Des Plaines Opinion
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Owe a lot to those who came beforeJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Thank you for publishing Viola Straub's memories of growing up in rural Schaumburg. So many of her memories remind me of the memories that my mother had of growing up on...
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Let's put camera at Anderson, WilliamsJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - I am wondering if village vehicles are exempt from the "red-light cameras"? I am also wondering why bicyclists that blow stop signs are not stopped and ticketed? If they...
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Is it treason or patriotism?Jul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - The Fourth of July is a celebration of our Declaration of Independence from England. It is the document declaring we have the inalienable rights to life, liberty and the...
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Stimulus opposition is political posturingJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Will political posturing hurt economic recovery? The July 13th Daily Herald featured a story stating that Republicans lined up on Sunday the 12th in opposition to a 2nd...
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Our health care is irrationalJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - I'll be 65 in September, and I am getting signed up for Medicare and its drug component, Part D. I take seven prescription drugs. I shop for my drugs on the Internet and...
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Thank you for protecting our kidsJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Parents all over the country can feel safer knowing Big Tobacco will no longer be able to prey on children with despicable and manipulative marketing practices, thanks t...
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Nobody seems to be snickering nowJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - The chattering classes across the country could barely contain their snickering when George Bush talked about the axis of evil. Nobody is snickering now. The great orat...
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Saturday Soapbox: New Jersey, you make us look goodJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - More than 40 people in New Jersey, including three mayors and two state lawmakers, were arrested Thursday in the state's latest large corruption probe, an investigation ...
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Fight health care tunnel visionJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - I just read a recent letter from Jason G. Spoor, teacher union president for Palatine-Schaumburg School District 211 and am appalled and angered at his position on healt...
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New economy changes everythingJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Budget, recovery, honesty and integrity, balance, growth. They're now just words without faith. What we've seen disappear is not coming back to the way we knew it. Forg...