NAC Iococca

[Al S]

You remember Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler 
Corporation from its death throes? He's now 82 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? 
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. And 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. A hell of a mess, so here's where we stand..

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.



Gas  prices are going to skyrocket again, and nobody in power has a 
lucid plan to open drilling to solve the problem. This 
country has the largest oil reserves in the WORLD, and we 
cannot drill for it because the politicians have been bought 
by the flea-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 illegal's 
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 debit, 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 
I,' 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. It's our country, folks, and it's our future. Our 
future is at stake!