Island Lake Opinion
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Money doesn't control electionsFeb 08, 2010 10:00 pm - At the State of the Union address, President Obama was highly critical of the recent Supreme Court decision of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Why? "Cong...
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Democrats must stand up for us nowFeb 08, 2010 10:00 pm - I am amazed at the political situation in America today. Don't people remember the Bush/Cheney administration and their two wars and a $3 trillion deficit? Now we have a...
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Put budget blame on Congress, not BushFeb 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Let's see, Democrats controlled Congress for the last two years of the Bush Administration. Congress. The President or the "failed Administration" did not pass the budg...
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Tries to help, gets pickpocketed for her troubleFeb 07, 2010 10:00 pm - Yesterday, Jan. 26 at 4:20 p.m., I went into Border's Books at Woodfield. When I was walking out the door, a man started yelling that his hand was stuck between the door...
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We cannot ignore pain of abortionFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - In Susan Estrich's recent article about the Tebow Super Bowl ad she tells readers she might "go to the bathroom during the ad or make popcorn." After reading the article...
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Brown's election not end of health planFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - If any of you are still jumping for joy with the election of Scott Brown to the Senate, and expecting the bunch of clowns to cave in on the health care fiasco, forget it...
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Instead of criticizing look at the positiveFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - It is no secret that I am not an admirer of many policies and activities of the current Congress and administration. But I think they and the agencies supplying aid to H...
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Now they're after retirement savingsFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - And now we wake up to find that the 0bama administration and the secretaries of Labor and Treasury are making plans to force all IRA owners and 401(k) participants to in...
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Plan could leave retirees out in coldFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - On Christmas Eve the U.S. Senate slid through its own version of the health are reform bill. The bill fails to protect the earned post-retirement health care benefits of...
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Regarding Obama, Buffett puts it bestFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Having listened to the State of the Union address, I am reminded of a song from Jimmy Buffett called "You'll Never Work in This Business Again." As far as I am concerned...