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		<title>Blackout</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2012/01/blackout/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Israelsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed that my blog was inaccessible all day yesterday. I joined the internet-wide movement to protest SOPA/PIPA, two bills currently being considered in Congress. Other major companies such as Wikipedia and Reddit were a part of the blackout. While I haven&#8217;t personally read the text of the bill, WSJ gives an apt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I get to take 40% of your lunch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Israelsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been refraining from commenting on the &#8220;huge numbers of confused and directionless young people&#8221; at Occupy Wall Street up to this point, but this textual highlight reel published in the WSJ today was too good to pass up. The theme of the article was the &#8220;remedial course in economics&#8221; that participation in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Brave New World</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 06:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Israelsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BYU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neal A. Maxwell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[University of Illinois]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the great things about law school, at least at BYU, is the vast number of highly intellectual, thought provoking guest speakers and events that come to visit the law school. I&#8217;d be tempted to say that most of the learning that I&#8217;ve experienced in law school has come as I&#8217;ve participated regularly in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is Congress exempt?</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2010/10/why-is-congress-exempt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Israelsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Investment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[insider trading]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[People distrust the government for many reasons, but one of the big ones in my mind is that proponents of big government have no problem regulating the lives of others, but then live their own lives free of those regulations. An article in the WSJ yesterday illustrated one way in which those who work in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The value of &#8220;the voice of the people&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2010/10/the-value-of-the-voice-of-the-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Israelsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m reading a bunch of cases in preparation for this memo I&#8217;m writing, and in my reading came across this great quote from the famous Judge Learned Hand. The First Amendment, said Judge Learned Hand, &#8220;presupposes that right conclusions are more likely to be gathered out of a multitude of tongues, than through any kind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Twelve Days of Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/12/the-twelve-days-of-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Israelsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Office]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve decided to do 12 posts of Christmas. I&#8217;m not yet sure exactly what I&#8217;m going to write about for each one, but I think it will be a fun way to lead up to Christmas this year! (Even though technically the twelve days of Christmas starts on Christmas day, I&#8217;m going to go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BCS Bowls Announcement &amp; Legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Israelsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BCS selections came out this last Sunday.  Here are the BCS bowl matchups: Championship: Alabama (1) v. Texas (2) Sugar Bowl: Cincinnati (3) v. Florida (5) Rose Bowl: Oregon (7) v. Ohio State (8) Fiesta Bowl: TCU (4) v. Boise State (6) Orange Bowl: Iowa (10) v. Georgia Tech (9) Interesting that even ESPN&#8217;s Pat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Interview with George Stephanopoulos</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/09/obamas-interview-with-george-stephanopoulos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Israelsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I watched Obama&#8217;s interview with George Stephanopoulos, part of Sunday morning&#8217;s talk show blitz (he went on five talk shows on Sunday morning), in which he made some incredibly revealing statements about health care and other issues he is currently facing. In the campaign, Obama famously promised not to raise taxes on families making less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Flip-flop on Offshore Drilling</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/08/obamas-flip-flop-on-offshore-drilling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/08/obamas-flip-flop-on-offshore-drilling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Israelsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the recent announcement that the Obama administration has committed to financing $2 billion dollars worth of drilling for oil off the coast of Brazil, a few questions come to mind. It&#8217;s interesting that in last year&#8217;s campaign, when McCain was proposing a multi-faceted energy program that included nuclear, clean coal, and increased domestic oil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police Bullies</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/08/police-bullies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Israelsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are quickly moving toward a society with fewer and fewer freedoms that is dominated by more and more government intervention. The police in Peoria, IL now have a big truck that they drive around and park in front of suspected (read *unprosecuted, unconvicted*) criminals&#8217; houses in order to shame them into submission or leaving [...]]]></description>
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