Des Plaines Opinion
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Focus on similarities brings us togetherNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - During the past few weeks, I have received e-mails and comments from area residents stating that they had read my letter to the editor in the Oct. 10 edition of the Dail...
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H1N1 problems are just the beginningNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - President Obama has declared H1N1 swine flu a national emergency. So, what did we get? A limited number of inoculation locations, long lines, insufficient supply of vac...
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Look at profits before bashing insuranceNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - I am always curious about the motivations that lead some on the left to demonize the corporations that bring us so many wonderful goods and services at small but fair pr...
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How long will it take to give health care?Nov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I was raised by the Greatest Generation. I especially remember the World War II years from age eight through 11. My uncles and neighbors served. This generation carried...
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If free rides go, cut sales tax, tooNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Editors, you should read your own newspaper. John Patterson and Marni Pyke nailed the facts down for you. First, half-priced fares for seniors are a federal requirement...
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Where's criticism of Obama's failingsNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Has anyone noticed or remembered all the things that our former president was accused of doing, not doing, causing, creating, neglecting, lying about, things that were m...
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Still time to vote for health care reformNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I wish to publicly thank Representative Melissa Bean for casting her vote to pass the Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962. I applaud her for resisting trem...
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Fence Post writer has me all wrongNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Let a writer dare suggest that the mainstream media is no longer liberal, but in fact has a conservative bent, and angry rebuttals are sure to follow. That is the case w...
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Vote against reform is a vote for freedomNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I just wanted to publicly say thank you to Representative Peter Roskam for voting against the ruinous "Health Care Reform (actually "Health Insurance Regulation") bill t...
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Put rhetoric aside in health care debateNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I wonder why it is that so many Congress people are so inclined to listen to the voices of a single lobbyist over the calls and letters of constituents who pull the leve...