Mount Prospect Opinion
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Mathias offers his thanks to votersNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - A sincere and humble thank you to all of the voters in the 53rd District. Whether voting absentee, early, or on Nov. 4, your message came through with strength and convi...
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Automakers don't deserve bailoutsNov 15, 2008 10:00 pm - I think that Ford, GM and Chrysler have got a lot of nerve asking the government to bail them out. Between the three companies, they put themselves into the situation t...
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There'll be limits on jokes about ObamaNov 14, 2008 10:00 pm - I have two comments on an article in the L&E section of the Daily Herald. It seems that the media comedians are having trouble finding Barack Obama jokes whereas they h...
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We need better basis to judge our judgesNov 14, 2008 10:00 pm - The Illinois system of voting to retain or not retain judges is an empty gesture. We have no basis for making a decision concerning sitting judges except for the evaluat...
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Why do we send bad judges to the bench?Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - People complain about our judicial system, but when they have a chance to do something about it, they don't. Every election, it's the same: We elect a few bad judges. Mo...
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It's time for all of us to work togetherNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Prior to the election of the 43rd president, it took the U.S.A. 224 years to accumulate a debt of about $5 trillion. It took the G.W. Bush administration only eight yea...
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Why give executives bonuses in crisis?Nov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Quote from Associated Press article: "With taxpayers' money flowing into their vaults, banks are going ahead with paying dividends to shareholders, giving bonuses to top...
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The Democrats and sordid family valuesNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - President Clinton denied ever having had sex with "that woman." U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney admits having an affair, in fact several. The only thing that Clinton and Mahoney h...
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Election of Obama is just so incredible!Nov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - I still can't believe that Sen. Obama was elected president, that such a wonderful and beautiful and meaningful thing has happened. That someone has been chosen, as our ...
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Obama's victory is democracy at its bestNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Election night was a victory for Obama and democracy, and the world was watching. We showed the world democracy at its best. Remember countries all over the world look u...