Hello John
This may not be happening i your country.
I am exchrysler and LeeIacocca And this Man turned Chrysler around
I respect his opinion
more than any of these canadiated to be our president.
Thisis truly food for thought
Food for thought...Let's be "movers and shakers". Get the lazy
louts out office that have forgotten who they work for. Stop them from
lining their pockets with our hard earned money ( called stealing by the way).
We are the strength of America!
Subject: Fwd: The two party system???
Just in case you thought Lee
Iacocca was totally retired..............................DD
Throw all Representatives out
this Fall. Get some American Balls.
The two party
system????
Remember
Lee Iacocca, the VP at Ford credited with the birth of the Mustang, the man
who rescued Chrysler, Corporation from their death throes, and the owner
of the famous quote "Lead, follow, or get out of the way"? Well, he's back!
He has a new book, and here are some excerpts.
Lee
Iacocca writes:
'Am I the
only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the
hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We've got a
gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've
got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a
hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But
instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the
politicians say, 'Stay
the course'
Stay the
course? You've got to be kidding. This is America, not the damned 'Titanic'
I'll give you a sound bite: 'Throw all the bums out!'
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 inIraq ,
the Middle
East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do.
And the 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 !
Leaders
are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It's easy
to sit there with your feet up on the desk 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.
George Bush, Dick Chaney and who it this Bozo
coming up
next? One of the most Liberal Idiots in the U. S. Senate and he is
talking about disarming America. I can't believe
the American people are
seeing what he is about to do to this country. May God have mercy on us
all.
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 with no plan
for winning and no plan for leaving. We're running the biggest deficit in the
history of the country. We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia, while our
once-great Companies are all moving offshore. We're getting slaughtered
by health care costs. Gas prices are
skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy. Our
schools are the worst in the world. Our borders are like sieves. The middle
class is being squeezed every which way. These are times that cry out
for leadership and we are getting ready to put the most Liberal Senator in the
U. S. Senate in as our next President because we want to be fair and elect
someone just because of his race. We don't have time to be fair, we need
a strong leader.
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 hope 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.
Name me
one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane
Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response
to the hurricane, or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made
in the crucial hours after the storm. Everyone's hunkering down, fingers
crossed, hoping it doesn't happen again. Well guess what people? We are
having more floods right now. What are we doing to help these people
out. Now, that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan.
Figure out what you're going to do the next time. Why are we allowing
people to build in flood plains anyway? If you build in a flood area,
expect to be flooded and deal with it. Don't expect the Government to
bail you out.
Name
me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our
competitive edge in manufacturing. All they seem to be thinking now-days
is getting themselves bigger salaries and
bonuses. 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,
what are we going to do about it? likely nothing!
Name
me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debt, or
solving theenergy
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 gang in Congress and the Senate. We didn't elect you to sit
on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being
hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What is
everybody so afraid of? That some bonehead on Fox
News<http://www.foxnews.com/> will call them a name? Give me a
break. Why don't you guys show some spine for a change? I honestly
don't think any of you have one!
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
1970s oil crisis, and the struggles of recent
years culminating with 9/11. If I've learned one thing, it's
this:
'You don't
get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take
action. Whether it's building a better car or building a better future for our
children, we all have a role to play. That's the challenge I'm raising in this
book. It's a call to 'Action' for people who, like me, believe in America .
It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close. So let's shake off the
crap and go to work. Let's tell 'em all we've had
'enough.'
Make a
'real contribution' by sending this to everyone you know and
care