NAC Iococca

[hayes myers]

I don't think Iacocooco rescued anything.... did he?

On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:

> And political opinions are like dicussions of kitchen appliances...
> They don't belong on this list ;-)
>
>
>
> -Cody (agrees with Bob)
>
> On Apr 25, 2010, at 6:26 PM, Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com> wrote:
>
> > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r)
> > Pro*
> >
> >
> > 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:
> >> *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate
> >> (r) Pro*
> >> 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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