Elgin Opinion
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Congressional investigation of BP oil spill is a charadeJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - It sickens me to listen to these sanctimonious clowns called Congressman lecturing BP officials, trying to get their 5 minutes of fame. These clowns who brought us a fai...
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No wonder we don't trust governmentJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - At a time when the country is coming apart at the seams it becomes more and more frustrating to see it all happen. Let's start with spending. Illinois is $13 billion in...
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U.S. Senate race looks like a clown raceJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - On the Democratic side we have Alexi Giannoulias, who was a senior loan officer at his family's failed Broadway Bank. He says he had nothing to do with those loans. That...
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Brady platform for governor appeals to simpletonsJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - GOP State Governor candidate Bill Brady's campaign literature reads: 1. "Lower taxes" (where have you been - we have a $13 billion deficit). 2. "Cut taxes for working fa...
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Taxes shouldn't pay for bilingual schoolJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Your article about the bilingual (Spanish) preschool education proposal has raised my dander once again. It may be that Spanish is the largest minority group in the Chic...
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Medical marijuana a humane option for patients of Ill.Jul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - We don't wait for the times to change but rather we can change this very moment in time. There are some who drift and never do anything to bring about change. Others fee...
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English will not be spoken in here in response of reform proposalsJul 01, 2010 11:00 pm - A mainstay of immigration reform proposals and the pro-legalization rhetoric brewing in Washington is that any path to citizenship must require prospective citizens to l...
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Value of festivals goes beyond costsJul 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Tens of thousands with out-of-town holiday plans leave the suburbs this afternoon. More weekend traveling is expected this year than last, perhaps because of an improvin...
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Federal meddling brings culpability, should get out of the wayJul 01, 2010 11:00 pm - A letter in the June 25 Daily Herald suggests greater "regulation" as the solution to such problems as the massive leak 5,000 feet underwater in the Gulf. That presumes,...
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Time to get American troops out of AfghanistanJul 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Now that Gen. Stanley McChrystal has been dismissed for insubordination the President should, after nine years of sacrificing hundreds of American lives and billions of ...