Des Plaines Opinion
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It's time for all of us to work togetherNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Prior to the election of the 43rd president, it took the U.S.A. 224 years to accumulate a debt of about $5 trillion. It took the G.W. Bush administration only eight yea...
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Why give executives bonuses in crisis?Nov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Quote from Associated Press article: "With taxpayers' money flowing into their vaults, banks are going ahead with paying dividends to shareholders, giving bonuses to top...
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The Democrats and sordid family valuesNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - President Clinton denied ever having had sex with "that woman." U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney admits having an affair, in fact several. The only thing that Clinton and Mahoney h...
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Government policy is dictated by moneyNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Crises do not just happen. They brew and they show signs of impending danger. Just like the head of a household chooses to disregard them, so did our elected officials ...
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City's generosity knows no boundsNov 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Thanks to the staff of School District 62 for your third annual Back to School We Can food drive, which collected approximately 3,800 pounds of food for the pantry this ...
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An election to erase the politics of fearNov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - I've been a true blue Democrat all my life, but not for the most obvious reasons, or for Democratic strategies and policies. I have voted that way always and urged othe...
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Election of Obama is just so incredible!Nov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - I still can't believe that Sen. Obama was elected president, that such a wonderful and beautiful and meaningful thing has happened. That someone has been chosen, as our ...
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Obama's victory is democracy at its bestNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Election night was a victory for Obama and democracy, and the world was watching. We showed the world democracy at its best. Remember countries all over the world look u...
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You don't have to be GOP to be ChristianNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - I know I'm not the only one who is sick of those who believe that being a good Christian means having to also be a Republican. Most of the religious right uses their re...
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Needing a steady hand at the helmNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The front-page story "Where did it go?" in the Daily Herald Oct. 11 is excellent but does not tell all. A share of stock is not money, but hard-earned money is used to ...