Do you understand all the budget hoopla You shouldn't feel badly most Americans have difficulty separating smoke and mirrors from the real issues Our politicians really like it that way So in accordance with one listener's suggestion for a summertime show topic we'll start an Economics thread First John's boralogue detangles some of the budget debate nonsense from the last two weeks Then we'll see if economist Dr Joseph Salerno Ph D from the Ludwig von Mises Institute www mises org can unravel more of it for us Meanwhile the U N just hasn't been able to persuade several countries

John's boralogue tightens the relationship between the triple onrushing crises of economics oils and food and adds the probability of war in the Middle East as a fourth leg This is driven not only by the ideology of the Arab Winter formerly spring but also food and energy conflicts as well Then we'll move to the Middle East update for the week focusing on the emerging conflict between Syria and Turkey and how this will affect the rest of the conflicts in the region Ryan Mauro from Threats Watch www worldthreats com premiers on the program It's time for our

Happy Fourth of July weekend everyone Today's show begins with John's boralogue examining the role slavery played in almost scuttling the nation's founding and how the founders attempted to deal with it This is followed by a conversation with columnist Dr Walter Williams www walterewilliams com Why we must wonder when someone mentions the constitution does someone else start yelling racist How did we go from a nation honoring its founding fathers to despising them in just years The answer lies with the philosophy of progressive education Then we'll continue our healthcare thread with Dr Jane Orient M D from

We'll start SOS today by converting the boralogue into a Middle East update This September forecasts two elections which will affect the future of Israel The Palestinians are pushing for a United Nations declaration of statehood creating a country of Palestine If this unilateral move succeeds Israel may be accused of occupying a member state's territory with various types of sanctions taken against it Egypt is holding presidential and parliamentary elections where the Muslim Brotherhood may be the winner At the same time Israel is being squeezed into a corner As the Arab spring turns into an Arab winter countries

Well there were more celebrations in Greece this week as austerity program riots struck that country again Funny thing but the U S situation is far worse So is Greece a coming attraction trailer for what will happen here This week we'll hyper-focus on monetary considerations that may help us answer that question Well is there or is there not a social security trust fund Dr Merrill Matthews Ph D from the Institute for Policy Innovation www ipi org returns to the program to connect a series of dots which paint the real picture of social security and Medicare Then

Our politicos tell us they feel the pain of the unemployed and then do their best to burden the principle creators of those jobs small business Brett McMahon is vice president of Miller and Long Concrete Construction and a spokesman for www HaltTheAssault com So Republicans are throwing Granny from the cliff by trying to fend off disaster in Medicare according to Democrats Actually thehealthcare bill threw Granny off the cliff Now the goal is to catch her before she hits bottom Devon Herrick from the national Center for Policy Analysis www ncpa com explains how the new healthcare is

Many healthcare promises are already failing even before the Obamacare system gets started and wait until the American public sees all the new taxes starting in One of the early healthcare casualties seems to be transparency in medical pricing Dr Tamzin Rosenwasser M D from the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons www aapsonline org relates how we are transferring serious problems from Medicare right into the new healthcare system A small group of environmentalists are posing as evangelicals to impose pantheism and social gospel precepts on evangelical churches with biblical-sounding language Paul Chesser is Executive Director of the American

Remember to pray for all the people affected by the tornadoes in the Midwest With all the violent weather some are blaming it on you guessed it global warming But it's more related to the -year Pacific Decadal Oscillation Even as CO emissions are the environmental crisis du jour the case for man made global warming declines The University of Virginia UVA has been refusing freedom of information requests for Dr Michael Mann's emails when he was guru of the now discredited hockey stick graph Christopher Horner from the American Traditional Institute www globalwarming org joins the program for an

We know the world is supposed to end today according to some sources but we'll do a show anyway Look at all of the conservative Republican governors promoting their state education programs Wait a minute They're derived from the same global education programs the progressives use No education reform there no matter what the RINO-govs say Cathie Adams from Eagle Forum www eagleforum org joins us This is the first in a series of programs on global education You've heard discussion on the show about the need to instruct Christian youth in logic and critical thinking But former marine Mike

We've been discussing for sometime the three-legged storm headed towards the U S Debt Energy Shortage Food Shortage The subject we've covered least is the looming shortage of food and water that seems to be off most politicians' radar Michael Snyder's www theeconomiccollapseblog com article Horrific Food Crisis is Looming appeared in Pravda recently highlighting major reasons why a global food crisis is rapidly approaching Michael guests first today Then Professor Robert Glennon www rglennon com is Morris K Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy in the Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona Professor Glennon describes