Letters to the Editor
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The heavy costs of Springfield CircusJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The ringmasters of the Springfield Circus are addressing state budget matters in the same way one operates a shell game-making sure the "marks" (the Illinois taxpayers) ...
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Independents face tall odds in electionsJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The United States prides itself on its democratic principles and in fact promotes them around the world. Former President Jimmy Carter is called to various third world n...
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Jackson done in by his own jealousyJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Jesse is jealous of Barack. Underlying Rev. Jesse Jackson's disparaging, vulgar and even sadistic remarks aimed at presumptive Democratic Party presidential candidate, ...
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Politicians who are best at being the worstJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Here in Illinois, our politicians are or have to be some of the best in the business. Why is that? I have just returned from a 3,700-mile driving vacation and drove abou...
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Thanks, Bush, for staying the courseJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - In the July 6 edition of The Daily Herald, I read about the "secret" transfer of 550 metric tons of yellowcake uranium from Iraq to Canada. This could have been refined ...
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Veto threat blocks Democrats' workJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I keep reading letters to the editor complaining about the Democratic-controlled Congress doing nothing about the high price of gas, food and taxes. Granted, the Democr...
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Sen. Gramm, we've got reason to whineJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Republican Sen. Phil Gramm is correct when he says that "we're a nation of whiners." For eight years, average Americans have been whining that our "conservative" adminis...
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Roskam not strong on the environmentJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I recently arrived home to find a door handle flyer for Rep. Peter Roskam which, with its photography and generalized claims, seems to imply that he cares about the envi...
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10th District isn't buying it any moreJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I feel I must respond to Brad Goodman's recent submission in which he characterizes Mark Kirk as an "independent reformer" when nothing could be further from the truth. ...
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Democrats won't help with gas crisisJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - In June I commuted for an hour and a half each way and learned what the radical increase in gas prices means. One day while stopped at a busy intersection, two demonstra...