Elgin Opinion
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Look past protests for health care factsSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Representative Biggert admitted her health care comments were "a little inflammatory." Actually her comments were worse than that - they were lies. The current health c...
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We must continue fighting both warsSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Reader Anthony Nelson decries Obama's "failure" to pull American troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan. He calls this a failure, I suppose, in the belief that simply retrea...
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Terrorist gets chance no victims receivedSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Ten years ago, my husband and I attended a convocation for 35 of Syracuse University's "best and brightest" students, blown out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland, whil...
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Strong language can incite violenceSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Words do matter. Words can soothe. Words can help promote healing. Words can also hurt, promote hatred and issue calls for vengeance. The anti-abortion bunch preach thei...
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Leaders needed to fix health careSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Although we may narrowly escape having over 1,000 unread pages of health care imposed upon us, the fact remains that our health care system is still badly in need of ref...
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Don't forget, Obama inherited this messSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - It's interesting to watch the Republicans address the national deficit, health care reform and talk about financial accountability. Do they think the public has forgotte...
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Let communities pay for own policeSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Sen. Durbin boasts in the Fence Post that Congress put $1 billion into the COPS Program and he supports a proposal for another $3 billion. And he suggests that Elgin and...
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It's all about government controlSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Bailing out the banks, the automotive industry, Cash for Clunkers, economic stimulus plan, addressing our schoolchildren on TV, ObamaCare. None of these are what the pre...
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Durbin's support of ACORN inexcusableSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - It is almost too hard to believe, but sure not unexpected, when our two Illinois senators and especially Sen. Durbin, are among the very few in the Senate to have voted ...
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Chief Illiniwek is still missedSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - It's that time of year again; time for college football, tradition and mascots. The University of Illinois, however, isn't allowed to demonstrate tradition nor have a ma...