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Letter to the Editor Re:Pledge of Allegiance [Vanity]
Mr_Magoo

Posted on 06/27/2002 11:25:25 AM PDT by Mr_Magoo

The following was sent to the Chicago Sun-Times today. I did not sent it to the Chicago Tribune because of the FR lawsuit.

On June 26, 2002, a United States Federal Appeals Court in California declared the Pledge of Allegiance to be unconstitutional. The same day the U.S. Senate voted 99 - 0 to pass a resolution expressing its disagreement with the ruling.

How could something like this happen? The blame rests on the shoulders of none other than Senator Richard J. Durbin(D). Senator Durbin(D) is on the Judiciary Committee. You see, the Judge who wrote this ruling is Alfred T. Goodwin, a Judge pulled out of retirement to fill a vacant seat. A seat that Senator Durbin(D) refuses to fill by his petty political games. President Bush has nominated qualified Judges to fill these positions. Nominations that have been held hostage by Senator Durbin(D) for over 400 days.

Senator Durbin(D), the time has come to quit putting petty partisan politics ahead of Country. A vote on a resolution is not enough. The time is overdue to approve all the Judicial nominations.

As a Illinois voter and a Veteran, as your re-election nears, I vow I will not let the voters in Illinois forget your part in this travesty.

[signed]



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To: Snow Bunny
If I can get this issue to stick to Durbin, we have a chance of voting him out in November.
41 posted on 06/27/2002 9:24:36 PM PDT by Mr_Magoo
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To: usconservative
Here are some major papers throughout the state. Illinois freepers, I recommend you write the paper nearest to you. Contact info. is listed for most of them.

Alton Telegraph

Arlington Heights Daily Herald
fencepost@dailyherald.com
Please limit letters to 300 words. Letters must be signed and include the writer's town, and day and evening phone numbers. No letters will be published anonymously.

Aurora Beacon News
beaconviewpoint@suburbanchicagonews.com
Keep your letter to 250 words or less. This will allow you to make your point without losing the attention of our readers, and it leaves more room for letters from other people. Letters that are longer than 250 words may be edited to fit space requirements. • Your letter must include your signature, mailing address and telephone number for verification. We will not print letters if we can't verify the identity of the writer. • Unsigned letters and pseudonyms will not be published. Unpublished letters will not be returned.

Belleville News-Democrat

Belvidere Daily Republican

Bloomington Pantagraph
bwills@pantagraph.com
Letters may be no longer than 350 words. Please limit submissions to one letter per 30-day period.
Pantagraph Letters to the Editor
301 W. Washington St.
Bloomington, IL 61702-2907
(Please include your name/address if hand-delivering)

(Carbondale) The Southern Illinoisan
710 North Illinois Ave.
P.O. Box 2108
Carbondale, IL 62902

Centralia Morning Sentinel
P.O. Box 627
Centralia, IL 62801

Champaign News-Gazette

Chicago Daily Southtown
Daily Southtown, Inc.
6901 W. 159th St.
Tinley Park, IL 60477

Chicago Sun-Times
letters@suntimes.com

Chicago Tribune
ctc-TribLetter@Tribune.com
Voice of the People, Chicago Tribune, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611

Danville Commercial-News
lsmith@dancomnews.com
17 W. North Street
Danville, Illinois 61832

Decatur Herald & Review

Du Quoin Evening Call

East St. Louis Journal

Edwardsville Intelligencer

Elgin Courier News
CourierNews@suburbanchicagonews.com

Harrisburg Daily Register

Joliet Herald News
HeraldNews@suburbanchicagonews.com

Kankakee Daily Journal

Macomb Journal

Mattoon Journal Gazette & Times-Courier
editorial@jg-tc.com
100 Broadway Ave.
Mattoon, IL 61938

Naperville Sun
thesun@suburbanchicagonews.com

Pekin Daily Times

Peoria Journal Star
1 News Plaza, Peoria, Illinois 61643

Quincy Herald-Whig
whig@whig.com

Rockford Register Star

(Dixon) Sauk Valley Newspaper
113 S. Peoria Ave.
Dixon, IL 61021

Springfield State Journal-Register
letters@sj-r.com
P.O. Box 219
Springfield, IL 62705-0219

Streator Times-Press
donh@times-press.com

Waukegan News Sun
cselle@suburbanchicagonews.com

42 posted on 06/27/2002 9:39:17 PM PDT by BillyBoy
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To: Snow Bunny
Stop the attacks by the wacko, extreme left-wing, Anti-God terrorist's on our Freedoms !!

Freedom Is Worth Fighting For !!

Molon Labe !!

43 posted on 06/28/2002 1:42:08 PM PDT by blackie
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