Carpentersville Opinion
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Corn for fuel not the answerAug 06, 2011 1:00 am - I would like to add some comments to Mr. Campbell’s observations in Fence Post. By using corn for fuel we have pushed the cost of corn from a base of $2.40 per bushel to...
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Repeat after me, Rahm: SHI CAW GOAug 06, 2011 1:00 am - I am a native Chicagoan. Born and grew up on the West Side and educated in the city from grade school to my el train campus. Like many native Chicagoans, I moved out of ...
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The case for Obama as a RepublicanAug 06, 2011 1:00 am - There is an impostor in the White House who has been masquerading as a Democrat. Who? President Obama, who talks like a Democrat but acts like a Republican. By his decis...
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Faulty thinking of the leftAug 06, 2011 1:00 am - It’s seldom that one gets such a crystal clear view into the (non-) thinking of the left. One of those days came along, and boy is it a revelation. Vern Lee has proposed...
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Zombie strip is just grossAug 06, 2011 1:00 am - It is by no means clear what sort of sense of humor would enjoy the current Zombie story line in the Monty comic strip by Jim Meddick. On occasion, the satire and the pa...
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Education at a reasonable cost?Aug 05, 2011 11:00 pm - I’m seriously sick of being harassed by the schools for payment of fees. I make payments in full and on time. I got a call today asking why I sent only $100 instead of t...
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Don’t mess with Social SecurityAug 05, 2011 11:00 pm - The Republican representatives who ran for office last November saying that jobs were going to be their first priority have not brought up one jobs bill to be voted on. ...
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Limit p-card use, ensure transparencyAug 05, 2011 3:00 am - It’s much easier to hand a clerk your debit card than it is to hand over money. It’s one reason casinos have you play with chips instead of cash. So it follows that it’s...
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One way to create term limitsAug 05, 2011 1:00 am - It is time, actually way past time, for another revolution. What is going on now in Congress, and has for the past several decades, is truly taxation without representat...
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If you don’t vote, it’s all your faultAug 05, 2011 1:00 am - People are finally paying attention to the problems our state and federal governments are dealing with today. Some say that those bad radical tea party people are behind...