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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>John Jay on &#8220;Don&#8217;t Taze Me Bro!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Israelsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BYU Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As opposed to the feudal principles [that existed in Europe at the time], which &#8220;system considers the Prince as the sovereign, and the people as his subjects&#8230;the citizens of America are equal as fellow citizens, and as joint tenants in the sovereignty.&#8221;  &#8211; Chief Justice John Jay, Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. 419 (1793) When [...]]]></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>Get Out the Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Israelsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I hope everyone is voting in the upcoming election! I sent in my absentee ballot application today to vote in Illinois &#8211; we need every red vote we can get there, and it actually could make a real difference this year. If you happen to live (or be registered to vote) in suburban Cook County, [...]]]></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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[Athletics]]></category>
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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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		<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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		<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>Obama&#8217;s Budget Cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/07/obamas-budget-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Israelsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stumbled across this great video with a visual demonstration of the U.S. budget.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: America Is Not A Christian Nation</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/04/obama-america-is-not-a-christian-nation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/04/obama-america-is-not-a-christian-nation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Israelsen</dc:creator>
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