Pingree Grove Opinion
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When will Obama listen to people?Feb 24, 2011 12:00 am - I listened Feb. 11 to the news about the resignation of the president of Egypt. Then I heard President Obama responding to that news. It seemed rather ironic when he tal...
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Unhappy with Kane blizzard effortFeb 24, 2011 12:00 am - I was one of the passengers who was stranded for 16 hours in my car due to drifting snow in Hampshire on Route 72 west of Walker Road. I was stranded from 7 p.m. Tuesday...
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In a huff over Huff PostFeb 24, 2011 12:00 am - So now that the already wealthy Arianna Huffington has sold the Huffington Post to AOL for $315 million, pocketing a cool $18 million in cash for herself along with a $4...
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Likes hospital near Sun CityFeb 23, 2011 12:00 am - Living in Sun City-Huntley with a population of 9,000-plus senior citizens, time is a huge factor in getting to the closest hospital as quickly as possible. A heliport w...
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Obama an easy targetFeb 23, 2011 12:00 am - The commencement speaker at the 1985 Notre Dame graduation was Jose Duarte, the despot president of El Salvador. Granted, Duarte was a Notre Dame graduate, but he also w...
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Separation issue had other originsFeb 23, 2011 12:00 am - This is in response to the letter from John Babush on Feb. 11 with regard to separation of church and state. We actually have two entities to thank for separating church...
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Problem is, lawyers are in chargeFeb 23, 2011 12:00 am - Have you ever wondered who is running (ruining) America? Is it our policy makers? The politicians locally and in Washington? What group of people have the most influence...
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This will be do-nothing CongressFeb 22, 2011 12:00 am - When Gail Rose of Huntley suggested the president should work with Republicans, I wonder what she has been paying attention to over the first two years of the Obama pres...
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Be careful what you ask forFeb 22, 2011 12:00 am - There has been a lot said about the Affordable Care Act. There’s also been a lot of distortion and deception about “death panels” from those who benefit from insurance c...
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Hope from invigorated neighborhoodsFeb 22, 2011 12:00 am - The images are all too familiar in troubled times. Empty storefronts dominate the strip malls that were once symbols, if somewhat crassly so, of suburban economic vitali...