Kane County Opinion
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Look past protests for health care factsSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Representative Biggert admitted her health care comments were "a little inflammatory." Actually her comments were worse than that - they were lies. The current health c...
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ACORN probe needed immediatelySep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - As a clear view of ACORN finally emerges, it is useful to know how important ACORN has been for President Obama over the years. In a speech to ACORN in November 2007 he...
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We must continue fighting both warsSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Reader Anthony Nelson decries Obama's "failure" to pull American troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan. He calls this a failure, I suppose, in the belief that simply retrea...
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Terrorist gets chance no victims receivedSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Ten years ago, my husband and I attended a convocation for 35 of Syracuse University's "best and brightest" students, blown out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland, whil...
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Leo family thanks support systemSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Our lives were forever changed when Joe Leo was left a quadriplegic from a ski accident on March 14. Now, six months later, Joe and I wish to give regard to our support ...
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Strong language can incite violenceSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Words do matter. Words can soothe. Words can help promote healing. Words can also hurt, promote hatred and issue calls for vengeance. The anti-abortion bunch preach thei...
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Leaders needed to fix health careSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Although we may narrowly escape having over 1,000 unread pages of health care imposed upon us, the fact remains that our health care system is still badly in need of ref...
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Don't forget, Obama inherited this messSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - It's interesting to watch the Republicans address the national deficit, health care reform and talk about financial accountability. Do they think the public has forgotte...
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Let communities pay for own policeSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Sen. Durbin boasts in the Fence Post that Congress put $1 billion into the COPS Program and he supports a proposal for another $3 billion. And he suggests that Elgin and...
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Carter needs to be an elder statesmanSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - I think it is time for former President Jimmy Carter to start playing the role of an elder statesman. During the administration of former President George W. Bush, he br...