Cook County Opinion
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Say goodbye to the Fourth AmendmentJul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - In Washington, D.C., your Congress finished its destruction of your rights as citizens under the Fourth Amendment of our Constitution. Without warrants, and without your...
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The 10th District carpetbagger issueJul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - The American Heritage Dictionary defines a "carpetbagger" as an outsider, especially a politician, who presumptuously seeks a position or success in a new locality. Dan...
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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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The fight against cancer begins hereJul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Cancer is the number one killer of Americans under age 85. In Illinois alone, an estimated 25,320 people will die from the disease this year. As a volunteer for the Ame...
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Keeping America an America we loveJul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - People are rightly fed up with blunders and gaffes in government, tired of a president who lacks the rhetorical skills to effectively communicate even the policies most ...
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Use FOIs to open county governmentJul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Cook County Board Chairman Todd Stroger's stifling of department head responses to the Herald (July 6) is no doubt the beginning of the county "iron curtain" shielding i...
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Paramedics, police officer thankedJul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - We as a family want to publicly thank the paramedic crew of the Roselle Fire Department, as well as the police officer, who responded to our 911 emergency on May 29 at a...
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Liberal television can't even spellJul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - In a recent major network TV broadcast, one liberal, left-leaning station referred to the country of Colombia by showing the spelling on the screen as Columbia instead o...
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Kane residents have right to knowJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Kane County citizens have a right to know. Doug Heaton, president of Elgin's Association for Legal Americans (AFLA) wrote Kane County Sheriff Perez for information on ho...
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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...