Des Plaines Opinion
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Victims of break-in; lives altered foreverDec 27, 2009 10:00 pm - My wife and I settled in Hoffman Estates 54 years ago. We were one of perhaps a dozen WWII veteran families that purchased homes that were to be built along Golf Road. A...
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This kind of change only makes it worseDec 26, 2009 10:00 pm - I am saddened by what has happened to government in my lifetime. I am reminded every time I see President Obama on TV without the class to wear a necktie and to dress th...
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Foster does right by our medical needsDec 26, 2009 10:00 pm - I believe we all need to thank Rep. Bill Foster of the 14th Congressional District for his vote for health care reform. I'm retired and on Medicare. I wish that all of m...
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Christmas is time to think about lifeDec 26, 2009 10:00 pm - During this Christmas season when we celebrate the birthday of Jesus, it is a stark reminder that life begins at conception and needs to be protected. Christians all ove...
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Words of inspiration for political playersDec 26, 2009 10:00 pm - After Lou Holtz took the Notre Dame job, he went through all the books he could on the storied football program's history and came across a photo with a "Play Like A Cha...
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Seals has support, name recognitionDec 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Dan Seals is the right choice in the Democratic primary for Congress in the 10th District. He is right on the issues, focusing on those that matter to us most: the econo...
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GOP must nominate a true conservativeDec 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Please join me in supporting the most conservative candidate for governor, Adam Andrzejewski. He is pro-life, pro second amendment, fiscally conservative and he understa...
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Shame on Hastert for calling on GingrichDec 25, 2009 10:00 pm - What a shame the Hastert people are calling upon the likes of Newt Gingrich to stump for Ethan Hastert. Family values has been the rallying cry of Republicans. And, now ...
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Look at real reasons for Thomson planDec 25, 2009 10:00 pm - There are so many good reasons why not to have the Gitmo detainees transferred to Illinois: few jobs in reality, costs to maintain, awarding American rights, security ri...
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Bush deserves blame for this economyDec 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Gene Maril of Arlington Heights wrote in Fence Post, "As I recall when Mr. Bush left office we had an unemployment rate of 5 or 6 percent. It is now over 10 percent." Ob...