Des Plaines Opinion
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Health care reform, line by lineSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - What an opportunity the president has given Congress: he has offered to invite any Congressman to come to the White House and go over the health care bill "line by line....
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Service and patriotism are nonpartisanSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Americans gather today to remember. It will take the form of a moment of silence or public remembrance in Elgin, Des Plaines, Glen Ellyn, Elburn and many other communiti...
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Greed is the cause of health care problemSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I have some thoughts regarding the problems with our health care. To me the basic cause of our problems is greed. First of all let's look at the hospitals. Most seem to ...
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Put a lid on the preachy rhetoricSep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Many holier-than-thou Christians feel the need to spread pompous pronouncements through the pages of the Daily Herald's letters page. Many of you raise all kinds of nois...
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Failure of repeal proves need to changeSep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - As a resident of Cook County, I was extremely disappointed to learn that the Cook County Board failed to repeal board President Todd Stroger's controversial sales tax in...
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HR 3200: Read it and you won't want itSep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - It took me a while, but I finally finished reading HR 3200 - the proposed health care legislation. It was a real eye-opener. Our current politicians supporting HR 3200 m...
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We've taken many breaths, thanksSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - You say to "take a breath, America." We have been breathing since Obama took office in January. Breathed while he had to so quickly pass a "stimulus" bill filled with po...
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Methinks thou doth protest too muchSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - In his Sept. 5, letter Mr. Albert J. Dzermejko writes: "Am I the only one who's absolutely aghast by ... the media's sanctimonious praise of now departed Sen. Ted Kenned...
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It's time to fix unfair override systemSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - State Rep. Paul Froehlich said last May it will take "dynamite" to dislodge legislation on the Cook County veto process from the Illinois House committee where it was se...
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Resistance is an American traditionSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - An open letter to Sen. Durbin: The American people are speaking loud and clear on issues that concern them, these days so-called Health Reform among them. But our leader...