• Guest: Ravi Batra, professor of economics at Southern Methodist University, Dallas. Author of "Greenspan's Fraud: How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global Economy" and "The New Golden Age: The Coming Revolution against Political Corruption and Economic Chaos".


• Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.


• Oil and food prices. Population.


• The conservative dismantling of the economy.


• Everything you know is wrong: Guest: Beth Pinsker, editor, WalletPop.com. Ten reasons why the recession should be celebrated.


• Guest: Larry Scott, founder and Editor of VA Watch Dog. Concurrent receipt by military retirees who are disabled. John McCain 's disability pay.


• Guest: David Sirota, author, The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington.

Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. Theactivist is the man who cleans up the river- Ross Perot

HourOne - Don Corace www.doncorace.comTopic: "Government Pirates" re: "eminent domain abuse and othergovernment regulations"

HourTwo - "Taking Our Country Back" Daniel Bliss www.danielbiss.com Topic: Running forstate rep 17th district Illinois

HourThree - Christy Harvey www.americanprogress.orgTopic: News under the Radar

Thom'sTravel & Events Coming Up…

August 2 & 3 - In Madison, WI with our affiliate station The MIC 92.1(WXXM) - Thom is speaking Saturday - NonStop Radio Symposium, ExhibitionHall, Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way www.nonstopradio.com

“Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive,it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of thenation” - Jane Addams

Hour One - StephenZarlenga www.monetary.org Topic: Should we nationalize money?

Hour Two -Seton Motley www.mediaresearch.org Topic: Are Republicans right…that weshould bring back the fairness doctrine?

Hour Three - Michael Waldman www.brennancenter.orgTopic: His Book "A Return toCommon Sense"

Name the Kitten contest update:

Best namesso far...Magnum PI, Chewbacca and Fang

Funniestname! Thom – asina - Remember the Disney Movie! Sorry Ain’thappening.

Not goingto happen names...Rumsfeld, Rush or Hannity. Who would do that to akitten! Even if he does attack everything in sight.