The Conservative Opinion

Monday, January 16, 2012

Big government hurts the little guy again

In order to for New York City taxi drivers to operate legally, the drivers of the iconic yellow taxis must have a medallion issued by the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission—the going rate for one is a cool $750,000. That's more money than the combined debt loads of a legal and dental student in New York. That would cover more than 1,500 permits to have a microbrewery in the same city. What's the deal with the insane cost just to be permitted to operate a legal taxi?

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Sunday, May 15, 2011

There is still time to win up to $1000 in the Freedom Festival Media Contest. The deadline is 2 weeks aw

There is still time to win up to $1000 in the Freedom Festival Media Contest. The deadline is 2 weeks away.

Some highlights of our contest include--

Win up to $1000!
Any Utah resident can enter (no age limit).
More than one person can work on an entry.
Time Limit: 1-2 minutes.
Deadline: May 27, 2011.
Theme: American Values: Family, Freedom, God, & Country.

For more information, please see our website at www.freedomfestival.org. I would appreciate it if you would forward this information again.

Thank you so much for your help.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Why I’m Conservative

Why I’m Conservative

By N. D. Cordon

In this highly polarized political era in which we live, its easy to develop a us vs. them mentality; Republicans vs. Democrats, conservatives vs. liberals, right vs. left, us vs. them. With such a mentality, it’s easy to forget that we aren’t always right and that each side has valid points. So here's why I side with the conservatives.
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, Keep Up the Good Work!

Wisconsin is in the hole $3,600,000,000.00. They can't print money and going into debt to pay it off makes even less sense. So Wisconsin Governor, Scott Walker, proposed drastic cuts to get the budget in line and put Wisconsin's financial house in order. And just like in New Jersey when similar cuts were announced, the teacher's union flipped out.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Obama's Egypt

President Obama was quick to call for the ouster of President Mubarak; so did the Muslim Brotherhood, but both have been slow to say who or what type of government should replace him. Many others have been similarly quick in their praise for the rioters.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011