Deerfield Opinion
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Kirk's background needed in SenateSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - As someone who met Mark Kirk during his first campaign for Congress, I've been proud to support him then and in every election since. Mark has been a leader on fiscal i...
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Work together now for a stronger futureSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - What we Americans need, in these crisis times, to make better voting decisions at the polls soon in November: critical thinking, listening, reading and demanding truth i...
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Kirk is not a true fiscal conservativeSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Mark Kirk has consistently promoted himself as a fiscal conservative. However, his voting record does not back up that claim. His votes for the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and...
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Thanks to all who celebrated a heroSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - On Friday, Aug. 27, I had the honor and privilege of being part of the many who paid tribute to a hero. My nephew Christopher "CJ" Boyd was killed in Afghanistan on Thu...
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Insult to juror missed the pointSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - I am stunned by the disparaging and disturbingly un-American Fence Post letter by Bill Hurlbutt of Lincolnshire that recklessly characterizes the lone holdout on the Bla...
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Government excess not just about fedsSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald opinion piece, "Fines must be linked to public safety," hit the nail on the head. What the Daily Herald has exposed is a growing trend in local governme...
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Look beyond the major partiesSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - In my whole life I have always voted for the person and the platform, certainly not just the party. In recent years, however, I haven't been pleased with many of our ele...
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Social Security can't be sustainedSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - This is in response to Ms. Rossi's letter on Social Security. Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme in the world. Right now it consumes 20.8 percent of all the mon...
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Let's hire some 'real live people'Sep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Have we, as a society, forgotten what the words "customer service" mean? I have become frustrated today as I had many telephone calls to make to a variety of companies. ...
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Red-light request shows FOIA flawSep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - The recent flap over Cook County's desire to force towns that refuse Cook County's red light cameras to pay for the intersections' maintenance highlighted a loophole in ...