Summertime and our programming shifts towards perspective interviews The economic cry of late has been that capitalism is bankrupt and socialism is the solution But wait a minute Socialism always collapses when it doesn't have a vibrant capitalism to support it There's a difference between having problems and being defunct Dr Jay Richards www discovery org is author of The Myths of Capitalism Then Tom DeWeese from the American Policy Center www americanpolicy org returns for a conversation on the significance of the government's takeover of GM and its increasing top-down management of a sick economy John's boralogue moves fast

It seems to be attorney day for Steel on Steel First a lawsuit is underway against the Department of Homeland Security for designating conservative Americans including veterans returning from Iraq as potential terrorists to be monitored by law enforcement Richard Thompson is President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center www thomasmore org It's back For all the years we've warned listeners about the dangers of U N meddling in families there is a movement in Congress to ratify the U N Convention on the Rights of the Child This treaty would be binding on all states and

Focused program today The Middle East's Christian population is collapsing as Christians flee the region The progressive press likes to blame Israel for the decline but Israel's Christian population has been steadily growing A close examination shows the real culprit to be the treatment of Christians in Muslim-dominated countries Dexter van Zile from CAMERA www camera org joins us This segues to another important issue where Islamic organizations in the West use lawfare to squelch freedom of speech We'll take in an-depth look at this threat to truth with Brooke Goldstein from the Middle East Forum Legal Project www legal-project

For some reason the American press ignores the growing war over oil in the -stans countries in Eurasia the paths along which pipelines are laid or will be laid This growing war is fierce under the surface and will determine the direction of geopolitics and an energy crisis for the next decade Pepe Escobar writes for the Asian Times www atimes com and is author of the book Obama Does Globalistan He is the principle guest for today's show from his home in S o Paulo Brazil Before that Chris Farrell from Judicial Watch www judicialwatch org is on line

The Middle East continues its move towards a cold war paradigm the Obama administration launches another peace attempt and countries along eastern Pipelineistan become a more intense locus of conflict for the world We hear first from Aaron Klein Israel bureau chief for Worldnetdaily www wnd com and author of The Late Great State of Israel Over days have passed since President Obama took office and he maintains high approval ratings However most Americans are oblivious to the consequences which policies being enacted now will have in - months White House correspondent Bill Koenig www watch org provides a snapshot

The Global Nervousness Index seems to be soaring lately with people panicked about everything from economics to swine flu to airplanes over Manhattan The current global nervousness serves as a cover for structuring new forms of government supra-national agencies and banking systems because there aren't many people watching So what might a new monetary system look like Attorney Ellen Brown is author of the book Web of Debt and she joins us for the first part of the program Then John links together the push for a fairness doctrine to control speech on the airwaves or internet to other issues

Global warming was back on the table this week as familiar faces testified before congress about proposed caps and credits legislation The problem with C amp C is that they didn't work in Europe but cause serious increases in energy costs Richard Loomis from World Energy Source www worldenergysource com guests in the first hour Then we open a new thread on the subject of Christian Zionism A new movement in evangelical churches seeks to turn opinions against Israel Dr Paul Merkley is professor emeritus of history at Carleton University in Ottawa Ontario Canada and author of Christian Attitudes toward

The last few weeks we've pursued a path through Saul Alinsky's philosophy the new emerging global paradigm and the history of trasnationalism Today we'll tie those threads together in a common philosophy linking all three branches -- religious economic and political -- of global society It's called General Systems Theory Most people are unaware of it but it is the driving force of your future Mitch Wright guests John's extended boralogue reviews this week's tea party events in the light of the right to freedom of speech and what this means for the media wars which have erupted in this

Happy Passover or Easter whichever applies The world is passing through profound paradigm shifts rights now so we're planning to hyperfocus on just a couple of key items this weekend First John produces an extended boralogue on the new emerging global economic system and a vocabulary emerging from the G summit including transnationalism and responsible sovereignty What does it all mean One of those G phrases is -- surprise surprise -- the time-tried new world order So does this mean all our politicians are now conspiracy theorists Perhaps an examination of the -year history of that expression would be in

Once in a while it's important to look back to examine how well we saw the future from the past Former Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado was a frequent Steel on Steel guest long before he became a controversial congressional figure regarding border security Tom returns to the show to discuss everything from politics to education to how Americans see themselves Quite a few bills are roaring through congress right now which will radically change economic life but they're receiving scant attention One of those is HR which will virtually shut down mining in this country overnight if passed Dave