized claims, seems to imply that he cares about the envi...
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Saturday SoapboxJul 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Tough sentence warranted: This week, DuPage Circuit Judge Kathryn Creswell sentenced a Lombard man to 65 years in prison for opening fire on three local police officers...
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Smokers deserve their freedom, tooJul 06, 2008 11:00 pm - I read that smokers and bar owners have been taking a stand against the smoking ban. I applaud them in their fight against oppression. When the government arbitrarily ta...
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A curmudgeon's guide to 4th of July festival funJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Yes, of course I enjoyed Jake Griffin's story on the front page of Thursday's paper. I helped him come up with the concept. It offered all sorts of useful tips on how to...
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Pass bill to fight disease worldwideJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Stalled in the Senate right now is a bill that would reauthorize PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), originally passed in 2003. The reauthorization bill...
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Elitists who drive up the price of gasJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - In June of 2008 the Bureau of Land Management issued a report that tries to explain why most of the onshore oil and gas reserves are "off limits" to being tapped. Though...
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A great event for all war veteransJun 29, 2008 11:00 pm - It was a wonderful job to invite all the honor roll veterans of many wars to a banquet while "support your troops" was going on. The food was a delight and the atmospher...
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'Regulations for the Rubbish' in WheatonJun 29, 2008 11:00 pm - How many greenbacks did it take to produce and mail the slick, glossy, four-color brochure about the new garbage services in Wheaton?ˆ Jesse White has his "Rules of the...
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Democrats block energy solutionsJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The Democrats seem obsessed with America's image and how America is viewed by the rest of the world. Unfortunately their solution is generally to attack America and try ...
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Experience does not equal expertiseJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - John McCain constantly talks about his great experience in foreign affairs. Even with this alleged experience he confuses Sunni with Shiite and tries to place Sunni al Q...