It's Memorial Day weekend so in fine Steel on Steel tradition we're kicking back from news in order to do a conference call focusing on mental self-defense attitudes physical mental legal financially et al As the proverb says a fool sees danger coming but keeps right on going whereas a wise man takes appropriate action We distinguish between being paranoid about the world's dangers vs being stupid about it There's a healthy comfortable balance between the two which can become a way of life We're joined by three specialists in the area Darren Turney www the-reality-check com John Peterson www

Much controversy this week over the approval of judges by the Senate Republicans say it's Democratic judicial activism to promote left-wing causes but has anyone noticed some of the anti- Christian decisions that conservatively-appointed judges are making Colorado talk show host Bob Enyart www kgov com has written an open letter to Dr James Dobson which is now making the rounds in conservative circles Jenny Stokes of Salt Shakers www saltshakers org au in Australia joins us next to look at the effects of Victoria's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act of three years after it was enacted with special emphasis

It's generally been quiet out there Iran is insisting on pursuing its nuclear weapons programs China is under pressure to stop pegging the Yuan to the dollar Russia continues testing new missiles while everyone seems to be jockeying for position for the multiple crises to come Meanwhile last week biotech companies celebrated planting the billionth acre of genetically modified seed This ignores a steady stream of emerging evidence suggesting GM foods could be causing serious problems to animals and humans Jeffrey Smith www seedsofdeception com returns as a guest If you smell the air and observe the sky you can

We'll stay largely in the economic realm for the first hour Jim Puplava www financialsense com explains the tale of two economies we are currently experiencing paper and currency markets where a few are becoming fabulously rich and the real economy of every day affecting John and Jane Doe where everyone is becoming poorer Then we'll examine President Bush's plan to revamp the income tax and whether it's really part of a global harmonization of tax laws to prepare the way for a global tax Joan Veon www womensgroup org guests In the second hour we'll examine the growing intolerance

Well everyone's been asking what we think about the new pope Pope Benedict's predecessor Benedict XV warned about the dangers of global socialism almost a century ago As Cardinal Ratzinger Benedict opposed former President George Bush's New World Order long before he became pope Dr Dennis Cuddy Ph D www newswithviews com guests John's boralogue examines the efforts of activist judges to enforce the U N Convention on the Rights of the Child even though it has never been ratified by the U S Senate We also examine challenges to the papal prophecies of Malachy O'Morgair It seems someone added

All right already Too much happened this week to cover it all We've had calls from listeners wanting to know what we think about Pope Benedict XVI in the light of Fatima Malachi Martin and Malachy O'Morgair Sorry but we'll have to put that off until next week Things are cooking in the Middle East Syria refuses to get out of Lebanon and to shut down Hezbollah Iran is just months from producing a viable nuclear bomb and with their overt support of global terrorism it doesn't take much imagination to figure out what they might do with such a

Another Fannie Mae scandal broke out last week As it turned out they can't account for quite a large amount of missing money Treasury Secretary John Snow got involved in damage control which means it's really bad just another part of the perfect financial storm waiting to blow and the housing market has to go sooner or later Addison Wiggin from the Daily Reckoning www dailyreckoning com joins us Who stole tolerance Tolerance isn't tolerant and diversity isn't diverse They're both being used to club or silence people with politically incorrect ideas and killing truth in the process Dr Brad

The king is dead long live the king The pope is dead now what At the request of listeners John does an extended boralogue on the political and prophetic ramifications of the death of Pope John Paul II following the pontiff's funeral this week As more U S jobs disappear or move offshore and the media decry volunteer observers on the Arizona Mexico border interviews from the recent meeting between President George Bush President Vicente Fox and Prime Minister Paul Martin indicate they believe economic and political unity between the three countries to be a done deal calling an illegal

The global warming drums have reached the pitch of a Greek tragedy But wait there really are substantial global climate changes in progress only not those the global warming crowd suspects Evelyn Garriss from the Browning Newsletter joins us to examine the interactions of long-term cyclical changes including reversals of major oceanic cycles to increased solar output to lunar alterations and changes in the earth's crust Most likely these are responsible for the weather differences we're experiencing and they'll continue over the next few decades affecting everything from peoples to economies John's boralogue examines the long-term ramifications of the Terri

Christ is Risen He is risen indeed Happy Easter everyone Slight change of tone this weekend First as players in the Middle East jockey for position in the emerging US-Syrian-Iranian conflict we do a Middle East update with Avi Lipkin www vicmord com author of Is Fanatic Islam a Global Threat Avi began warning about the world of terrorist conflicts long before it was on the mental radar of most persons He also warned that terrorists would be flying airplanes into buildings two months ahead of Then Dr Chuck Missler M S Th D joins us to discuss the historical