Sen. Harry Reid and Democrats like Nancy Pelosi are determined to nationalize health care. After all, President Obama has nationalized the auto industry and the banking industry.
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Voters, now is the time to make your choice for county clerk and support that candidate. I absolutely support Kathy Michael as the best candidate for the office of county clerk.
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Saturday morning I was traveling to Central Illinois to visit my father who'd been hospitalized 24 hours earlier after having a stroke.
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Politicians are like Christians in one way. We expect more from them and when we don't see it, we realized they're not what they profess to be.
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Your recent editorial, "Cullerton looks more and more like Emil Jones" (OurViews, Nov. 2), was not only disappointing, it was misleading.
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Socialism: a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
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While we marvel at modern technology and the ability to communicate through e-mails, text messages and social networking sites, it's also encouraging verbal communication to break down.
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In response to the Oct. 24 letter ("With so many guns, US still not safe"), Mr. Bertsche claims that the United States has a higher number of gun deaths than the combined total of 30 developed nations.
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I attended a game recently where my son, as a member of the Tri-Valley freshmen football team, competed against the Normal West freshman football team.
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Today, cars come with a variety of safety devices that can save your life if you have an accident. However, Illinois does not require all of those safety devices to be used at all times.
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In his Oct. 29 WJBC forum, Michael Whelan asked, "Where is the outrage?" regarding the $3 million Central Illinois Risk Pooling Authority deficit recently revealed by the preliminary audit - and justifiably so.
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Most teens do not think about possibly killing another driver by sending one text message or calling their friends.
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Again this year, it appears that Unit 5 school district staff have been unsuccessful in getting our students up to the federal No Child Left Behind standards that we as Unit 5 taxpayers and parents expect from our school board, administrators and teachers.
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In response to Phil Rever's recent letter to the editor ("Koos should withdraw from anti-gun coalition," YourViews, Oct. 29), I will start with the fact that I am a gun owner.
Nov 04, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
The House Democratic leadership would have us believe that the Hyde Amendment will prevent government funding of abortion under HR3200. It will not, according to Douglas Johnson, National Right to Life legislative director.
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Friday's paper displayed a gleeful Nancy Pelosi announcing that she and House Democrats were releasing their 1,990-page health care reform bill ("Health bill unveiled," Page A8). One wonders if she has read and understands the entire document.
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What will it take to make us wake up and realize we are facing a real problem? We ran a $1.42 trillion deficit last year. We have debt of $11.5 trillion and $65 trillion in unfunded mandates.
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I have called the offices of Dan Brady and Bill Brady asking for an explanation of why they voted for the Monetary Award Program when they had no way to fund these expenditures.
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The four local school superintendents - namely Rohn Peterson of Roanoke-Benson, Randy Vincent of Fieldcrest, Jerry Farris of Flanagan-Cornell and Ken Maurer of Metamora - who signed their names to a recent newspaper advertisement lobbying support for wind farms should be ashamed of themse…
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This goes out to those drivers who don't know proper etiquette for passing a walker on the road.
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In 1776, Thomas Paine published an instant best-seller entitled "Common Sense." It helped establish the new colonies.
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Recently, I had opportunity to read a print copy of an article published by a local high school's newspaper. While the student writer did her best to convey the message she desired to convey, yet another message was conveyed simply because the article contained, under school logo and name…
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I want to express my gratitude to the gentleman who was driving a large blue truck onto the back parking area at Westminster Village retirement community about 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28.
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Regarding The Pantagraph's coverage of the Oct. 26 city council workshop on the CIRPA (Central Illinois Risk Pooling Authority) audit, I found it disturbing, at the least, that the article left out some rather important findings that should be of interest and importance to the community.
Nov 02, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
I read a column about American Girl coming out with a new doll, "The Homeless Doll." I think it is an American disgrace that a company in this country can make a mockery of the millions of people out of work or who have lost their homes. I am one of those people - married for 34 years, we…
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These are the times that try men's souls. In the course of McLean County politics, there has never been a time that needed change more then right now.
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When looking at the health care issue being debated, I ask myself, "What would Jesus do?"
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I appreciate your recent coverage of my announcement that I'm running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois' 15th Congressional District.
Nov 01, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
On Oct. 17, the home where my children and I lived was destroyed by fire. Except for the clothes on our back, everything we treasured was gone in a matter of minutes; but we were all alive and safe.
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The McLean County clerk is an important office - overseeing elections, managing tax extensions, birth and death records, and much more. It's a busy office that requires an experienced manager.
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