Lake County Opinion
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Israeli influence needs close lookMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - If ever there was a country that should attend the U.N. conference on racism, it is the United States of America. Yet the administration is boycotting it, "with regret" ...
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Abortion bill is bad, not misunderstoodMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - On April 19th Julie Sass wrote an article entitled "Abortion Bill is Misunderstood."Let the record be clear that both the Illinois House of Representatives and the peopl...
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Improve treatment of brain disordersMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - May is Mental Health month. It's time for us to improve the way treatment is provided. Each day we read articles telling us of local tragedies caused by mentally ill per...
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Sympathetic with St. Sabina'sMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - I fully support St. Sabina's parish in flying their flag upside down to indicate severe distress. I totally agree that the situation of youths being shot in Chicago is t...
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Automatic raise for lawmakers? Why?!May 21, 2009 11:00 pm - State lawmakers are getting a 2.8% cost of living pay increase. It's automatic. First of all, the question is: how many people in the nonunion private sector get an "aut...
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Cap and Trade will hurt taxpayersMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - The House of Representatives plans to pass Cap and Trade legislation by the end of May. According to the Tax Foundation, the bottom 20% of income earners would pay the m...
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This isn't the red tape we want to cutMay 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Advocates don't pause when asked what Red Tape Cutters means in a state beset with budget woes, layoffs, and the grim reality of a growing number of foreclosures. They s...
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Against socialism? How's your Social Security?May 18, 2009 11:00 pm - This is in response to the recent letter from Mr. Laszlo Stephan titled "Limbaugh called for socialism to fail." Defining socialism as government control or intervention...
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No war with Islam? You sure about that?May 18, 2009 11:00 pm - The Pope has visited Jordan and announced his deep respect for Islam. President Obama will soon visit Egypt and announce (as he has already done on Islamic television) t...
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Robotics champs deserve accoladesMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - I congratulate the students from the WildStang Robotics Team for winning the FIRST Robotics Championship held recently in Atlanta, GA. With a total of 350 high school te...