Opinion: The news this week was more than bleak.  The economy remains in a tailspin and is getting worse; the Middle East remains highly unstable, creating the prospect of a meltdown if oil fields are taken over or destroyed by hostile interests; Germany, our strongest ally in Western Europe, has decided to end nuclear power as an overreaction to the Japan disaster, setting off an eventual energy shortage worldwide; and our nation is governed at the top by a president who not only has no clue how to rule, but who at heart sympathizes with radical Muslims who hate Jews and Christians – which, at least at present, remain the mainstay of our population and cultural base.  

There is a sinking unsettling feeling in the air.  Any moment I have the impression that the proverbial shoe could drop; one major catastrophic event could create a worldwide economic, social and political collapse.  We are hanging by a thread, and the clock is ticking at the midnight hour.

Great American leaders who can rally the people in trying to avoid catastrophe have existed before, but they do not exist now.   Mitt Romney, for the moment the leading Republican candidate to win his party’s nomination for president in 2012, has no real moral or political compass, and others, with the exception of Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin (who will face many unfair obstacles in the leftist-controlled media), lack the toughness and conviction to be president.  Regrettably, even with all the bad news, absent a knockout legal punch, which I have been working on, our "mullah in chief" president, Barack Hussein Obama, is likely to be re-elected by "default" – notwithstanding the damage he will undoubtedly continue to do in the year and a half leading up to the next national election in 2012.

Now is the time to turn to God for guidance, as if this were not always the case.  We the People are in his hands.  And while I do believe that God helps those who help themselves, it’s time that we show humility and pray.  It’s also time that we act in His name.

Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Lech Walesa, Nelson Mandela and other "civilian activists" – of all political persuasions – changed history by resorting not to violence against the ruling elite, but by using civil disobedience.  That is what we now need to do collectively as the American people to regain control of our nation.
 
There is much talk these days about the budget crisis and what it means for ourselves and, most chillingly, our children and grandchildren.  In the next few years alone, the overwhelming majority of our budget will go just to paying the interest on the country’s huge debt, leaving very little for anything else.  While establishment Republicans, who remain in control of their party by and large, claim that they are trying to rein in the debt, they have shown little desire to allow the current debt ceiling to remain intact.  And, President Obama and his fellow Democrats largely refuse to make any real and meaningful spending cuts.  In short, we are more than bankrupt; we are watching the nation fall into irreparable economic, social and political depression even if the Middle East and its oil fields do not literally blow up – sending world prices through the roof.

There are ways to get the ruling elite’s "attention" to try to mend their ways. Work stopages, large-scale nationwide protests, collectively in mass refusing to obey government edits and mandates and the like could be used.  We need to decide how best to accomplish our peaceful second American revolution and bring the ruling establishment elite to its knees.
 

In the regard, I would like to solicit your ideas and views and then in subsequent columns publish the results of this hard thought. If you feel as I do, and believe that we are facing disaster unless we act now, please write to me at leklayman@yahoo.com with your suggestions and ideas.  There truly is no time to lose.
 
For if we think that a political "messiah" is on the way in time for the next elections, think again.  There is only one messiah, and his name is not Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, or Newt Gingrich – by any account "little" people by any stretch of the imagination.  And, time is so short that we must draw up a list of demands of our government, present it to our current so-called political leaders and, if they do not heed the immediate call, act immediately on our own.  That’s what our Founding Fathers did, and when their grievances were again ignored and not heard, the rest became history – and a great nation was born.  Now we must be "born again!"
 
These Founding Fathers did not sit around and wait for King George III to straighten himself out, and we cannot wait to put both leftist Democrats and establishment Republicans on the so-called "right track."
 
With the grace and guidance of the Almighty, and our own creative and committed spirit and strong peaceful actions, we can bring the nation out of its free fall; but we no longer have any time left if we are to be successful.
 
I look forward to hearing from you with your prayers and thoughts.
 
God bless the United States, and God bless its great people. Let us all roll up our sleeves and get to work before it is too late. Let us ignite the second American revolution with words and, more importantly, with strong deeds!

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About the author:

Larry Klayman is a former Justice Department prosecutor and the founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch. His latest book is "Whores: Why and How I Came to Fight the Establishment."

James Delingpole writing for The Telegraph is not so impressed with President Barack Obama.  With humor and more Irish references than most Americans can decipher, he goes full Bejaysus and Begorrah. 

Delingpole writes, "I’ve argued before that Tony Blair and Barack Obama have an awful lot in
common.  Both are lawyers; both are snake-oil-salesman; both claim to be
post-partisan, and Third Way and consensual; both play the acceptable,
moderate-seeming public face of a regime chock full of Communists, class
warriors, single issue rabble rousers, malcontents, communitarians and
eco-loons hell bent on destroying every last vestige of what once made
their country great. And both do (or did) the things dodgy political
leaders always do when the going gets tough at home and their domestic
audience finally wises up to how totally useless they are: they hop on
the plane and pose as international statesman instead." 

It is nice to read a coherent conservative across the pond and you may click here to read the entire column by Delingpole, but even in this brief introduction, don’t think the Irish fail to appreciate President Obama.  Maybe just for the entertainment factor, but they do appreciate him.

"By all means let us enjoy watching Obama smarm and grovel and ingratiate
himself like some presidential Uriah Heep. But for heaven’s sake let us
never give him the benefit of the doubt.  He’s a cold fish and would
certainly never show any mercy towards us were the roles to be reversed," Delingpole concludes. 

We’re down to the wire with only three weeks of session remaining and possibly less.  While legislative leaders are focused on the budget and wrapping up redistricting, the rest of us are working through the more than 100 bills that were assigned to conference committees.  

Conference committees are joint committees with members from both chambers tasked with creating new language for bills that the House and Senate couldn’t previously agree on.  Unlike standing committees, there is no deadline for conference committee besides just finishing in time to get the measures voted on before we adjourn Sine Die on May 27 at 5:00, which is when we are constitutionally required to be done.  

Our biggest accomplishment of the week was getting the Congressional redistricting bill, HB 1527, to the Governor.  The measure redraws the boundaries for Oklahoma’s five congressional districts based on the most recent Census population numbers.   

Besides committee work, we also had several special events at the Capitol this week.  Organizations host these events to educate the public about certain issues as well as lobby the Legislature.

Tuesday was Breast Cancer Awareness Day at the Capitol.  Hundreds of people from around the state attended the free event, which helps raise awareness about the disease and it’s affects on the state’s population as well as provide educational tools to victims and their families.  According the American Cancer Association, one in seven women will get breast cancer in their lifetime.  It’s estimated that around 2,400 Oklahomans will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and more than 5,300 will die from it.  Eighteen organizations which included medical professionals, counselors, specialists and survivors from throughout the state had displays in the 4th floor rotunda with information on detection and prevention as well as treatment options, medical assistance and a variety of other information for victims and survivors.   

Thursday was the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Day to help raise awareness of heart disease and stroke.  More women die of heart disease, stroke, and all other cardiovascular disease than the next five leading causes of death combined, including all cancers.  This is an issue that is close to my heart as my mother died at the young age of 52 from heart disease.  So many lives have and are being cut tragically short by cardiovascular disease, which is, for the most part, completely preventable with proper nutrition and diet.  

In 2007, Oklahoma had the 4th highest death rate from cardiovascular disease in the country with nearly 12,000 Oklahomans losing their lives to heart disease and stroke.  A woman dies every minute from heart disease.  Stroke is the third leading cause of death in our country, killing more than 150,000 Americans each year and approximately 2,200 Oklahomans. It’s also the leading cause of adult disabilities in our state because people don’t recognize the signs of stroke quick enough to prevent permanent physical and mental damage.  Sadly, most of these deaths and medical problems could be prevented through proper nutrition and exercise. That’s why educational programs like the Go Red for Women campaign are so important.  

I welcome and appreciate any comments or questions you might have for me.  At the State Senate, I can be reached by writing to Senator Kim David, State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. Room 520, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, emailing me at david@oksenate.gov, or by calling (405) 521-5590 and speaking to my assistant Gayla Guinn.

Editorial:  It was sad to see a long established Republican precinct chairman, Lonny Davis, resign his position by notice in the daily paper.  His disgust at the recent County Republican Convention is shared by many and he will be missed at this weekend’s Oklahoma Republican Convention.  I hope he will change his mind.  Despite the distractions of fanatical partisans, the great battle of our time is fundamental in a single choice:  Will Americans allow the government to take control of the country?  For that challenge, patriots need all hands on deck.

American culture and history is betrayed by President Barack Obama’s administration.  Our progress and prosperity is built from the innovation, creativity, character and work ethic of free individuals engaged in free enterprise under equal application of common law.  It is not built here nor is it in any other nation in history advanced by controlled markets and government decree – the “transformational change” President Obama espouses.  By his efforts to date, the world is more dangerous and economic collapse more likely.

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Nearly three out of every four American taxpayers believe that they are not getting their money’s worth out of the country’s public education system.
 
The stinging indictment on public schools comes from a new Rasmussen poll of 1,000 likely voters earlier this month. But the most telling aspect of the survey is that “just one-in-three voters think spending more will make a difference.”

That’s good news for lawmakers across the country working to overhaul the inefficiencies in collective bargaining and save education funding through more cost-effective options like charter schools or voucher programs.
 
The Education Action Group and other education reform advocates have worked tirelessly to explain to the American public that it’s not how much is spent on education, it’s how the money is spent. The Rasmussen report is the most recent confirmation that taxpayers are getting the message
 
For decades, the nation’s teachers unions – the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association – have imposed expensive automatic raises, Cadillac health insurance plans and other union perks on school districts as student achievement has fallen further behind other countries.
 
The unions have fought to protect their special interests at the expense of student learning, and continue to oppose promising alternatives like charter schools and voucher programs that threaten their inefficient monopoly. The public has responded by supporting restricted collective bargaining, higher educator accountability standards, and increased school choice initiatives this year in dozens of states.
 
It’s clear that Americans are fed up with an education system that fails thousands of students across the country every year, and are aligned with education reformers working to do something about it. The only question that remains is if union leaders and the education establishment will embrace the inevitable improvements, or continue to fight for the failed status quo.
 
“The education establishment would be wise to innovate, diversify and improve in order to gain a greater public investment,” said Kyle Olson, founder and CEO of EAG. “Until that happens, Americans will continue to see the war being waged in state capitals around the country for what it is: adults looking out for their own interests.”