IACOCCA*
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*Could you believe that Lee Iacocca is 94 years old and
is still KICKIN’ butt? Check out his latest rant.*
*Just as true today as it was when his book first came
out. He was, and still is, a brilliant businessman!
Often we need to be reminded of Iacocca's words,
Remember Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler
Corporation from its death throes?
He's now 94 years old and has a new book, 'Where Have
All The Leaders Gone?'.
Lee Iacocca Says:
"Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with
what's happening? Where the hell is our outrage with
this so called president?
We should be screaming bloody murder!
We've got a gang of tax cheating clueless leftists
trying to steer our ship of state right over a cliff,
We've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we
can't even run a ridiculous cash-for-clunkers program
without losing $26 billion of the taxpayers' money, much
less build a hybrid car.
But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and
nods their heads when the politicians say,
'trust me, the economy is getting better..
' Better ?
What the Hell ! You've got to be kidding. This is
America, not the damned Titanic'.
I'll give you a sound bite: 'Throw all the Democrats
out, along with Obama!'
You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off
my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak
up. I hardly recognize this country anymore.
The most famous business leaders are not the innovators
but the guys in handcuffs.
While we're fiddling in Afghanistan, Iran is completing
their nuclear bombs and missiles and nobody seems to
know what to do.
The liberal press is waving 'pom-poms' instead of asking
hard questions.
That's not the promise of the 'America' my parents and
yours traveled across the ocean for.
I've had enough. How about you?
I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a
patriot if you're not outraged.
This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have. The
Biggest 'C' is Crisis! (Iacocca elaborates on nine C's
of leadership, with crisis being the first.)
Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in
times of crisis. It's easy to sit there with thumb up
your butt and talk theory. Or send someone else's kids
off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself.
It's another thing to lead when your world comes
tumbling down. On September 11, 2001 , we needed a
strong leader more than any other time in our history.
We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes.
We're immersed in a bloody war now with no plan for
winning and no plan for leaving, but our soldiers are
dying daily.
We're running the biggest deficit in the history of the
world, and it's getting worse every day!
We've lost the manufacturing edge to Asia, while our
once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health
care costs.
This country has the largest oil reserves in the WORLD,
and we cannot drill for it because the politicians have
been bought by the tree-hugging environmentalists.
Our schools are in a complete disaster because of the
teachers' union.
Our borders are like sieves and they want to give all
illegals amnesty and free healthcare.
The middle class is being squeezed to death every day.
These are times that cry out for leadership.
But when you look around, you've got to ask: Where have
all the leaders gone? Where are the curious, creative
communicators?
Where are the people of character, courage, conviction,
omnipotence, and common sense?
I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get
the point.
Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland
security than making us take off our shoes in airports
and throw away our shampoo?
We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new
bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to
things that have already happened.
Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping the
government will make it better for them. Now, that's
just crazy. Deal with life.
Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively
about how we can restore our competitive edge in
manufacturing.
Who would have believed that there could ever be a time
when 'The Big Three' referred to Japanese car companies?
How did this happen, and more important, look what Obama
did about it.
Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan
for paying down the debt, or solving the energy crisis,
or managing the health care problem. The silence is
deafening.
But these are the crises that are eating away at our
country and milking the middle class dry.
I have news for the Chicago gangsters in Congress.
We didn't elect you to turn this country into a losing
European Socialist state.
What is everybody so afraid of? That some bonehead on
NBC or CNN news will call them a name? Give me a break.
Why don't you guys show some spine for a change?
Had Enough? Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom
and doom here.
I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I
have hope - I believe in America...
In my lifetime, I've had the privilege of living through
some of America 's greatest moments.
I've also experienced some of our worst crises:
The 'Great Depression,' World War II,' 'the 'Korean
War,' the 'Kennedy Assassination,' the 'Vietnam War,'
the 1970's oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years
since 9/11.
Make your own contribution by sending this to everyone
you know and care about.
For, it is your country, folks, and it's your future and
your progeny.
My / Our future is at stake!*
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