Wheeling Opinion
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It's no surprise that seniors get shortedSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Once again, the genius of our government is at work. The federal government said that because of no inflation there will be no social security raise this year. What was ...
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America growing distrustful of ObamaSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - The strength of America has grown from its mainstream majority having a strong work ethic, a help your neighbor mentality, good use of freedoms to make a better life for...
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We need a victory in AfghanistanSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Casualties are rising in Afghanistan and the commander in chief has changed the rules of engagement. I fear he has emboldened the enemy. Reading Miranda rights to prison...
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It's time for Illinois to turn the pageSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Over the last 10 years we have seen the destruction that corrupt leaders in Springfield are capable of. It started with George Ryan and continued with Rod Blagojevich. I...
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Nothing's beyond reach of the tax manSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Politicians continually amaze me. Just when I think they have sunken as low down as possible they manage to sink lower. I am referring to one of their latest tax schemes...
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Olympic move shows Obama's Chicago sideSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - I am a supporter of President Obama in most of his programs, but I am very disappointed by his decision to go to Copenhagen for the International Olympic Committee's vot...
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Assumptions lead to half-baked ideasSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - It would be so nice if we could all be as prescient as Mary Fisher (Sept. 22 Fence Post) is in determining the circumstances behind a cut received from a self pedicure. ...
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Elgin must ensure no undocumented workersSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Your article of Sept. 20, "Elgin to audit more illegal workers," gives the impression that the city was enforcing the new policy of January 2008, which states that all c...
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If we can't pay for reform, don't buy itSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Regarding Marie Kelly's letter to the editor "Seniors already have a public option" where she admonishes seniors for "trying to disrupt town hall meetings". She also sug...
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Halt funding or fix Tamms prisonSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - At Tamms supermax prison at the southern tip of Illinois, over 250 men are being held in permanent solitary confinement, year after year, with no communal activity or hu...