Cook County Opinion
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Company trying to split communitiesApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Canadian National is attempting to pit the residents of the 80 communities Canadian National trains currently pass through against the "over-privileged" residents of Bar...
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Isn't it illegal to block sidewalks?Apr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Why do so many cars in the Waverly Park subdivision of Rolling Meadows park across the sidewalk blocking our kids from using it? They have to step in the mud and snow to...
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Who is responsible for rise in violence?Apr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Gun-grabbers Inc., in the personage of Rod Blagojevich, Richard Daley and Arne Duncan, find it easier to blame inanimate objects for murders rather than placing the blam...
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The harsh result of government mathApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Reagan's union busting. Plus Clinton's NAFTA treaty. Plus Failed illegal immigration enforcement. Plus Bush's war and tax breaks. Equals: Middle class genocide. Greg Sto...
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Kirk is on right side of FISA billApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Right now there is legislation pending in Congress that is known as FISA. Its focus is U.S. government surveillance of phone calls between suspected terrorists. Dan Seal...
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Turn hope into action -- right nowApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Hope is a fine word, an amazing word. It can be a step, helping you reach a higher level. It can be a crutch, helping you down the road to destruction. It is a word we h...
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Kane transit cash talk goes from 'I want' to 'we need'Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Seems there's nothing quite like a big pile of somebody else's money to make politicians' eyes light up and the saliva begin to flow. "When it began to dawn on people th...
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Storied Lincoln a frequent loser, tooApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Much has been written about the fact that Jim Oberweis has failed at all attempts to win elective office. But, consider the following: In 1832, he lost his job, being de...
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Lincoln quotes gave us the guideApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Question: Why are we so smart today as to think we can improve on society when Abraham Lincoln said it all years ago. Here's his quote: "You cannot strengthen the weak b...
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Educators aren't just principals, teachersApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Now comes the story of Al Weber. Weber, as Daily Herald reporter Sheila Ahern wrote last week, was not what we normally think of when we hear the word educator. He was ...