Des Plaines Opinion
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Mt. Prospect law the wrong approach to weaponsJan 29, 2011 10:00 pm - I read that Mount Prospect is putting a ban on everything that has either a trigger or a bowstring on your own property. This is because a good conscientious citizen ask...
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Abortion replaces natural selectionJan 29, 2011 12:00 am - Our numbers are growing, constantly growing, spurred on by the incredibly thoughtless rhetoric as demonstrated by the two-page display ads recently found in this, and on...
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Repair our broken justice systemJan 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Repair our broken justice system This death penalty thing bothers me. I mean it really bothers me. Why should we allow an innocent person to be sent to their death ...
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When asserting rights goes too farJan 28, 2011 11:00 pm - When asserting rights goes too far Being out of the papers for sometime has obviously affected Rob Sherman. He has reserved a seat at the Lake Villa public library ...
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Poor choice to lead Obama’s jobs panelJan 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Poor choice to lead Obama’s jobs panel Recently President Obama appointed Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of GE, to head his newly created Council On Jobs and Competitiveness. ...
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This is not ‘Obama’s debt’Jan 28, 2011 12:00 am - A political cartoon Jan. 23 depicted a Land of Oz in which President Obama, as Dorothy, stands next to a house labeled “debt,” which has crushed Uncle Sam, playing the r...
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Death penalty as revenge? Sure.Jan 28, 2011 12:00 am - In answer to the Fence Post letter dated Jan, 21 by Linda Sobieski of Elburn, you have hit the nail square on the head. How many people does one have to kill to deserve ...
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Hypocrisy in Walsh’s health care voteJan 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Our newly elected congressman from the 8th District, Joe Walsh, said that he was “proud” to have cast one of his first votes to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act. Thi...
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Tax hike necessary to tackle deficitJan 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Conservative Republicans really need to do some soul-searching. Carefully consider the actions of congressional Republican leaders as to whether they really make sense a...
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Death penalty would serve justiceJan 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Death penalty? Is there justice? Take the Brown’s Chicken murders. Seven people died pleading for their lives when two animals with no mercy slaughtered them. Then they ...