Cook County Opinion
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Why are Illinois' roads so bad?Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - A recent front-page Herald article entitled "Roadwork" triggers some observations regarding our travels between northwest suburbia and Florida's gulf coast. Of all the ...
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Call illegal aliens what they areApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Thought of the day: Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist." Robert Parker Buffalo Grove ...
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Where is support from Iraqi public?Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I read that 1,300 Iraqi soldiers and policemen were dismissed for desertion in the fighting of Shiite militias in Basra. That sounds like a lot for one battle. I know I...
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Peace activists shouldn't be triedApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - This is regarding the April 10 article "Judge allows case against protesters to go to trial." Over the past nine months, I have attended the court dates for Jeff Zurawsk...
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Without any food, climate won't matterApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Gas prices at an all time high and food prices going up. We are putting food in our gas tank. How crazy are we? We have oil in Alaska we cannot drill for, a new find of...
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Why not forgive our foreign debt?Apr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - To the person who wants the U. S. to forgive foreign debt, when will our foreign debt be forgiven, particularly the debt owed to China, Middle East oil exporters and how...
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Politicians pollute air with their talkApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It appears to me that the only gases that are heating up our planet are those emitting from the mouths of our politicians. They may care, as they profess, about the eco...
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Frontier violated basic escrow rulesApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - When Frontier Airlines declared bankruptcy, it mentioned higher fuel costs, less traffic and that its credit card processor was withholding more money for advanced ticke...
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Greenberg is right for the 8th DistrictApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm writing today to commend Steve Greenberg, the Republican candidate for Congress in the 8th District. He recently conducted a tele-town hall that I participated in. T...
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Animal shelter gets government fundsApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - In a recent article about the need for homes for barn cats at Anderson Animal Shelter, it was mentioned that Anderson receives no government funding. Yet it does. It ha...