Des Plaines Opinion
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Economy needs bolder solutionsAug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - There's been a lot said about giving the Obama administration more time to fix the economy, like, "It's only been seven months," or "This will take two years to make a d...
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Health-care reform misses the targetAug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - First, I applaud President Obama's attempt to fix the problem. Albeit, his timing is a little off. Right now I think creating jobs and getting money circulating in the e...
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Smoking in squads should be allowedAug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - I disagree with the July 25 soapbox article. I feel that any police, fire or service person who willingly puts his or her life on the line every day work deserves to be ...
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Is this really leadership?Aug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - The new president, who so enjoys the bully pulpit and media veneration, has exposed his arrogance and shrouded bigotry by involving himself in a local police matter of w...
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Who's doing the profiling?Aug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - According to Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates, Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley "... clearly was a rogue policeman." According to President Obama, the p...
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Vote against Illinois' career politiciansAug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - I, for one, am fed up with our governor and state legislators. Most appear to be only interested in maintaining their jobs and not willing to address the difficult probl...
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Bible is authority on homosexualityAug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - During June, PBS aired programming sympathetic to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender cause. The programming consisted, for the most part, of interviewees testifying...
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Obama rules like a dictatorAug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Wake up before President Obama and his cronies in Congress push through cap and "tax" - it's not trade by any stretch of the imagination - and government run health care...
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Poverty gives politicians powerAug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Do people ever wonder why the richest most power nation in the world has a poverty level? This nation can end hunger in a heartbeat, yet does not. So the question is why...
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$100 ticket is a shortsighted gainAug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - The red light camera on southbound Route 31 and Boncosky Road must be a wonderful moneymaker for the village of West Dundee. I know of several people who have received $...