Steel on Steel from 2011.12.10 to 2012.01.21

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Steel on Steel Radio programs from 2011.12.10 to 2012.01.21

2011-12-10
Making Global Citizens of Public School Students

A potpourri show is on the table today, where jumping from topic to topic should be fun.

Academic freedom is essential in education and science, especially when politically correct opinions are voiced. A lawsuit is underway in the case of a NASA engineer, who was sacked because he favored intelligent design as a creation narrative. Joshua Youngkin from the Discover Institute http://www.discover.org joins the show.

The Arab Christian Winter continues to darken the Middle East. Juliana Taimoorazy http://www.iraqichristianrelief.org returns for an update focused on attacks on Christians in north Iraq. Remember we were supposed to be bringing democracy to Iraq. How well is that going?

So how bad will tax “clobberage” during 2012-2014 be? Bad enough that it has the potential to “crater” an economy struggling toward recovery? Jim Puplava from Financial Sense Newshour http://www.financialsense.com joins us for this segment.

Finally, we’ll cover the globalist International Baccalaureate programs moving through public education. Laura Rambeau http://www.right-reason.com and Lisa McGloughlin http://www.truthaboutib.com) participate in a round table discussion with John.

John’s boralogue chronicles the latest efforts to prop up declining international action on climate change, where the will to do sags as global economies worsen.
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2011-12-17
Shackling Us to the Bulkhead

A key historic sign of distressed currencies headed toward collapse occurs when governments enact currency control laws to prevent their people from moving wealth out of that currency. In essence, if the ship is going down, they want to make sure everyone goes with it.

Mark Nestmann http://www.marknestmann.com, author of “The Lifeboat Strategy,” details the emerging monetary battle we’ll witness as people worldwide realize the US is no longer a safe place to do business.

Two weeks ago we interviewed attorney Charles Stimpson from the Heritage Foundation http://www.heritage.org regarding the National Defense Authorization Act, which appears to authorize the indefinite military detention of American citizens suspected of terrorism without due process.

Connected to that was the issue of many Americans being prosecuted and convicted each year for silly crimes they didn’t even know were crimes. Law enforcement expert Steve Doran http://www.shilohtv.com returns to challenge what Stimpson said two weeks ago.

John’s boralogue examines the European monetary crisis in the light of the philosophy of the French Revolution and why it’s just one in a string of two-hundred year old failures.
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2011-12-24
Free Speech on the Defense

Merry Christmas Everyone.

Free speech is essential to a free society, where people have the right to utter opinions others might find offensive. We’ll devote much of the program to exposing the effort many groups are making to keep them from saying it at all.

First we’ll examine whether or not the change of regime in North Korea will have any effect on the thousands of Christians who are oppressed or in work camps in that country. Rev. Paul Estabrooks from Open Doors http://www.opendoorsusa.org has been in North Korea and written a book on the subject.

Then attorney Richard Thompson from the Thomas More Law Center http://www.thomasmore.org appears regarding a lawsuit where several Michigan Christian students were publicly humiliated and bullied by their public school teacher for opposing his pro-homosexual indoctrination about…of all things…bullying.

Free speech is under fire by people attempting to use the “blank-a-phobe” card to stop open debate on various subjects. They’re not making intelligent arguments, just attempting to prevent the other side from speaking. Robert Spencer from Jihad Watch http://www.jihadwatch.org joins the program.

Finally, what role did religion play in the founding of the country? Professor Thomas Kidd from Baylor University returns to answer questions based on his new book, “Patrick Henry, First Among Patriots.”

John’s boralogue contrasts arguments by atheist apologists against the existence of God with the emphatic declaration of the Christmas message about God among us.
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2011-12-31
No Firm Foundation in Post Modernism

Happy New Year everyone. Taking time off this weekend.

We’re running parts of a speech John gave at the Steeling the Mind of America Conference in Denver, Colorado, in September of this year, highlighting the emerging trends and challenges of the next four years.

So often we’re told by opponents that we should be open-minded. Usually this happens when that person gets frustrated with logical challenges to their ideas. John’s boralogue examines what it means to be open-minded and whether that’s even really possible.
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2012-01-07
Ambushing Our Elected Representatives

Why is it we elect people to change things in Washington or state capitals and then nothing happens? It’s because they’re ambushed by foundation groups determined to force legislators to fall in line with “the system” or to marginalize those who won’t play by “the rules.” Idaho State Representative Vito Barbieri paints a picture of what legislators are up against.

Open Doors http://www.opendoorsusa.org issued its report on religious freedom around the world this week. 80% of the areas where Christians are under serious duress occurs in Muslim countries, but you’d never know that from the media’s prattle about the religion of peace. Rev. Paul Estabrooks from Open Doors returns to the program.

John’s boralogue emphasizes the key trend we’re going to witness during 2012: the increasing tension between political ideology and reality as the gulf between them stretches to a breaking point. John concludes the program with a Middle East intelligence update.
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2012-01-14
The Media’s Pitching Deck of Conflicting Standards

It’s time to revisit the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows for the indefinite detention of American citizens without due process or respect for habeas corpus. This is a provision that must be repealed as soon as possible or simply declared unconstitutional. Jim Babka from http://www.downsizedc.org joins us.

Mid-show John reports a number of significant news stories unfolding this week.

Then we’re on to issues of free speech with a look at the growing effort to penalize criticism of Islam by preventing a definition of the relationship between Islam and terrorism. Former CIA officer Claire Lopez at the Center for Security Policy http://www.csp.org guests on the program.

John’s boralogue frames the show for today with a breakdown of how the media’s constant double standard woks, including rule changes when circumstances don’t suit them.
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2012-01-21
Shifting Attitudes Away from Gun Control

It’s time we see whether or not Americans’ attitudes towards gun control have shifted over the last decade. There were two pivotal events which seem to have galvanized the case for self defense. Alan Gottlieb from the Second Amendment Foundation http://www.saf.org is author of the book, “Shooting Blanks, Facts Don’t Matter to the Gun Ban Crowd.”

Then Michael Paul joins us to continue the thread we have been pursuing ongoing asking the question, “Will the real Islam please stand up?” Paul grew up as an Iraqi Muslim and later became a Christian. We have candid conversation about his life, Iraq, Iran, Islam and Christian persecution.

The entire concept of land-for-peace swapping in the Middle East peace process will suffer a fatal wound if Egypt reneges on its treaty with Israel and the United States fails to enforce it, since the U.S. was a principle guarantor of the treaty. John’s boralogue examines this most critical issue.
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