Palatine Opinion
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Is 'nuclear' that hard to pronounce?Jul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - My jaw dropped in disbelief when I read, "Liberal television can't even spell", by Robert Kuhn, in the July 15 Fence Post. First, I was struck by how far Mr. Kuhn had to...
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Social security doesn't compareJul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - In his letter to the editor (Fence Post, July 9), Len Brauer of Palatine says, "Sorry, but I think privatization is a very bad idea." But Len also mentions the "lock bo...
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Grateful for size of search partyJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - For those of us who enjoy the beauty of the Deer Grove Forest Preserve, I'd like to tell everyone how lucky we are to have such wonderful Cook County police, Cook County...
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Dog owners need to follow rules of basic decencyJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - On the evening of June 25th, while walking near our home, an unleashed pit bull attacked our defenseless dog. There was no provocation for the attack. The owner was so a...
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Housing market isn't really that badJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Things are not as bad in the real estate market as the national and Chicagoland news media make it out to be. When national and Chicagoland statistics are given, they do...
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Let's share burden of freight trafficJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Thanks to state Reps. Rosemary Mullins and Carolyn Krause for supporting the proposed Canadian National purchase of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway, and also support...
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Long promises, short experienceJul 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Talk is cheap. Nowhere is this adage truer than in politics. Politicians will promise you all the stars in the sky if they think there is a vote in it for them, yet the...
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Jackson evaluated by different rulesJul 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Say what you will, but if a white man said about Jessie Jackson what Jackson whispered about Obama, no apology in the world would stop the uproar. If we are ever going ...
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Bush's intentions in Iran seem plainJul 08, 2008 11:00 pm - I find it hard to believe that Dick Cheney and George W. Bush have not been scheming for their own benefit from day one. The revelation that we have covert actions ongo...
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Privatization would threaten retirementJul 08, 2008 11:00 pm - I have a little problem with Bill Hartman's "The great debate over Social Security" in the July 5 Fence Post. I remember when Al Gore mentioned those funds should be put...