Des Plaines Opinion
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Public employees pensions enviableApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm getting sick of all the whining over the pensions for people on the public payroll. I would love to have retired at 80 percent of my last paycheck. Instead, my "gen...
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Why do men feel so easily threatened?Apr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - When will anyone admit that men like to keep women down? I think when they say it's a mans world, it's because men like to keep it this way. Gosh forbid, a woman should...
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How dare they make money?Apr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The Democrats in Congress have worked themselves into a fury about what they claim are excessive profits of Exxon/Mobil, et. al. I wonder what the Democrats consider ac...
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Some interesting newsmakers aren't the usual newsmakersApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We don't always have to look to Hollywood, Washington or Wrigley Field to find people with the most-interesting or even most influential lives. Where do you go to meet t...
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Prostitution makes victims of us allApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We are often told prostitution is a victimless crime, an act between two consenting adults who enter into a verbal contract for mutual benefit. One receives sexual grat...
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Keep wood smoke issue in perspectiveMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to add my two (common) cents to the wood burning debate. How many households are there that actually have wood burning stoves or fireplaces? Somehow, I t...
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We must find a way to get troops homeMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Spring is right around the corner and beautiful summer is soon to follow. We can all look forward to planting flowers, planning our vegetable gardens, sitting outside o...
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Goudie's wrong on Obama church flapMar 30, 2008 11:00 pm - I like Chuck Goudie, but he was wrong regarding his column concerning Barack Obama and his pastor. Churches need not be empty if one or two ministers or priests disregar...
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Raise for cousin the last strawMar 30, 2008 11:00 pm - I am beyond disgusted with the likes of Todd Stroger and the rest of his cronies. How dare he try and justify a pay raise for anyone! Forget the nepotism. Here we sit un...
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Matter of fairness on hookah loungeMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Cultures, health issues and the finer points of the law clashed over smoking lounges in Schaumburg last week. In the end, common sense won a narrow victory -- but it was...