Letters to the Editor
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Fuzzy thinking cause for concernSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Since Obama does not have any international experience, he selected Joe Biden, who in all his many years in Washington has done little, if anything, to improve our horri...
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The clear failure of deregulated marketsSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - It has been interesting to watch the celebration on Wall Street these past couple of days. And what were the economic elite of America celebrating? A bipartisan agreeme...
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How to respond to a foreign diplomatSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - In an effort to protect the executive office from vacancy due to a break in the line of succession to the presidency, America has established a new program called "Just ...
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We are victims of our own foolishnessSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - So who is ultimately to blame for the current financial crisis? Ultimately, it's the borrowers, the people who got in over their heads and presumed upon the future, thi...
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Shedding tears for the RepublicansSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Poor Sarah Palin's PC has been hacked. Isn't it a shame? But I fail to see a crime here since the Bush administration has been doing that for the last seven years, and h...
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Obama does not have gravitasSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - During the Bush versus Gore campaign, the Democrats claimed that George W. Bush had no gravitas. Every time a critic such as Mario Cuomo or Jesse Jackson spoke about Geo...
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The smoking gun in the mortgage crisisSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - How did this catastrophic challenge to our economic system begin? On June 18, 2002, President George Bush said "We want 5.5 million more homeowners by 2010." Pursuing t...
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Kirk still the best for 10th DistrictSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - I have been a resident of Deerfield for almost 45 years. I raised and educated a family in its wonderful schools. It is a diverse community with an excellent village gov...
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How can we opt out of the bailouts?Sep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Thanks to Congress this summer, taxpayers are the co-signers of about half of the nation's mortgages at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Does anyone know where to sign up fo...
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Of those two things certain in this worldSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Taxes are more certain than death. We may not know when we shall die, but we can be assured there will be increased taxation before that unhappy event. James R. Schaefer...