Much time will be expended on the program poring over the European debt crisis with Dave McAlvany from The McAlvany Weekly Commentary www mcalvany com This is not solely an academic exercise because a similar crisis is heading for the United States and it is instructive to see how people and politicians in Europe have reacted to their self-inflicted crisis so we can avoid their mistakes Some people say we should adopt European values in law and politics But European intellectuals have spent the last years denigrating their own culture history and religion leaving the continent vulnerable to invading cultures

With an energy storm rushing towards us has the U S painted itself into an impossible position threatening national security or is there still time to dodge the bullet Dr Theodore Pavlopoulos Ph D www exposingthesystem com is a retired naval physicist who says this is a matter of serious concern and no one's listening Our interview with the good doctor kicks off a new thread on energy and what you need to be thinking about The congressional process of creating a mechanism to legally confiscate Ks and IRAs continues in the background Are the things we own really safe

Free speech is under attack not just from formalized political correctness but also through the process of lawfare where legal action is used to prevent people from expressing their ideas in the public media Attorney David Yerushalmi www davidyerushalmi com has been spearheading a case in Miami Florida where Muslim groups have attempted to keep anti-Islamic ads from being posted on bus billboards Three news events this week -- a major oil spill flooding and an attempted terrorist action -- demonstrate the need for preparedness in the event rogue events cause problems with food and fuel Having emergency checklists established

Why would an engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena be demoted What horrid breach of protocol had he committed He gave DVDs supporting intelligent design theory to his colleagues Casey Luskin is an attorney with the Discovery Institute www discovery org in Seattle and there's a lawsuit underway It seems many listeners don't understand what happens when a currency collapses and how it affects the little guy Jim Puplava from Financial Sense www financialsense com makes a brief appearance to explain this Then we'll move into a series of specials addressing what people can do to prepare for

This week marked the th anniversary of the tragic bombing of the Murrah Office building in Oklahoma City President Clinton said the atmosphere of hate in the country is identical now to what it was just prior to that terrorist event So John's extended boralogue examines the parallels between then and now as well as those things that are different especially by noting what President Clinton said back then This week also marked the annual observance of Earth Day Unfortunately much of the environmental information peddled in schools during Earth Day is more political hype than scientific fact But what

Today progressive philosophy and liberalism seem inseparably joined but it was not always so Progressive thought and Marxism are kissing cousins tracing their roots back to philosopher Georg Friedrich Hegel It wasn't until after World War I and especially World War II that progressive thought pushed through its gradual process of co-opting classic liberalism Professor Ronald Pestritto from Hillsdale college www hillsdale edu is author of the book Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism In the latter part of today's program John reads emails from listeners covering preparation for the next five rough economic years as well as

Where is tolerance for Christians headed in the U S You have only to look at where it is in Great Britain to answer Paul Coleman from the Christian Legal Centre www christianlegalcentre co uk returns with news of the case against a Christian nurse who has been refused the right to wear a cross when at the same time Muslim women are allowed to wear head covering As the energy storm approaches are we really opening more oil fields to exploration Patrick Creighton www instituteforenergyresearch org climbs on board from the Institute for Energy Research to frame exactly where

Happy Easter Christ is Risen John's extended boralogue divulges three sneaky-snucky things that went down over the last week or so with a commentary as to why these are real indicators of where the country is headed Does anyone remember the end-of-the-world pandemic that H N was supposed to cause Where did it go Dr Stan Monteith www radioliberty com returns to the program for an examination of the swine flu timeline with its sky-is-falling rhetoric by health officials Then John does a commentary on the Westboro Baptist Church's anti-gay rhetoric and the Michigan militia arrests -- how this does

Many people hoped the healthcare debate would die down once the bill passed However with an economic train wreck roaring towards the country the socialized medicine controversy will intensify with three major hurdles yet to cross not least of which is the probability of economic collapse John devotes much of the program today with course predictions for the next five years en route to a train wreck Glen Beck recently got into hot water by attacking the concept of social justice Social justice means helping the poor at least to the general public's ears but socialist wealth transfer to progressives

As California slides over the edge into an economic abyss it's a miniature model of the entire country's destination How did this most prosperous state arrive at such a wretched condition Professor John Ellis professor emeritus at the University of California Santa Cruz is President of the California Association of Scholars www calscholars org He maintains the socialist multicultural atmosphere on college campuses led to representatives in the state legislature whose worldviews are totally divorced from reality Israel found itself in a hotspot last week when it approved construction of more homes in Jerusalem But while the media excoriated Israel