there are wise thinkers internationally and another one is manuel hines who dollarized the salvadoran economy. as little as a year or two ago, the gold standard was considered kooky. it is rapidly becoming on a marble. -- un ignoreable. we are not sitting here waiting for high inflation. we don't perceive it that way. at least not right away. gold is just very >> tomorrow, a discussion on the 2012 presidential race. also a look at al-qaeda after osama bin laden with daniel green of the washington institute for near east policy and the latest on the mississippi floods with the lieutenant general rusel honore. that is live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. this past week, president obama gave a commencement address of a high-school in mid this, tenn. that won his race to the top education competition. he talked about how all the schools innovations' increased the graduation rate and college enrollment. he also urged congress to change the new child left behind law. he is followed by senator hutchison who talks about her proposal to assist leaseholders impacted by last year's drilling moratoriu

there are wise thinkers internationally and another one is manuel hines who dollarized the salvadoranconomy. as little as a year or two ago, the gold standard was considered kooky. it is rapidly becoming on a marble. -- un ignoreable. we are not sitting here waiting for high inflation. we don't perceive it that way. at least not right away. gold is just very useful to found a currency with an intimate act -- and international monetary system with. host: independent caller, good morning. caller: what gives me pause about the gold standard is that most of the people espoused this go beyond this end to this government. they believe in the other minority and the masons running the country. the people following this scene really kooky to me. i believe in the gold standard but i am worried about the people espousing it. guest: they are a distinct minority. there are like people like american principles in action and the lehrman institute. go to 2012.org and the money projects website overseen by dr. judy shelton. there are perfectly solid advocates who have looked at the data and said this