Island Lake Opinion
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GOP puts American values secondSep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - If Republicans are the party of country first, being American, patriotic and being a good Christian, how come they: A) Give big businesses tax breaks, incentives to clo...
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Schmidt did not refute tax claimsSep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - A newspaper's biases are too often revealed in headlines that misrepresent the content of the article. This is almost universally true of the Daily Herald's coverage of ...
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Families should decide mosque issueSep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Let the families of those who lost their loved ones in the horrible devastation of those two towers in New York on 9/11 decide what to build near ground zero - not the M...
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Kane wellness program bad deal for taxpayersSep 14, 2010 11:00 pm - To those Kane County employees, Michael Isaacson, who feel that the $4,000 of the taxpayers money spent on the wellness programs is tax money well spent, I have a questi...
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Obama's been working hard, but not for youSep 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Recent articles talk about our president taking another vacation, this time in Maine. But let's face it, he deserves a vacation. Since the oil spill April 20 he has been...
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Mosque different from nativitySep 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Your editors missed a big mistake in logic and printed a letter titled "Mosque about religious tolerance." There is one huge difference between the proposed mosque in N...
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Declining support of war hurts troopsSep 13, 2010 11:00 pm - I've read with great disappointment the latest round of headlines suggesting support for the war in Afghanistan is waning. One would think that I, as a military spouse, ...
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Keep Social Security the way it isSep 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Like millions of Americans who retire, my father, who was a pastor, depended on his Social Security checks and Medicaid to supplement his pension until he and my mother ...
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It's time for Bianchi to step asideSep 13, 2010 11:00 pm - We don't want to rush to judgment. And we can understand McHenry County State's Attorney Lou Bianchi's reflexive response to stay in his job while defending himself agai...
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Vote for Kirk means a new directionSep 13, 2010 11:00 pm - We in Illinois have an opportunity to start digging ourselves out of the hole we are in due to corruption, dishonesty, criminal and irresponsible behavior by politicians...