Prospect Heights Opinion
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Protect our future, support energy billJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Each year the carbon emission levels keep growing and the effects of global warming are worse. There are many different sources of energy that are not being utilized. T...
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OK, liberals: Can you walk the talk?Jun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - I have four suggestions for liberals who are so determined to convert the rest of us to their way of thinking and all pretty much fall into the category of "walk your t...
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Bolster energy bill vs. Big Oil, pollutersJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, a bill that will fire the starting gun in the race to build America's...
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U of I clout list must stop immediatelyJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - We have sent our five children through college without any help from an elected representative and resent sharing the cost of those students who are on the "Category I" ...
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Blame the criminal, not the policeJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The mayor, the police chief and police officers did not commit these crimes. The act of murder was committed by citizens. Those responsible were sought out by the law e...
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Go green: Use grass clippings on lawnJun 06, 2009 11:00 pm - To help preserve our environment, grass clippings are good for the lawn because grass is 75 percent water and it will quickly decompose and nourish the lawn with nitroge...
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How bad will misery index have to get?Jun 06, 2009 11:00 pm - By the end of the Jimmy Carter administration the media had developed a new measuring tool called the 'misery index' to calculate the general attitude of Americans towar...
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Who does Congress really represent?Jun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - The one thing that actually mattered in the current Senate bill regarding credit card rules was an amendment to limit interest rates to 15 percent. That provision was ki...
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We're better than barbaric tortureJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Bob Lowth of Arlington Heights begins his May 17 letter to Fence Post with the following statement: "I'm always amazed when I read people who assume individuals that ar...
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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...