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It's time to declare war on political correctness as it erodes the country's ability to debate serious issues One such orchestrated chorus is the Islamophobe charge chanted every time someone raises the issue of radical Islamic terrorism Daniel Greenfield from Front Page Magazine www frontpagemag com highlights a recent attack piece by the Soros-sponsored Center for American Progress Does your county have a comprehensive development plan Now you know your local county supervisors didn't dream it up so where did it originate Tom DeWeese at the American Policy Center www americanpolicy org tells us it's all tangled with Agenda and

A new thread opens today as an ongoing attempt to separate the realities of radical Islam from the politically correct counter-arguments Michael Fetcher from the Investigative Project on Terrorism www investigativeproject org premiers on the show with an accounting of a U S State Department settlement with a possible Sharia bank that might have connections with terrorist groups Continuing the bright lights thread are there any good ideas for reviving the economy outside of Washington Economist Dr Laurie Bassi Ph D www mcbassi com is co-author of the book Good Companies Business Success in the Worthiness Era John's boralogue examines

Can anyone help me find August I seem to have misplaced it somewhere Sigh it's September already Today's program focuses exclusively on the Middle East where the geopolitical chessboard is in rapid flux and events move toward new conflicts with unforeseen issues rising to surface Our first guest from Jerusalem by Skype is former CBS news correspondent Dave Dolan www ddolan com who has lived the last few decades in the Middle East Then we'll hear from Barry Rubin in Tel Aviv director of the Global Research in International Affairs Center www gloria-center org about the undercurrents causing many of

As election season looms there are some candidate voices who seem to have a grasp on the issues the country faces and what needs to be done Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock www richardmourdock com is attempting to unseat Senator Dick Durban Under Mourdock's leadership Indiana actually built up a cash surplus and saw their bond ratings achieve AAA status As we plow into times which may well resemble the Great Depression there are lessons to be learned about how people got along and helped each other from those who lived through it John interviews his father-in-law George Crossan whose

Greetings from Miami Florida We're doing the show from Miami this week where we're speaking to a church on the trends which will be affecting us in the next five years As such we're taking time off again this week and presenting the speech John did in Branson Missouri in spring this year featuring an update on the possibility of persecution coming to the church in the West John's boralogue analyzes the results of talking to Americans on a mile drive from the Pacific Northwest to Florida

So who was Antonio Gramsci An Italian communist who realized that Leninist Marxism wasn't going to work So he created a new system staging a long march through the culture especially in academia and the media His method involved changing the attitudes of each generation and introducing Marxism that way Saul Alinsky was a key figure who employed Gramsci's ideas in the United States Art Crino joins us to discuss the history of this creative Marxist whose work influences us today Then we'll air parts of an address John gave at Steeling the Mind in February laying an historic trail

Americans are now awash in an avalanche of laws and regulations they can't possible know or keep and it's tangling thousands of them in legal actions even prosecutions George Terwilliger was a U S deputy attorney general under the George H W Bush administration and he says we need to get this under control because it's killing business Next we'll examine the BATF's Fast and Furious arms running program whereby the agency apparently sanctioned illegal sales of weapons to straw buyers acting on behalf of Mexican drug cartels One of these resulted in the death of an American border agent

The synthesis of Christianity and Islam in the Chrislamic movement seems to be a part of the emerging global religious syncretism Eric Barger www ericbarger com details the history of the movement With the debt ceiling comic theater on stage in Washington sooner or later the U S government will nevertheless have to default on its financial obligations But note that the government has already defaulted quite a number of times in history Jim Puplava from Financial Sense www financialsense com opens our eyes with an historic narrative Turns out a recent study admits that the earth's overall temperature has

The International Energy Agency IEA just issued a report warning that next year there will be a million barrel day shortfall in global oil production A Barron's report corroborates this finding John's boralogue targets a listener request to detail all the think tank reports on peak oil that have appeared in the last months reports which the media have largely ignored For some reason youth pastors are increasingly accepting the flaky tenets of post-modernism in their ministries not realizing they are cutting the legs out from under the foundation of their own Christianity Russ Miller from Creation Ministries www creationministries

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