Carpentersville Opinion
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Let's have a clean fight, candidatesJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Even before that last weathered McCain sign is gone from the landscape and just as sure as daffodils bloom in the spring, you'll soon see a fresh crop of campaign signs....
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Insights into Elgin council candidatesJan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - After McCain-Palin lost and "Marine One" whisked "W" off to obscurity, I figured my ears had been exposed to their last discordant malapropisms. Then came Wednesday nigh...
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Ritter offers village strong leadershipJan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - I am writing this letter on behalf of Ed Ritter, who is running for Carpentersville village president. Having grown up in Carpentersville, attending Carpentersville Midd...
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Too few see Bush was good PresidentJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Given the moral decline of the world, especially in our own country, it does not surprise me that so few "get" the president and approve his performance. After all, it's...
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Follow safety rules when snowmobilingJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - This is the time of year when the temptation to ride a motorized sled across a frozen surface becomes too great to fight. Snowmobilers see days and weeks of temperature...
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Israel/Hamas war painted as one-sidedJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - We deplore the rocket barrage Hamas has been firing against Israeli neighborhoods. We also see Israel's military response as disproportionate and unjustified. The U.S. m...
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Economy pundits confuse cause, resultJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - The so-called establishment economic "experts" raised on Keynesian claptrap lament these days about the "paradox of thrift." Based on the fallacious notion that the key ...
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Forget the banks, send us the moneyJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - The government has sent billions of dollars to the big financial institutions that have led us into the current situation. The same institutions are not using the money ...
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What's wrong with being kind to planet?Jan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - This is in response to Mr. Rob Gunther's letter about global warming on Jan. 19. I understand that he is a skeptic and that there are many people who feel the same way a...
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Not a good day for alternate viewsJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - In addition to getting your newspaper, I also view it on line. In going to the opinion page today (Jan. 20) the paper decides to print the letter: "Obama Gives Us No Rea...