Des Plaines Opinion
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Service on flights in a downward spiralNov 13, 2011 5:00 am - Though flying in the 1960s was a great experience, I am not naive enough to assume that the normal coach traveler will ever get back to that type of treatment from any c...
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Charities have burdens enoughNov 13, 2011 5:00 am - You have heard it said that instead of the government giving aid to the people, we should let the churches and nonprofits take care of social services. But that is just ...
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Can COD and Glen Ellyn reach a compromise?Nov 12, 2011 11:00 pm - With the acrimony as high as it’s been between leaders with the College of DuPage and the village of Glen Ellyn, it probably should have come as no surprise that each si...
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School bus seat belts a missing safety pieceNov 12, 2011 5:00 am - A recent article mentioned that Secretary of State Jesse White wants to change the motorcycle helmet laws for adolescent riders. I agree that children younger than 18 wh...
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Socialism will creep up on usNov 12, 2011 5:00 am - “The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But, under the name of “liberalism,” they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day Am...
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Lack of executive experience showsNov 12, 2011 5:00 am - As it becomes increasingly evident that President Obama is not capable of being president, I think we must find a different method of selecting a president. That Mr. Oba...
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Accomplishments of Obama are manyNov 12, 2011 5:00 am - The GOP of Loudine County in Virginia sent out a Halloween email mesages that depicted President Obama as a zombie with a bullet hole in his head. This is just too much....
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A thought about the Arab SpringNov 12, 2011 5:00 am - Perhaps if we had waited, the people of Iraq would have removed their dictator at little cost to the U.S. Food for thought! Tom McGovern Mount Prospect ...
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Corporations indeed need to be reined inNov 12, 2011 5:00 am - I’ve noticed that a lot of talking heads in the news media, such as George Will, like to characterize the Occupy Wall Street protesters as unfocused and “opaque.” Will w...
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Stop the building and pay the billsNov 11, 2011 5:00 am - Call me naive, but shouldn’t we put all new development, like railroads and new highways, on hold until we get our bills paid? We don’t need high speed rail, and we can ...