SOME TIMES WE JUST HAVE TO CARE

[Guest wdenike]

Would you believe that Lee Iacocca is 94 years old and is still
KICKIN’ butt? Check out his latest rant.

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 94 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 heck 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. 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.

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 tree-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 illegals 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Things like this need to be repeated every day thru November and thru 2016. In an effort to rid government of the cancer that is ruining our country. In an honest effort at the polls to right the ship peacefully. How many others have had enough???

 

 

 

Take care, Willie

[DesertBull]

Did you see the primaries yesterday? All the RINOs won. People are stupid. They are scared that their gooberment check or service will stop and they can't fathom a life of self reliance.

[stanley]

Would you believe that Lee Iacocca is 94 years old and is still

KICKIN’ butt? Check out his latest rant.

 

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 94 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 heck 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. 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.

 

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 tree-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 illegals 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Things like this need to be repeated every day thru November and thru 2016. In an effort to rid government of the cancer that is ruining our country. In an honest effort at the polls to right the ship peacefully. How many others have had enough???

 

 

 

Take care, Willie

 

Seriously? New book??? Too funny.......

 

Not sure what chain-mail source your getting your information from, but Lee Iaccoca wrote the book many years ago as a slam on the Bush administration. Now some goof-ball changed up the quotes from it and sending it around to see how many gullable folks will eat it up!

 

S.

 

 

PS: My reply is in NO way an endorsement of the current adminstration or ANY political party (they all suck in some way or another, IMO).

[Guest wdenike]

 

Would you believe that Lee Iacocca is 94 years old and is still

KICKIN’ butt? Check out his latest rant.

 

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 94 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 heck 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. 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.

 

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 tree-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 illegals 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Things like this need to be repeated every day thru November and thru 2016. In an effort to rid government of the cancer that is ruining our country. In an honest effort at the polls to right the ship peacefully. How many others have had enough???

 

 

 

Take care, Willie

 

Seriously? New book??? Too funny.......

 

Not sure what chain-mail source your getting your information from, but Lee Iaccoca wrote the book many years ago as a slam on the Bush administration. Now some goof-ball changed up the quotes from it and sending it around to see how many gullable folks will eat it up!

 

S.

 

 

PS: My reply is in NO way an endorsement of the current adminstration or ANY political party (they all suck in some way or another, IMO).

 

 

 

Although the book was written in 2007. I felt everything said was meaningful enough to pass along. Apparently you seem perfectly satisfied with the road we are traveling as a country. There for being no one has a gun pointed to your head insisting for you to pass any of it along. Just sit back relax vote for the status quo or not.That is your right. But hopefully enough will the right thing, which will long term benefit you. Whether you are able to recognize it or not.

 

 

 

Take care, Willie

[dustin25]

Busted! That's embarrassing....

[stanley]

 

 

Would you believe that Lee Iacocca is 94 years old and is still

KICKIN’ butt? Check out his latest rant.

 

 

 

Seriously? New book??? Too funny.......

 

Not sure what chain-mail source your getting your information from, but Lee Iaccoca wrote the book many years ago as a slam on the Bush administration. Now some goof-ball changed up the quotes from it and sending it around to see how many gullable folks will eat it up!

 

S.

 

 

PS: My reply is in NO way an endorsement of the current adminstration or ANY political party (they all suck in some way or another, IMO).

 

 

 

Although the book was written in 2007. I felt everything said was meaningful enough to pass along. Apparently you seem perfectly satisfied with the road we are traveling as a country. There for being no one has a gun pointed to your head insisting for you to pass any of it along. Just sit back relax vote for the status quo or not.That is your right. But hopefully enough will the right thing, which will long term benefit you. Whether you are able to recognize it or not.

 

 

 

Take care, Willie

 

 

OK, Willie. Sorry if I touched a nerve. I seriously didn't mean to offend you. (Nor did I mean to "bust" or embarras anyone, Dustin. That wasn't my intent at all.....) I was simply pointing-out that what you posted was not accuratly quoted and was written completely out of context with the original intent of Lee Iaccoca. He was slamming the Bush administration in the book!

 

That being said, I'm not sure where you get the idea that I seem 'perfectly satisfied with the road we are traveling as a country.....'. In fact, I made it a point to say that my response was not an endorsement of the current administration (Maybe you missed that part.). I'm also not sure where you get the impression that I will just sit back and vote for the status quo????

 

Just because I pointed-out that you posted inaccuratly quoted information does NOT have any bearing on my politics. I hope that makes sense to you.

 

S.

 

[dustin25]

Agreed Stanley I'm not satisfied with how things are now.and I didn't mean Willie was busted, I meant whoever took literature bashing bush, changed the names out, and tried circulating it to bash Obama.THAT is funny...

[Guest wdenike]

Stanley,

 

 

No nerve touched, and I don't let the innanet offend me at all. Just sorta speak my opinion, and read others. And in this situation I consider spin to be what we have been listening to for the last six years. The un politically correct term would be flat out lies. I simply looked at the above quote as a scenario. And whether it was about Bush, Reagan, or in this case Skeeter. I simply felt if the scenario fit like a good pair of boots. It sure was worth passing along. As we are in deep poo poo these days. Take it easy.

 

 

 

Take care, Willie