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Our elected officials are supposed to follow the desires of their electors. Why is it when more than 80 percent of the people want stricter gun control, Republicans refuse to enact it? Be safe. Buy multiple guns for protection. Build a moat around...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Parties and Movements, Ted Cruz, Immigration, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Obama Defeated On Gun Control, Sequester
The Hartford CourantFate is fickle, power cyclical and nothing is new under the sun. Especially in Washington, where after every election the losing party is sagely instructed to confess sin, rend garments and rethink its principles lest it go the way of the Whigs. And where...Tags: State of the Union Address, U.S. Senate, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Layoffs and Downsizing, John Boehner
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Obama's revealing reflections
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- Probing questions at presidential news conferences sometimes have a way of getting their principals to reflect on their state of mind -- and at the same time the state their presidency, particularly when things aren't going well. Back in...Tags: Television Networks, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Bill Clinton, U.S. Congress, Personal Weapon Control
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Real Estate Matters: Ask the Lawyer
Real Estate MattersQ: I currently own a cloud condo in San Diego. It consists of four units, all of which are four stories, detached by about 3 inches, no common walls, no common roof, no common pipes, no common exterior space -- in short, nothing is "common," and each...Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Fannie Mae, Services and Shopping, Lifestyle and Leisure, Real Estate
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Union bosses love taxpayers' wallets
What if lawmakers passed a bill that allowed two dozen hand-picked political insiders to fan out across the state and walk up to you and demand your cash?
Not ask but demand.
Got a problem?
There is no passion in the demand, no anger, no urgency....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, James Robert Thompson, Cook County Government, Executive Branch, Government
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Scam plays on utility bill angle
Utility companies throughout the United States and Canada are warning their customers that scammers are calling residents and impersonating utility staff, claiming to be collecting on late bills. Here's how the scam works. Your phone rings, and the...
Tags: Business, Credit and Debt, Home Improvement, Personal Data Collection, Investments
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Obama's 2nd-term blues?
Was President Barack Obama really joking at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner? Or was he showing, as I suspect, early signs of the second-term blues? It's fashionable for critics — especially if they didn't get invited...
Tags: The Washington Post, U.S. Senate, Arts and Culture, Rush Limbaugh, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Immigration deformed
Cal ThomasThere's the story of a woman with five kids who was asked if she had to do it all over again would she have five children? "Yes," she said, "just not these five." That's the way I feel about the immigration "reform" bill introduced by the Senate's...Tags: Jeff Flake, Crime, Law and Justice, Cal Thomas, Social Security, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Toni Preckwinkle's chief of staff to depart
Kurt Summers Jr., chief of staff to Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, will leave his post in early November to join Chicago-based investment firm Grosvenor Capital Management as senior vice president, Summers said in an interview this week. The...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Judges, Melissa Harris, Corporate Performance
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A presidential bystander
WASHINGTON -- It's never a good sign for a president when he feels compelled to assure the public he still has a pulse. This is the unenviable position President Obama was in Tuesday morning when he held a news conference in the White House briefing...
Tags: CBS Corp., Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate, Bill Clinton, Personal Weapon Control
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Readers take on guns, taxes, 'sex camp' and more
Time to let you guys sound off about taxes, guns, my weekend at sex camp and more. I wish I had been invited to go along ["My weekend at sex camp"]. You are one of the funniest people on the planet. Sister Ann Kendrick Sister, not only does that...
Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Personal Weapon Control, Criminals
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School Board shows lack of leadership on gay-straight club issue
After seemingly endless delays over whether to let a 14-year-old bisexual girl form a gay-straight club at Carver Middle School, the Lake County School Board faced a crowd of nearly 300 people last week — and voted to put off the decision. Again....Tags: NBCUniversal, Elections, Root Canal, Personal Weapon Control, Barack Obama
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May 18, 2013
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