Letters to the Editor
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Chances slim for evolutionJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - This is in response to a June 2nd letter attacking the movie "Expelled." This movie deals with the intelligent design versus evolution debate. The writer states 470,000 ...
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Durbin's comment is off the markJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently I heard a sound bite from Sen. Dick Durbin. It was basically something close to "The hottest ring of hell is reserved for those who would verbally attack a pol...
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Foster helping to ease gas problemJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Our high gas prices are not going to be saved by drilling for the next 30 years in ANWR, Saudi Arabia or anywhere else. This is a long-term problem that could have been ...
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Let's stop unfair trade practicesJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - If senators Obama and McCain are serious about helping our country's economy get back on track, they must address how trade is affecting many of the manufacturers in thi...
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Time to send an energetic messageJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - I have a proposal that would increase good paying jobs (that's what the politicians keep calling for) and to be less dependent on foreign oil. First, the Washington pol...
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Poverty should be made unthinkableJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Richard Kaiser's letter to the Fence Post on Monday was typical of the misguided zealotry often displayed by the right to lifers. Mr. Kaiser offers readers figures fro...
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Best way to balance the state budgetJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The governor should get together with the legislative leaders immediately and propose a cut in all state and municipal salaries by 25 percent -- and put a freeze on all ...
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Common sense beats experienceJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - McCain thinks experience counts. Dick Cheney and Rumsfeld had experience and got us into a war in Iraq which is a disaster. Also, the conflict in Afghanistan is gettin...
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ComEd surcharge is not justifiedJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - This letter is in regards to the ComEd article on June 5 that states ComEd may be asking us to pay a permanent $3 monthly surcharge to help pay for an upgrade of the ele...
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Make lawmakers pay attentionJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - I have long been angry, fed up and disgusted with what is happening in our state and our country and judging by the letters to the editor over the last several weeks, I'...