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		<title>Pettiness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got no soft spot for Utah&#8217;s Republican machine but the piling on of Mark Walker seems way too petty to me.
There is some talk that pursuing Walker will bring other legislative unethical behavior into the light but it really seems to me that Utah&#8217;s Democrats and their allies are in danger of serious overreach [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/06/27/pettiness/</link>
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		<title>The Pregnant Teenage Girl Club</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Mero posted on Utah Amicus about a gaggle of high school girls (all under 16) in the depressed Massachusetts town of Gloucester who decided it would be cool if they all got pregnant at roughly the same time.
My favorite take on the whole issue comes from Rachel Lucas.  If you can handle moderate profanity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/06/20/the-pregnant-teenage-girl-club/</link>
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		<title>Utah In 2008 Is Shortchanging Public Education Compared To Utah In 1991</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Utah Foundation released a study today on historical trends in taxation and spending in Utah.  They included this graph on education spending. 

I really didn&#8217;t know that education funding had been in such a decline relative to our state&#8217;s economy or the rest of our state&#8217;s government spending over the decades (see the whole summary report).  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/06/18/utah-in-2008-is-shortchanging-public-education-compared-to-utah-in-1991/</link>
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		<title>Another Videogame Based Movie</title>
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This one has made its rounds before but I saw it for the first time yesterday and loved it.
H/T Agitator
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		<link>http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/06/12/another-videogame-based-movie/</link>
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		<title>A Utah Property Tax Primer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Major Kudos to Obi Won Liberali for his excellent post on property tax issues in Utah. In his comments section he wrote that he&#8217;s &#8220;taking a swim in Jeremy&#8217;s pond&#8221; by posting on the issue.  Wrong.  His post is a far better analysis than I&#8217;d be able to come up with.
It will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/06/11/a-utah-property-tax-primer/</link>
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		<title>Why Can&#8217;t McCain Really Be This Cool?</title>
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McCain Vows To Replace Secret Service With His Own Bare FistsThe &#8220;War For The White House&#8221; promo they have before all of the election 2008 stories over at ONN is outstanding.
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		<link>http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/05/30/why-cant-mccain-really-be-this-cool/</link>
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		<title>Real Conservatives Chime In On Immigration Solutions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More and more often I find myself agreeing with the The Sutherland Institute and their policy positions.  This new essay takes me even further down that road.  
Kudos to these authentic conservatives for a stance on immigration that actually makes sense.  It is so refreshing to see self proclaimed conservatives move beyond the standard &#8220;I oppose illegal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/05/06/real-conservatives-chime-in-on-immigration-solutions/</link>
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		<title>Bad Things Happen To Good People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been away from blogging for the past week or so because my dad had a stroke last Tuesday.  I was on my way to the Sutherland Institute for their environmental forum when I got a call that an ambulance had left my parent&#8217;s house.  
My dad is doing much better this week and will likely be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/04/29/bad-things-happen-to-good-people/</link>
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		<title>Persecution or Prosecution of the Polygamists?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It isn&#8217;t often that I can say Bob Lonsberry is exactly correct about something. This article is one of those few cases.
UPDATE 04/18/2008 11:03AM:  Guy Murray at Messenger and Advocate has an even better rundown on the weakness of Texas&#8217; case after the first day of hearings. 
H/T Alienated Wannabe
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		<link>http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/04/17/persecution-or-prosecution-of-the-polygamists/</link>
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		<title>The Monty Hall Problem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unless you already know what the Monty Hall Problem is or are just a freaky genius who never falls victim to logical errors you should read this article and then be a little more humble about your assumptions from now on.  I know I will.
The Monty Hall Problem is excellently explained in the game [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/04/08/the-monty-hall-problem/</link>
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