Thank you, Tony Baranek, for again reinforcing my view that cheerleading is a sport. Your story about Kathleen Schofield proves to anyone who reads it that you are bloody well right. Your editorial has brought truth to all the cheerleaders, alumni cheerleaders and coaches who work so hard the entire year, not just a season.
Mary Anne from Bridgeview
Campaigning on city of Chicago property to city employees on city time seems to be a common theme for mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel. He has been stopping at Chicago firehouses trying to campaign to firefighters and now to the teamsters at O'Hare International Airport. I guess former White House chief of staff doesn't need to follow any rules.
Pat from Chicago
Kathie LaFond blames the cop and not her drunk boyfriend, Cecil Conner, for driving so fast that he slammed into and uprooted a tree. It's not the boyfriend's fault he felt no responsibility for getting the child home, not even attempting to sober up. I'm sure LaFond's lawyer has explained to her that Chicago Heights probably has deeper pockets than her boyfriend. Always blame someone else. Never look at the personal ownership in a situation. The officer may have made a mistake. He's human. But did he press the gas pedal in the car as your boyfriend turned the wheel?
Oak Forest
You saw the news. We are trillions of dollars in debt. Stop foreign aid so America can get back on its feet. Government needs to help our citizens. That is why you were all elected.
Bonnie from Hegewisch
I would like to thank Burbank School District 111 board members for allowing the Burbank Titans Youth Football & Cheerleading Association to use your facilities at no charge. I hope that other nonprofit organizations such as Burbank Girls Fastpitch Association and Burbank National and American Little Leagues take advantage of this unique opportunity to use the inside facilities for free. I also would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Mellenthin for getting this started and, of course, the District 111 board members for thinking about all the children in the community. It was a job well done.
Jim
A Speak Out participant from Oak Lawn says those who believe in a supreme being that we call God cannot explain God, but his proof is in every living thing we see. It is not proven that God exists simply because we see living things. This contributor contends that all humans have a soul. The likelihood of finding such a thing in humans is equal to the likelihood of finding it in animals. It's not there. Finally, this person says we pray for those who do not believe in God. Why? So nonbelievers will believe things that have no evidence?
Jeff from Orland Hills
Regarding the SouthtownStar story about the pay raise to a Toni Preckwinkle donor in a county facing a funds shortfall: There is nothing different with these "politicians." They are the problem, not the solution. It matters not whether the person's man or woman, young or old, Democrat or Republican. They have one thing in common — lying and behind-closed-doors deals. Politics is a game of strategy. The people are trying to figure out what the politician stands for. The politician is trying to figure out what the people will fall for. Cook County Board President Preckwinkle is a very good politician.
Frankfort
To the Speak Out reader looking for great music: Check out Internet radio from Grace Digital. As long as you have Wi-Fi, there are over 15,000 free stations. We listen to great music from Nashville and from other stations around the country and around the world.
I promise to never make fun of the Green Bay Packers or their fans. They have won their fourth Super Bowl. The Chicago Bears have won one Super Bowl, and they are now pitiful. The reason the Bears are pitiful is because of the McCaskey dynasty that owns them. As long as people and companies are willing to pay an outrageous fee for a seat, they couldn't care less if the Bears win anything.
It is no small wonder that the American student is so far behind the world in science education when so many people still literally believe every fantastical tale in a book written thousands of years ago by a primitive and superstitious people. Do yourself, your children and your country a favor and read a science book, please.
New Lenox
I'm the district supervisor for the Cook County Highway Department's District 4 facility. I, too, would like to commend all the public works employees who did a remarkable job in clearing the Southland's roadways during the major snow event. The photo in your Feb. 11 Speak Out speaks volumes on that effort. That photo shows a Cook County Highway Department District 4 truck in action on one of the Southland roads we maintain. Good job to all!
Patrick
Tinley Park's economic and commercial commission came up with the wonderful idea of having high school students make vacant storefronts look like thriving businesses. All they need to do now is to round up some of the unemployed, give them some play money and have them pretend to shop at these thriving stores. Then they can pat each other on the back and tell themselves, "Mission accomplished."
Tinley Dave,Is it me, or wouldn't you think that a guy like Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen would have the time in the off-season, and the money, to take some elocution classes. I flat out can't understand the guy when he speaks.
Tom from Evergreen Park,Thank you, Tony Baranek, for again reinforcing my view that cheerleading is a sport. Your story about Kathleen Schofield proves to anyone who reads it that you are bloody well right. Your editorial has brought truth to all the cheerleaders, alumni cheerleaders and coaches who work so hard the entire year, not just a season.
Mary Anne from Bridgeview
Campaigning on city of Chicago property to city employees on city time seems to be a common theme for mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel. He has been stopping at Chicago firehouses trying to campaign to firefighters and now to the teamsters at O'Hare International Airport. I guess former White House chief of staff doesn't need to follow any rules.
Pat from Chicago
Kathie LaFond blames the cop and not her drunk boyfriend, Cecil Conner, for driving so fast that he slammed into and uprooted a tree. It's not the boyfriend's fault he felt no responsibility for getting the child home, not even attempting to sober up. I'm sure LaFond's lawyer has explained to her that Chicago Heights probably has deeper pockets than her boyfriend. Always blame someone else. Never look at the personal ownership in a situation. The officer may have made a mistake. He's human. But did he press the gas pedal in the car as your boyfriend turned the wheel?
Oak Forest
You saw the news. We are trillions of dollars in debt. Stop foreign aid so America can get back on its feet. Government needs to help our citizens. That is why you were all elected.
Bonnie from Hegewisch
I would like to thank Burbank School District 111 board members for allowing the Burbank Titans Youth Football & Cheerleading Association to use your facilities at no charge. I hope that other nonprofit organizations such as Burbank Girls Fastpitch Association and Burbank National and American Little Leagues take advantage of this unique opportunity to use the inside facilities for free. I also would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Mellenthin for getting this started and, of course, the District 111 board members for thinking about all the children in the community. It was a job well done.
Jim
A Speak Out participant from Oak Lawn says those who believe in a supreme being that we call God cannot explain God, but his proof is in every living thing we see. It is not proven that God exists simply because we see living things. This contributor contends that all humans have a soul. The likelihood of finding such a thing in humans is equal to the likelihood of finding it in animals. It's not there. Finally, this person says we pray for those who do not believe in God. Why? So nonbelievers will believe things that have no evidence?
Jeff from Orland Hills
Regarding the SouthtownStar story about the pay raise to a Toni Preckwinkle donor in a county facing a funds shortfall: There is nothing different with these "politicians." They are the problem, not the solution. It matters not whether the person's man or woman, young or old, Democrat or Republican. They have one thing in common — lying and behind-closed-doors deals. Politics is a game of strategy. The people are trying to figure out what the politician stands for. The politician is trying to figure out what the people will fall for. Cook County Board President Preckwinkle is a very good politician.
Frankfort
To the Speak Out reader looking for great music: Check out Internet radio from Grace Digital. As long as you have Wi-Fi, there are over 15,000 free stations. We listen to great music from Nashville and from other stations around the country and around the world.
I promise to never make fun of the Green Bay Packers or their fans. They have won their fourth Super Bowl. The Chicago Bears have won one Super Bowl, and they are now pitiful. The reason the Bears are pitiful is because of the McCaskey dynasty that owns them. As long as people and companies are willing to pay an outrageous fee for a seat, they couldn't care less if the Bears win anything.
It is no small wonder that the American student is so far behind the world in science education when so many people still literally believe every fantastical tale in a book written thousands of years ago by a primitive and superstitious people. Do yourself, your children and your country a favor and read a science book, please.
New Lenox
I'm the district supervisor for the Cook County Highway Department's District 4 facility. I, too, would like to commend all the public works employees who did a remarkable job in clearing the Southland's roadways during the major snow event. The photo in your Feb. 11 Speak Out speaks volumes on that effort. That photo shows a Cook County Highway Department District 4 truck in action on one of the Southland roads we maintain. Good job to all!
Patrick
Tinley Park's economic and commercial commission came up with the wonderful idea of having high school students make vacant storefronts look like thriving businesses. All they need to do now is to round up some of the unemployed, give them some play money and have them pretend to shop at these thriving stores. Then they can pat each other on the back and tell themselves, "Mission accomplished."
Tinley Dave,
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