Elgin Opinion
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Republicans riding ship of foolsSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - So the radical right, who for the most part are conservative Republicans, object to the President of the United States giving a stay-in-school-and-study-hard speech to t...
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Don't ban sales of small liquor bottlesSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - My name is B.J. Patel and I have a small liquor store in Arlington Heights. For years we have served the community at our best customer service level. We are not big eno...
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Reagan's speech isn't precedentSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Since when do editorials belong on the front news page of the paper? The article by Kerry Lester, "How Schools are Treating Obama Speech" becomes an editorial comment wh...
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Help the country, not the presidentSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - The lesson plan given to schools for the upcoming classroom video encourages the children to "write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president." ...
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It's always good to motivate studentsSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm a parent who was very involved in my now-adult child's educational experience, K-12. I find it sad to see what should have been viewed as a motivational speech to ch...
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There's a chance for adults to learn, tooSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - The issue of whether or not to allow students to listen to the President of the United States speak to them via a webcast is not only a ridiculous issue, but opens the d...
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Paranoia poses real threat to AmericaSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - President Obama, like Presidents Reagan and Bush before him, has requested an opportunity to speak to America's school children. This request has evoked anger and parano...
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Children should listen, learn respectSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Is it any wonder that the children of today have no respect for authority? When the President of the United States speaks, no matter what the family's political affiliat...
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Let's bring back reasonable debateSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Conservatives have invested so much effort into creating lies about the President (his birth certificate, being a Muslim, "hating white people," being like a "Nazi" or "...
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Vargas could make dent in unemployment hereSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - I recently read on the Daily Herald Web site that Elgin resident Mark Vargas was running for Congress in the 14th District. I read that while serving on an economic deve...