Des Plaines Opinion
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Teacher's pride evident at Elgin High SchoolJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Despite all of the financial issues that Elgin Area School District U-46 faces, most of the teachers are doing a great job on a small budget. One in particular is Larry ...
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Saturday SoapboxJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Ready, set, shop: In suburban Cook County, the 10 percent sales tax - among the highest in the nation - was rolled back half a percentage point this week. Granted...
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Congressional investigation of BP oil spill is a charadeJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - It sickens me to listen to these sanctimonious clowns called Congressman lecturing BP officials, trying to get their 5 minutes of fame. These clowns who brought us a fai...
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No wonder we don't trust governmentJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - At a time when the country is coming apart at the seams it becomes more and more frustrating to see it all happen. Let's start with spending. Illinois is $13 billion in...
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U.S. Senate race looks like a clown raceJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - On the Democratic side we have Alexi Giannoulias, who was a senior loan officer at his family's failed Broadway Bank. He says he had nothing to do with those loans. That...
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Brady platform for governor appeals to simpletonsJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - GOP State Governor candidate Bill Brady's campaign literature reads: 1. "Lower taxes" (where have you been - we have a $13 billion deficit). 2. "Cut taxes for working fa...
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Taxes shouldn't pay for bilingual schoolJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Your article about the bilingual (Spanish) preschool education proposal has raised my dander once again. It may be that Spanish is the largest minority group in the Chic...
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English will not be spoken in here in response of reform proposalsJul 01, 2010 11:00 pm - A mainstay of immigration reform proposals and the pro-legalization rhetoric brewing in Washington is that any path to citizenship must require prospective citizens to l...
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Time to get American troops out of AfghanistanJul 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Now that Gen. Stanley McChrystal has been dismissed for insubordination the President should, after nine years of sacrificing hundreds of American lives and billions of ...
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Man-made DNA has serious risks, dangersJul 01, 2010 11:00 pm - The article, "A step to artificial life: Man-made DNA powers cell," regarding the benefits of a genetically synthesized cell, is wrong. This new cell does have benefits ...