Des Plaines Opinion
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Keep kids safe from goose droppingsSep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - I fully agree with letter from Linda Gierlach in Monday's Herald. I wondered what golf courses and playgrounds at schools do. Foxes, dogs, etc. I saw children playing in...
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Reduce the power of the presidencySep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Soon we will have a new president. Either one will be an improvement over the past eight years. I personally prefer Barack Obama for his policy of fairer social equity ...
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Abstinence isn't realistic for teensSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Population control is one way to help manage the world's resources and energy so that we can all live a comfortable lifestyle, now and in the future. I don't believe in...
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Phone messages we can't make outSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - While this letter contains no world-shaking political commentary, it does contain what I think might be a reminder that some of us could take to heart. This morning whe...
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The Pickens Plan is worth exploringSep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - When an oil man and environmentalists agree, you know the momentum for real change is building. Yet that is just what is happening. In Denver, Texas oil billionaire T. ...
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Bean, Seals just don't get itSep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Little reported was a June 26 vote in the House where 10th District Rep. Mark Kirk and 175 other Republicans blocked a House bill from coming to a vote aimed at preventi...
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Train traffic should be spread around regionSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - I am tired of the people in Barrington complaining about train issues that the Des Plaines area lives with daily. It's about time some of the train activity that is a co...
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Komen walkers buoyed by cheering crowdsSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - I was a walker in the Susan G. Komen breast cancer 3-day a couple of weeks ago. I'm sure you could tell we were in town by the traffic jams at several of your busiest in...
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How conservatives saw Obama speechSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - I am amused by the conservative spinners who were underwhelmed by Barack Obama's nomination acceptance speech. I'll expect them to be just as demanding when they review...
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The campaign for the White HouseSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We're electing a new commander in chief. Let's not destroy a nation in the process. T.C. Ploski Mount Prospect ...