Friends, would you believe that Lee Iacocca is 82 years old and is still KICKIN butt? Check out his latest ant.
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 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 skyrock 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
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. It's our country, folks, and it's our future. Our future is at stake!
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"
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and
lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham
Lincoln
"GOD BLESS AMERICA"
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