Des Plaines Opinion
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Marching Knights bring home 1st placeSep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Congratulations to the Prospect (High School) Marching Knights on their first place finish at the Chicagoland Band Festival in Wheeling on Saturday, Sept. 20. Way to go,...
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What Election 2008 means to womenSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - If the Obama-Biden ticket wins this year and is re-elected in 2012, it will be at least eight years before there is any possibility of a woman being elected to the presi...
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Greenberg really cares about peopleSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to tell you about an event in my neighborhood several weeks ago. On Aug. 18, I hosted a meet and greet with Steve Greenberg, congressional candidate for the...
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Pelosi obstructs needed legislationSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The Nero of our time, Nancy Pelosi plays her fiddle while the nation burns. She stands in the way of off shore drilling. Now she stands in the way of legislation for th...
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Washington empties our wallets againSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The failures of the Bush administration are compound and many, and this financial bailout plan is the perfect capstone to eight years of mismanagement and waste of our t...
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We are victims of our own foolishnessSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - So who is ultimately to blame for the current financial crisis? Ultimately, it's the borrowers, the people who got in over their heads and presumed upon the future, thi...
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Obama does not have gravitasSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - During the Bush versus Gore campaign, the Democrats claimed that George W. Bush had no gravitas. Every time a critic such as Mario Cuomo or Jesse Jackson spoke about Geo...
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Of those two things certain in this worldSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Taxes are more certain than death. We may not know when we shall die, but we can be assured there will be increased taxation before that unhappy event. James R. Schaefer...
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Kirk would never abandon veteransSep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Mark Kirk is an 18-year Naval Reservist. He served in Kosovo and was in the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. He's always looked out for veterans' interests during his seven y...
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Bean true moderate in 8th DistrictSep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - People need to start learning the truth about Steve Greenberg. Greenberg is running against Melissa Bean for the 8th District, and has been calling himself a "moderate....