Des Plaines Opinion
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Obama's 'expertise' is showmanshipAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - What a circus, what a show! Featuring Obama the snake-oil pitchman and the three anchors from the major networks as the three stooges. The stage: a tour of the Middle Ea...
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Bean not standing up for constituentsAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - As a citizen of Melissa Bean's district it is important that we know what kind of contributions our current representative is accepting from PACs. Campaigning should not...
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Nationalize banks, energy and airlinesAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Oil production, refining and distribution; airline collapse; and now mortgage banking and investment. These major sectors of the American economy are in disarray and tot...
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Didn't back legislative pay raiseAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - This is no time for a legislative pay raise. Too many Illinois families are facing financial hardships where one person has a job, but there isn't enough income to pay f...
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CN needs to do right thingAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - I find it almost unbelievable the unmitigated gall that the CN, a foreign company, has been showing in their attempt to purchase the EJ&E railroad. Now they want a court...
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Elect Prochno to clean things upAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois government has become synonymous with political corruption. Our governor has become an expert at pay-to-play politics and continues to increase his campaign don...
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Three terms a better limit than twoAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - First, yes the public does have the power to limit terms - by casting their ballot! Unfortunately, over the years we see where on many levels, some representatives are r...
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Bean a Congressional truantAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Sometimes missing, Melissa Bean: What member of the suburban delegation to the U.S. House has missed the most votes in the 110th Congress? A Soapbox Dart to Barringt...
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A real scenario for outright socialismAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A letter in the Aug. 16 Daily Herald makes the following statement: "A president could no more change our economic system than could an ordinary citizen." That is essent...
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Who do they think they're kidding?Aug 18, 2008 11:00 pm - The liberal New York Times stated it would not touch the John Edwards sex scandal story with a 10-foot pole because the information came from the tacky National Inquirer...