O:9:"magpierss":24:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:10:{i:0;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:64:"Davis County Commissioners Extend Middle Finger Toward Taxpayers";s:4:"link";s:111:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2009/01/08/davis-county-commissioners-extend-middle-finger-toward-taxpayers/";s:8:"comments";s:120:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2009/01/08/davis-county-commissioners-extend-middle-finger-toward-taxpayers/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:27:02 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Jeremy Manning";}s:8:"category";s:40:"Davis CountyStupid Stupid StupidPolitics";s:4:"guid";s:111:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2009/01/08/davis-county-commissioners-extend-middle-finger-toward-taxpayers/";s:11:"description";s:353:"Just a couple of years ago the Davis County Commission argued that they needed a $1.9 million tax increase in order to pay for important infrastructure improvements and senior health care services.
Today the new commission is planning on spending almost exactly the amount of the tax increase for a new arts center in Centerville.
Taxpayers seemed [...]";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:116:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2009/01/08/davis-county-commissioners-extend-middle-finger-toward-taxpayers/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:353:"Just a couple of years ago the Davis County Commission argued that they needed a $1.9 million tax increase in order to pay for important infrastructure improvements and senior health care services.
Today the new commission is planning on spending almost exactly the amount of the tax increase for a new arts center in Centerville.
Taxpayers seemed [...]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1231428422;}i:1;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:71:"Sen. Waddoups: “Common-sense Alcohol Laws Are For Chumps!”  UPDATED";s:4:"link";s:100:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2009/01/06/sen-waddoups-common-sense-alcohol-laws-are-for-chumps/";s:8:"comments";s:109:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2009/01/06/sen-waddoups-common-sense-alcohol-laws-are-for-chumps/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:40:53 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Jeremy Manning";}s:8:"category";s:46:"UtahThe LawStupid Stupid StupidFreedomPolitics";s:4:"guid";s:100:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/12/30/sen-waddoups-common-sense-alcohol-laws-are-for-chumps/";s:11:"description";s:358:"Jon Huntsman has been working to ease some of Utah&#8217;s sillier alcohol regulations and laws.  He rightly thinks that our private club rules for buying a drink in a bar are dumb.  The Utah Hospitality Association agrees.  It is time for some normalcy in Utah&#8217;s liquor laws.
With little evidence to support their contention that Utah&#8217;s [...]";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:105:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2009/01/06/sen-waddoups-common-sense-alcohol-laws-are-for-chumps/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:358:"Jon Huntsman has been working to ease some of Utah&#8217;s sillier alcohol regulations and laws.  He rightly thinks that our private club rules for buying a drink in a bar are dumb.  The Utah Hospitality Association agrees.  It is time for some normalcy in Utah&#8217;s liquor laws.
With little evidence to support their contention that Utah&#8217;s [...]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1231260053;}i:2;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:30:"Vacation Planning Bleg:  SoCal";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2009/01/06/vacation-planning-bleg-socal/";s:8:"comments";s:84:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2009/01/06/vacation-planning-bleg-socal/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:10:18 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Jeremy Manning";}s:8:"category";s:30:"FamilyCool StuffWhats Going On";s:4:"guid";s:75:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2009/01/06/vacation-planning-bleg-socal/";s:11:"description";s:346:"Sometime in the next few months the Mannings will be spending a week in Southern California.  I&#8217;m very excited for this vacation.  I love California and I love Disneyland (we&#8217;ll probably do 2 or 3 of our 7 days there).
I&#8217;m publicly asking everyone for some ideas of other cool non-amusment park related activities we can [...]";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:80:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2009/01/06/vacation-planning-bleg-socal/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:346:"Sometime in the next few months the Mannings will be spending a week in Southern California.  I&#8217;m very excited for this vacation.  I love California and I love Disneyland (we&#8217;ll probably do 2 or 3 of our 7 days there).
I&#8217;m publicly asking everyone for some ideas of other cool non-amusment park related activities we can [...]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1231251018;}i:3;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:43:"“Authentic” Conservative Alcohol Policy";s:4:"link";s:50:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2009/01/02/817/";s:8:"comments";s:59:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2009/01/02/817/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:31:20 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Jeremy Manning";}s:8:"category";s:43:"The LawUtahCulturePhilosophyFreedomPolitics";s:4:"guid";s:50:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2009/01/02/817/";s:11:"description";s:387:"An interesting discussion about Utah&#8217;s alcohol laws is taking place at Sen.-Elect Urquhart&#8217;s blog.  The primary participants are Urquhart and Paul Mero.  I hope they keep it public because it really is very interesting.
In a diatribe on the importance of government controlling certain aspects of citizens behavior (with prohibition of alcohol as his primary example) [...]";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:55:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2009/01/02/817/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:387:"An interesting discussion about Utah&#8217;s alcohol laws is taking place at Sen.-Elect Urquhart&#8217;s blog.  The primary participants are Urquhart and Paul Mero.  I hope they keep it public because it really is very interesting.
In a diatribe on the importance of government controlling certain aspects of citizens behavior (with prohibition of alcohol as his primary example) [...]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1230913880;}i:4;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Rep. Allen’s Time-Wasting Message Bill";s:4:"link";s:83:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/12/29/rep-allens-time-wasting-message-bill/";s:8:"comments";s:92:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/12/29/rep-allens-time-wasting-message-bill/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:06:12 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Jeremy Manning";}s:8:"category";s:46:"UtahThe LawStupid Stupid StupidFreedomPolitics";s:4:"guid";s:83:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/12/29/rep-allens-time-wasting-message-bill/";s:11:"description";s:329:"Rep. Allen hates the idea that Utahns might be gambling from home over the internet.  In an effort to combat this abominable and already illegal practice she has proposed a message bill, House Joint Resolution 1, which calls for gambling to remain an issue that states can regulate, ban, or profit from even though no one [...]";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:88:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/12/29/rep-allens-time-wasting-message-bill/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:329:"Rep. Allen hates the idea that Utahns might be gambling from home over the internet.  In an effort to combat this abominable and already illegal practice she has proposed a message bill, House Joint Resolution 1, which calls for gambling to remain an issue that states can regulate, ban, or profit from even though no one [...]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1230559572;}i:5;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:26:"In Defense Of Sen. Buttars";s:4:"link";s:72:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/12/03/in-defense-of-sen-buttars/";s:8:"comments";s:81:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/12/03/in-defense-of-sen-buttars/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:38:32 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Jeremy Manning";}s:8:"category";s:32:"UtahStupid Stupid StupidPolitics";s:4:"guid";s:72:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/12/03/in-defense-of-sen-buttars/";s:11:"description";s:313:"
Senator Buttars is a super genius.
After his relatively easy election win he wanted to remind everyone that he owns Utah and can define us at will with any crazy cause he decides to take up.  Many of us who think Sen. Buttars efforts are foolish and wasteful think that when we publicize his looney antics [...]";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:77:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/12/03/in-defense-of-sen-buttars/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:313:"
Senator Buttars is a super genius.
After his relatively easy election win he wanted to remind everyone that he owns Utah and can define us at will with any crazy cause he decides to take up.  Many of us who think Sen. Buttars efforts are foolish and wasteful think that when we publicize his looney antics [...]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1228322312;}i:6;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:32:"“…There’s Always One…”";s:4:"link";s:64:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/11/19/theres-always-one/";s:8:"comments";s:73:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/11/19/theres-always-one/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:28:54 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Jeremy Manning";}s:8:"category";s:25:"ReligionJokeEntertainment";s:4:"guid";s:64:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/11/19/theres-always-one/";s:11:"description";s:68:"Monty Python have their own YouTube channel now.  Its about time.

";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:69:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/11/19/theres-always-one/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:68:"Monty Python have their own YouTube channel now.  Its about time.

";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1227140934;}i:7;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:37:"Our Crooked Legislature Taken To Task";s:4:"link";s:84:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/10/30/our-crooked-legislature-taken-to-task/";s:8:"comments";s:93:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/10/30/our-crooked-legislature-taken-to-task/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:29:25 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Jeremy Manning";}s:8:"category";s:19:"UtahThe LawPolitics";s:4:"guid";s:84:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/10/30/our-crooked-legislature-taken-to-task/";s:11:"description";s:336:"The blog Utah Education Issues written by &#8220;UtahTeacher&#8221; is quickly becoming my favorite local blog.
Check out this great post about how HB 35 became the law of the land and how it was changed for the worse through every step of the process.  I was especially interested in the description of how Howard Stephenson and [...]";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:89:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/10/30/our-crooked-legislature-taken-to-task/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:336:"The blog Utah Education Issues written by &#8220;UtahTeacher&#8221; is quickly becoming my favorite local blog.
Check out this great post about how HB 35 became the law of the land and how it was changed for the worse through every step of the process.  I was especially interested in the description of how Howard Stephenson and [...]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1225380565;}i:8;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:42:"I Was Right To Endorse J. Dell Holbrook…";s:4:"link";s:91:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/10/29/maybe-i-was-wrong-to-endorse-j-dell-holbrook/";s:8:"comments";s:100:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/10/29/maybe-i-was-wrong-to-endorse-j-dell-holbrook/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:40:45 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Jeremy Manning";}s:8:"category";s:20:"ElectionDavis County";s:4:"guid";s:91:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/10/22/maybe-i-was-wrong-to-endorse-j-dell-holbrook/";s:11:"description";s:345:"&#8230;despite the fact that I disagree with him vigorously on the topic of acquisition value assessment.  [Please See Update Below]
Apparently J. Dell Holbrook has bought into the idea that property taxes should be based on when you bought your home for rather than what its fair market value is.
That is just stupid.  Anyone who thinks [...]";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:96:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/10/29/maybe-i-was-wrong-to-endorse-j-dell-holbrook/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:345:"&#8230;despite the fact that I disagree with him vigorously on the topic of acquisition value assessment.  [Please See Update Below]
Apparently J. Dell Holbrook has bought into the idea that property taxes should be based on when you bought your home for rather than what its fair market value is.
That is just stupid.  Anyone who thinks [...]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1225291245;}i:9;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:46:"My Endorsements and Likely Votes This Election";s:4:"link";s:93:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/10/15/my-endorsements-and-likely-votes-this-election/";s:8:"comments";s:102:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/10/15/my-endorsements-and-likely-votes-this-election/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:01:49 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Jeremy Manning";}s:8:"category";s:61:"The Federal GovernmentElectionDavis CountyUtahThe LawPolitics";s:4:"guid";s:93:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/10/15/my-endorsements-and-likely-votes-this-election/";s:11:"description";s:381:"President of the U.S.A.:
Bob Barr&#8211;Yeah&#8230;he&#8217;s not a great candidate but he&#8217;s also not a pandering git like both McCain and Obama.  I&#8217;d feel much safer having Bob Barr in charge of the executive branch than I will when one of those other jokers wins the election.
U.S. Representative:
Rob Bishop &#8212; I couldn&#8217;t find any information about [...]";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:98:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/10/15/my-endorsements-and-likely-votes-this-election/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:381:"President of the U.S.A.:
Bob Barr&#8211;Yeah&#8230;he&#8217;s not a great candidate but he&#8217;s also not a pandering git like both McCain and Obama.  I&#8217;d feel much safer having Bob Barr in charge of the executive branch than I will when one of those other jokers wins the election.
U.S. Representative:
Rob Bishop &#8212; I couldn&#8217;t find any information about [...]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1224111709;}}s:7:"channel";a:7:{s:5:"title";s:17:"Jeremy's Jeremiad";s:4:"link";s:34:"http://www.themannings.org/soapbox";s:11:"description";s:24:"Pragmatic Libertarianism";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:27:02 +0000";s:9:"generator";s:29:"http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1";s:8:"language";s:2:"en";s:7:"tagline";s:24:"Pragmatic Libertarianism";}s:9:"textinput";a:0:{}s:5:"image";a:0:{}s:9:"feed_type";s:3:"RSS";s:12:"feed_version";s:3:"2.0";s:8:"encoding";s:5:"UTF-8";s:16:"_source_encoding";s:0:"";s:5:"ERROR";s:0:"";s:7:"WARNING";s:0:"";s:19:"_CONTENT_CONSTRUCTS";a:6:{i:0;s:7:"content";i:1;s:7:"summary";i:2;s:4:"info";i:3;s:5:"title";i:4;s:7:"tagline";i:5;s:9:"copyright";}s:16:"_KNOWN_ENCODINGS";a:3:{i:0;s:5:"UTF-8";i:1;s:8:"US-ASCII";i:2;s:10:"ISO-8859-1";}s:5:"stack";a:0:{}s:9:"inchannel";b:0;s:6:"initem";b:0;s:9:"incontent";b:0;s:11:"intextinput";b:0;s:7:"inimage";b:0;s:17:"current_namespace";b:0;s:15:"source_encoding";s:5:"UTF-8";s:4:"etag";s:36:""18d0b0424f6f1d161da5c965cf12d66e"
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