Burlington Opinion
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Soapbox: Still doesn't get itNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Isn't it a sad thing that when an Illinois politician is sent off to serve his prison sentence, as former Gov. George Ryan was this week, there's a ready supply of ex-co...
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Liberals not always free speech backersNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Liberals love to define themselves as staunch supporters of the First Amendment. They claim they may not agree with what you have to say but they will defend to the deat...
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This dictator with nukes our friend?Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Once again, the U.S. will continue to give large amounts of military aid to a dictatorial regime in Pakistan as it brutally cracks down on its own population. We will pa...
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U.S. has too many energy 'no' votesNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - We need energy to live in our society. Yet when the power company wanted to put lines along Randall Road, people and signs said, "No." Ted Kennedy put a stop to wind far...
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On life and death matters, we must resist dealing in speculationNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Speculation is about the only stock in trade for some mysteries. But that doesn't excuse openly dealing in the commodity An Austin, Texas-based PR agent offered us an in...
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Hoping Illinois can be last on this listNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - With the articles in the news recently on the new coal-fired power plants for our state, without controls to limit or remove carbon dioxide from the exhaust, it is distu...
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Lack of alertness in granting contractNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Where was the U-46 school board during contract negotiations with Superintendent Neale? It was fairly clear that Neale had no intention of remaining in Elgin for any len...
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'No go' diplomats should be ashamedNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - The State Department under Secretary Condoleezza Rice seems unable to carry out any type of diplomatic missions without using the boot of our administration's saber-ratt...
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Don't blame victims for crimesNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Don't blame victims for crimes "Let's give the criminals a pass" That's the take away from one of your editorial staffs' opinions in the Saturday Soapbox dated Oct. 14. ...
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Disregard those who tell us what we thinkNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - It's a funny thing about elections in this country, especially primaries. Whether you accept some of the conspiracy theories or not, it's really rather interesting to ob...