Articles filed under Politics
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McCain a hero who exploited his storyAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - On Aug. 18, John Hurley suggested that John McCain was not a hero for his actions during Vietnam. I agree and disagree with him at the same time. It is true that being ...
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Expect the change will be higher taxesAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - As I listen to the candidates debate their ideas, I become more confused. I am tired of hearing one candidate accuse the other of politics as usual. The other is accuse...
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Congressman backs CN takeover of EJ&EAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - After weeks of low-profile support and high-profile opposition to its plan to buy the EJ&E railroad, the Canadian National Railway has found a new ally willing to make a...
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40 years ago, the whole world was watchingAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Marty Gleason doesn't go to political conventions anymore. "They're awfully dull, and nothing happens," the 77-year-old DuPage resident said. Of course, as a key player...
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Judge to hear arguments on Campton Hills referendumAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - A Kane County judge could decide as early as next week whether Nov. 4 voters in Campton Hills are asked if their village should be dissolved. At an emergency hearing Tu...
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Obama, McCain should return payAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Imagine, if you will, what would happen if you decided to essentially take a year off from your job so you could put in the kind of all-out effort needed to land a bette...
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Kirk fights pork, wasteful spendingAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The federal budget deficit is projected to reach $500 billion this year. We're essentially putting $500 billion on the national credit card. And most of the people in W...
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Are not the unborn disadvantaged?Aug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Obama said America's greatest moral failure is its insufficient help to the disadvantaged. He noted the Bible quotes Jesus as saying "whatever you do for the least of m...
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McCain shows what a true hero really isAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - I am amazed that as a World War II veteran, John Hurley could state that calling John McCain a hero cheapens the meaning of the word (Fence Post, Aug. 18). I am even mo...
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Lieberman to speak at GOP conventionAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate in 2000 and now an independent who is one of John McCain's strongest sup...