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Remember Lee Iacocca
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I received this in a e-mail and wanted to throw it out here for discussion. It is bit long but worth the read.



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? 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 in Iraq , 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! (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 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. 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 getting slaughtered by health care costs. Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy. Our schools are in trouble. Our borders are like sieves. The middle class is being squeezed every which way. 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. 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. Now, that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out what you're going to do the next time. Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in anufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when 'The Big Three' referred to Japane se car companies? How did this happen, and more important, what are we going to do 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 gang in Congress. 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 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 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 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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#2
He is brilliant. Why can't he be president?
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ramseycat Wrote:He is brilliant. Why can't he be president?
he is 82. You think the discussion on McCain's age was something, Iacocca is 10 years older. he was a great business leader, especially with Chrysler.
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ramseycat Wrote:He is brilliant. Why can't he be president?
He has no Constitutional education such as a Juris Doctorand has no clout on Capitol Hill. He would crash and burn as President; as nobody in the Legislative Branch would help him move forward any kind of agenda.Do you even know what the term "a lame administration" means? Didn't think so.
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#5
Actually, yes I do. And I do know why he can't be president. It was a rhetorical question - like why can't someone with his balls take the lead instead of the idiots we have had inthe past 16 years.
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ramseycat Wrote:Actually, yes I do. And I do know why he can't be president. It was a rhetorical question - like why can't someone with his balls take the lead instead of the idiots we have had inthe past 16 years.
It's about money. How much money do you think Joe Kennedy literally spent to get JFK into the White House? My understanding is that it was in the manytens of millions of personal assets. Iacocca was poor when he worked for Ford. He only made some coin in his later years; and certainly nothing along the lines of a Ross Perot or a Bill Gates. The two Bushtards got in office because Preston Bush was in the oil world and worth unimaginable money. Clinton's money came from Sam Walton; of Walmart fame. Hilary Clinton sat on Sam Walton's Board of Directors. Sam had a lot of power and clout inside the Beltway.
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#7
Moose I have to admit it. Some of what you posted makes sense and some even correct.

What you do best was in your post.........going off topic at a rush.
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#8
F U...I got this book a few weeks ago, I'm hoping to find time between Christmas & New Years to read it but, I just wanted to say, I ordered it because a family member forwarded precisely what your first post consisted of, that alone convinced me that I wanted to read it.
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#9
Iacocca was a legend, maybe still is... but the US would never let him get elected. Perish the fucken thought of a leader that wanted to implement a transparent management system and cut the dead weight being in power!
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