Des Plaines Opinion
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Why support nations that don’t like us?Aug 07, 2011 12:00 am - There are around 192 countries in the world and we give aid to 158 of them. Many of these countries hate us like 82 percent of Egypt. Cuba, Venezuela, Pakistan, Russia a...
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Republican leaders’ actions should make us proudAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - Despite biased negative media depictions to the contrary, I am proud of many of our elected officials in Washington such as Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., Congressm...
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Harry Potter will always be part of usAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - Harry Potter is over. Never again can we look forward to a night of dressing up as Harry, Ron, Hermione or, in my case, a Death Eater, excitedly awaiting outside a books...
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When laws broken, accept consequencesAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - The Daily Herald reported July 15 that protesters upset with Taco Bell’s decision to fire four of its employees picketed the Rolling Meadows restaurant. Indeed it is eve...
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‘Made in America’ brought prosperityAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - “The job market is defying history,” your article in the Business section says. It further states that unemployment has risen for three straight months. Economists are i...
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Gacy story merely sensationalismAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - I am appalled by your headline article on Aug. 1 regarding “Gacy secrets.” Why would a respectful news organization promote nothing more than a book sale on its opening ...
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One-term limits will right the shipAug 06, 2011 1:00 am - Voters have chosen to re-elect the politicians who are responsible for getting us into the worst crisis our nation has ever faced, with the support of most of the media ...
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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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Debt ceiling debate nothing but a ployAug 05, 2011 11:00 pm - I hate to blow the cover of those federal politicians. Well, actually I guess I really don’t because they are such deceivers, all of them, but this business about the U....
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Bush tax cuts should not be permanentAug 05, 2011 11:00 pm - The issue of tax cuts was a hindrance to congressional agreements on our national debt. It appears that some members of Congress still feel that the Bush tax cuts are ca...