NAC Iococca

[Robert Myers]

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Al,

Opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one. You do not speak for me.

Bob


At 06:17 PM 4/25/2010, Al S wrote:
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>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!
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