Bob Chapman on The Economy Collapse

Editor and publisher of The International Forecaster, Bob Chapman, discussed the economic crisis, how brokerage firms such as Goldman Sachs played a part in
fueling the collapse, and where he sees the economy heading into the future. He dismissed news that the economic crisis may be abating. Instead, Chapman
said, we are merely seeing a "barrage of government propaganda, the psy ops that go on everyday, convincing people that everything is going to be okay."


He decried the use of derivatives by large firms like Goldman Sachs and alleged that their nefarious activity goes even further than that. According to
Chapman, these companies pay a fee to have their automated trading computers positioned closest to the central computer of the New York Stock Exchange,
which processes incoming and outgoing trades. "Because of its proximity, in nanoseconds," Chapman explained, the computers, and thus the firms, become
"privy to orders before anybody else is and they are able to counteract what is going on with the orders, in order to make a larger profit."

Looking ahead to the future, Chapman foresaw the further devaluing of the dollar, estimating that over the course of the next two to three years,
"it will lose two thirds of its value versus other currencies." He was skeptical about a one world currency, but did suggest the possibility that one could
be created "for trading purposes only." This specialized currency would allow for countries to keep their own internal monetary systems. Perhaps most
troubling, he was adamant that the financial crisis will lead to a global war, saying "you can take that to the bank, if the bank is still there."

Michael Tsarion - Architects of Control

Author, lecturer, researcher, film maker and alternative historian, Michael Tsarion will join us to discuss his new film, Architects Of Control.We will discuss the history and modern day applications of mind control and delve into the anatomy of consciousness and how the elite have been manipulating the masses throughout history.

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill an Environmental disaster

Professor of Biology, Peter Ward, talked about the impact of BP's oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The estimates of how much is being leaked has varied depending on the source. "It cannot
have hit in a worse place," as we're dealing with a body of water that doesn't have a great deal of circulation on the bottom, he noted. The Gulf has already experienced 'Dead Zones,' where
oxygen is removed from the water, and bottom life has been killed off. Thus, the oil can't be broken up and destroyed by bacteria that would otherwise be growing there, he explained.

Further, the Gulf area contains thousands of streams-- the oil will go up into those streams and sink into the mud, and there's no easy way to clean it, he warned, adding that with the
increased rise of sea levels, the oil will be pushed inward.

Ecological biologist David Blume joined the program in the third hour, also discussing the oil catastrophe. There could be as much as 1 million gallons a day being spilled from BP's broken
oil pipes, he detailed. Yet, current drilling practices aren't going to change, until, perhaps "there's oil on the shores of the Potomac in Washington," and that is actually a possibility as
the oil slick could be carried along the East Coast by the Gulf Stream, he said.

Blume talked about alcohol gas as a cleaner and more plentiful alternative to oil, and how a wide network of small-scale alcohol fuel plants could be set up. Several states have requested
to have higher percentages of alcohol added to their fuel but the EPA has been balking for political reasons, he suggested.