Elgin Opinion
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Different views vs. deadly pejorativesSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - It is one thing to disagree with public officials. It is quite another to liken these same officials to Adolph Hitler and Nazis while encouraging others to kill them. Sa...
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Free market is not socially responsibleSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Mr. Carver, writing in the July 30 Fence Post, seems to think the only group capable of advancing this country and the world is private enterprise. Would you say that th...
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Don't be hasty with health care debateSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - I would like to note that I am neither Democrat nor Republican, but a true patriot. I served my country during the Vietnam War and today I admire the courage and dedicat...
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Define yourself as simply AmericanSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Let me get this straight. When a black person spouts their black pride it's justified, but when a white person does the same it's a hate crime? Personally I believe obse...
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Fake grass roots effort aims to derail reformSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Health insurance companies and big pharma have launched an AstroTurf campaign against reforming health care. They are paying millions of dollars to get people to write l...
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Saturday Soapbox: Profanity is bleeping unnecessarySep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Bleeping unnecessary: While we might not like it, we understand we live in a more profane, in-your-face world these days. But do we need the profanity that really doesn'...
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Lords Park Zoo is important part of ElginSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - My grandfather told me one of the reasons he came to Elgin was because of the very Beautiful Lords Park. I grew up going to Lords Park almost daily as a kid in nice weat...
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Let's learn from Iran, North KoreanSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - I am totally opposed to the political regimes in North Korea and Iran. However, I'll give those two countries credit for one thing. Unlike the United States, they guard...
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We viewed Kennedy through rose-colored glassesSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Am I the only one who's absolutely aghast by our politicians and the media's sanctimonious praise of now departed Sen. Kennedy? Listening to the media blather and readin...
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Foster keeps rabble at a distanceSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - It has become plain to me in the short time that my representative in Congress, Bill Foster, is an elitist. A "Scientist and a Businessman" means "I'm smarter than you a...