Glen Ellyn Opinion
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Let’s stick to life-and-death issuesAug 18, 2011 5:00 am - Ron Paul, along with a few other presidential candidates, were called out on their foreign-made T shirts. Home grown is better, but in the larger picture, given the choi...
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Tea party getting all the blameAug 18, 2011 5:00 am - Enough is enough. Our president at some point has to stop the blame game, and make some attempt to lead our country. Obama first started his term by blaming everything w...
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Need a march on economic stupidityAug 18, 2011 5:00 am - I propose a biblical Joshua-style protest march around the White House. I suggest getting 200 marching bands and have them as Joshua did when he marched around the “wall...
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Time for tollway users to speak upAug 18, 2011 5:00 am - Today, suburban commuters get a chance to be heard. We hope they take advantage of it. The Illinois Toll Highway Authority begins a public hearing process on its 15-year...
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Obama zigged when should have zaggedAug 18, 2011 4:00 am - History will record that Campaigner-in-Chief Barack Obama was president when the credit rating of the wealthiest nation in the world was reduced for the first time. The ...
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Leave Walsh’s divorce out of itAug 17, 2011 5:00 am - Anyone who has ever been through a divorce can say it is not a pleasant experience. Most are extremely bitter and leave scars that never really heal. I’m sure that 8th D...
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Give raises to the middle classAug 17, 2011 5:00 am - Growing the economy means that it needs more money infused into it. Obviously, our government does not have the money to do that. Who does? Big businesses are sitting on...
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Why Congress hits when economy downAug 17, 2011 5:00 am - Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. Sorry that you’ll not be receiving any presents. Recently passed debt-ceiling/deficit legislation mandates that presents go only t...
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Uncle Sam just ran out of moneyAug 17, 2011 5:00 am - Regarding Walt Zlotow’s Aug. 9 Fence Post letter, Uncle Sam didn’t die, Walt, he just ran out of money. To you and the others who feel that government has the money to s...
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Better choice for front-page newsAug 17, 2011 5:00 am - Excuse me, Daily Herald, but I do believe that our Standard & Poor’s bond downgrade should have been front page news. I am perplexed that a Naperville man’s heroic actio...