tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20023645928331316342024-03-13T18:37:57.442-05:00Libertarians Of South Central KansasShawn Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599188340411457133noreply@blogger.comBlogger495125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002364592833131634.post-53918252840333240572015-04-11T19:38:00.002-05:002015-04-11T19:38:40.044-05:00News Release From National<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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LNC Chair Nicholas Sarwark says murder charge against Walter
Scott's killer is only first step<o:p></o:p></h3>
Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark released the following
statement today:<br />
"Mere words are insufficient to describe my outrage over the murder of
Walter Scott by a man in a police uniform.<br />
“A man was pulled over for an alleged traffic infraction and ended up dead
on the ground, shot eight times in the back as he fled.<br />
"Naturally, Officer Michael Slager felt safe from scrutiny, given the
recent high-profile cases where courts have refused to prosecute police
brutality." <br />
“But finally, the justice system is functioning as it should. Unlike the
killing of Eric Garner - and countless more whose slayings were not captured on
video – the officer who killed Mr. Scott has been charged with murder. He
should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.<br />
“But we must also address the root causes of this injustice.<br />
“One is the over-criminalization of American society. When you make
something a crime, you are authorizing enforcement at the point of a gun.<br />
“We don’t need men with guns going after people whose taillight isn’t
working or who want to avoid crushingly-high taxes on cigarettes. The focus of
law enforcement should be on those who do violence to others – not peaceful
citizens who are harming no one else.<br />
“Nor do we need to enrich bloated government troughs. Many laws allow law
enforcement departments to keep the proceeds of fines they impose, creating
perverse incentives to seek violations. The primary goal of police officers
should be to keep the peace, not incite conflict.<br />
“Another root cause is the practice of profiling arising from our country’s
failed Drug Prohibition. Americans are finally waking up to the routine
harassment, assault, and even killings that law enforcement perpetrates on
people of color every day.<br />
“The Libertarian Party has been calling for an end to: profiling, victimless
crime laws, high taxes, and the failed Drug Prohibition since the party was
formed in 1971.<br />
“If you think #BlackLivesMatter, if you believe we should stop
criminalizing victimless crimes, if you believe that human beings should be
free to live their lives however they like as long as they don't hurt anyone
else, please join the Libertarian Party.<br />
“We need you to stand with us to make sure that there are no more Walter
Scotts."<br />
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Shawn Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599188340411457133noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002364592833131634.post-80589818063341961192015-04-11T19:36:00.001-05:002015-04-11T19:36:19.607-05:00From Our Friend In Liberty, John Todd<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY--KANSAS </h1>
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Wichita Area Chapter Meeting</h1>
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2015</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">Spangles
Restaurant (Meeting Room) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">612 S.
Broadway (Kellogg & Broadway Downtown) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Wichita,
Kansas 67202</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">STOSSEL
IN THE CLASSROOM—2015 EDITION DVD</span></i></h6>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Copywrite
by Stossel in the Classroom. All rights Reserved. </span></h6>
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<b><i><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 18.0pt;">War
on Women: Fact or Fable? 5:37 minutes</span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "BookAntiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do
women make less than men? Do employers discriminate against women by paying
them</span></b></div>
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This lesson focuses on the controversy surrounding the wage gap between men and</span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 18.0pt;">Internship
Regulation: Are Unpaid Interns Exploited? 5:59 minutes</span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "BookAntiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Should
interns get paid? Should minimum wage laws apply? Shouldn’t the education and</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "BookAntiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">training
an intern gets be considered? Are there any unintended consequences of
mandating</span></b></div>
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interns be paid? This segment looks at internships in America.</span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 18.0pt;">Reputation
or Regulation: Which Provides Better Protection? 5:05min. </span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "BookAntiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">What’s
the best way to choose a product or service? Has the availability of feedback
on the</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "BookAntiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Internet
diminished or eliminated government’s role in regulating business? Do markets</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "BookAntiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">regulate
businesses better than government regulation does? This segment looks at
consumer</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "BookAntiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">protection
through reputation and regulation.</span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 18.0pt;">Electronic
Surveillance: What’s Happening to Our Privacy? 5:51min. </span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "BookAntiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Are
there any limits on the government’s ability to protect its citizens? Should
there be? What is</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "BookAntiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">the
proper balance between our country’s security and our own privacy? This segment
looks</span></b></div>
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the controversy surrounding the NSA.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Presentation of the DVD Videos will be followed by group discussion</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">For additional
information please contact: </span></b></div>
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<b>John Todd, Wichita AFP volunteer coordinator</b></div>
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<a href="mailto:john@johntodd.net" target="_blank" title="mailto:john@johntodd.net"><b>john@johntodd.net</b></a><b>, <a href="tel:%28316%29%20312-7335" target="_blank" value="+13163127335">(316)
312-7335</a> cell</b></div>
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<b>Susan Estes, AFP Field Director, Kansas </b></div>
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<a href="mailto:sestes@afphq.org" target="_blank"><b>sestes@afphq.org</b></a><b>,
<a href="tel:%28316%29%20681-4415" target="_blank" value="+13166814415">(316)
681-4415</a> </b></div>
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Kansas Chapter of Americans for Prosperity (AFP-KS) is committed to advancing
every Kansan's right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP-KS is an
organization of grassroots citizen leaders who engage in spreading the message
of fiscally responsible government, free market ideals and regulatory restraint
to policymakers on the local and state levels.</i></b></div>
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Shawn Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599188340411457133noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002364592833131634.post-64132184180846177552015-02-14T19:22:00.001-06:002015-02-14T19:22:20.846-06:00LSOCK News<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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and discussion every Tuesday at Cathy’s Westway Cafe located at 1215 W. Pawnee
in <u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:city u2:st="on">Wichita</u1:city>, <u1:state u2:st="on">Kansas</u1:state></u1:place>
at 5:30 PM. If we have official business to conduct or a featured guest
speaker, that will begin at 6:00 PM. All who support personal responsibility
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NEWS Alerts! via email please contact Steven Rosile at <a href="mailto:sarasile@att.net">sarasile@att.net</a> or 316 618-1339.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>LPKS / LSOCK<br />
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Ph. (800) 335-1776</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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please go to <a href="http://www.lpks.org/">LPKS.org</a> or to the LSOCK Blog at:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This is my
first LSOCK News in quite some time. Last year was both exciting and exhausting
for me and so many other Kansas Libertarians.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We had
planned for and hoped to achieve major party status last year but due to
extremely unfortunate circumstances that goal was not realized.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Despite that
we still saw a year that was a success. A success in that many more Kansans
became aware of our party, a lot of new contacts were made, our registered
voters/membership increased and many new activists joined our ranks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is due to the efforts of Keen and Eileen Umbehr. See my open letter to them
below expressing my (and our) appreciation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of interest below are the 2015 LPKS State Convention and upcoming elections for
LSOCK officers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and join us any Tuesday at the newly remodeled </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Cathy’s Westway Cafe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For <u1:city u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">Liberty</u1:place></u1:city>,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Steven A. Rosile<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This letter is to you Keen, to express
my heartfelt appreciation for your inspiring campaign for Governor in 2014. You
traveled all over the state appearing and speaking to groups of Kansans large
and small. You are the first real champion the Libertarian Party of Kansas has
ever really had considering the length and breadth of your campaign for Governor,
presenting yourself, your candidacy and our party in those many months of
constant traveling, making appearances and speaking at events.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">You worked tirelessly to achieve 5% or
more of the vote in order to make the LPKS a major party in <u1:state u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">Kansas</u1:place></u1:state>.
Unbelievable, after all your effort and hard work, you only received 4% of the
vote.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I know you, along with all of us, were
shocked and discouraged at this outcome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The fact is that this result was due
not to any failings on your part, Keen, but from the fact that the incumbent
Governor was so unpopular within his own party that a little known democrat
Kansas House Representative actually had a shot at beating him. Many
Republicans and independents that would have voted for you instead held their
noses and voted for the incumbent to prevent the democrat from becoming
Governor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Thank you Keen, from the bottom of my
heart, for your having championed the Libertarian Party of Kansas, increasing
our visibility and our number of contacts across the state.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Thank you too, Eileen, for all of your
hard work in supporting Keen and the LPKS as Treasurer and campaign organizer
for Keen for those many months.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I know I speak for all Kansas
Libertarians and all freedom loving citizens of this state with this letter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Thank you Keen and Eileen Umbehr.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For <u1:city u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">Liberty</u1:place></u1:city>,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Steven A. Rosile<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">4<sup>th</sup> District Coordinator,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Libertarian Party of <u1:state u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">Kansas</u1:place></u1:state><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Libertarian Party Convention<o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The 2015
Kansas Libertarian Party Convention will be held in <u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:city u2:st="on">Salina</u1:city>,
<u1:state u2:st="on">Kansas</u1:state></u1:place> April 17, 18 and 19. The
location and details will be announced as they are finalized. A rough outline
of the events are below:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">On Friday
evening, April 17 there will be an informal mixer, Saturday the 18<sup>th</sup>
will be the Business Meetings in morning and afternoon sessions and on Sunday
morning there will be an Executive Committee meeting open to the public.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Business at the Annual Meeting in
odd-numbered years includes election of LPKS Executive Committee Officers,
Amending the LPKS Constitution and By Laws and any other business on the Agenda
set by the LPKS Chair and Excom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">LPKS Executive Committee Offices are
Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and four District Coordinators, one
from each Congressional District. The District Coordinators must live in the
particular district they are to represent and are elected by LPKS members from
each particular district. Only those members from the 1<sup>st</sup>
Congressional District can vote for that district’s Coordinator, while members
from the 2<sup>nd</sup> Congressional District vote for that district’s
Coordinator, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and
Treasurer are elected by the whole of the attendees. The District Coordinators
are elected only by party members that reside in each particular Congressional
District. The current members of LPKS
Excom are:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Chair: Rob Hodgkinson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Vice Chair: Sharon DuBois<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Secretary: Mike Kerner<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Treasurer Ric Koehn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Congressional District Coordinators<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1<sup>st</sup> District Barry Albin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2<sup>nd</sup> District Rob Garrard<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3<sup>rd</sup> District Jeff Caldwell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">4<sup>th</sup> District Steven Rosile<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If you are interested in becoming an
officer in the Libertarian Party of Kansas please contact Chair Rob Hodgkinson
at <a href="mailto:chair@lpks.org">chair@lpks.org</a> or Vice Chair Sharon
DuBois at <a href="mailto:vice-chair@lpks.org">vice-chair@lpks.org</a> or any
other current officer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> LSOCK Officer Elections Coming Up<o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The annual
election for LSOCK Officers will be on February 24 if there is a quorum. If
there is no quorum then the election will be held March10.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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officers are:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Gordon
Bakken Chair<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Steven
Rosile Vice Chair<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Drew
Holland Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Shawn
Smith Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Mike
Brincefield 1<sup>st</sup> At
Large<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">John
Kostner 2<sup>nd</sup> At
Large<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Nominations
will be made at the Tuesday Supper Meetings up to and including the day of the
election.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">If you are
interested in becoming an officer of LSOCK please come to the Tuesday Supper
Meetings and/or contact Steven Rosile by replying to this email.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> If The <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">U.S.</u1:place></u1:country-region>
Had Stayed Out Of WWI<o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“If The <u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on">U.S.</u1:country-region></u1:place>
Had Stayed Out Of WWI, There Would Have Been No Hitler Or Stalin..” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">by David Stockman<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">July 12, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">url: <a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/07/11/commentary/world-commentary/what-if-u-s-had-stayed-out-of-wwi/">http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/07/11/commentary/world-commentary/what-if-u-s-had-stayed-out-of-wwi/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u1:state u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on"><span class="dateline"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">WASHINGTON</span></span></u1:place></u1:state>
– <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The
first big wave of embracing a liberal international economic order — relatively
free trade, rising international capital flows and rapidly growing global
economic integration — resulted in something remarkable.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Between 1870
and 1914, there was a 45-year span of rising living standards, stable prices,
massive capital investment and prolific technological progress. In terms of
overall progress, these four-plus decades have never been equaled — either
before or since.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Then came
the Great War. It involved a scale of total industrial mobilization and
financial mayhem that was unlike any that had gone before. In the case of <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">Great
Britain</u1:place></u1:country-region>, for example, its national debt
increased 14-fold.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In addition,
<u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">England</u1:place></u1:country-region>’s
price level doubled, its capital stock was depleted, most offshore investments
were liquidated and universal wartime conscription left it with a massive
overhang of human and financial liabilities.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Despite all
that, <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">England</u1:place></u1:country-region>
still stood out as the least devastated of the major European countries. In <u1:country-region u2:st="on">France</u1:country-region>,
the price <span class="gingersoftwaremark">level inflated</span> by 300 percent,
its extensive Russian investments were confiscated by the Bolsheviks and its
debts in <u1:state u2:st="on">New York</u1:state> and <u1:city u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">London</u1:place></u1:city>
catapulted to more than 100 percent of GDP.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Among the
defeated powers, currencies emerged nearly worthless. The German mark was only
worth five cents on the prewar dollar, while the country’s wartime debts —
especially after the Carthaginian peace of <span class="gingersoftwaremark">Versailles
which</span> John Maynard Keynes skewered so brilliantly — soared to crushing, <span class="gingersoftwaremark">unrepayable</span> heights. In short, the wave of
debt, currency inflation and financial disorder from the Great War was immense
and unprecedented.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">With all
that in mind, one important question only rises in importance: Was the <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">United
States</u1:place></u1:country-region>’ intervention in April 1917 warranted or
not?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And did it
only end up prolonging the European slaughter?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Never mind
that it resulted in a cockamamie peace, which gave rise to totalitarianism
among the defeated powers. Even conventional historians like Niall Ferguson
admit as much.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Had
President Woodrow Wilson not misled the <u1:country-region u2:st="on">U.S.</u1:country-region>
<span class="gingersoftwaremark">on</span> a <span class="gingersoftwaremark">messianic</span>
crusade, <u1:place u2:st="on">Europe</u1:place>’s Great War would have ended in
mutual exhaustion in 1917.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Both sides
would have gone home battered and bankrupt — but would not have presented any
danger to the rest of mankind.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Indeed,
absent <u1:city u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">Wilson</u1:place></u1:city>’s
crusade, there would have been no allied victory, no punitive peace — and no
war reparations. Nor would there have been a Leninist coup in <u1:place u2:st="on">Petrograd</u1:place>
— or later on, the emergence of Stalin’s barbaric regime.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Likewise,
there would have been no Hitler, no Nazi dystopia, no Munich, no Sudetenland
and Danzig corridor crises, no need for a British war to save Poland, no final
solution and <span class="gingersoftwaremark">Holocaust</span>, no global war
against Germany and Japan — and, finally, no incineration of 200,000 civilians
at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Nor would
all of these events have been followed by a Cold War with the Soviets or
CIA-sponsored coups and assassinations in <u1:country-region u2:st="on">Iran</u1:country-region>,
<u1:country-region u2:st="on">Guatemala</u1:country-region>, <u1:country-region u2:st="on">Indonesia</u1:country-region>,
<u1:country-region u2:st="on">Brazil</u1:country-region>, <u1:country-region u2:st="on">Chile</u1:country-region>
and the <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">Congo</u1:place></u1:country-region>,
to name just a few.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Surely,
there would have been no CIA plot to assassinate Castro, or Russian missiles in
<u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">Cuba</u1:place></u1:country-region>
or a crisis that took the world to the brink of annihilation.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">There would
have been no Dulles brothers, no domino theory and no <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">Vietnam</u1:place></u1:country-region>
slaughter, either. Nor would the <u1:country-region u2:st="on">U.S.</u1:country-region>
<span class="gingersoftwaremark">have</span> launched a war in <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">Afghanistan</u1:place></u1:country-region>’s
mountain valleys to arouse the <span class="gingersoftwaremark">mujaheddin</span>
from their slumber — and hence train the future al-Qaida.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Likewise, in
<u1:country-region u2:st="on">Iran</u1:country-region> there would have been no
shah and his Savak terror, no Khomeini-led Islamic <span class="gingersoftwaremark">counter-revolution</span>, no <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">U.S.</u1:place></u1:country-region>
<span class="gingersoftwaremark">aid</span> to enable Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein’s gas attacks on Iranian boy soldiers in the 1980s.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Nor would
there have been an American invasion of Arabia in 1991 to stop our erstwhile
ally Saddam from looting the equally contemptible emir of Kuwait’s ill-gotten
oil plunder — or, alas, the horrific 9/11 blow-back a decade later.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span class="gingersoftwaremark"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Most surely</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, the axis of evil — that is, the
Washington-based Cheney-Rumsfeld-<span class="gingersoftwaremark">neocon</span>
axis — would not have arisen, nor would it have foisted a near-$1 trillion
warfare state budget <span class="gingersoftwaremark">on</span> the 21st-century <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">U.S.</u1:place></u1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The real
point of that Great War, in terms of the annals of <u1:country-region u2:st="on">U.S.</u1:country-region>
<span class="gingersoftwaremark">economic</span> history, is that it enabled the
already-rising <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">U.S.</u1:place></u1:country-region>
<span class="gingersoftwaremark">economy</span> to boom for the better part of 15
years after the onset of the war.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In the first
stage, the <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">U.S.</u1:place></u1:country-region>
<span class="gingersoftwaremark">became</span> the granary and arsenal to the
European allies. This triggered an eruption of domestic investment and
production that transformed the nation into a massive global creditor and
powerhouse exporter, virtually overnight.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">U.S.</span></u1:place></u1:country-region> <span class="gingersoftwaremark">farm</span> exports quadrupled and farm income surged
from $3 billion to $9 billion. Land prices soared, country banks proliferated
and the same was true of industry. For example, steel production rose from 30
million tons annually to nearly 50 million tons.<o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Altogether,
in six short years from 1914 to 1920, $40 billion of U.S. GDP turned into $92
billion — a sizzling 15 percent annual rate of gain.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The
depression that could have been avoided<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Needless to
say, these figures reflected an inflationary, war-swollen economy. After all,
the <u1:country-region u2:st="on">U.S.</u1:country-region> <span class="gingersoftwaremark">had</span> loaned the Allies massive amounts of money
— all to purchase grain, pork, wool, steel, munitions and ships from the <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">U.S.</u1:place></u1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This
transfer amounted to nearly 15 percent of GDP, or an equivalent of $2 trillion
in today’s economy. It also represented a form of vendor finance that was
destined to vanish at war’s end. As it happened, the <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">U.S.</u1:place></u1:country-region>
<span class="gingersoftwaremark">did</span> experience a brief but deep recession
in 1920. But it was not a thoroughgoing end-of-<span class="gingersoftwaremark">war
one that</span> would “detox” the economy.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The day of
reckoning was merely postponed. It finally arrived in 1933 when the depression
hit with full force. The <u1:country-region u2:st="on">U.S.</u1:country-region>
<span class="gingersoftwaremark">economy</span> was cratering — and <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">Germany</u1:place></u1:country-region>
embarked on its disastrous “recovery” experience under the leadership of Adolf
Hitler.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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events — along with so many of the above-listed offenses later on — could have
been avoided if only the <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">U.S.</u1:place></u1:country-region>
<span class="gingersoftwaremark">had</span> shown the wisdom of staying out of
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Party on campuses. When a student walks around wearing a Libertarian hat or
shirt, that's just as good as paid advertising -- maybe better.<br />
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need your help</a> to recruit students into the Libertarian Party.<br />
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A new and fast-growing organization called Students For Liberty is hosting its
annual conference in Washington, DC, February 13-15.<br />
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Students For Liberty is run by libertarian activists, and their focus is
educating students about libertarianism. Its founder, Alexander McCobin, spoke
at our Libertarian National Convention last summer. I am really proud of the
work he and his team of talented activists have done to build Students For
Liberty from nothing into a major organization hosting conferences throughout
the world. I'm expecting over 1,500 attendees at this conference.<br />
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Students For Liberty members are already identified as agreeing with the
libertarian philosophy.<br />
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Students who travel across the county for a three-day conference in Washington,
DC are obviously highly motivated and interested.<br />
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I want to recruit these students to become Libertarian Party activists
dedicated to changing the world.<br />
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I need your <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=490694&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.piryx.com%2Fdonate%2FuO2ehmy0%2Flibertarian%2FSFLConference">donation</a>
to help me reach out effectively at the Students For Liberty conference.<br />
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There will be a lot of booths at this event, so our booth needs to attract
attention and compete effectively.<br />
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I'd like to raise $2,000 for new banners, posters, and other display materials,
some of which can be reused at future events.<br />
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College students are notoriously short on cash today, but not after they
graduate.<br />
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I want to get these students to join the Libertarian Party dues-free for one
year. And when they join, I want to give them a free one-year subscription to
LP News, and a free T-shirt or hat -- the ones that have been so popular on
LPStore.org.<br />
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I'd like to raise another $2,500 to pay for free T-shirts, hats, posters,
bumper stickers, and custom membership forms for this event.<br />
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Once these students sign their names on the line and become Libertarian Party
members, I'm confident enough of them will donate in the future to make this
effort worthwhile. I speak partly from personal experience. I joined the LP as
a student 18 years ago, and I signed up for a $30/month pledge shortly after
joining.<br />
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Shawn Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599188340411457133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002364592833131634.post-41453046631068158412014-12-03T18:50:00.002-06:002014-12-03T18:50:53.411-06:00From Our Friend In Liberty, John Todd<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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AMERICANS FOR
PROSPERITY--KANSAS </h1>
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Wichita Area Chapter Meeting</h1>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Monday, December 8,
2014</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 36.0pt;">FREE
TO CHOOSE </span></h6>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">The
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<span style="font-size: 28.0pt;">“Freedom
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="http://freetochoose.tv/program.php?id=ftc1990_3&series=ftc90">http://freetochoose.tv/program.php?id=ftc1990_3&series=ftc90</a></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">“Whenever the free
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> been able to
attain levels of living never dreamed of before.” –Milton Friedman</span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">“Free to Choose has helped millions of people around the world
understand the close relationship between the ideas of human freedom and
economic freedom.”</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="mailto:john@johntodd.net" title="mailto:john@johntodd.net"><b>john@johntodd.net</b></a><b>,
(316) 312-7335 cell</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Susan Estes, AFP
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<a href="mailto:sestes@afphq.org"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">sestes@afphq.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">, (316) 681-4415 </span></b></div>
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Kansas Chapter of Americans for Prosperity (AFP-KS) is committed to advancing
every Kansan's right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP-KS is an
organization of grassroots citizen leaders who engage in spreading the message
of fiscally responsible government, free market ideals and regulatory restraint
to policymakers on the local and state levels.</i></b></div>
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Shawn Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599188340411457133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002364592833131634.post-69191628354905205882014-11-26T19:19:00.001-06:002014-11-26T19:19:21.765-06:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For immediate release<br />
November 25, 2014</div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 15.0pt;">An open
letter from Libertarian Party Chair Nicholas Sarwark to Sen. Rand Paul</span></strong></div>
Dear Sen. Paul,<br />
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We agree with you that Congress should obey the Constitution. We should
never engage in foreign wars without a congressional declaration of war, a
restraint on military action put in place by our Founding Fathers to ensure
lawmakers never send our troops to war without deliberation.<br />
But a constitutional war in the Middle East is just as bloody, destructive,
and likely to incite terrorism as an unconstitutional war.<br />
Our half-century of interventions in the Middle East have been a colossal
failure. We have provided arms, military training, and subsidies to virtually
every country in the region, inciting continual war and unrest. This has
created a breeding ground for international terrorists that pose a real danger
to our country and the world — one that would not have existed had we kept our
noses out of the affairs of other countries.<br />
U.S. military interventions have put our troops in harms way, separated them
needlessly from their families, and led to tens of thousands of American deaths
and casualties — plus many more losses for innocent citizens of foreign
countries.<br />
We agree with your father, Ron Paul, who for decades was a lonely yet brave
voice in Congress for peace. He was right when he called for getting the U.S.
military out of the Middle East.<br />
Everyone knows that you're posturing to get the Republican nomination for
president in 2016. But for this long-shot hope of winning the nomination, you
have endorsed a roster of hawkish Big Government Republicans — from Mitt Romney
to Mitch McConnell. And now you're calling for sending our troops back to Iraq,
which will be a death sentence for many of them.<br />
Just how much can your long-shot presidential bid be worth? Is it worth the
lives of these young men and women? The Libertarian Party says,
"Absolutely not!"<br />
While we agree with your view that no funds should be allocated to an
illegal war, a policy of non-intervention remains the only just and reasonable
approach to dealing with the Middle East — a land halfway around the world
where the United States does not belong.<br />
Your bid for a declaration of war against ISIS is unjustifiable and
dangerous. Please withdraw it immediately.<br />
Respectfully yours,<br />
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Nicholas J. Sarwark<br />
Chair, Libertarian National Committee<br />
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AMERICANS FOR
PROSPERITY--KANSAS </h1>
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Wichita Area Chapter Meeting</h1>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Monday, November 10,
2014</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;">Spangles Restaurant
(Meeting Room) </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt;">612 S.
Broadway (Kellogg & Broadway Downtown) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt;">Wichita,
Kansas 67202</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 36.0pt;">FREE
TO CHOOSE </span></h6>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">The
Updated and Revised DVD Series</span></h6>
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<span style="font-size: 28.0pt;">“The
Tyranny of Control” </span></h6>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJWLt1TmAy4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJWLt1TmAy4</a></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">“Whenever the free
market has been permitted to operate, the ordinary man has</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> been able to
attain levels of living never dreamed of before.” –Milton Friedman</span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Presentation of the DVD video will be followed by group
discussion. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">“Free to Choose has helped millions of people around the world
understand the close relationship</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"> between the ideas of human freedom and economic freedom.”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">For additional
information please contact: </span></b></div>
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<b>John Todd, Wichita AFP volunteer coordinator</b></div>
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<a href="mailto:john@johntodd.net" target="_blank" title="mailto:john@johntodd.net"><b>john@johntodd.net</b></a><b>, <a href="tel:%28316%29%20312-7335" target="_blank" value="+13163127335">(316)
312-7335</a> cell</b></div>
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Or</h2>
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<b>Susan Estes, AFP Field Director, Kansas </b></div>
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<a href="mailto:sestes@afphq.org" target="_blank"><b>sestes@afphq.org</b></a><b>,
<a href="tel:%28316%29%20681-4415" target="_blank" value="+13166814415">(316)
681-4415</a> </b></div>
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<b><i>The
Kansas Chapter of Americans for Prosperity (AFP-KS) is committed to advancing
every Kansan's right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP-KS is an
organization of grassroots citizen leaders who engage in spreading the message
of fiscally responsible government, free market ideals and regulatory restraint
to policymakers on the local and state levels.</i></b></div>
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Shawn Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599188340411457133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002364592833131634.post-43519242790037655812014-11-08T19:07:00.003-06:002014-11-08T19:07:21.158-06:00News From National<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In the face of several vicious Republican attacks and record high spending
by both Democratic and Republican opponents, the Libertarian Party showed
impressive results in the 2014 election.<br />
Here are some highlights from this week's election news:<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Table of Contents:</span></strong><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#thanks">A message from LP Executive Director
Wes Benedict: Thanks, Libertarians!</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#contested">Libertarians play key role in
highly contested races</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#oregon">Oregon LP leaders rejoice over defeat
of state's Measure 90 "top two"</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#access">LP gains and loses ballot access in
states, overall remains strong</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#governor">Libertarian results for governor,
2010-2014</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#senate">Libertarian results for U.S. Senate,
2010-2014</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#updates">2014 Election Night Updates</a><o:p></o:p></li>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="thanks" name="thanks"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Thanks,
Libertarians! Election results coming...</span></strong><br />
First of all, I want to thank our 791 candidates again for taking the time
to run for office. I'd also like to thank our candidates' families and campaign
volunteers who provided much needed support.<br />
How did we do?<br />
We're still compiling the results from around the country, and hope to have
a comprehensive report in the next week or so. We won several local races — I
don't know how many yet. We did not win any races for governor, U.S. Senate, or
U.S. House, but many candidates received impressive vote totals. It will take a
while before we can compare them to previous elections to let you know how our
vote percentages are trending.<br />
In the meantime, here are excerpts from reports we've received from several
states:<br />
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<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=477094&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fblogs%2Fstaff%2Fthanks-libertarians-election-results-coming%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20141107%2Bitemized%2Bblast%2Bemail"><em><b>Read the rest and share at
LP.org!</b></em></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="contested" name="contested"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Libertarians
play key role in highly contested races</span></strong><br />
Libertarian candidates may have decided the winner in at least six federal
and governor races, despite record-shattering spending levels in support of the
Democratic and Republican candidates.<br />
Each race where a Libertarian threatens to affect the outcome of an election
puts pressure on the old parties to move in a Libertarian direction by reducing
government's size, scope, and authority.<br />
It's also a sign that more Americans reject the argument that there's any
substantial difference between Democratic and Republican politicians. Voters
are seeing that which of the two wins is of little consequence.<br />
At least six Libertarians beat the spread between the Democrat and
Republican by a two-to-one margin or greater: Robert Sarvis for U.S. Senate in
Virginia, Dan Feliciano for governor in Vermont, Adrian Wyllie for governor in
Florida, Sean Haugh for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, Carolyn
("Care") Clift for governor in Alaska, and Steven Laird for the 2nd
U.S. House district in Nebraska.<br />
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<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=477094&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fblogs%2Fstaff%2Flibertarians-play-key-role-in-highly-contested-races%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20141107%2Bitemized%2Bblast%2Bemail"><em><b>Read the rest and share at
LP.org!</b></em></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="oregon" name="oregon"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Oregon
LP leaders rejoice over defeat of state's Measure 90 "top two"</span></strong><br />
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The Libertarian Party of Oregon issued the following press release on the
defeat of the state's Measure 90 ballot initiative:<br />
Oregonians sent a strong message of support for strong third parties and for
the value of a vibrant culture of ideas in their elections, with a crushing
rejection of Measure 90. Backed primarily by out-of-state interests, Measure 90
sought to replace the current primary elections system with an "open
primary" listing all candidates from all parties, with only the top two
vote recipients advancing to appear on the general election ballot.<br />
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<em><b><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=477094&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fblogs%2Fstaff%2Foregon-lp-leaders-rejoice-over-defeat-of-states-measure-90-top-two%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20141107%2Bitemized%2Bblast%2Bemail">Read
the rest and share at LP.org!</a></b></em></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="access" name="access"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">LP gains
and loses ballot access in states, overall remains strong</span></strong><br />
The Libertarian Party is on the ballot in 30 states after Tuesday's general
election.<br />
The LP attained ballot access in North Dakota for the first time, and lost
ballot access in South Dakota, Ohio, and the District of Columbia. The Hawaii
and Maryland LPs met the vote test for party retention for the first time in
their histories. Both state parties had retained ballot access through
petitioning in past years.<br />
In Alaska, the party appears to have retained its party status, as the
gubernatorial candidate needed to get 3 percent and appears to have received
3.00 percent.<br />
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<em><b><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=477094&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fblogs%2Fstaff%2Flp-gains-and-loses-ballot-access-in-states-overall-remains-strong%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20141107%2Bitemized%2Bblast%2Bemail">Read
the rest and share at LP.org!</a></b></em></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="governor" name="governor"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Libertarian
results for governor, 2010-2014</span></strong><br />
In 2014, there were 24 states with Libertarian candidates on the ballot for
governor. Eight candidates got at least 3 percent. The average Libertarian
percentage was 2.2 percent. See how this year's returns compare to the past two
elections!<br />
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<em><b><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=477094&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fblogs%2Fstaff%2Flibertarian-results-for-governor-2010-2014%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20141107%2Bitemized%2Bblast%2Bemail">Read
the rest and share at LP.org!</a></b></em></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="senate" name="senate"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Libertarian
results for U.S. Senate, 2010-2014</span></strong><br />
In 2014, there were 22 states with Libertarian candidates on the ballot for
U.S. Senate. Six candidates got at least 3 percent. The average Libertarian
percentage was 2.3 percent. See how this year's returns compare to the past two
elections!<br />
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<em><b><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=477094&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fblogs%2Fstaff%2Flibertarian-results-for-us-senate-2010-2014%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20141107%2Bitemized%2Bblast%2Bemail">Read
and share at LP.org!</a></b></em></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="updates" name="updates"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">2014
Election Night Updates</span></strong><br />
Take a look at our live-blogging coverage of the 2014 election, with
reported vote totals and victories posted throughout election night and the
following day as we received the news.<br />
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<em><b><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=477094&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fblogs%2Fstaff%2F2014-election-night-updates%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20141107%2Bitemized%2Bblast%2Bemail">Read
and share at LP.org!</a></b></em></div>
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Shawn Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599188340411457133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002364592833131634.post-64131885182417664602014-11-08T19:06:00.001-06:002014-11-08T19:06:19.078-06:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Thanks,
Libertarians! Election results coming...</span></strong><span style="font-size: 15.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Dear Friend of Liberty,<br />
First of all, I want to thank our 791 candidates again for taking the time
to run for office. I'd also like to thank our candidates' families and campaign
volunteers who provided much needed support.<br />
How did we do?<br />
We're still compiling the results from around the country, and hope to have
a comprehensive report in the next week or so. We won several local races — I
don't know how many yet. We did not win any races for governor, U.S. Senate, or
U.S. House, but many candidates received impressive vote totals. It will take a
while before we can compare them to previous elections to let you know how our
vote percentages are trending.<br />
In the meantime, here are excerpts from reports we've received from several
states:<br />
Arkansas: "Looking only at our four Congressional races, we can see
that a minimum of 65,712 unique voters cast ballots for Libertarian candidates
in this state. Compare this to 37,082 votes cast for our four Congressional
candidates in 2012, and you can see a 56% increase in the number of Libertarian
voters in this state, even with lower voter turnout this year. Arkansans
elected THREE Libertarians this year [to local offices]."<br />
Indiana: "The good news from Indiana is we maintained ballot access for
our state over the next four years. Karl Tatgenhorst's run for Secretary of
State surpassed the threshold needed and we will have access to run candidates
at all levels. We won re-election in two local races. Cheryl Heacox and Steve
Coffman both won their bids for township board positions."<br />
Louisiana:" William McBride of St Landry Parish is the first ever
Libertarian to become elected in a straight up head to head match up in the
state of Louisiana. He is the new Council Member in District 3, Town of
Washington!"<br />
Minnesota: "Two wins to report! BOTH of our Libertarian candidates
running for Crystal City Council, Olga Parsons and Elizabeth Dahl, beat their
incumbent opponents and by significant margins."<br />
I'd like to thank all of our state and local Libertarian Party leaders for
their work.<br />
And, finally, I'd like to thank the voters who voted for Libertarian
candidates.<br />
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our blog on LP.org</a> for periodic updates.<br />
We'll be in touch again soon, with more results, more commentary, and more
suggestions about preparing for 2015 & 2016!<br />
Yours in liberty,<br />
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Wes Benedict<br />
Executive Director<br />
Libertarian National Committee<br />
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Shawn Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599188340411457133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002364592833131634.post-16281746186933816922014-10-31T20:48:00.002-05:002014-10-31T20:48:47.202-05:00National LP Campaign News<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The good news continues to pour in from Libertarian campaigns around the
country.<br />
<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=475564&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fstates%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20141030%2Bitemized%2Bblast%2Bemail">The
list of Libertarians running in your state who will be on the ballot on Nov. 4
can be found here.</a><br />
Be sure to VOTE Libertarian on Tuesday, Nov. 4!<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#vohra">LP Vice Chair Arvin Vohra on Reason TV</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#bowman">Libertarian Gigi Bowman on the ballot
in NY</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#overby">Lucas Overby endorsed by former
Democrat-backed challenger</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#mcdermott">LPNY gubernatorial candidate
releases tax plan, receives endorsements</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#grimm">Illinois LP gubernatorial candidate
covered by Fox, Huff Post, Chicago Sun Times</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#nsa">LP with coalition presses for real NSA
reform</a><o:p></o:p></li>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="vohra" name="vohra"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">LP Vice
Chair Arvin Vohra on Reason TV</span></strong><br />
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Committee and candidate for congress in Maryland's 4th district, was
interviewed by Nick Gillespie on Reason TV.<br />
"When you give [Democrats and Republicans] your vote, you're telling
them 'Go ahead, keep on doing what you're doing,'" Vohra explained.
"And when you vote for the Libertarian candidate you are telling them, in
no uncertain terms, 'You do not have either my approval or my permission to
grow or sustain big government. Shrink it now.'"<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="bowman" name="bowman"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Libertarian
Gigi Bowman on the ballot in NY</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gigi
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Libertarians won a long-fought ballot access victory in court on Friday over
incumbent New York state Sen. Carl Marcellino (R-5th District).<br />
Marcellino and several of his staffers sought to have their sole opponent on
the ballot — Libertarain Gigi Bowman — removed from the ballot by filing a
challenge to her qualifying petition. The 5th Senate district covers portions
of Long Island's north shore in Suffolk and Nassau Counties.<br />
On Sept. 29, the Nassau Supreme Court denied Bowman's motion to dismiss for
late service, and granted her motion to transfer the case to Albany County. On
Friday, Oct. 24, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third
Department, reversed that denial and ruled in favor of Bowman (Wilson et al. v.
Bowman, 3rd Dept. Index No. 519828).<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="overby" name="overby"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Lucas
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<strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lucas
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Lucas Overby, the Florida Libertarian Party candidate for the U.S. House
13th congressional district in next week's general election, has been endorsed
by the former independent challenger, Eduardo Jany.<br />
"I'm both honored and humbled to accept Eduardo Jany's
endorsement," Overby said. "It stands as proof that we share the same
vision; reaching across party lines in support of the working families of our
district. Serving our constituents will remain my highest priority, and I look
forward to working with those who share this goal."<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="mcdermott" name="mcdermott"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">LPNY
gubernatorial candidate releases tax plan, receives endorsements</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Michael
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Michael McDermott, the New York LP guberenatorial candidate, has received
endorsements from several prominent individuals, including former candidate
Jimmy McMillian of the Rent Is Too High Party, crime victim and political
activist Bernhard Goetz, and former LP Presidential candidate Gary Johnson.<br />
McDermott is running on eliminating the state income tax, and giving back
the average New York state taxpayer $4,000 of their own money.<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="grimm" name="grimm"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Illinois
LP gubernatorial candidate covered by Fox, Huff Post, Chicago Sun Times</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Chad
Grimm</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
Illinois Libertarian Party gubernatorial candidate Chad Grimm has been
polling well, receving 6 to 7 percent in polls conducted by We Ask America
during the last three months, according to <em>Ballot Access News</em>.<br />
He also has been getting prominent media attention recently, including
coverage in the Chicago Sun-Times, FOX News, "The Independents" on
the Fox Business Network, the <em>Huffington Post</em>, and <em>Reason</em>.<br />
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Hill</em>, Washington D.C.'s newspaper of record that focuses exclusively on
politics, <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=475564&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fpolicy%2Ftechnology%2F220018-civil-liberties-groups-dont-stop-on-nsa-reform" target="_blank">cited the Libertarian Party</a> as one of the organizations in
a pro–Fourth Amendment coalition that is lobbying to end government mass
surveillance:<br />
Dozens of civil liberties groups are calling on Congress not to stop short
in reforming the National Security Agency.<br />
The Bill of Rights Defense Committee led other organizations in a <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=475564&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.constitutioncampaign.org%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2F2014-BORDC-coalition-letter-re-USA-Freedom-Act.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>letter</strong></a> on Tuesday warning Congress against
stopping with the USA Freedom Act, a bill currently in the Senate that would
end the NSA's bulk collection of Americans' phone records.<br />
Lawmakers should pass that bill 'and then immediately turn your attention to
more meaningful and comprehensive reform of the [NSA's] overreaching and
unconstitutional surveillance practices,' the groups wrote.<br />
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For immediate release<br />
October 28, 2014</div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 15.0pt;">100%
guaranteed-accurate election prediction announced</span></strong></div>
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Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark released the following
statement:</em><br />
Libertarians offer the following prediction, which is 100 percent guaranteed
to be accurate with zero statistical probability of error:<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal">No matter who controls the Senate after Nov. 4, nothing
will change.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
Big Government Democratic and Republican politicians want you to believe
that the most important issue in this year's election is whether Democrats or
Republicans control the U.S. Senate.<br />
But it's a non-issue. It makes no difference whether Democrat Harry Reid or
Republican Mitch McConnell leads the new Senate. It will have virtually no
effect on the lives of Americans.<br />
The <em>only</em> thing that will matter — and that can make America safer,
freer, and more prosperous — is how many votes are cast for Libertarians.<br />
Like most Democratic and Republican politicians in next week's general
election, Reid <em>and</em> McConnell are virtually the same.<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Both Democrat Reid <em>and</em> Republican McConnell
vote for higher government spending and unsustainable government debt.
Every year.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Both Democrat Reid <em>and</em> Republican McConnell
support endless war in the Middle East.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Both Democrat Reid <em>and</em> Republican McConnell
want to spy on you. They both voted for the Patriot Act, the NDAA, and
FISA.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Both Democrat Reid <em>and</em> Republican McConnell
voted for the 48 percent increase in your Social Security tax and other
tax hikes.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Both Democrat Reid <em>and</em> Republican McConnell
cling to the failed War on Drugs and the heartless prohibition of medical
marijuana.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Both Democrat Reid <em>and</em> Republican McConnell
vote for central government planning of education, taking away control of
schools from parents, teachers, and local communities.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Both Democrat Reid <em>and</em> Republican McConnell
want government control of medicine. Neither will defund Obamacare.
Neither will allow you to control your own health care. Neither will allow
you access to low-cost, high-quality care.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
What's worse, both politicians routinely coerce their senate colleagues to
fall in line with these reckless, impoverishing, and freedom-killing Big
Government policies.<br />
Democratic and Republican politicians each want you to believe that their
respective control of the senate is more important than:<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Jobs and prosperity.<br />
<br />
Libertarian candidates call for dramatically cutting spending, removing
piles of unneeded government regulations, cutting taxes, and cutting
government debt — the only way to create sustainable jobs, stabilize the
dollar and preserve American wealth.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Peace.<br />
<br />
Libertarian candidates pledge to get out of the Middle East, bring our
troops home, and downsize the U.S. military — the best way to minimize the
risk of a terrorist attack.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Personal freedoms.<br />
<br />
Libertarian candidates vow to repeal the Patriot Act, end the failed Drug
Prohibition, end all bans on gay marriage — and make America the land of
the free.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
Democratic and Republican politicians pleading for control of the Senate is
a tactic to suppress and silence these bold, revolutionary Libertarian
proposals for real change.<br />
Democratic and Republican politicians have also colluded to keep many
Libertarians out of televised debates and have fought to keep Libertarians off
the ballot.<br />
Thankfully, most Libertarians running for office this November remain on the
ballot.<br />
Vote for real change on Nov. 4. Vote Libertarian and demand personal
liberty, peace, and prosperity.<br />
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Shawn Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599188340411457133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002364592833131634.post-30251728186939500332014-10-25T19:33:00.001-05:002014-10-25T19:33:12.367-05:00National LP News<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The last week saw a mix of tragedy and triumph for Libertarians.<br />
Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Doug Butzier died in a plane crash a week
ago today on his return from a campaign event that evening, according to a <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=473660&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kwwl.com%2Fstory%2F26822054%2F2014%2F10%2F18%2Ffamily-and-friends-mourn-us-senate-candidate-killed-in-plane-crash">KWWL
news report</a>. The exact cause of the accident is not yet known. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=473660&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fblogs%2Fstaff%2Fiowa-libertarian-us-senate-candidate-dies-in-plane-accident%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20141020%2Bitemized%2Bblast%2Bemail">Read
more about why Libertarian Doug Butzier ran for office.</a><br />
In brighter news, Libertarian polls numbers indicate that the demand
continues to grow steadily for Libertarians while approval of the two old
parties remains low.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Table of Contents:</span></strong><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#wsj">Libertarians getting 9% support for
Congress in poll</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#gallup">Gallup polls continue to say
Americans want a third party</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#seaman">ND Libertarian Jack Seaman the
"break-out star" of debate</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#georgia">Georgia LP state chair featured in
Ozy.com</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#alaska">Libertarian gubernatorial candidate
will keep Alaska free of state income tax</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#wohlsifer">Libertarian anti-prohibition
activist Bill Wohlsifer running for AG</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2002364592833131634#williams">Colorado Libertarian Lily Williams
brings lessons from China to her bid for state house</a><o:p></o:p></li>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="wsj" name="wsj"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Libertarians
getting 9% support for Congress in poll</span></strong><br />
According to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released on Oct. 15, more
voters say they will support Libertarians for Congress this year, compared to
the last mid-term elections in 2010.<br />
The <em>Wall Street Journal</em> reports, "The poll found that voters
are more likely than four years ago to say they would vote for Libertarian and
Green party candidates if given a chance, with Libertarians drawing support
from 9% of likely voters."<br />
That's a significant increase from 2010, when a similar <em>Wall Street
Journal</em> poll indicated 5–6 percent of voters would support Libertarians.<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="gallup" name="gallup"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Gallup polls
continue to say Americans want a third party</span></strong><br />
Polling firm Gallup reports:<br />
A majority of U.S. adults, 58%, say a third U.S. political party is needed
because the Republican and Democratic parties "do such a poor job"
representing the American people.<br />
Americans' current desire for a third party is consistent with their
generally <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=473660&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gallup.com%2Fpoll%2F176093%2Fdemocratic-republican-party-favorable-ratings-similar.aspx">negative
views of both the Republican and Democratic parties</a>, with only about four
in 10 viewing each positively.<br />
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<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=473660&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fblogs%2Fstaff%2Fgallup-polls-continue-to-say-americans-want-a-third-party%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20141020%2Bitemized%2Bblast%2Bemail"><em><b>Read the rest and share at
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="seaman" name="seaman"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">ND
Libertarian Jack Seaman the "break-out star" of debate</span></strong><br />
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<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=473660&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fblogs%2Fstaff%2Fnd-libertarian-jack-seaman-the-break-out-star-of-debate%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20141020%2Bitemized%2Bblast%2Bemail"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><img alt="Jack Seaman - LP North Dakota candidate for U.S. House" border="0" id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://www.lp.org/files/imagepicker/45/jackseaman.jpg" title="Jack Seaman - LP North Dakota candidate for U.S. House" width="140" /></span></a><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jack
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<strong>LP North Dakota candidate</strong><br />
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Jack Seaman, LP North Dakota's candidate for the U.S. House of
Representatives, was called the "break-out star" of the debate by a
prominent North Dakota political writer last week.<br />
"... the real break-out star of the debate was Libertarian Party
candidate Jack Seaman," wrote Rob Port. "Agree with his positions or
not, he was engaged and articulate and seemed to have a reasonable understanding
of what he was talking about. Before I even saw this debate my inbox and social
media accounts were full of people telling me how surprised they were at
Seaman's performance."<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="georgia" name="georgia"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Georgia
LP state chair featured in Ozy.com</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doug
Craig</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
"Whether it's a moment or a bonafide movement, libertarianism is on the
rise. That's thanks to people like Doug Craig, chair of the Libertarian Party
of Georgia."<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="alaska" name="alaska"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Libertarian
gubernatorial candidate will keep Alaska free of state income tax</span></strong><br />
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<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=473660&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fblogs%2Fstaff%2Flibertarian-gubernatorial-candidate-will-keep-alaska-free-of-state-income-tax%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20141020%2Bitemized%2Bblast%2Bemail"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><img alt="Carolyn Clift" border="0" id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://www.lp.org/files/images/clift_carolyn.png" title="Carolyn Clift" width="140" /></span></a><br />
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Carolyn "Care" Clift is running for governor in Alaska to fight
overspending and make sure the state income tax is not brought back.<br />
"Alaska needs a Libertarian governor to fight the overspending in
Juneau and bring our budget back to sustainable levels," Clift wrote on
her candidate website position page. "As governor, I will use my line-item
veto power to shrink the budget back down to $5.5 billion; to prevent deficit
spending; and to prevent reinstating the income tax."<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="wohlsifer" name="wohlsifer"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Libertarian
anti-prohibition activist Bill Wohlsifer running for AG</span></strong><br />
<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=473660&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fblogs%2Fstaff%2Flibertarian-anti-prohibition-activist-bill-wohlsifer-running-for-ag%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20141020%2Bitemized%2Bblast%2Bemail"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><img alt="LP Florida candidate for attorney general Bill Wohlsifer debates his Republican and Democratic opponents on Bay News 9." border="0" id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://www.lp.org/files/images/20141006_bill_wohlsifer_ag_debate.png" title="LP Florida candidate for attorney general Bill Wohlsifer debates his Republican and Democratic opponents on Bay News 9." width="225" /></span></a>Libertarian
Party of Florida candidate for attorney general Bill Wohlsifer has worked for
years to ease the pain of Floridians who suffer from diseases that can be
successfully treated with medical marijuana. He is the author of the Cathy
Jordan Medical Cannabis Act (2012), a bill that was introduced in the state
senate earlier this year.<br />
Bill Wohlsifer is also the first Libertarian candidate for AG in Florida's
history. He had an excellent showing against the Republican and Democrat
challenger in a mainstream televised debate.<br />
Wohlsifer has stated that his first act as Florida's chief legal officer
will be to remove cannabis from Schedule I of Florida's controlled substances
list, to Schedules II and III.<br />
His next action will be to withdraw Florida from an EPA lawsuit that favors
the fertilizer industry over the will of the people, and then to dismiss all
five pending appeals against favorable same-gender marriage court decisions in
Florida. That is day one in office.<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="williams" name="williams"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Colorado
Libertarian Lily Williams brings lessons from China to her bid for state house</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lily
Williams</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
Lily Williams, who was born and grew up in China during the regime of
Chairman Mao, is running for the state legislature in Colorado as a
Libertarian.<br />
"By telling my own story, I wanted to share my message with you: Big
governments do not work; big governments are very dangerous because they
eventually use force," Williams said. "Big government attracts people
who love power and control."<br />
Williams spent 24 years living under the communist regime before emigrating
to the United States. But she fears the United States is becoming more
socialist, and losing the freedoms for which she came here.<br />
"I've known Lily personally for many years, and she has a passion for
protecting freedom and liberty, born out of her experience as an immigrant from
communist China," said LNC chair and fomer Colorado LP vice-chair Nicholas
Sarwark. "She's deeply involved in the community in Parker and committed
to work hard for the residents of her district, and I couldn't be more proud
that she's carrying the banner of the Libertarian Party."<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="umbehr" name="umbehr"></a><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Wife of
Libertarian for governor speaks out against newspaper's election coverage</span></strong><br />
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<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=473660&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fblogs%2Fstaff%2Fwife-of-libertarian-for-governor-speaks-out-against-newspapers-election-coverage%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20141020%2Bitemized%2Bblast%2Bemail"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><img alt="Libertarians Keen and Eileen Umbehr" border="0" id="_x0000_i1038" src="https://www.lp.org/files/images/Keen%20%26%20Eileen%20Umbehr.jpg" title="Libertarians Keen and Eileen Umbehr" width="200" /></span></a><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Keen
and Eileen Umbehr</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
Eileen Umbehr wrote the following letter to <em>Kansas City Star</em>
reporter Eric Adler after he wrote an Oct. 5 headline story that neglected to
mention her husband, Libertarian for governor Keen Umbehr, who has polled as
high as 9 percent and has consistently beaten the spread between his Democratic
and Republican rivals.<br />
Dear Mr. Adler,<br />
I respect your right to conclude in advance that my husband, Keen Umbehr,
will not win the upcoming Kansas governor's race. I also respect the Kansas
City Star's right to cover the race however they see fit as I am keenly aware
of what they say about those who buy their ink by the barrel.<br />
Much to the chagrin of many, Keen's entrance in the governor's race has made
it a 3-way competition, thereby lowering the threshold for the number of votes
needed to obtain a victory.<br />
But even if you don't think Keen has a chance of winning, it doesn't change
the fact that his name will appear on the November 4 ballot as a third option
for Kansas voters. In my way of thinking, that makes his candidacy newsworthy.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Join Keen in a city near you as he
embarks on a whirlwind two-day tour of eastern and central Kansas. The
tour will stop in 34 Kansas communities where Keen will visit with Kansas
voters and distribute campaign materials. <br />
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With just one month left until Election Day, this is the perfect opportunity
to meet with Keen and ask questions! The detailed 34-city schedule is
published below. Click on the city nearest you for more information and
to RSVP. <br />
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Although this aggressive schedule will not allow Keen to stay at any one
location very long, he is looking forward to meeting those who come out and
answering as many questions as possible before moving on to the next
community. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_tour?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=5" target="_blank" title="Topeka">Topeka</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=6" target="_blank" title="Lawrence">Lawrence</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_tonganoxie?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=7" target="_blank" title="Tongie">Tonganoxie</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Montgomery County Courthouse, 217
E Myrtle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_winfield?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=19" target="_blank" title="Winfield">Winfield</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cowley County Courthouse, 311 E
9th Ave<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Derby<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10:45 PM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Derby<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_wichita?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=20" target="_blank" title="Wichita">Wichita</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7:30 AM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Good Egg, 2141 N Bradley Fair
Pkwy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_augusta?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=21" target="_blank" title="Augusta">Augusta</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9:00 AM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">McDonald's, 520 W 7th Ave<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_el_dorado?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=22" target="_blank" title="El Dorado">El Dorado</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9:45 AM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Daylight Donuts, 1243 W Central
Ave<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_newton?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=23" target="_blank" title="Newton">Newton</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10:45 AM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Norm's Coffee Bar, 125 W 6th St<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_hutchison?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=24" target="_blank" title="Hutch">Hutchinson</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11:45 AM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pizza Ranch, 1805 E 17th St<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_mc?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=25" target="_blank" title="McPherson">McPherson</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1:15 PM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Craft Coffee Parlor, 120 N Main St<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_lindsborg?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=26" target="_blank" title="Lindsborg">Lindsborg</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Old Grind, 113 N Main St<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_salina?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=27" target="_blank" title="Salina">Salina</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2:45 PM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Moka's South, 2424 S 9th St<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_minneapolis?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=28" target="_blank" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mity-Quik, 121 N Mill St<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_beloit?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=29" target="_blank" title="Beloit">Beloit</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Banner Restaurant, 720 N Bell St<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Concordia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_belleville?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=30" target="_blank" title="Belleville">Belleville</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bel-Villa Family Restaurant, Hwy
36 & 81<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_washington?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=31" target="_blank" title="Washington">Washington</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6:45 PM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Casey's General Store, 113 W 7th
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_marysville?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=32" target="_blank">Marysville</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_blue_rapids?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=33" target="_blank" title="Blue Rapids">Blue Rapids</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Weaver Hotel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/34_city_tour_manhatten?e=26038f2bdb789a747acf13b0243f07ac2f594439&utm_source=keenforkansas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34cities_p&n=34" target="_blank" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A.J.'s Pizza, 301 Poyntz Ave<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Keen Umbehr, Libertarian candidate for Kansas Governor, will embark on a whirlwind two-day tour of eastern and central Kansas on the morning of Saturday, Oct 4th. The tour will stop in 34 Kansas communities where Mr. Umbehr will visit with folks and provide campaign materials to those who would like them.</div>
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Although the aggressive 34-city schedule will not allow Mr. Umbehr to stay very long at any one location, he is looking forward to meeting those who come out and answering as many questions as possible before moving on to the next community.</div>
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“I have heard so many times that people are tired of professional politicians who will not answer their questions”, said Umbehr. “I will come to your community to answer your questions and all I ask in return is the opportunity to earn your trust and your vote.”</div>
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Topeka, 7:30 AM, Classic Bean, 2125 SW Fairlawn Rd<br />
Lawrence, 9:00 AM, Runaway Pony B&B, 603 Tennessee St<br />
Tonganoxie, 9:30 AM, The Coffee Depot, 626 E. 4th Street<br />
Leavenworth, 10:15 AM, Pullman’s Place, 230 Cherokee<br />
Bonner Springs, 11:00 AM, Daylight Donuts, 619 E Front St<br />
Lenexa, 11:35 AM, Blackdog Coffee House at 12815 W 87th St Pkwy<br />
Olathe, 12:10 PM, Old 56 Café, 912 S Chestnut St<br />
Paola, 1:30 PM, Molly’s Table, 117 S Pearl St<br />
Louisburg, 2:00 PM, The Coffee House, 408 W. Amity<br />
Fort Scott, 3:15 PM, Common Grounds, 116 S. Main<br />
Pittsburg, 4:00 PM, Spellbound Bookstore and Café, 202 Centennial Dr<br />
Baxter Springs, 5:00 PM, Cowtown Days<br />
Columbus, 6:45 PM, Norma’s Café, 218 E Maple St<br />
Independence, 8:00 PM, Montgomery County Courthouse, 217 E. Myrtle<br />
Winfield, 9:45 PM, Cowley County Courthouse, 311 E 9th Ave<br />
Derby, 10:45 PM</div>
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Derby, 7:00 AM<br />
Wichita, 7:30 AM, The Good Egg, 2141 N Bradley Fair Pkwy<br />
Augusta, 9:00 AM, McDonald’s, 520 W 7th Ave<br />
El Dorado, 9:45 AM Daylight Donuts, 1243 W Central Ave<br />
Newton, 10:45 AM, Norm’s Coffee Bar, 125 W 6th St<br />
Hutchinson, 11:45 AM, Pizza Ranch, 1805 E 17th Ave<br />
McPherson, 1:15 PM, Craft Coffee Parlor, 120 N Main St<br />
Lindsborg, 2:00 PM, The Old Grind, 113 N. Main Street<br />
Salina, 2:45 PM, Moka’s South, 2424 S. 9th Street<br />
Minneapolis, 3:30 PM, Mity-Quik, 121 N Mill St<br />
Beloit, 4:30 PM, Banner Restaurant, 720 N Bell St<br />
Concordia, 5:30 PM, Pick up dinner<br />
Belleville, 6:00 PM, Bel-Villa Family Restaurant, Hwy 36 & 81<br />
Washington, 6:45 PM, Casey’s General Store, 113 W 7th St<br />
Marysville, 7:30 PM, Pony Express Statue<br />
Blue Rapids, 8:00 PM, Weaver Hotel<br />
Manhattan, 9:00 PM, A. J.’s Pizza, 301 Poyntz Ave<br />
Wamego 9:45 PM Columbia Theatre<br />
Alma, 10:15 PM, Keen’s Office</div>
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Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark submitted the below
statement in opposition to Oregon's "top two" ballot Measure 90 for
inclusion in the state's voter pamphlet.<br />
The pamphlet is being mailed to each voter household in the state in advance
of the November election.<br />
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<strong>Vote </strong><em><b>No</b></em><strong>
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<strong>Oregon 2014 Statewide Ballot
Initiative</strong></div>
Measure 90 takes away your choice.<br />
Imagine a store where you can buy Coke, Pepsi, juice, energy drinks, water,
and many other beverages. But you go back to the store in November and can only
buy Coke or Pepsi. Or, even worse, only Coke and Diet Coke. You don't drink
soda, but that's all they have because Coke and Pepsi were the most popular
beverages earlier in the year.<br />
You wouldn't put up with a store that didn't let you buy juice because it
wasn't one of the top two beverages. Why put up with it when choosing political
leaders?<br />
How much choice do you have when the only two candidates on the ballot in
November are two Democrats, two Republicans, or one of each?<br />
That's what happens in California and Washington where only two candidates
on Election Day is the law. General elections have only two candidates, often
from the same party: two Democrats or two Republicans!<br />
Robber barons in the 1800s passed laws to give themselves an economic
monopoly. They used laws to corner the market, raise prices and rake in
lucrative profits — without competition getting in their way.<br />
Proponents of Measure 90 want a political monopoly. They want to shield
their favored candidates — usually incumbents — from competition. They want to
pander to their special-interest pals — without political challengers getting
in their way.<br />
Proponents claim Measure 90 will increase voter turnout in primary
elections. But after California passed this law, the 2014 primary election had
the lowest voter turnout in history.<br />
Measure 90 greases the skids for incumbents and multi-millionaires while
practically outlawing grassroots candidates who offer voters fresh choices from
new political parties, Democratic and Republican challengers, independents, and
write-in candidates.<br />
Many measures could substantially improve voter participation, but Measure
90 will make things worse. It hands elections to incumbents, millionaires, and
elites while silencing the voice of everyday workers, taxpayers, and citizens.<br />
Vote No on Measure 90.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Libertarians sue Kentucky public
television for First Amendment violation</span></strong><br />
A federal constitutional lawsuit, filed today against Kentucky Educational
Television in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, stems
from its new exclusionary policy regarding public debates, eliminating
Libertarian participation. The plaintiffs in the case are Libertarian David
Patterson's campaign for U.S. Senate, the Libertarian Party of Kentucky, and
the Libertarian National Committee..<br />
"I firmly believe that there is something wrong here," Patterson
said of the new debate inclusion criteria. "An Open Records Request showed
that KET modified the criteria multiple times during the campaign season. The
suspicious timing and ever-increasing thresholds seem to be created to ensure I
didn't get to participate. They knew what the ramifications of those changes
would be, and chose to act anyway."<br />
Under the last version of the criteria, only Democrats and Republicans would
have ever previously qualified to participate in KET's debate. The ACLU has
called on KET to use the original criteria, under which Grimes and McConnell
were invited and under which Patterson qualifies for the debate.<br />
Attorney for the plaintiffs Chris Wiest stated, "Certainly public
broadcasters like KET are entitled to impose objective criteria for debate participation,
but what they cannot do and what KET internal email indicated they did, is
impose such criteria to engage in viewpoint discrimination with the purpose to
exclude particular candidates in contravention of the First Amendment."<br />
Carla Howell, political director of the national Libertarian Party, noted
that support for political alternatives is extremely high. "Recent polls
show that 53 percent of Americans don't think Democrats or Republicans
represent Americans, and that 58 percent of Americans want an alternative
party. Numerous polls also show that Americans want what the Libertarian Party
delivers: much less government and more freedom."<br />
Ken Moellman, state chair of the Libertarian Party of Kentucky, raised
ethical concerns. "Beyond any of the legal questions, the ethical
ramifications of KET's actions are clear; they have violated five of the nine
planks of their mission statement, as they acted to mute the voices of a
growing political movement. Based on polling, at least 250,000 Kentuckians will
have their voices squelched by KET's new criteria. As a taxpayer funded
organization, they have a great responsibility to act impartially and to reject
pressure — whether implicit or explicit, internal or external — to squelch
alternate political viewpoints."<br />
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<em>The national Libertarian Party works to dramatically reduce taxes and
government spending, maximize personal freedoms, and stop unnecessary foreign
interventions. Its website is <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=469351&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Flp.org%2F" target="_blank">LP.org</a>.</em><br />
<em>The Libertarian Party is the third largest party in Kentucky. Founded in
1973, LPKY promotes individual liberty though free markets and social
tolerance. Its website is <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=469351&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Flpky.org%2F" target="_blank">LPKY.org</a>.</em><br />
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Keen Umbehr, the Libertarian candidate for Kansas governor, met voters Thursday morning at the Arkansas City Senior Citizens Center.</div>
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Umbehr, an Alma attorney, called the 2012 income tax cuts signed by Gov. Sam Brownback unfair because they shift the burden onto workers by eliminating the tax on some businesses, including law practices such as his. </div>
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Umbehr gained legal notice as the plaintiff in a 1996 case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court and upheld free speech rights for contract workers. Umbehr told the Traveler that he hopes the popularity of independent U.S. Senate candidate Greg Orman will help his third-party candidacy at the polls on Nov. 4. His campaign Web site is <a href="http://www.keenforkansas.com/" style="color: #457d9d; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">www.KeenForKansas.com</a>.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Great progress! We've already raised $4,913.73,
over half of our goal for <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=468666&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Flegal%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20140925%2Bfollowup%2BLP%2BLegal%2BOffense%2BFund" target="_blank">legal offense</a>. Please <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=468666&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Flegal%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20140925%2Bfollowup%2BLP%2BLegal%2BOffense%2BFund" target="_blank">donate</a> to help us reach $9,000 today!</span></b> <b><span style="color: red;">Or visit:<br />
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Dear Shawn,<br />
Libertarian poll numbers across the country continue to raise the hackles of
the old parties — and they're running scared.<br />
Now they're fighting dirty.<br />
As your chair, I'm committed that when the Libertarian Party puts a
candidate on the ballot, we'll follow through to keep them on the ballot. And
if our opponents cheat, we're going to fight back — and fight back hard.<br />
In New York, we're mounting a legal defense to keep Libertarian Gigi Bowman
on the ballot.<br />
In Illinois, we fought back frivolous challenges from Republicans to keep
our slate of candidates on the ballot.<br />
And now they're fighting us in Kentucky.<br />
Our opponents are violating the law to exclude David Patterson, Libertarian
candidate for Senate, from appearing in a televised debate in the
highest-profile Senate race in the country. He's up against a Democrat and
Kentucky Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.<br />
I won't go into details, but there are some "smoking guns" in this
case that show they're breaking the law to suppress our candidate.<br />
We must file a lawsuit immediately. This could have ramifications to all our
candidates who are being excluded from debates.<br />
We can expose their dishonest and underhanded maneuvers. But I can't do it
without your help.<br />
Our <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=468666&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Flegal%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20140925%2Bfollowup%2BLP%2BLegal%2BOffense%2BFund">Legal
Offense Fund</a> is down to only $2,000. The lawsuit in Kentucky is going to
cost $9,000.<br />
I will not spend money we don't have. If you want to see us in this fight —
if you are as committed as I am to show the old parties that if you hit a
porcupine, it hurts — <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=468666&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Flegal%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20140925%2Bfollowup%2BLP%2BLegal%2BOffense%2BFund">I
need your financial support.</a><br />
When we authorized this lawsuit at the Libertarian National Committee
meeting this weekend, committee member Guy McLendon wrote a $500 check on the
spot to support it. He knows how powerful this could be, he knows what the
"smoking guns" are, and he knows how much earned media we will get
from this. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=468666&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Flegal%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20140925%2Bfollowup%2BLP%2BLegal%2BOffense%2BFund">I
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on the link to give your best contribution to our Legal Offense Fund.</a> I
promise you that every dollar we receive from this fundraiser will be spent on
legal offense.<br />
We're going to bring the fight to the old parties in Kentucky and in any
other state where corrupt politicians and their cronies in the media break the
law to fight us.<br />
We're going to show them that they can't suppress our Libertarian
candidates' bold message to cut government and advance liberty — or hide how
weak the old-party politicians really are.<br />
We need to file a lawsuit this week. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=468666&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Flegal%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20140925%2Bfollowup%2BLP%2BLegal%2BOffense%2BFund">I
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today to the Legal Offense Fund</a> and help us fight back!<br />
Yours in liberty,<br />
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Nicholas J. Sarwark<br />
Chair, Libertarian National Committee<br />
P.S. — We had a wonderful grand opening of the Libertarian Party's national
headquarters this past weekend. Our party is here to stay, and the headquarters
is a concrete sign of that. We've sent a message to the old parties, and
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">P.P.S. — With your support, we can fight back
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Libertarian candidate for Kansas Governor Keen Umbehr spent some time with a political science class at Wichita State on Tuesday. Umbehr will face incumbent Republican Governor Sam Brownback and Democrat candidate Paul Davis in the upcoming November election. KMUW’s Abigail Wilson was in the classroom…</div>
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The group of students in Tuesday’s presentation were both interested in and entertained by Libertarian candidate for governor Keen Umbehr, who, while standing in front of a hastily erased chalkboard, told students how he went from being a trash collector to a battle-hardened attorney. He paced back and forth at the podium as he addressed the class.</div>
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“Now most polls, they don’t include me. They include Brownback and Davis. What kind of legitimate poll is that? What if they just include me and Davis and cut Brownback out--would that be a legitimate poll?" Umbehr asks. "No. We’ve been campaigning for over a year now.”</div>
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“This tax policy the governor has is insidious," he says. "1.4 million people that earn payroll checks are going to pay all the income tax. What’s the Fourteenth Amendment say? Equal protection under the law. Does that sound like equal protection under the law? No."</div>
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Umbehr is running as a conservative Libertarian. He was registered as a Republican until August of last year. A poll released Monday by Rasmussen Reports lists the Kansas election for governor as a toss up and says the race is tighter than it’s been all year. Umbehr’s name was not included in the poll data.</div>
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September 24, 2014</div>
<strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">President Obama starts another war in
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President Barack Obama has taken the United States to war, now in Syria and
Iraq, in violation of the U.S. Constitution — just as he did in Libya in 2011.<br />
"Whatever differences they may claim, Democratic and Republican
politicians are aligned when it comes to foreign meddling," said Nicholas
Sarwark, chair of the Libertarian National Committee. "President Barack
Obama and former President George W. Bush both resort to war in the end."<br />
The president cites the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force to justify
dropping bombs 13 years later. But its approval by Congress applied only to
nations or groups that "planned, authorized, committed or aided" the
9/11 attacks. The Islamic State (IS) did not exist in 2001 and is an enemy of
al Qaeda.<br />
Even if the AUMF could be applied, the Constitution requires that Congress
vote specifically on a declaration of war before engaging in military action.
For the same reason, the 2002 Iraqi War was also illegal.<br />
Last week, congressmen and women refused to vote on a war declaration.
Instead they authorized funding to arm and train "appropriately
vetted" Syrian fighters.<br />
"This is wildly reckless and irresponsible," said Sarwark.
"The old parties in Congress just spent $20 billion arming and training
Iraqi soldiers, only to see U.S. military weapons land in the hands of the
Islamic State. This new measure could end up arming future enemies in Syria as
well."<br />
Obama has admitted that IS presents no immediate threat to the United
States.<br />
"The bigger threat is endless war and a heightened risk of terrorist
attacks on U.S. citizens as a result of military intervention," Sarwark
said.<br />
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Libertarian poll numbers across the country continue to raise the hackles of
the old parties — and they're running scared.<br />
Now they're fighting dirty.<br />
As your chair, I'm committed that when the Libertarian Party puts a
candidate on the ballot, we'll follow through to keep them on the ballot. And
if our opponents cheat, we're going to fight back — and fight back hard.<br />
In New York, we're mounting a legal defense to keep Libertarian Gigi Bowman
on the ballot.<br />
In Illinois, we fought back frivolous challenges from Republicans to keep
our slate of candidates on the ballot.<br />
And now they're fighting us in Kentucky.<br />
Our opponents are violating the law to exclude David Patterson, Libertarian
candidate for Senate, from appearing in a televised debate in the
highest-profile Senate race in the country. He's up against a Democrat and
Kentucky Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.<br />
I won't go into details, but there are some "smoking guns" in this
case that show they're breaking the law to suppress our candidate.<br />
We must file a lawsuit immediately. This could have ramifications to all our
candidates who are being excluded from debates.<br />
We can expose their dishonest and underhanded maneuvers. But I can't do it
without your help.<br />
Our <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=468031&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Flegal%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20140922%2BLP%2BLegal%2BOffense%2BFund">Legal
Offense Fund</a> is down to only $2,000. The lawsuit in Kentucky is going to
cost $9,000.<br />
I will not spend money we don't have. If you want to see us in this fight —
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P.S. — We had a wonderful grand opening of the Libertarian Party's national
headquarters this past weekend. Our party is here to stay, and the headquarters
is a concrete sign of that. We've sent a message to the old parties, and
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September 15, 2014</div>
<strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Libertarian candidates for federal
office pledge to downsize Big Government</span></strong><br />
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of Libertarian candidates running for federal office in November have taken
bold pledges, <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59130583&msgid=466691&act=GOV7&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2F2014-libertarian-federal-candidate-pledges%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20140915%2BGENPR%2BCandidate%2BPledges">posted
at the LP.org website</a>, to downsize the bloated federal government:<br />
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the federal income tax</a><o:p></o:p></li>
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the War on Drugs</a><o:p></o:p></li>
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the NSA</a><o:p></o:p></li>
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military spending by 60%</a><o:p></o:p></li>
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Each web page lists the many benefits of these measures.<br />
"Libertarian candidates far outshine their old-party rivals who want to
keep government big and grow it bigger," said Nicholas Sarwark, chair of
the Libertarian National Committee. "They're rattling the cages of Big
Government and offering voters bold policy changes that will create jobs,
foster peace, and improve the standard of living of all Americans."<br />
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Shawn Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599188340411457133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002364592833131634.post-44298146971433722612014-09-10T19:00:00.000-05:002014-09-10T19:00:04.541-05:00From The Hays Daily News<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Kansas does not have two political parties. In Kansas, there are three.</div>
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Keen Umbehr is on the ballot as the Libertarian candidate for governor of Kansas. Registered voters who know the political philosophy of Libertarianism know it is the logical alternative to the "same-old-same-old" being offered by the Democrat and Republican candidates.</div>
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If more citizens of the Free State knew what Libertarianism stands for, they would leave the Republican and Democrat parties to vote Libertarian. But the word has yet to get out about Libertarianism, and there is a general apathy regarding a third party.</div>
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There also is fear a third-party candidate could pull votes away from a main-party candidate, resulting in the "greater of two evils" getting elected. This is a legitimate concern, which is why the vote must be so heavy in favor of the third-party candidate that the victory is a landslide.</div>
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Why settle for a lesser evil when you can get a greater good? What is especially good about Libertarianism is the ruling over us Free-Staters is kept to a minimum, for the very name of that political philosophy conveys the concept of "Liberty."</div>
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Unfortunately, also in that name can be some confusion with the term "liberal," which Libertarianism definitely is not. Those who are conservative but confuse Libertarianism with liberalism won't vote for the very candidate who is anything but liberal. They believe they are stuck with the Republican candidate when Umbehr is there on the ballot as the Libertarian.</div>
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I was a conservative Republican until I studied the matter. I'm voting for Umbehr, the Libertarian.</div>
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