4W HISTORY (POLITICS)
–On September 22, 1959 in Des Moines, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev visited various agricultural sites. He was on a two week tour of the United States during the Cold War. On his way to a packing house, his motorcade drove down a street near Steve’s home. Steve and his brother ran down the road to see what was going on. The motorcade was surrounded by the police and many armed guards were on the street corners. They saw Khrushchev go by very close.
–While in Des Moines, Steve lived near the Iowa Capitol and the State Historical Museum. With friends, he spent a lot of time going through those buildings, including walking the 298 steps up to the Iowa Capitol Dome many times from the second floor. The Dome was 275 feet above the ground floor. During the Vietnam War, there were many protests at the Capitol.
–Being the first battleground state in politics, Iowa had parades for many politicians in Des Moines. Steve went to some of those parades. The politicians rode through the downtown streets in limousine convertibles without proper protection. The Kennedy’s, Nixon, LBJ, Goldwater, etc.
–Around Steve’s 18th birthday on October 19, 1973, Steve registered for the Vietnam War draft. Registration with the Selective Service System was suspended on April 1, 1975.
–After hitchhiking in April 1976 to the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Steve sat with Bruce Jenner, his first wife, and ten others. Jenner destroyed the decathlon record. In that group were his fellow competitors who talked about their events with Jenner. He went on to win the 1976 Olympic decathlon gold while setting the world record. Steve morally opposes the transgender movement.
–In 1987, the Minnesota governor put Steve on a committee to design the National Sports Center in Blaine, a suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul. He helped design the Center’s track and field portion. Currently, track and field does not use the facility. Soccer, hockey, golf and other sports use the facility. 3.8 million visitors visit the Center each year, making it the most-visited sports facility in Minnesota.
–In 1996, Steve and Liz McConkey were 75 yards from the Olympic bomb in Atlanta. They saw Richard Jewell pushing people back. He was falsely accused of planting the bomb, but was later cleared. Steve and his family were going to go in the direction of where the bomb was, but Jewell pushed them back. More people would have died if Jewell had not warned them. They saw a guy go in with an Army bag before the bomb went off and the FBI interviewed them.
–In 2003, Steve started fighting against the International Olympic Committee’s transgender policies. He was the only person who stood against this publicly. Steve called various IOC members and was in contact with the USA Olympic Committee. From there, the transgender sports movement spread to high schools, all the way to the Olympics. Steve has fought this agenda every step of the way.
–Before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Steve fought the Chinese government after news circulated that they were not going to allow Bibles in the Olympic Village. Afterwards, China cleared up the confusion. There was a worldwide article released by the Associated Press on the subject.
–Before and during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, 4 WINDS USA put athlete testimonies into the Chinese underground church of 110 million people. Those athletes won many medals. After their events, they shared the gospel worldwide. Steve was contacted by a Chinese pastor to get the testimonies while mowing the lawn.
–In 2011, Steve sent out Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s Christian testimony worldwide during the massive union protests at the Capitol. Afterwards, two policemen showed up at their apartment near the University of Wisconsin football stadium. They went through the apartment and accused Steve of voter fraud. Afterwards, the police department said they had no record of this.
–Steve tried to sue the International Olympic Committee before the 2016 Olympics in Rio to stop the women’s 800m race. However, the lawyers said that he could not because he did not have a vested interest in the race. Steve was concerned that intersex athletes (not transgender) would sweep the race. That is exactly what happened as they had high untested testosterone levels. This was a turning point as Olympic sports organizations started to pay attention.
–In 2019, Steve asked Rasmussen to do a poll on transgender athletes. It was the first poll that was done on the subject in the United States. At that time, only 28% of Americans were for transgender athletes.
–In March 2022, Steve went to Washington DC to talk to elected officials. He asked them to go beyond stopping transgender athletes and to include the dangers of transgender hormones and surgeries on minors in future bills, charging those who promote this. Later, Steve visited forty-five elected officials at the Wisconsin Capitol and went to other state capitals giving them the same message. Twenty-nine states have stopped transgender athletes. President Trump signed an executive order stopping transgender athletes.
–During the 2024 Olympics, Steve opposed the International Olympic Committee for telling the media to not use certain words to address athletes, including the words “transgender and born male or female.” Also, he provided evidence that the United Nations and the Olympic Committee work together to implement the radical 2030 Agenda.
–During the 2026 Winter Olympics, Steve opposed the Olympic Committee, USA Figure Skating, USA Hockey and USA Speedskating for changing the name of the Ice House to Winter House. The Ice House was the USA hospitality center at the Olympics. They changed the name because they did not want people to think it referred to ICE agents, as some were working at the Games.