Cook County Opinion
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Abortion foes just religious zealotsDec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Because Roe vs. Wade is still the law of the land, frustrated religious rights advocates try again and again to change the public's mind over the abortion issue. Religio...
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Begin an orderly troop withdrawalDec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Recent media reports from Afghanistan indicate six years after the first U.S. bombs fell in Afghanistan, America is planning on a long stay. We now have approximately 25...
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Emission bills would impact littleDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Every day, we find global warming stories in our newspapers exhorting us to cut our carbon emissions to save the earth. What's missing is how much we must reduce these e...
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Limbaugh is just a 'phony patriot'Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Nick Ridge believes Rush Limbaugh is intelligent? Hilarious? Well, it is about time that someone holds this drug abuser accountable. Amazing how someone who had all of ...
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Pathetic Judy Sigwalt tirade all too familiarDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - This is in response to a couple of stories in the Daily Herald concerning Carpentersville. The first is about the so- called vandals in Carpenter Park damaging the newly...
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Un-American to fix immigration issueDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - The debate over immigration has become one of the more heated topics in today's popular game of politics. The perception of immigration needs to be improved if this coun...
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Urgency needed to hunt oil alternativeDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - We need an alternative to oil today, not five years from now. With crude oil selling in the area of $100 a barrel, and expected to rise, what are we doing with the only...
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Don't use casino money for budgetDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Is casino money the answer to the state's budget woes? Not according to economics professor John Kindt of the University of Illinois. His in-depth study concludes: for e...
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Held hostage by environmentalistsDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - With the cost of a barrel of crude fast approaching $100 a barrel, I have to ask my fellow Americans when it will be enough for you to do something about it? While I am ...
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Elk Grove must ban wood smokeDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Soaring asthma and autism rates in our cities correspond with skyrocketing fine particulate pollution, caused mostly by vehicle exhaust and wood smoke. When fine partic...