Des Plaines Opinion
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Electing Gray is first step to changeOct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - As far as the state of Illinois is concerned, it is time for a change. The current majority in charge of the Illinois executive, House and Senate branches have had all t...
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Don't judge motives of Obama criticsOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - The Obama cheerleaders,' masquerading as journalists, latest gimmick is to say that if we whites don't vote for Obama, it's because he is black. The reason this white ...
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Gentes will fight railroad saleOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Canadian National (CN) wants to make the EJ&E line into a train superhighway with at least 20 freight trains per day blocking traffic and making getting around impossibl...
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Don't blame Bush for financial crisisOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Back in the 1990s, Bill Clinton and the Democrats pressured the mortgage institutions to loosen credit restrictions for less-affluent home seekers. The current rash of ...
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We the people need to make changes tooOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - So Nancy Pelosi rankled some Republicans? Good for her! If the problems were not so hard on our pocketbooks, the situation would be humorous. Early on, Nancy cautioned...
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Crisis exposes Seals' lack of judgmentOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - I am very disappointed to hear that Dan Seals supports financial meltdown. When asked to comment on the Sept. 29 defeat of the (original) financial rescue bill in the Ho...
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This isn't the time for Harper tax hikeOct 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently Harper College began asking residents how they should spend $300 million. Harper College has just recently completed a multimillion dollar addition. I ... was s...
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To Biden, the end justifies the meansOct 02, 2008 11:00 pm - On Sept. 9, Sen. Joe Biden questioned the sincerity of Gov. Palin's concern for developmentally disabled people by asking "Why don't you support stem cell research?" A ...
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Government must focus on peopleOct 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We've been told that Dan Seals and Rep. Bean don't get it. What I don't get is how an independent, environmentally focused representative could endorse drilling in a nat...
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A commitment to the disabledOct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - As parents of a Down syndrome daughter, now 42 years old, we are personally aware of the importance of early intervention and education programs specifically focused on ...