Island Lake Opinion
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Don't smear right wingApr 24, 2010 11:00 pm - The other day Eugene Robinson wrote a collumn in the Daily Herald about the recent arrest of the Michigan based domestic terror group. This column seemed very biased, se...
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Stop signs, lights are not optionalApr 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Stop: To cease or halt the movement, progress, action, or operation of. (Heritage Dictionary) Once again I was almost rear-ended by a soccer mom talking on her cell phon...
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Kirk not listening to his constituentsApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - I felt the necessity to write my local congressman Mark Kirk. I usually don't get a response and I felt that it was important to tell the public that some of the people ...
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Let's stress how to turn leftApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - One of the hardest things about driving seems to when it is safe to make a left turn. Today's story about two kids turning left (I assume) into Waubonsee Community Colle...
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Bravo to all you public defendersApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The recent news story about the attack on court-appointed attorney Ron Dolak exemplifies the difficulty of the job of being a criminal defense lawyer, particularly a cou...
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Bean not much of a 'representativeApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The health care debate and its passage has been a polarizing issue, polarizing on the constituents and their representatives. Any poll of the 8th Congressional District ...
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Bravo to Bean for backing her peopleApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The health care reform legislation is not perfect. Neither were the Bush tax cuts, a uniquely financed Iraq war, or the Medicare Reform Act that banned any effort to lev...
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Kids say the darnedest thingsApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - In response to a call for volunteers from State Rep. Mike Tryon to help out at the McHenry County Farm Bureau's AG Expo, I worked as a chaperon for a wonderful group of ...
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Pension plan hurts wrong peopleApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The "pension reform" rushed through the legislature is a drastic solution that punishes the blameless for a problem created by government mismanagement. The only reason ...
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Obama a Republican in Democrat's clothingApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - In just 14 short months, President Obama has become a serious challenger for the title of the greatest Republican president of the last 50 years. He has accomplished th...