The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”. . . . Ronald Reagan “If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.”

Winston Churchill “No arsenal, no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the WILL and MORAL COURAGE of free men and women.”

Thought I would share with you what Congressman Don Young of Alaska has to say about the first 100 days.

April 29, 2009
REP. YOUNG COMMENTS ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S FIRST 100 DAYS
“Our country is facing tough times that call for solutions not grandstanding.” -Rep. Don Young

Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement this afternoon on President Obama’s first 100 days in office:

“The first 100 days of this Presidency have been like nothing I’ve ever witnessed in my 36 years in Congress. We were promised full bipartisan efforts, but so far we have seen none of that. Written without bipartisan cooperation, the not-so-stimulating stimulus bill grew exponentially from what was originally proposed, and wound up including $137 billion in new government programs. Pushing a social agenda is not the way to stimulate our economy or create new jobs!

“So far this year, the Democrat led house has authorized the spending of $71,901,800,000 and that doesn’t even include the money appropriated for the bailout and the stimulus! Just THIS WEEK we have authorized $9.22 billion in spending. This Congress, and by default this nation, is hemorrhaging the hard earned money of American taxpayers and it’s not okay.

“Additionally, in just 100 days, this administration has managed to infringe on our Second Amendment rights, lock up more public lands, put a halt to energy development and production, and in turn take away more and more American jobs in a time when we need all we can get.

“I’ve said time and time again that this partisanship has got to stop. We are going to keep spinning ourselves in circles instead of coming to solutions if this continues. When the President took office he vowed he would work with both sides of the aisle. He’s made public shows of extending the olive branch, but behind the scenes has done nothing. Our country is facing tough times that call for solutions not grandstanding. If this first 100 days is any indicator of what’s to come over the next four years, then we’re headed down a very slippery slope. I still have faith that we can turn things around, but it’s going to require more than prime time press conferences and photo ops.”