DuPage County Opinion
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The SoapboxJul 30, 2011 3:00 am - The $117,000 Walsh owes his kids: Well, we guess you could call U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh of McHenry a role model of sorts. He says government must spend less. And then he rep...
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The arrogance of Boehner and GOPJul 30, 2011 3:00 am - Speaker Boehner and the tea party Republicans all must have been absent from school the day the lesson covered the Gettysburg Address. At least they missed the “for the ...
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Speed tables can’t replace crossing guardsJul 29, 2011 3:00 am - It will never cease to amaze me how things can get so messed up when a government agency gets involved in things. The nonthinking Carpentersville trustees who laid off f...
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States are red, but heat turning us BlueJul 29, 2011 3:00 am - The Republicans’ stubborn denial of global warming must really gladden their hearts these days. All the states are Red. But then the heat’s turning us Blue. Marion J. ...
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The problem is spending, not revenueJul 29, 2011 3:00 am - Recently the president said that Social Security checks won’t go out if the debt ceiling doesn’t get raised. That is an out-and-out lie. The debt ceiling has nothing to ...
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Greed of some weighs heavily on othersJul 29, 2011 3:00 am - It breaks my heart. I work to assist low-income seniors and just heard a couple, after being told they are losing their state prescription assistance, say that if they d...
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Keeping up with Joneses in Dist. 203?Jul 29, 2011 3:00 am - Was Naperville Unit District 203’s approval of a 12 percent salary increase for its superintendent founded upon solid educational rationale, or was it just a matter of k...
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Obama confirms he’s a whiny liberalJul 29, 2011 3:00 am - I’ve just finished listening to our president’s verbal tirade against Speaker Boehner’s cutting off the debt ceiling talks. There are times when a person’s true colors s...
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I’ll pay more if all pay somethingJul 29, 2011 3:00 am - Froma Harrop wrote a piece recently that stated: “Poll after poll, the American people want higher taxes.” She stated this included Republicans by half. She must know — ...
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Hard to find any virtues of this partyJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - The majority of Americans today are worried about their money. Do they have enough to feed, clothe and house their families? Are they currently unemployed, and have they...