Des Plaines Opinion
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Terrorist trials don't belong in our courtsJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - The U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has decided to try prisoners of war currently at GITMO in a civil trial. This is a huge mistake. They need to be tried by a militar...
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Ideals are nice, but focus on factsJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - If you are perceived as weak on security there are only two options available. The first is to change the perception through actual strength. The second is to somehow eq...
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No crying about airport scansJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - We're not going to start crying about the body scanners that the airports are going to install, are we? Have we forgotten 9/11 and the almost 3,000 people that were murd...
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Keep Fahy on county boardJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Please vote to keep our extraordinarily dedicated and capable Kane County Board member, John Fahy, in office. His unflagging efforts to procure invaluable open-space par...
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Financial industry caused this collapseJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - It's my opinion that one industry has most influenced the near collapse of the American system. It monopolizes, manipulates and controls real estate, transportation, sav...
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TV show doesn't belong on front pageJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - In your Jan. 5 issue, your headline was about Donald Trump and our disgraced ex-governor. It seems to me that the front page should be defined by current, and meaningful...
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New leadership for a new yearJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - New Years is a time when we try to cast off our old destructive habits, and adopt new, healthy ones. In 2010, I would encourage Illinois voters to resolve to stop electi...
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Innumeracy abounds in TV, newspapersJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - It began with the broadcast media. Then it hit the front page, as well as other pages. An industry that would not tolerate staff illiteracy, and supposedly triple-checks...
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Police, firefighters don't deserve blameJan 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Every week the Daily Herald has at least one article or letter criticizing the cost of police and fire pensions on municipalities. A reader could get the impression that...
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Look at real cost of illegal immigrationJan 08, 2010 10:00 pm - This is in response to Philip from Hoffman Estates, he suggests illegal immigration is good for America. Most of his arguments stated how their cheap labor keeps costs d...