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		<title>City Weekly Endorses Farley Anderson for Governor!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;No Donations to Campaigns&#8221; Campaign By: Eric Peterson Farley Anderson of the Independence Party is taking a bold approach in running for Governor. He asks you don’t donate to his campaign&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; If he can govern as well as he &#8230; <a href="http://www.independencemovement.org/city-weekly-endorses-farley-anderson-for-governor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1><a href="http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/blog-4303-the-no-donations-to-campaigns-campaign.html" target="_blank">The &#8220;No Donations to Campaigns&#8221; Campaign</a></h1>
<p>By: <a href="http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/users/Eric+Peterson/">Eric Peterson</a></p>
<p>Farley Anderson of the Independence Party is taking a bold approach in  running for Governor. He asks you don’t donate to his campaign&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>If he can govern as well as he can blast Pepto Bismol bottles with a six-shooter, then he’ll make a damn fine governor&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Lt. Governor position on November Ballot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We made it! The 1,000 + signatures needed were gathered and Mr. Steve Maxfield , unaffiliated candidate for Lt. Governor, will be on the November ballot alongside Mr. Farley Anderson , unaffiliated candidate for Governor. I realize a lot was &#8230; <a href="http://www.independencemovement.org/lt-governor-ballot/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We made it!  The 1,000 + signatures needed were gathered and Mr. Steve Maxfield , unaffiliated candidate for Lt. Governor, will be on the November ballot alongside Mr. Farley Anderson , unaffiliated candidate for Governor.</p>
<p>I realize a lot was asked in a short period of time and some are still wondering what they did when they signed!  That’s understandable.</p>
<p>The Utah Independence Project (<a href="http://www.utahlive.us">http://www.utahlive.us</a>/) in March announced the story of Farley Anderson ’s acceptance of a Citizen’s Call to run as the people’s candidate for Governor of Utah.</p>
<p>Following that announcement there ensued a court battle between the State of Utah and The Utah Independence Project over The Project’s constitutional right to use electronic signatures to fill citizens’ petitions.</p>
<p>On June 22, 2010, the Utah Supreme Court voted unanimously in favor of The Independence Project.</p>
<p>Mr. Anderson, a qualified candidate for governor, chose Mr. Steven Maxfield as his running mate for Lt. Governor.  This announcement necessitated gathering 1,000 citizen signatures very quickly because the candidate filing deadline was today, June 30th.</p>
<p>Thanks to you, those signatures were collected and turned in to the governor’s office today!</p>
<p>Lovin’ liberty.</p>
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<p>*The Anderson/Maxfield team does not represent any political party.  We believe that party politics is detrimental to freedom.  To read more about The Independence Project, please go to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.utahlive.us/" target="_blank">http://www.utahlive.us/</a> and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.independencemovement.org/" target="_blank">www.IndependenceMovement.org</a>.</p>
<p>Susan Sorensen</p>
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		<title>Why the state of Utah needs Steven Maxfield as Lt Governor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>farley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve has been the inspiration behind e-signatures for citizen petitions.   The Utah Independence Project would have been impossible without Steve.  His effort and energy produced the technology to make this a statewide possibility, which can now be duplicated across the &#8230; <a href="http://www.independencemovement.org/why-maxfield/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<li>Steve has been the inspiration behind e-signatures for citizen petitions.   The Utah Independence Project would have been impossible without Steve.  His effort and energy produced the technology to make this a statewide possibility, which can now be duplicated across the nation. </li>
<li>Steve is the strength needed to support campaign financial reform.  When campaign-reporting requirements were being ignored or sidestepped (illegally hiding corporate and special interests contributor’s names in PACs) by the highest elected officials in our state, Steve single-handedly brought the issue to the forefront.</li>
<li>Steve has a brilliant legal and constitutional mind to complement my mostly philosophical and people approach.  We work well together.  Look no further than the fruits of what has happened so far to see that this is what is needed for our state.</li>
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<p><strong>Go to <a href="http://i-sign.us">i-sign.us</a> and sign for more choices on the Nov. ballot</strong></p>
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		<title>Utah leads the nation with a big win! E-signatures</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>farley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Utah leads the nation with a big win! E-signatures are a new political tool to empower people and take back government. Tuesday was a victory for every David who has ever faced the government Goliath. The Utah State Supreme Court &#8230; <a href="http://www.independencemovement.org/utah-leads/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Utah leads the nation with a big win! E-signatures are a new political tool to empower people and take back government.</p>
<p>Tuesday was a victory for every David who has ever faced the government Goliath. The Utah State Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Lt Gov Bell must obey the law, honor the petition, and place gubernatorial candidate Farley Anderson on the ballot using people-empowering electronic signatures.</p>
<p>Utah leads the nation (this is a huge national story).</p>
<p>As Jefferson said, the only true repository of power is the people themselves.  This is the only power strong enough to take back government.  You are needed now to participate in this historic process.  We have only one week until the filing deadline for the Lt Governor as an unaffiliated candidate.  Your signature is needed.</p>
<p>Go to <a href="http://www.i-sign.us">i-sign.us</a> and follow the prompts and you will participate to put the first candidacy in history on the ballot using electronic signatures.  Have your last four digits of your driver’s license handy for your personal pin.  Pass this on to everyone on your list.</p>
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		<title>Utah Supreme Court Ruling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>farley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the Utah Supreme Court ruling regarding using electronic signature. http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=a205d5b8-5914-4d4a-a801-0ea7035f77f6]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the Utah Supreme Court ruling regarding using electronic signature.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=a205d5b8-5914-4d4a-a801-0ea7035f77f6">http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=a205d5b8-5914-4d4a-a801-0ea7035f77f6</a></p>
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		<title>Utah Supreme Court rules in favor of e-signatures</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>farley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY &#8211; The Utah Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state must accept online signatures for candidate petitions. The unanimous decision was made Tuesday as Utah voters went to the polls for primary elections and could change the &#8230; <a href="http://www.independencemovement.org/fox-court-rules/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SALT LAKE CITY &#8211;  	             	                The Utah Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state  must accept online signatures for candidate petitions. The unanimous  decision was made Tuesday as Utah voters went to the polls for primary  elections and could change the way elections are handled nationwide</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fox13now.com/news/local/kstu-utah-supreme-court-rules-favor-e-signatures,0,157994.story">Full Story</a></p>
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		<title>Utah Supreme Court Says State Must Accept E-Signatures</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>farley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(KCPW News) The state of Utah should have accepted electronic signatures submitted by an independent candidate for governor to be on the ballot this November.  That’s according to a Utah Supreme Court ruling issued today in favor of candidate Farley &#8230; <a href="http://www.independencemovement.org/kcpw-utah-accept/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(KCPW News) The state of Utah should have accepted electronic signatures  submitted by an independent candidate for governor to be on the ballot  this November.  That’s according to a Utah Supreme Court ruling issued  today in favor of candidate Farley Anderson.  He calls it a historic  occasion.</p>
<p><a href="http://kcpw.org/blog/local-news/2010-06-22/utah-supreme-court-says-state-must-accept-e-signatures/">Full Story</a></p>
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		<title>All Right-Thinking Americans Should Now Take Their Stand</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>farley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I urge all Americans to put their courage to the test. Be firm in our conviction that our cause is just. Reaffirm our faith in all things for which true Americans have always stood. I urge all Americans to &#8230; <a href="http://www.independencemovement.org/take-their-stand/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #000000;">So I urge all Americans to put their courage to the test. Be firm in our conviction that our cause is just. Reaffirm our faith in all things for which true Americans have always stood. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">I urge all Americans to arouse themselves and stay aroused. We must not make any further concessions to communism at home or abroad. We do not need to. We should oppose communism from our position of strength for we are not weak. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">There is much work to be done. The time is short. Let us begin – in earnest – now and may God bless our efforts.</span></p>
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		<title>Fifteen Principles Which Make For Good And Proper Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>farley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an Independent American for constitutional government I declare that: (1) I believe that no people can maintain freedom unless their political institutions are founded upon faith in God and belief in the existence of moral law. (2) I believe &#8230; <a href="http://www.independencemovement.org/fifteen-principles-which-make-for-good-and-proper-government/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #000000;">As an Independent American for constitutional government I declare that: </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(1) I believe that no people can maintain freedom unless their political institutions are founded upon faith in God and belief in the existence of moral law. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(2) I believe that God has endowed men with certain unalienable rights as set forth in the Declaration of Independence and that no legislature and no majority, however great, may morally limit or destroy these; that the sole function of government is to protect life, liberty, and property and anything more than this is usurpation and oppression. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(3) I believe that the Constitution of the United States was prepared and adopted by men acting under inspiration from Almighty God; that it is a solemn compact between the peoples of the States of this nation which all officers of government are under duty to obey; that the eternal moral laws expressed therein must be adhered to or individual liberty will perish. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(4) I believe it a violation of the Constitution for government to deprive the individual of either life, liberty, or property except for these purposes: </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(a) Punish crime and provide for the administration of justice; <br />
(b) Protect the right and control of private property; <br />
(c) Wage defensive war and provide for the nation’s defense; <br />
(d) Compel each one who enjoys the protection of government to bear his fair share of the burden of performing the above functions.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(5) I hold that the Constitution denies government the power to take from the individual either his life, liberty, or property except in accordance with moral law; that the same moral law which governs the actions of men when acting alone is also applicable when they act in concert with others; that no citizen or group of citizens has any right to direct their agent, the government to perform any act which would be evil or offensive to the conscience if that citizen were performing the act himself outside the framework of government. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(6) I am hereby resolved that under no circumstances shall the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights be infringed. In particular I am opposed to any attempt on the part of the Federal Government to deny the people their right to bear arms, to worship and pray when and where they choose, or to own and control private property. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(7) I consider ourselves at war with international Communism which is committed to the destruction of our government, our right of property, and our freedom; that it is treason as defined by the Constitution to give aid and comfort to this implacable enemy. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(8) I am unalterable opposed to Socialism, either in whole or in part, and regard it as an unconstitutional usurpation of power and a denial of the right of private property for government to own or operate the means of producing and distributing goods and services in competition with private enterprise, or to regiment owners in the legitimate use of private property. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(9) I maintain that every person who enjoys the protection of his life, liberty, and property should bear his fair share of the cost of government in providing that protection; that the elementary principles of justice set forth in the Constitution demand that all taxes imposed be uniform and that each person’s property or income be taxed at the same rate. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(10) I believe in honest money, the gold and silver coinage of the Constitution, and a circulation medium convertible into such money without loss. I regard it as a flagrant violation of the explicit provisions of the Constitution for the Federal Government to make it a criminal offense to use gold or silver coin as legal tender or to use irredeemable paper money. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(11) I believe that each State is sovereign in performing those functions reserved to it by the Constitution and it is destructive of our federal system and the right of self-government guaranteed under the Constitution for the Federal Government to regulate or control the States in performing their functions or to engage in performing such functions itself. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(12) I consider it a violation of the Constitution for the Federal Government to levy taxes for the support of state or local government; that no State or local government can accept funds from the Federal and remain independent in performing its functions, nor can the citizens exercise their rights of self-government under such conditions. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(13) I deem it a violation of the right of private property guaranteed under the Constitution for the Federal Government to forcibly deprive the citizens of this nation of their property through taxation or otherwise, and make a gift thereof to foreign governments or their citizens. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(14) I believe that no treaty or agreement with other countries should deprive our citizens of rights guaranteed them by the Constitution. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">(15) I consider it a direct violation of the obligation imposed upon it by the Constitution for the Federal Government to dismantle or weaken our military establishment below that point required for the protection of the States against invasion, or to surrender or commit our men, arms, or money to the control of foreign ore world organizations of governments. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">These things I believe to be the proper role of government. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">We have strayed far afield. We must return to basic concepts and principles – to eternal verities. There is no other way. The storm signals are up. They are clear and ominous. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">As Americans – citizens of the greatest nation under Heaven – we face difficult days. Never since the days of the Civil War – 100 years ago – has this choice nation faced such a crisis. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">In closing I wish to refer you to the words of the patriot Thomas Paine, whose writings helped so much to stir into a flaming spirit the smoldering embers of patriotism during the days of the American Revolution: </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; ‘tis dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial and article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.&#8221; (THE POLITICAL WORKS OF THOMAS PAINE, p.55.)</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">I intend to keep fighting. My personal attitude is one of resolution – not resignation. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">I have faith in the American people. I pray that we will never do anything that will jeopardize in any manner our priceless heritage. If we live and work so as to enjoy the approbation of a Divine Providence, we cannot fail. Without that help we cannot long endure.</span></p>
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		<title>Summary Thus Far</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>farley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I summarize what I have attempted to cover, try to visualize the structural relationship between the six vital concepts that have made America the envy of the world. I have reference to the foundation of the Divine Origin of &#8230; <a href="http://www.independencemovement.org/summary-thus-far/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #000000;">As I summarize what I have attempted to cover, try to visualize the structural relationship between the six vital concepts that have made America the envy of the world. I have reference to the foundation of the Divine Origin of Rights; Limited Government; the pillars of economic Freedom and Personal Freedom, which result in Abundance; followed by Security and the Pursuit of Happiness. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">America was built upon a firm foundation and created over many years from the bottom up. Other nations, impatient to acquire equal abundance, security and pursuit of happiness, rush headlong into that final phase of construction without building adequate foundations or supporting pillars. Their efforts are futile. And, even in our country, there are those who think that, because we now have the good things in life, we can afford to dispense with the foundations which have made them possible. They want to remove any recognition of God from governmental institutions, They want to expand the scope and reach of government which will undermine and erode our economic and personal freedoms. The abundance which is ours, the carefree existence which we have come to accept as a matter of course, CAN BE TOPPLED BY THESE FOOLISH EXPERIMENTERS AND POWER SEEKERS. By the grace of God, and with His help, we shall fence them off from the foundations of our liberty, and then begin our task of repair and construction. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">As a conclusion to this discussion, I present a declaration of principles which have recently been prepared by a few American patriots, and to which I wholeheartedly subscribe. </span></p>
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