Des Plaines Opinion
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Barack Obama has mixed up prioritiesMay 28, 2010 11:00 pm - So President Obama believes Arizona's immigration law, which closely mirrors federal law, is misguided. Well, he can believe what he wants and so can I. Here is what I b...
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Leaders must follow U.S. ConstitutionMay 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Just imagine, a middle class family, living in a modest, middle-class home, being paid for by a hardworking, law-abiding citizen, in a quiet, middle-class neighborhood, ...
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A need for strong federal governmentMay 28, 2010 11:00 pm - The current situation in the Gulf of Mexico is a good example of watching what you pray for because it might happen to you. The Confederate south since the beginning of ...
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Rand Paul, tea party lack substanceMay 28, 2010 11:00 pm - After listening to the actual interviews given by Rand Paul (as opposed to the experts educated by listening to the 10 second sound bites on the news program of their ch...
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Drop out of Senate raceMay 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Richard Blumenthal is the Connecticut Democrat candidate for the U.S. Senate next November. However, a series of false statements and lies about having served in Vietnam...
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Story of waste belonged on Page 1May 27, 2010 11:00 pm - An excellent article on Illinois' All Kids $79.1 million health insurance program was published by the Daily Herald on May 12. The article reported on an audit of the pr...
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Intellectuals don't know everythingMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - I do not understand how you can add 35 million more people to health insurance and be able to save money. If I add two more people to my family and include them on my he...
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Use technology to solve energy issuesMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - What a disaster. An oil rig sinks into the Gulf of Mexico. Think of it. The environmental repercussions of an oil spill are endless. The environmental harm caused by car...
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Learn from senseless killing of BowzerMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - We were deeply troubled by the recent shooting of Bowzer the beagle-cocker mix in Des Plaines by a police officer because it seems so utterly senseless. We immediately i...
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It's time we went nuclearMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - I read the letter about "Spill Baby Spill" and the oil companies. It is sad what Big Oil and Old King Coal are trying to tell us. But I was very happy to read one of the...