Cook County Opinion
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Who don't we look at lawmaker pay?Jun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - We would never have gotten into debt if our statesmen would work until 65 to get their Social Security instead of working only 20 years and getting a pension. A good one...
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Mixed news on economy from fedsJun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress that "the U.S. economy should pull out of a recession and start growing again later this year." But in testimony to C...
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Speak up America: Enough is enoughJun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Members of the "greatest generation" now retired are those retirees who put God and country before their personal interests, often fighting in wars to protect our Americ...
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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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Tax hike would avert housing tragedyJun 06, 2009 11:00 pm - The state of Illinois is facing a dire economic situation compounded by the current recession and by the fiscal irresponsibility of the previous administration. The stat...
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Reagan doesn't deserve statueJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - I don't get it. A statue of Ronald Reagan was recently unveiled in the Capitol rotunda. President Reagan was lucky that he was not impeached. It was under President Reag...
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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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Moral arguments tired in abortion debateJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Although columnist Cal Thomas seemed somewhat conciliatory toward President Obama's approach to abortion policy, he persisted in reciting many of the tired ideological a...