Palatine Opinion
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Lawmakers: Follow kindergarten rulesJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - To the Illinois legislature: As a senior citizen I object to being used as a political pawn in this futile chess game called politics. I'm tired of the veiled threats, b...
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Ban on same-sex marriage costs allJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Thomas Jefferson said, "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." The Californi...
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Nepotism isn't 'in the best interest'Jun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Some of the antics out of Springfield and Chicago through the years have clearly dismayed us. But a little town nestled in the Northwest suburbs may have just raised the...
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Reform measures are needed nowMay 30, 2009 11:00 pm - In April Governor Pat Quinn's Illinois Reform Commission, headed by former prosecutor Patrick Collins, released its report on what needs to be done to clean up corruptio...
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Reform needed at every levelMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - I love seeing all these letters calling for reform in our government. We could sure use it, but lets be careful what we wish for. The way things work now, the folks who...
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Mistakes were made; it's time to move onMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - War is not a game. The previous administration has made it clear that the United States will stop all torture of prisoners. Mistakes are made during war. Former Presiden...
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No money for Gitmo until details knownMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - I just have to make a little known point about government and how it should work. This week the Democrats have said no to a Democratic president in regards to the closin...
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One-sided press presents unfair viewMay 23, 2009 11:00 pm - We would like to revisit the Notre Dame controversy. We watched the news coverage and read the Herald's article recounting Obama's commencement address at Notre Dame. We...
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It's time to wake up, fight Stroger clanMay 23, 2009 11:00 pm - I am sick and tired of the Stroger family running Cook County. We have been putting up with their ways and deceit far too long. Mayor Daley is a co-conspirator in these ...
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Thank those who served our countryMay 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Since our country will celebrate Memorial Day on May 25, I've been thinking of the service members I knew who died in Iraq. I was in the navy for 21 years, and I was ne...