Burlington Opinion
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Thank you for saving ChristmasJan 26, 2012 5:00 am - Every day we experience the harshness of the world around us and seldom are reminded of the miracles that feed the human spirit. As many of you know on Dec. 14 the facil...
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Legislators not much to write home aboutJan 25, 2012 5:00 am - With all utter disgust, I accuse those who have been elected by we the people have failed, plain and simple. Firstly, we have a Democrat hack who has pushed more taxatio...
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Two stories a study in contrastsJan 25, 2012 5:00 am - What a classic example of learning from the juxtaposition of two studies was presented on the Jan. 15 front page. On the one hand, we have a teenager, Nicole Krippinger,...
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News conference hardly transparentJan 24, 2012 4:00 am - Chris Lauzen, candidate for Kane County Board Chairman, announced Jan. 13 that he would hold a news conference on Jan. 17. I thought I’d go. I was stopped at the door by...
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Terrible ROI on Red Gate bridgeJan 24, 2012 4:00 am - Ask Mayor DeWitte why the taxpayers of St. Charles are paying $120,000 per person for only 500 direct beneficiaries using the Red Gate bridge? The first phase already se...
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Pro life, but not for allJan 22, 2012 4:00 am - So how does a “pro-life” politician treat living things? Pretty poorly it turns out, at least for those living things that the politician doesn’t value. Right-wing extre...
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Quote Obama accuratelyJan 22, 2012 4:00 am - In a Jan. 13 letter to the editor titled “Obama too sure of his successes,” Gene Maril derides President Obama for claiming to be the fourth greatest president ever. His...
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GOP will extend ‘good old days’Jan 21, 2012 5:00 am - The Wall Street Barons who sold fraudulent subprime loans, disguised them as derivatives, and then made billions betting against them, have been immune from prosecution....
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Why follow Grover Norquist?Jan 21, 2012 5:00 am - I just learned that all 11 Republican U.S. Congressmen from Illinois and its lone Republican Senator signed Grover Norquist’s Taxpayer Protection Pledge. That’s the equi...
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Mercury is a neurotoxinJan 21, 2012 5:00 am - I am writing in rebuttal to the letter posted Jan. 15 by Donn Dears titled “EPA’s war against coal a disservice.” First, it must be noted that Mr. Dears is a self-styled...