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Madville Times latest conspiracy theory: Northern Beef Scandal caused by "fundamentalist religion"

Cory Heidelberger has a post on the Northern Beef scandal where I found this comment:

When you have an Attorney-General more concerned with sweeping the misdeeds of his fellow party members under the rug than actually conducting legitimate investigations of serious misconduct, this is what you get.
South Dakotans, by and large, are happy to have bad news just go away, with any flimsy excuse for dismissal sufficient to their needs. It's why we are so comfortable with a one-party state and fundamentalist religion.

That was made by "toclayco". Cory attacked Pat Powers for allowing anonymous comments and have deleted comments I made on his web site in the past because they were considered conspiracy theories. Anybody believe the totalitarian will delete the anonymous conspiracy theory? Of course there is the argument that RINOs, that wear the cloak of Christian conservative, give both conservatives and Christians a bad rap that is false. The RINO's ways are more in line with an atheist liberal Democrat.

 

So why did Dan Lederman scrub the Rounds butt kissing off his web site?

Cory Heidelberger made a couple of observations regarding Dan Lederman's support of Mike Rounds. One was his lack of recent campaign contributions, which Pat Powers help Lederman explain. Here is Cory's second point:

When Rounds announced his exploratory committee in September 2012, Rushmore PAC burst with excitement and photos of their man for Senate. Of course, Rounds's Peter Norbeck PAC gave Lederman's Rushmore PAC $2000 in August, 2012, so how could Lederman not be excited? Lederman's PAC also shared the joy of Rounds's official campaign announcement at the end of November, 2012.

But this morning when I search the Rushmore PAC website for "Mike Rounds," I find nothing. The three breathless September 2012 articles are gone.

Lederman was able to explain one point, but why has he yet to explain the second point? Could it have anything to do with his retaliatory attacks toward Mike Rounds' primary opponent?

 

GOP Establishment attacking traditional conservatives at the national level and also here in South Dakota

I saw this coming a while back:

After years of placating conservative groups that repeatedly undermined his agenda, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) took direct aim at some of his tea party critics Thursday, accusing them of working against the interests of the Republican Party.

Calling the groups “misleading” and without “credibility,” Boehner pointed to the string of bipartisan deals that passed the House on its last legislative day of 2013 as the sort of “common ground” that should provide a new path for congressional work.

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With his assault on outside groups that have opposed him time and again over the past three years, Boehner gave voice to a growing feeling among congressional Republicans that their nominal allies at advocacy groups and think tanks have turned into puritanical partisans whose posture on many issues has undermined the GOP’s standing on Capitol Hill. Boehner’s remarks came amid increasingly strident clashes between establishment Republicans and Washington-based groups that claim the tea party banner, most prominently Heritage Action for America, the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks.

The Mitchell Daily Republic ran an editorial backing the GOP Establishment. (Link not available at the time this post was written) The GOP tent is not big enough for those who believe that the Constitution of the United States is more important than continuing to go down the path where the national debt will destroy America. Reversing directions is simply not an option any more. Moving ahead with Big Government in partnerships with BIg Business is the agenda for both Demcoratic and Republcian parties, with the mainstream media providing the propaganda designed to deceive most Americas. So we now have the media celebrating the work of Establishment Democrats and Establishment Republicans feeding us money borrowed from future generations, that is if the children will have much of a future.

Those of us who have seen the fur under the wool coat are causing too much trouble with our outspoken ways that issue warning calls to the general public. And the same thing is happening at a state level right here in South Dakota. Dakota War College, the SDGOP Establishment's mainstream self-proclaimed "journalist" blog has the story of the SDGOP's reaction to those who would dare tell South Dakotans the truth about what goes on in Pierre:

Dan Lederman was talking about this week’s letter from Judge Foley,at the home website of his PAC, Rushmore PAC, and putting Stace Nelson on notice that there is “no more hiding

Pat Powers is pointing us to Senator Dan Lederman pulling a John Boehner:

We won in the criminal case. Those acting illegally in the shadows can no longer hide.And the larger civil case against the robocallers is looming, and will becoming much more active in coming months.

Rushmore PAC was drug into the criminal matter because of our civil action against Willard and his unindicted co-conspirator, US Senate Candidate Stace Nelson.  And we’re ready to fight!

Willard was found guilty. But US Senate Candidate Stace Nelson has so far managed to avoid being held accountable for his role. Rushmore PAC has stepped in to demand the real story behind the anonymous attacks which violated South Dakota campaign laws.

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Our court action will finally force Nelson to testify, under oath, as to his role in the anonymous attacks and campaign finance fiasco.

We here at the Rushmore PAC believe that voters need to educate themselves and to be very wary of candidates who won’t play by the rules for lower level state legislative races. Because if they can’t play by the rules in Pierre, how are they going to behave in Washington?

So Lederman admits that the purpose of the civil suit is to attack the true conservative opponent who is running against their crowned Establishment candidate, former governor Mike Rounds. Second, it appears that there is selective justice in the 49th most corrupt state. I say that because there were many other campaign law violations last year:

Almost 30 candidates for the South Dakota Legislature have no campaign finance reports on the secretary of state's website a week after the submission deadline and just days before Tuesday's election.

And the Secretary of State responds with this:

Candidates are required to submit reports of the donations they receive and how they spend that money before each election. Legislative candidates in competitive primaries had until 5 p.m. on May 25 to submit their campaign finance reports to the secretary of state.

Gant said candidates not filing on time "is a problem that we've had for a number of years." He can fine candidates $50 for every day their campaign finance report is late, but he does not plan to fine candidates whose reports trickle in over the next few days.

So we do have a lot of campaign law violations in South Dakota's "lower level state legislative races" over the years, but Lederman and his fellow SDGOP Establishment types decide to after Stace Nelson. So the SDGOP Establishment members who are running the 49th most corrupt state, are picking and choosing who to prosecute. And if that is not enough, this year Senator Lederman was also reported to have some campaign law issues in his war chest:

State investigators are looking at whether campaign finance laws or other laws were crossed by a former member of the South Dakota Attorney General’s staff regarding a telephone company’s business practices and legal ability to operate in South Dakota.

Attorney Scott Swier, of Avon, represents Native American Telecom. The company is accused of improper business practices by another company before the state Public Utilities Commission.

Native American Telecom serves as a source of revenue for Free Conferencing Corp., based in Long Beach, Calif.

Free Conferencing gave $16,500 to Swier last year to distribute as campaign contributions to legislators and legislative candidates.

Swier formed a political action committee to make the donations.

The PAC’s only source of money was the company.

State law prohibits direct donations from businesses and other organizations to candidates. State law restricts the maximum donation from an organization to a PAC to $10,000 in one year.

One of the PAC’s contributions went to state Sen. Dan Lederman, R-Dakota Dunes. His re-election campaign received $1,000 from it.

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State Sen. Dan Lederman said he doesn’t think there’s news in the money his campaign and his political action committee received last year from the South Dakota Telecommunications PAC.

Asked why he and two other senators were the only ones to get $1,000 campaign contributions (see list), while many others received smaller amounts, Lederman said: “I don’t know why they decided to pick us.”

Here is a link to more campaign finance issues involving Lederman.

Picking and choosing who to prosecute and who not to is bad enough, but how about the idea of using laws that violate the Constitution? Anonymous speech is protected by the First Amendment, and here is why:

Many people don't want the things they say online to be connected with their offline identities. They may be concerned about political or economic retribution harassment or even threats to their lives. Whistleblowers report news that companies and governments would prefer to suppress; human rights workers struggle against repressive governments; parents try to create a safe way for children to explore; victims of domestic violence attempt to rebuild their lives where abusers cannot follow.

Instead of using their true names to communicate these people choose to speak using pseudonyms (assumed names) or anonymously (no name at all). For these individuals and the organizations that support them secure anonymity is critical. It may literally save lives.

Anonymous communications have an important place in our political and social discourse. The Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that the right to anonymous free speech is protected by the First Amendment. A much-cited 1995 Supreme Court ruling in McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission reads:

Protections for anonymous speech are vital to democratic discourse. Allowing dissenters to shield their identities frees them to express critical minority views . . . Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. . . . It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation . . . at the hand of an intolerant society.

The tradition of anonymous speech is older than the United States. Founders Alexander Hamilton James Madison and John Jay wrote the Federalist Papers under the pseudonym "Publius " and "the Federal Farmer" spoke up in rebuttal. The US Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized rights to speak anonymously derived from the First Amendment.

The right to anonymous speech is also protected well beyond the printed page. Thus in 2002 the Supreme Court struck down a law requiring proselytizers to register their true names with the Mayor's office before going door-to-door.

Clearly Lederman and the rest of the SDGOP Establishment, who have a solid majority, are using South Dakota's campaign laws to uncover the identities of anonymous speech in order to punish them. And "them" being what is now a persecuted minority...those conservatives who still believe in the fundamental principles of the Constitution.

Just this month, Michigan dealt with the issue of Robo calls and protecting anonymous speech:

The other new transparency measure should receive cheers all around.  Michigan is finally forcing disclosure of the much-hated “robocalls.” Candidates have used these for years to start rumors about their opponents, without you ever knowing where the story originated.   Now organizations will have to put their name on their work.

In addition to the new accountability measures, SB 661 increases the amount we are allowed to donate to campaigns and causes in which we believe.  Michigan’s limits haven’t been updated in almost 40 years, and we are far behind the national average. Our state is long overdue for a more modern system.

Not everyone chooses to donate to a campaign, and even fewer choose to donate the maximum amount allowed. But it is our right as Americans to participate in the political process as much as we like and speak our mind without government limitations. We deserve the freedom this bill offers.

The bill also defends our right to speak out for and against specific issues without the fear of payback or retribution. Anonymous “issue ads” are an American tradition stretching all the way back to the anonymously written Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers. Without them, many of us would never feel comfortable exercising our right to free speech because of the fear of intimidation.

I have not listened to the South Dakota robo calls the Williard was convicted on, but my understanding is the calls' content were about exposing the legislative voting records in regard to veteran issues. If that is the case, then the calls should have been protected by the constitution. If they were simply attacking the families of political opponents for being a bunch of hillbillies who practise incest, then that would be a different argument.

Iraqi war veteran Joel Arends, who is the attorney representing the SDGOP Establishment, seems to be confused:

 “These guys all think they’re tough guys when they hide behind these anonymous attacks, but when you call them out on it ... what we saw is how desperate these guys were to cover their own asses and exact revenge on their political opponents,” Arends said.

No it is the SDGOP Establishment who is attacking whistleblowers. Arends turned his back on fellow veterans and their First Amendment rights to anonymously expose the voting records of legislators in regard to veteran issues, so that he can gain brownies points with the SDGOP Establishment who has led South Dakota to next to last when it comes to fighting corruption in government. He not only defends the current governmental system, but he is now one of the SDGOP Establishment's foot soldiers sent out to attack those citizens who would dare hold legislators accountable, which is one of the areas that South Dakota gets and "F". Looks like the SDGOP Establishment is not happy with being the second most corrupt state. They must be looking to be the top dog. And how they are handling the Northern Beef scandal is further proof of that.

And I will end this sad story with what a conservative legislator told me. The SDGOP Establishment advises their legislative memebers not to worry about voting against their constituent wishes, because they won't find out. Now we know the real critieria the SDGOP Establishment uses to decide who gets prosecuted regardless of constitution's First Amendment protection of anonymous whistleblowers.

New World Order explained

I found this helpful in understanding what we are facing today (before you roll your eyes, note that this analysis is based on confirmations from the horse's mouth):

In a recent new article entitled "Thesis x Antithesis = Synthesis", we instructed you that the Masters of the Illuminati concluded that  the Hegelian theory, that "Controlled Conflict Brings About Controlled Change" was the path to achieving the New World Order. Hegel proposed that societies were governed by the following formula:

•   The existence of one type of government or society, named Thesis, would provoke the appearance of the opposite of that type of government or society, which Hegel named Antithesis.
•   Thesis and Antithesis would naturally begin to battle one another, since they were exactly opposite systems and, therefore, would see matters differently.
•   If Thesis and Antithesis battled each other for a long period of time, with neither side annihilating the other, that battling would result in both sides changing to a hybrid system of government and society, which Hegel called Synthesis.

A constant battling, or threat of battling, was the key. 

Now, in the early 1800's, the Illuminati faced a problem. They were living in the Thesis system, where governments were either Monarchy or Democracy, economies were Free Enterprise, and religion was Christian. The new Synthesis system they so desperately wanted to achieve, which they called the New World Order, was a government ruled by an absolute dictator, an economy which was Fascist, and   a religion that was Occultic, i.e., Satanic. What they were missing was the Antithesis system, which, according to Hegel, was to be exactly opposite Thesis. After waiting for two decades to see if an opposite system would arise naturally, the Illuminati decided to create the Antithesis. In 1848, "a highly select body of secret initiates who called themselves the League of Twelve Just Men of the Illuminati, financed Karl Marx to write the Communist Manifesto"   ("The Broken Cross: Hidden Hand In the Vatican", pp.16)

Thus, the Communist Manifesto theoretically created the Antithesis System to the Thesis.  Its government was not a democracy or a Monarchy, but was a "Dictatorship of the Proletariat".  Its economy was not Free Enterprise -- where private individuals owned both the raw materials and the Means of Production, the factories -- but was communally owned [hence the name, Communism].  Finally, the religion of the Antithesis was Atheistic, which was the exact opposite of Christianity, which starts with a belief in the Triune Godhead.

The only thing now lacking was to select the "lucky" country which was to be the one in which this Communist government was to be established.  Evidently, the supernatural, demonic vision given Albert Pike in 1870, was responsible for the Illuminati selecting Russia to be that country.  Perhaps the demon who gave Pike the vision knew God's prophecy in Ezekiel 38-39, which foretold of a Russian led invasion of Israel in "the latter days".  Or, to put it more succinctly, God's power forced Satan to select Russia to be the recipient of the new Antithesis government, now called Communism!

At this point, I encourage you to reread  "Thesis x Antithesis = Synthesis" carefully, because it gives much background material for which I simply do not have the space here to repeat.

Once Russia was Communist, the next phase of the plan was introduced. This phase calls for the threat of conflict between America and Russia, with no side militarily defeating the other.  Thus, after World War II, with Russia being built up as a superpower because of World War II aid, the peoples of the world were subjected to one crisis after another between American and Russia.  As a result of 40+ years of planned conflict between Thesis (America) and Anti-Thesis (Russia), the time has now come for the planned merger into the new Synthesis, the New World Order.  All along, the leaders of Communism have been participants in the Plan to create the New World Order.  They have been loyal soldiers to this cause, along with Western Capitalists and Western political leaders.  Gorbachev's statement [in NEWS1007] so very clearly reveals the truth of this scenario.  The Masters of the Illuminati, working with Western Capitalists, created Communism, and they think they still control it.

Does Representative Mike Verchio really care about truth?

Representative Mike Verchio left this comment on a post where I mentioned Representive Kathy Tyler's mission to conduct a forensic audit on the Northern Beef scandal:

In search of the truth ? I think not . Rumors & innuendo yes .

That was a shot at me.

Cory Heidelberger provides us with the list of 19 Democrats and only 3 Republicans who signed the petition to conduct the forensic audit and Verchio is not on the list. So much for Verchio's effort to search for the truth. And how do you know it is rumor and innuendo if you don't know the truth? Looks like Verchio is in with the SDGOP Establishment who believe a corrupt and immoral new world order is needed for the sake of economic development.

Pat Powers, Bob Mercer, and Cory Heidelberger join together to say: To keep our children in South Dakota we need to sell our souls to the devil

Before I get into this, I want to make it clear that I do not believe the three portrayed here are purposely promoting Satan's plan. I intend this to give them and the rest of us something to think about and pause for cause before we continue to move forward with the current global agenda.

In today's Mitchell Paper, Pat Powers argued to some degree that we should keep our corrupted economic system because we need it for our children:

Aside from being transferred to the state as a member of federal law enforcement, for what other reasons should people who grew up in vastly alien environments come here?

They would come here for opportunities. For a better way of life. They would come here for reasons besides our “mild weather and urban nightlife.” They would come here for jobs and an environment in which they could follow their dreams. All they need is fertile planting soil for those dreams.

I bring this up as Gov. Dennis Daugaard was out in Rapid City recently talking about economic development and what the state is doing to attract jobs and people to this state.

Daugaard spoke on programs such as the New South Dakotans initiative and how state government can partner with private development firms in economic development projects.

Some projects have met with wild success, some with mild success and some have fallen short. Some, as in the attempt to lure foreign investment through the EB-5 program, have come under criticism, and unfortunately at times, wild-eyed Internet conspiracy theories that Chinese communists are trying to take over the country.

So there is the corruption, and now comes the children part:

But the payoffs — and there is a proven track record of them — are jobs, growing communities and the opportunity to give our children a solid reason to stay in South Dakota.

On Monday, Bob Mercer argued that for the sake of our children and economic development, South Dakota needs to embrace immorality:

We sent the world quite a message with Joan Jett.

We could have promoted South Dakota as a place of tolerance and inclusion.

We could have said, “She doesn’t eat meat, but we grow great food period in South Dakota. Rock on!”

Instead, we forced her off South Dakota’s float in the Thanksgiving Day parade.

And then we got played as hicks again.

So Mercer believes those South Dakotans who want to preserve traditional values are hicks. Like Pat Powers, Mercer makes it an economic issue:

We’re headed toward a generational cliff. We don’t have enough young people to replace the retiring people.

That’s especially true in the ranks of professionals and craftsmen who make our economy go.

Mercer was very explicit about accepting immorality:

Other states legalize gay marriage. I struggle to understand that desire. I also struggle to understand why South Dakota allows marriage only between a man and a woman.

We’re a long way from New Hampshire and “Live Free or Die.”

Think about what we’re saying. South Dakota is polarized and closed. And we’re not even talking weather.

We should not be surprised that Cory Heidelberger is in complete agreement with Mercer on this one:

Critiquing South Dakota doesn't revoke your South Dakota press pass or passport. Critiquing South Dakota is a good South Dakota journalist's duty, to help us make South Dakota even better.

So there apprears to be a common theme where us old fashioned hicks need to give up on right and wrong and be tolerant and inclusive so that the kids will stick around and grow the economy. What most don't understand it that the three arepromoting the plan to force South Dakota into a New Age Theocracy that will usher in the New World Order that will plan and control the global economy. This explains Mercer's and Cory's argument that us hicks need to give up on morality and become tolerant and inclusive, in other words..unity:

In a New Age there is no tolerance for true Christianity. Michaelsen says, "In New Age thought traditional Christianity blocks the evolution of the human race, threatening the global unity necessary for racial survival.  "Unity" is the password of the day. Unity at all costs; unity at the expense of truth. Those who stand in the way of "unity" - especially religious unity - are increasingly being viewed with a hostile eye, for these "narrow-minded disrupters" are seen as standing in the way of the establishment of the peace and the very survival of the entire planet. Those people (such as Fundamentalist Christians) who insist on maintaining their "archaic and provincially orthodox" beliefs and literal interpretations of Scripture must either learn to become "open-minded" and blend in or else risk being eliminated -entirely."

As Michaelsen said New Agers find it difficult, if not impossible, to tolerate "narrow minded" people.  You could say that they themselves are somewhat "narrow-minded" about accepting "narrow-minded" people...at which point we might conclude that these "open-minded" people are somewhat less "open-minded" than they would like us to think.  It simply will not do to declare we must all unite in a mutual, open-minded and global love, acceptance, and tolerance of one another while all the while plotting the deliberate and untimely demise of those who don't agree. Their plan to eliminate these Christians will indeed become reality as prophesied in Revelation 13. It is well Biblically prophesied that Christians who refuse "to go along with the program" will be killed during the Tribulation Period. Today's Christians, as often misinterpreted are not against peace, we are all for it.  But we are against the New Age ideas for obtaining it and certainly against their plans for a Luciferic Initiation into their New Age blasphemy nightmare.

Although most New Agers would deny any involvement with Satanism, they are invariably one in the same with many more similarities than differences.

That wazs the immorality part. And here is why we are selling our souls to the devil...to be part of the corrupt global economy:

Indeed, that is their Plan.  But did not the Bible foretell this precise event?  Of course, it did.  Let us quickly review the prophesied Global Economy, and the total control of it, and of its citizens, by the False Prophet, working on behalf of Antichrist.

"And he [False Prophet] causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." {Revelation 13:16-17]

The only way in which no person on Earth could be so restricted in their ability to buy or sell is if the economy was global, if cash had been eliminated, and if the global government was dictatorial.  We are very close to realizing this goal.  However, the global economy has proven to be difficult to achieve, because it calls for a global currency.  Citizens become very attached to their currency, viewing it akin to patriotism for their country.  If you do not believe me, just look at the battle royal being waged in Europe as they are marching toward a single currency by the year 1999.

The New World Order Plan has an ace in their sleeve, however, and if it is properly played, they can finally achieve their goal of a global economy.  This ace in their sleeve is that they control the money supply and the interest rates of each of the economies of the Western World.  Thus, they can create wealth and destroy wealth more easily than you can imagine. Also, since their people also control the governments of all the nations of the Western World, they can also control the spending and taxation of all the nations.

And this is how the sad plan will play out:

Yet, the New World Order Plan calls for all this to come crashing down.  This planned crash will accomplish several things:  1)  Aid Antichrist in his rise to power, and his consolidation of his power; 2) Destroy all the economies of the Western nations, so that one global economy can replace the many that fell;  3)  Destroy the currencies of all the nations of the world, so that one global currency can replace the many currencies that have been ruined; 4)  Undermine the confidence of the citizens of all the developed nations, in their own leaders and their own economies, so that the transition to the New World Order will be more easily accomplished.

We will show you that this Plan is very near completion.  We will show you that the leaders of our government, including the Federal Reserve Board, have deliberately "tinkered" with our economy so completely that it will soon fail, just as a high performance engine would fail if an extremely good mechanic were to sabotage it.  Finally, you will see that this sabotage was done in such a way that, when it happens, no one will think to blame the very leaders they have been trusting for such a long time.  Thus, the New World Order maxim will hold true:  "Create the problem, then step in with the solution to it, and the people will beg you to rule over them."!!

I have one more prediction. Cory Heidelberger, Pat Powers, and Bob Mercer will all three dismiss this post as a conspiracy theory, since they lack discernment, and the Mitchell Paper will continue to publish their political propaganda that leads South Dakotans to the idea that we need to sell our souls to the devil, for the sake of keeping the children in South Dakota. Instead, why not preserve South Dakota's traditional values so that there is a place for people to come to where they don't have to sell their souls to the devil? So what if we are not as wealthy as the largely unhappy, life in the fast lane folks in America's urban areas.

Stay tuned as I explain how the education system has transformed the children's worldview so they would accept immorality and then go along with "The Plan".

Cory Heidelberger vs Pat Powers, has the truth suffered due to their fight over popularity and money?

On December 15 Pat Powers puts up a post bragging about his website's popularity:

Our previous high had been in October 2010 – right before the 2010 election, with 46,709 unique visitors, and 127,159 page views or hits. Just this past October 2013, in a non-election year, we beat the pants off of that number 61,487 unique visitors and 135,304 page views.

Considering that readers spend an average 14 minutes at a time reading according to Google analytics, I’m very, very impressed.

Not to be out done, one day later Cory Heidelberger puts up a post showing his numbers are higher and concludes with this:

• South Dakota readers know quality when they see it. Thank you.
• By the numbers, South Dakota's #1 political website is the Madville Times. Thank you.
• Advertisers, if you're spending money on Dakota War College, you could spend the same money here and get more eyeballs. Thank you... in advance!

Sadly, the two political activists are willing to sacrifice the truth in order to worship popularity and money. And sadly, most people don't want the truth, and instead enjoy being entertained with half-truths. For example, one of Cory's Kool-aid drinkers, an anonymous person who goes by "Jana", leaves this comment:

He is nothing but a purveyor of the 'cool girl' GOP platitudes.  Go outside the thinking of the 'cool girl' clique and pay the price.

You want substance...sorry...the moose out front should have told you we were closed to anything but petty comments.

The former War College spends more time deleting comments and re-posting press releases than adding to the discourse that a healthy political discussion deserves.

That sparked this comment from anonymous Kool-aid drinker who goes by "Jim":

One thing that separates Madville from the once proud DWC besides the far superior writing found at madville, is the comment policy.  PP's decision to censor and delete, yet still allow numerous anonymous comments has turned his comment section into a largely schizophrenic echo chamber.  Some people do post with names or handles at DWC, but at Madville that is the rule rather than the exception.  The result is that Madville has developed more interesting and engaging comment threads.

Don't know who Jana and Jim are, but they are spreading half-truths that are misleading. To say Cory is better than Pat because Powers deletes comments ignores a very important truth...Cory does not allow me to comment at Madville Times, while Pat Powers is letting me comment at his website. Pat Powers still provide links to posts like this one, whereas Cory has chosen not to let his Kool-aid drinkers know about my take on things. And the reason is that I "go outside the thinking of the 'cool girl' cligue". So I paid the price of banishment from Madville with Cory blaming me for things that Cory himself is doing, inventing "conspiracy theories". [And to be honest, Pat Powers also uses the trick of marginalizing others with accusations that their positions are simple "conspiracy theories", as he did in today's Mitchell paper.]Those truths makes their half truths misleading and an example of political propaganda that is all too typical in today's American political discourse. The effort is meant to prevent people from believing the truth that is not kind to their respective political positions.

Cory and Pat are fighting over who has the number South Dakota Political Blog. They are doing that so they can attract advertising dollars. Sad that they have chosen to sacrifice truth for popularity and money. But that is the standard pragmatic worldview that you will find in today's American political arena. I will continue to accept being unpopular and not play the game of pragmatism where being popular means leaving out the ugly truths.

Cory Heidelberger's narrow mind focuses on a conspiracy theory involving a secret society: ALEC

Before I get into the details here, let me say some things up front. Number one, I too have issues with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Number two, the issues I have with ALEC carry over into the Council of State Governments (CSG) and the National Governors Association (NGA) (who have a copyright on Common Core standards). Number three, I believe South Dakota should not be funding memberships in any of these NGOs, including the National Governors Association. I have testified to that position last legislative session during a Senate Taxation committee hearing that involved the CSG. With that said, here is the latest from Cory Heidelberger regarded ALEC:

Hey, remember those leaked documents from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) that The Guardian posted a couple weeks ago? 

The Guardian link provides this:

The Guardian has learned that the American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec), which shapes and promotes legislation at state level across the US, has identified more than 40 lapsed corporate members it wants to attract back into the fold under a scheme referred to in its documents as the "Prodigal Son Project".

The target firms include commercial giants such as Amazon, Coca-Cola, General Electric, Kraft, McDonald's and Walmart, all of which cut ties with the group following the furore over the killing of the unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida in February 2012.

Alec was embroiled in the controversy surrounding Florida's 2005 "stand-your-ground" law under which George Zimmerman, the neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot and killed the 17-year-old Martin, initially claimed self-defence. The Florida law was picked up by Alec, and, working in partnership with the National Rifle Association, used as a template for one of its "model bills", which was then taken up by other states across the country.

What you don't hear from the narrow minded Cory Heidelberger is that the Council of State Governments does the same thing that ALEC does:

The National Rifle Association (NRA), the most powerful lobbying force in the United Statess, is now notorious for its role in the promotion of ALEC's Castle Doctrine bill, which codified the conditions that helped lead to the murder of Trayvon Martin in February 2012. A little-known fact is that the NRA also played a role in promoting a slightly tamer - and much less controversial - pro-gun model through CSG.

According to a 2010 Associated Press report, the NRA-endorsed CSG model, titled "Preserving Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Motor Vehicles," includes a measure based on a 2008 Florida law that says employers shall not prohibit workers from storing guns in cars parked in company lots. "The law has also been also been enacted in Arizona, Louisiana and Utah, according to the AP.

Yes the CSG is one of the other ALECs:

If Washington DC is the new Versailles, run by corporate overlords and their lobbyist-hired guns, then the 50 statehouses are its paternal twins. That is, while they look different in form, they share the same genetic function as avenues for the fulfillment of the corporate agenda.

The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has made this abundantly clear through its ongoing ALEC Exposed project, bringing sunshine to the tax-deductible, statehouse-level influence-peddling efforts made by corporations through the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC has been described by CMD as a "corporate bill mill." (Full disclosure: Steve Horn is a former reporter and researcher at CMD. He was on the team that broke ALEC Exposed in the summer of 2011.)

ALEC, though, is not the only "corporate bill mill" playing this game.

"Taxpayer-subsidized stealth lobbyists" have upped the ante and skillfully advanced their agendas through bipartisan "trade associations" for state government officials - in particular, the Council of State Governments(CSG) whose multimillion-dollar budget is mostly funded by taxpayers. Through CSG and Friends, lobbyists exploit a well-tethered network of nonprofits representing state-level officials to advance the agenda of their corporate clientele.

Heidelberger issued this complaint regarding ALEC:

But South Dakota' and Iowa's legislatures are listed as having 100% ALEC membership.

Every South Dakota legislator is a member of ALEC? Rep. Sue Wismer? Rep. Bernie Hunhoff? Sen. Angie Buhl O'Donnell? Democrats? You've got to be kidding me.

Not even all Republicans are ALEC members. Rambunctious Rep. Stace Nelson has said he quit ALEC after his freshman year.

The Republican leadership of the South Dakota Legislature passed a really unpopular rule this year to use taxpayer dollars to fund ALEC memberships. It seems an absurd waste of money to use public dollars to buy memberships in an organization for folks who have no desire t be part of that organization, but ALEC appears to be saying that our GOP leaders did exactly that.

CSG wears that same shoe:

ALEC is far and away the most well known of the consortium of 501(c)(3) organizations that allow corporate influence to seep into every facet of state-level government affairs. CSG, on the other hand, is not so well known.

Upon being sworn into office, all state-level legislators (there are about 7,500 of them total), as well as their respective legislative staffs, automatically become CSG members. The organization's membership also includes representatives from the executive and judicial branches of state governments.

Between 2009 and 2011, CSG's Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 990 forms indicate revenue between $29 and $34 million annually. While most of its sizable budget is covered by taxpayers, some 43 percent - or roughly between $12.5 and 14.6 million, according to its web site; another 29 percent - or almost $8.4 to $9.9 million of these funds - come from what it describes as "entrepreneurial efforts" which can be loosely interpreted to mean anything from publication sales to a sizable chunk from corporate patronage.

Some perspective is warranted: 990s filed by ALEC in 2010 placed its entire budget at just under $6 million.

"CSG has long believed private sector involvement in the American governance system is critical in formulating sound solutions to public policy challenges," reads the web page for the organization's private enterprise Associates Program. The page also explains a range of benefits special interest groups will receive for annual dues of $6,000.

Many corporations spend additional money sponsoring leadership trainings and conferences.

And if we want to point fingers at who started it first, CSG is the guilty one:

ALEC has recently taken the hot seat for many of its model bills and for its lobbyist-politician "dating service" process. Yet the idea behind the ALEC model legislation process was, to be clear, originally conceived by CSG, which was founded in 1933. ALEC was born 40 years later, in 1973.

To date, CSG is responsible for publishing between 30-40 model bills annually, in a process called Suggested State Legislation (SSL). These bills are distributed to the states as templates of bipartisan "best practices" often promoting the agendas of multinational corporations.

Here is another reason Cory should be paranoid about CSG:

But ALEC is not the only organization using model bills to push the corporate-friendly education agenda in the states. Rather, a few corporate-funded "Groups," or "Other ALECs," significantly influence education policy in every statehouse nationally. Aside from ALEC, the most influential Groups are two bipartisan trade associations, the Council of State Governments (CSG) and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

These entities ensure that teacher-blaming and union-busting policies constitute the "reform" agenda in the vast majority of states. Dozens of reports of cuts to states' education budgets [Did Daugaard and Rounds get that idea from teh CSG and/or NGA?]accompanied by privatization campaigns demonstrate the effectiveness of this coordinated attack on public education.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 34 states and the District of Columbia cut education funding between 2008-2011. For public schools, the financial situation is indeed dire and has worsened in the wake of the 2008 economic crash. The Groups have used the crisis to accelerate the implementation of so-called "reform" policies.

"Eighty-four percent of school districts describe their funding as inadequate and the number of teachers laid off since the economic crisis began is likely to top three hundred thousand without federal assistance to the states," wrote Gillian Russom in the newly released book, "Education and Capitalism."

Cory Heidelberger needs to understand that Daugaard's education ideas are model bills coming out of the CSG and the NGA. But Cory saves his paranoia for ALEC, a secret society:

It seems an odd claim for ALEC to make... but note that this chart comes from the same packet that included the purported loyalty oath that ALEC considered having its state chairs swear to demonstrate their loyalty to ALEC über alles, an oath that the ALEC bosses ultimately did not approve. That's the problem with having a secret group exert such influence over legislative affairs: we can't get hard confirmation of their activities.

Well Cory, here are those ALWEC activities and those of CSG:

In Part Two of this series we described a "corporate playbook" for influencing state-level legislation through nonprofit organizations like ALEC and CSG. As a reminder, the playbook works approximately like this (with variants depending on the group):

1. Donate to a "Group" (like CSG and/or ALEC), thus gaining access to the Groups' legislative membership.
2. Use corporate money to get lobbyists on boards and task forces associated with the Group.
3. Use lobbyists' positions on the task forces to set the education agenda for these Groups. Groups are where state-level legislators receive most of their job training.
4. Use free time at educational events to "schmooze" powerful legislative leaders.
5. Write, introduce and influence the passage of business-friendly model legislation through CSG and ALEC.
6. Lobby your model bills into enactments in as many states as possible. 

This playbook process describes how state-level education policy is shaped by corporate America.

Most major Groups' education platforms reflect some aspect of the big-business model for education.

For instance, CSG seeks to build a "culture of entrepreneurship" and create a "skilled workforce" ready for 21st-century labor tasks. The NCSL Education Task Force promotes "flexibility," charter schools and "common academic standards" based on testing. ALEC's education task force promotes "efficiency" and "parental choice" in schools.

Sarah Knopp, a high school teacher of economics and an activist in her union in Los Angeles, told Truthout that these new policies pushed by the Groups "reflect both a restructuring of education and a continuation of the past."

Public education has always been a "sorting ground" for the next generation of workers.

"Around the time of WWII, when mass participation in industrial manufacturing became the norm, high schools began to resemble factories," she explained. "And now we're going through another shift that nevertheless maintains the same basic goal - conditioning the behavior of students and preparing them for today's economic hierarchy."

Sounds a lot like today's Common Core Agenda doesnt it? Since Cory is may now understand that conspiracy theories are actually movements, lets shed some light on the system used in America by those who are part of a global movement to control us at state and local levels:

When the Spelman Fund, a Rockefeller family trust, funded the Council of State Governments (CSG) in 1934 -- a few years before the Rockefeller founding and funding of the Public Administration Clearing House at 1313 East 60^th Street in Chicago -- there began a concerted effort to influence and control the legislatures of the several states united under the constitution. Ultimately, the influence and control spread to nearly every elected office within the states, including -- but not limited to: Township Supervisors, county commissioners, Mayors, Legislators and Governors; from Police Chiefs to Sheriffs to Attorneys General. The CSG has formed nearly 60 adjunct Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's) which sweep up like a vacuum newly elected officials - especially in the local and state governmental offices -- and proceed to indoctrinate them.

Some of the NGO's with which you should become familiar are:

•     National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL)  

•     National Governors Association (NGA)  

•     National (and international) Association of Mayors  

•     National Association of County Commissioners  

•     National Association of Township Supervisors  

•     National (and International) Association of Chiefs of Police  

•     National Association of Attorneys General…

The list goes on. Keep in mind that all of these NGOs were created and are controlled by those who created and control the CSG. Also keep in mind that "he who pays the piper, calls the tune". The payers here are tax-exempt foundations, i.e., Rockefeller, Ford, Carnegie, and the hundreds of foundations created by the "big three" foundations.

This explains why those who wrongly say Common Core is state-led because it was put together by the NGA, who are part of the global corporatist's system of central planning and control:

Most Governors (probably all) are elected by PAC money, contributions from foundations and multi-national corporations. He who pays the piper, calls the tune. They have been groomed for their positions as Governor after stints in other elected positions and proven themselves to be obedient traitors to America. These people do not read history, or they would know that after the world policymakers have used them, they will be shoved down the memory hole of oblivion by the same masters they served so well. The National Governors Association, an important adjunct of the Council of State Government -- and other Governors' associations -- feed them their instructions and the Governors in turn stuff the ordered actions down our throats.

Yes former governor Rounds stuffed Common Core down our throats. And today he has the ability to collect millions in campaign contributions. And how he earn that money? Here is a link to the Common Core resolution Rounds promoted as one of the Presidents of the CGA during their May 2010 economic summitt in New York. How much influence did the corporatists have at that economic summitt? Answer: a tremendous amount of influence.

In November of 2010, Rounds' South Dakota Department of Education conned the South Dakota Board of Education into approving Common Core Standards. I was there telling them not to do it.

So who is leading the corporatist's charge for Common Core? Bill Gates who has a signed a cooperation agreement with UNESCO in 2004 to implement their global education system:

On August 27, 2013, I wrote a post about Bill Gates' financial involvement in advancing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Though CCSS promotes itself as "state led," in my previous post, I showed that all four major organizations responsible for CCSS from inception for its principal development -- the National Governors Association (NGA), the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Achieve, and Student Achievement Partners -- have received in total $147.9 million from Bill Gates for a variety of purposes, $32.8 million of which is expressly earmarked to advance CCSS.

One man is purchasing his view of what American education should be.

This is not democratic. It is horrific.

And it doesn't stop there.

I showed also that other key education organizations have taken millions from Gates in order to promote CCSS, not the least of which are both national teachers' unions, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) ($5.4 million) and the National Education Association (NEA) ($4 million).

Gates has spent much more on CCSS than I have indicated in that previous post. Thus, I have decided to write a series on the groups that have decided to sell America's right to a "free and public" education to this man. The sheer number of states willing to submit to the federal requirement of CCSS inclusion in order to be considered for Obama's and Duncan's Race to the Top funding (not legal) bespeaks the cowering of state departments of education to the Almighty Dollar.

Bill has billions of Almighty Dollars.

And Gates bought off ALEC, who were planning to oppose Common Core:

A decision by the board of directors of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) not to endorse model legislation opposing the so-called Common Core State Standards and testing after its own education task force’s public and private membership twice approved the model legislation is a sad ending to the highly flawed process directed by the organization.

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Just days before the December meeting, the Gates Foundation gave ALEC $376,635 to support education public policy and advocacy efforts.

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The Board voted to remain neutral on the model legislation opposing Common Core. This is the first time we know of that ALEC has not adopted positions approved by issue task forces.

In this case, it did not advance model legislation twice approved by the education task force. “If Common Core were truly a state-led and voluntary initiative there would have been no need to involve the U.S. Department of Education and the various DC-based “reform” groups to coerce states to participate,” said Robert Scott. “It is truly sad that any conservative organization would sanction the violation of federal laws in the name of a deeply flawed nationalizing reform effort.”

So yes Cory Heidelberger, ALEC is controlled by corporate money. They are willing to reject conservative principles for the sake of pragmatism. Sadly many conservaitves are deceived about ALEC's agenda.

Telling Cory that his pragmatism means he has a lot in common with ALEC will get you kicked off his web site. He doesn't like it when you tell him that he is helping implement what he is complaining about.  And another thing that will get you kicked out of the Madville Times is to use the above research to show Cory that his conspiracy theory is not a theory, but is a movement the corporatists are conning us into accepting in order to bring about the NEW WORLD ORDER. Which is not a conspiracy theory, but is found in the Book of Revelation.

What will be even harder for deceived political activitists to understand is the spiritual component and false teachings that Steve HIckey is using to bring pragmatic conservatives, including many pro-family groups who lack discernment, into the fold. The false apostate church is a partner in setting up the one-world politcal system that manages the one-world global economy. Again, that is not a conspiracy theory, that is Biblical prophecy that is being fulfilled today.

And it is the same pragmatic "ends justifies the means" outcome based religion of the emergent church movement that is being used by the outcome based education movement. The latest twist has been added by the Common Core Standards movement along with its data mining where the corporatists will be making huge amounts of money setting up the system that will control us from cradle to grave system, all in the name of workforce development for the global economy. We need to focus on protecting our children and grandchildren from the lies and deceptions that are being stuffed down our throats.

 

Governor Daugaard doesn't get it, the GOED is not fixable

In October we hear this from Governor Daugaard:

“Earlier this year, I became aware of alleged misconduct, prior to my administration, at the economic development office,” Daugaard said in a statement. “I asked the state attorney general to investigate and provided all relevant materials to him. There has also been a federal investigation.”

Now today Bob Mercer is reported this:

Daugaard took office on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. Benda picked up the check at GOED on or about Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, for hand-delivery to Northern Beef, according to Venhuizen. Northern Beef subsequently endorsed the check and deposited the money. Last month, state Attorney General Marty Jackley, in a letter to Daugaard, reported that an investigation discovered $550,000 had been re-directed from Northern Beef to pre-pay EB-5 loan monitoring fees for SDRC.

So the Governor did not know that the $1,000,000 actually did happen under his watch. Prior to this latest revelation the Governor said his:

The Attorney General's letter also discusses the redirection by Northern Beef Packers of $550,000 in Future Fund grant funds for a payment to South Dakota Regional Center for EB-5 loan monitoring in January of 2011, after Richard Benda had left state government and was an employee of SDRC. Because the EB-5 program is a federal program, federal authorities have primary authority to investigate, and the Attorney General continues to assist in that investigation.
 
Members of my administration were briefed in late August about the progress of the Attorney General’s investigation. Based on what was learned from that limited briefing, GOED Commissioner Costello terminated, for cause, the state’s contract with SDRC to administer the federal EB-5 program. I also directed that an independent audit and review of GOED be conducted. As I have said, I have no reason to doubt the integrity of those who work at GOED and I believe this review will demonstrate that they are worthy of the public’s confidence. That review will be made public when it is completed.
 
I was not able, earlier, to disclose that Richard Benda was the target of the investigation, or to discuss any specifics, because the ongoing investigation into his death was potentially intertwined with the investigation into his alleged misconduct. Now that the investigation into Mr. Benda’s death has been concluded, I believe I can now share these details with the public.
 
This is a sad situation. Richard Benda’s death leaves questions that may never be answered.  A betrayal of the public trust can lead to a loss of that trust, and it is a tragedy if the bad actions of an individual lead us to lose confidence in the many public servants who work hard on behalf of their fellow citizens. As Governor, I am going to take this opportunity to make improvements at GOED and do what I can to ensure that it cannot happen again.

So shouldn't the Governor understand that blind trust to a former GOED head was a mistake? And does he really think that the GOED could possibly "only" have had one bad apple? Does the Governor understand that there may be many more of these kind of transactions that he is just as unaware of as he was with the $1,000,000 Future Fund transaction? 

Recently the Governor spoke to the Rapid City Chamber of Commerce:

During a question and answer session, a member of the audience asked whether Daugaard thought the investigations into the EB-5 program have damaged the perception of economic development. 

"I think we're going to wait and see how this all settles out," he said.

The governor spoke to about 150 people at the Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Governor’s Luncheon. Rapid City Mayor Sam Kooiker and Majority Leader Rep. David Lust, attended the luncheon, along with other legislators and community leaders.

Daugaard said the state invested between $2 million and $3 million in grant and loan money in the Northern Beef packing plant in Aberdeen that it did not get back.

But the governor called the shuttered Aberdeen slaughterhouse, an EB-5 project that cost about $100 million, largely from investors, a vital addition to the state despite the fallout over the immigration investment funding.

"I see that plant as a very important move in our economic development efforts," he said, adding later, "having no slaughter plant in South Dakota makes no sense at all."

After the luncheon, Daugaard told the Journal he didn't believe the EB-5 program will cast a pallor over the notion that government can partner with private development firms in economic development projects.

"I'm not worried that we've done anything badly or wrong," he said. 

"Did we get there by the shortest route and the most efficient route?" he added. "Probably not."

Daugaard said, however, that he isn't sure that the EB-5 program should be used to fund new development.

So now we know that the EB-5 program was not the only problem. South Dakota's own Future Fund program was where the $1,000,000 came from. The idea we can continue to have public/private partnerships where blind trust is the basis to send millions of dollars into a nest of potential corruption violates common sense. The GOED is not fixable. So why has Governor Daugaard yet to wake up? Could it be that these economic development programs fuel campaign contributions, and the SDGOP is not ready to cut off the hands that feed them?

The $550,000 Northern Beef transaction took place after Daugaard took office

Bob Mercer has details on the $550,000 transfer of funds from Northern Beef to SDRC:

In December 2010, when Benda knew he wouldn’t be retained by Gov.-elect Dennis Daugaard in the new administration, Benda received approval from Rounds for a $1 million Future Fund grant to Northern Beef. The Future Fund is under the exclusive control of the governor. It is funded through money paid by all businesses that participate in South Dakota’s unemployment insurance program. The agreement letter signed by Rounds and Northern Beef CEO David Palmer became effective Dec. 8, 2010. The letter said the grant would be reimbursement for construction and equipment expenses. Palmer sent an email to Benda on Jan. 5, 2011, requesting payment. The email was accompanied by bank statements, canceled checks and evidence of wire transfers totaling more than $1 million for construction and equipment. The next day, Benda submitted the paperwork for the payment to be made, according to Tony Venhuizen, a spokesman for Gov. Daugaard. “At that time, Benda requested that the state auditor issue a paper check and deliver it to him at GOED,” Venhuizen said. Daugaard took office on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. Benda picked up the check at GOED on or about Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, for hand-delivery to Northern Beef, according to Venhuizen. Northern Beef subsequently endorsed the check and deposited the money. Last month, state Attorney General Marty Jackley, in a letter to Daugaard, reported that an investigation discovered $550,000 had been re-directed from Northern Beef to pre-pay EB-5 loan monitoring fees for SDRC. Rory King, a lawyer for Northern Beef, confirmed Thursday that $550,000 was paid to SDRC. He said the $1 million grant was to reimburse Northern Beef for construction and equipment. That condition was met, he said, and there weren’t any restrictions on Northern Beef’s use of the $1 million. “NBP decided to expend a portion of those funds to discharge a contractual obligation NBP had to its lender to reimburse the lender for the expense of a loan monitor to supervise the expenditure of loan proceeds from the lender,” King said in an email response to a reporter’s questions Thursday. King said the agreement between Northern Beef and its lender, South Dakota Investment Fund (SDIF) Limited Partnership 6, which was managed by Bollen at SDRC, required Northern Beef to pay for its cost in paying the salary of a loan monitor to monitor the SDIF loan proceeds. The monitor, which was Benda, was to remain on site at the Northern Beef project and to make sure the loan funds were spent according to the draw requests, according to King. “This is a very common loan provision in a construction project of this magnitude and a loan of this size — which eventually got up to about $59,000,000. Those loan proceeds were coming to NBP in incremental payments, triggered by draw requests,” King said. He said Northern Beef was advised that SDIF was demanding that Northern Beef deposit, in escrow, funds sufficient to pay the salary of a loan monitor for two years in advance, in the amount of $225,000 per year. Because the reimbursement for the salary of a loan monitor was a contractual obligation of Northern Beef, and because Northern Beef had to comply with its contractual obligations to obtain further loan disbursements from SDIF, the company paid SDIF the sum of $550,000, according to King. King confirmed Benda was the loan monitor and the $225,000 “presumably” was the annual salary. King emphasized Benda was an employee of the loan fund and wasn’t an employee of Northern Beef. Benda’s annual salary as a member of Rounds’ cabinet was $134,698.10 at the time he left state government.

So much for Daugaard's statement that all of this happened before he took office. We also still need to understand that it was Rounds who approved the $1,000,000 Future Fund pay out. The question is, how often does these kind of things happen due to the fascist system of public/private partnerships that are so popular?