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Offline starry-eyed pirate

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Question regarding $tr8's finances
« on: January 27, 2009, 03:14:50 PM »
I have always assumed that the federal gov't, supported $tr8 financially.  Am I wrong about that ??  I wonder how much money came from federal taxpayers.  It couldn't have been all privately/locally funded, could it ??
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Re: Question regarding $tr8's finances
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2009, 07:05:53 PM »
I doubt the Semblers have paid a penny for anything in their miserable life. It would seem logical that since Mel Riddile plugged the program on Capitol Hill in 1983 that he may very well was instrumental in perpetuating a situation where the program gathered funds either directly or indirectly through agencies who were/still are financed by the Feds. Meaning, nowadays it would be like what the ONDCP is doing by supporting drug treatment at PFC and all that jazz. While the Feds may not be directly involved in cash transfers to the program, like Uncle Sam paying for Johnnie to get STRAIGHT or PFC'd, the American citizen taxpayer does fund this program, through its support of government agencies and their mandates, county taxes, etc... at least in Indiana. I think it may be more of a localized issue gathering the cash, but STRAIGHT program has not changed all that much. Sorry for making it out to be today, but over the last several years, I have noticed that PFC operates in an identical fashion to STRAIGHT, with respect to ALL habits, mannerisms, protocols, etc... very predictable and nothing has changed THAT much. So, it's like what you see today was going on back then too, faces are different but the key components are still there. They still use the same tactics to fund raise and it's worse IMO since the Inet is around now and they've snuggled their way between the cracks of the laws that don't yet exist.

One disconcerting thing I am seeing now is that John Boehner the ranking (R) from Ohio and avid KHK Board member/supporter, is pictured sitting 2 places over at the table there at the Obama White House meetings. Jeez. I thought for a small moment that maybe with Obama in there that maybe there was at least One little iota of hope, but whatever...

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Re: Question regarding $tr8's finances
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2009, 08:36:42 AM »
Thanks.  I wonder if you know what percentage of $tr8's budget came from federal coffers.
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Re: Question regarding $tr8's finances
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2009, 09:08:50 AM »
Well, as a matter of fact, no. Where would someone find the financial data to confirm the suspicions of direct government funding to straight? GAO? Good question Starry. I wish you success in your search for answers.
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Re: Question regarding $tr8's finances
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2009, 10:18:35 AM »
Well, for one thing, they received $100,000 in start-up funding right from the Law Enforcement Assistance Agency (LEAA), although I'm sure y'all already know that...

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...Straight was founded in 1976 and needed startup money but it was still too risky to approach NIDA for funds as much had been made in the newspapers about NIDA's relationship to The Seed. It was a certainty that NIDA would have to ask Straight parents and their children to sign human consent forms acknowledging that their kids were participating in a medical experiment. But LEAA had not been setup to fund programs involved in human experimentation. True, LEAA Administrator Santarelli had held a news conference one year before announcing the cancellation of all LEAA funding for medical research, psycho surgery, and behavior modification because, in his words, there "are no technical skills on the staff to screen, evaluate, or monitor such projects."

But that had been a year ago and Senator Ervin had retired just after the his report was published. So Straight went to LEAA in 1976 and again in 1977 and got two startup grants for $50,000 each. And that is how the US government continued to be involved in financing a program that uses brainwashing on American children. And that is how the US government funded Straight in such a high-handed way as to avoid the use of human consent forms; namely since LEAA was not chartered to do medical research, it had no policy for human consent forms anyway!

Thus unless or until some external party could put two and two together, there was really no one around who could expose the duplicity except for LEAA and perhaps NIDA or the Office of the White House Drug Czar. LEAA was not about to expose the deal because it was in violation of director Santarelli's moratorium. That leaves NIDA and the Office of White House Drug Czar. Around 1978 NIDA's director Robert DuPont left NIDA and became a paid Straight consultant. For four years Art Barker had tried to make his Seed program a national program. But he had failed because he had been exposed for conducting human experimentation. His expansion programs in Florida were in shambles. And out of the shambles came Straight, Inc. Dr. DuPont has stated in deposition that it was he who had suggested to Straight that it go national. Straight went national and became the largest juvenile drug rehabilitation program in the world--and one of the most destructive...
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Re: Question regarding $tr8's finances
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2009, 02:08:01 PM »
Here's an excerpt of a re authorization act involving the ondcp. Chances are there's a more recent one, but the last paragraph highlights places like pfc, dfaf, nfa, pdfa, etc...

ONDCP Reauthorization Act
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The following information was taken from the Office of National Drug Control Policy's website, so take that into account while reading:

The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was reauthorized on December 8, 1998. Congress reauthorized it for the next five years and significantly altered ONDCP's authorities by:

    * Instructing ONDCP to develop a long-term national drug control strategy. Beginning with the strategy submitted by the President in February 1999, the National Drug Control Strategy must set forth a comprehensive plan for the next five years and beyond for reducing drug abuse and the consequences of drug abuse in the United States. The strategy shall include comprehensive, research-based, long-range, quantifiable goals and contain five year projections for program and budget priorities.

    * Endorsing ONDCP's Performance Measures of Effectiveness (PME) system. The act requires ONDCP to assess federal effectiveness in achieving the Strategy's goals and objectives, the key to which is the performance measurement system. The Congress explicitly linked the PME system to agency drug control programs and budgets.

    * Requiring a five-year national drug control program budget. The Act requires all agencies to prepare five-year budget projections. It also broadens the existing authority of the ONDCP Director to direct budget priorities and to certify the adequacy of agency budget requests.

    * Underscoring the potential of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program. The Act endorses ONDCP's HIDTA management and oversight systems. It also authorized the ONDCP Director to obligate sums appropriated for HIDTA.

    * Expanding the responsibilities of ONDCP's Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center (CTAC). The Act reaffirms CTAC's role as the nation's central counter-drug technology research and development organization. CTAC is directed to continue its traditional support of short, medium, and long-term scientific and technological needs of drug law enforcement. CTAC is also directed to identify basic and applied research needs and initiatives in the area of demand reduction, including; improving treatment through neuro-scientific advances; and improving the transfer of biomedical research to clinical settings.

    * Establishing the President's Council on Counter-Narcotics. This council will advise and assist the President in providing direction and oversight for the National Drug Control Strategy. The ONDCP Director is the Council's Executive Director and may use established or ad hoc committees, task forces, or interagency groups, chaired by the Director or his representative, in carrying out the functions of the Council.

    * Increasing ONDCP congressional reporting requirements. The Act requires annual reports on Progress in achieving the goals and objectives of the PME system, Resources required for an effective drug interdiction capability, Accounting of all funds expended by agencies for drug control activities, and Domestic drug cultivation.

    * Reorganizing ONDCP to its national leadership role. The Act empowers the Director to serve as the Administration's spokesperson on drug issues and to monitor progress by drug control agencies in meeting drug control goals and objectives. It creates the position of Deputy Director, ONDCP. It tasks the Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs to oversee domestic activities to reduce drug availability and use, including coordination of federal, state, and local drug law enforcement activities, and promotion of coordination and cooperation among state and local-level drug supply and demand reduction agencies. It assigns the Deputy Director for Demand Reduction responsibility for activities related to drug abuse education, prevention, treatment, research, rehabilitation, drug-free workplace, and drug testing.

    * Improving coordination among foreign and domestic drug intelligence agencies. The Act tasks the Director of Central Intelligence, the Attorney General and the ONDCP Director to ensure that domestic law enforcement agencies are appropriately supported by all federal drug intelligence agencies.

    * Establishing a Parents Advisory Council on Drug Abuse. The act establishes a sixteen-member Advisory Council on Youth Drug Abuse with four members appointed by the President and twelve appointed by Congress. Members shall include representatives of nonprofit organizations focused on involving parents in anti-drug education and prevention. The Council will advise the ONDCP Director on drug prevention, education, and treatment. No monies were appropriated for the council.

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For the full text click on the following link: (ONDCP Reauthorization Act
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Re: Question regarding $tr8's finances
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2009, 02:36:19 PM »
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Re: Question regarding $tr8's finances
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2009, 03:03:04 PM »
much of their money came through fundraising. Each facility had a goal of raising anywhere from $250,000-$350,000 per quarter, you do the math. that's over $1million per facility, per year, just through fundraising.  They also got major tax breaks since they were "non-profit".
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Re: Question regarding $tr8's finances
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2009, 02:04:15 PM »
Thanks for the information.   :rocker:  :tup:

There's a bit for me to study there...  

...I intend to make the argument that the federal government by it's support, both financial and  political served it's citizens by tyranny, and not liberty, and is there by treasonous and should be charged as such.  And 2ndly that the public school system is also tyrannical by it's relationship to the federal government, basically that it is also a form of Straight Inc.

...and if that don't work Fuck 'em.
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