Cook County Opinion
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The real challenge to Social SecurityJun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - I thought Bill Hartman (Fence Post, Friday) was a bit rough on Frank Sears (Fence Post, Tuesday). Bill implied that Frank kept his savings in a mattress, and most damnin...
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Study on townships was not flawedJun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - This letter is in response to an article in the Daily Herald about my study on township government on May 7 and a subsequent letter to the editor by Elk Grove Township S...
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Obama goes back on his wordJun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Obama goes back on his word Friday's Herald had an interesting article entitled "Obama bypasses public money: Going back on word, Democrat knows he'll raise more by hims...
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Our laws cannot be based on religionJun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to remind Ms. Benedetto (Fence Post, June 13) and all residents of our country that the United States is not a Christian nation. Rather, the United States ...
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Democrats, GOP both deficit spendJun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Mr. Martin's letter (Fence Post, Wednesday) contains a misunderstandingˆ about the functions of the executive and legislative branches of the government. The president ...
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Democrats begin socialist policiesJun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, both controlled by Democrats, are about to pass the war funding bill. To get the funding, the president is going t...
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It's the wrong time for John McCainJun 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Now that Bush and the Republicans have basically ruined the country, making Jimmy Carter's presidency look like a resounding success, along comes John McCain -- the perf...
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Saturday Soapbox: Cook and Lake countiesJun 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Rolling Meadows on risky course In barricading entrances to an apartment complex and setting up a police checkpoint, Rolling Meadows officials say they were responding t...
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The problem with untrained dogsJun 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Dog excrement and urine spread disease, worms, ticks and is just disgusting and an insult to others. Since 1962, we have had three dogs, all trained easily to use a 7-by...
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We must sever ties to United NationsJun 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Congressman Ron Paul's historic legislation, House Bill 1146, will end the United States membership in the United Nations. The internationalist Pelosi Democrats now runn...