Island Lake Opinion
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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...
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Improve care and spend less moneyFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Last year's deep cuts in state funding for mental health services, coupled with similar cuts the previous year have devastated Illinois' already weak mental health syste...
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Cut it out: Some readers may have responded to Friday's story about allegations of hazing by wrestlers at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake with a shrug o...
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Health care plan backed by elitistsFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Politicians, both Republicans and Democrats, have long taken "We the People" for granted. An elitist mentality presupposes that we are incapable of understanding key iss...
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Why unemployment is not getting betterFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Here are a few statistics that should scare all of us. According to a recent poll, 78 percent of business leaders believe that President Obama is anti-business and 81 pe...
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Counties, lawmakers must protect secret ballotFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - It's your right to vote. And it's your right to hold back a vote. Most importantly, it's your right to protect the privacy of your vote. However, a new law puts that pr...
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Theory on source of global warmingFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Eureka!, I say, much like Archimedes said when he discovered the principle of buoyancy. I have discovered the main source of mankind's contribution to global warming. Ac...