Please welcome David Sirota of AM 760 Colorado's Progressive Talk in for Thom today

Quote of the Day: "Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and with them everything." -- Benjamin Franklin

Hour One: What do the latest trade agreements mean for John and Jane unemployed? Lori Wallach of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch will be here www.tradewatch.org; Plus, political transparency and the TSA scanners? The Washington Examiner's Tim Carney will be here www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion

Hour Two: The High Cost of Low Prices - Journalist/teacher Ellen Ruppel Shell, author of "Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture" will be here www.ellenruppelshell.com

Hour Three: Robert Gates...not a member of the conservative/progressive defense cut coalition? Zaid Jilani, reporter/blogger with Think Progress.org will be here www.thinkprogress.org