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IACOCCA SPEAKS OUT ON OBAMA

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 Iococca’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

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 debit, 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 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!!”

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

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John

I had this thought while being in New York this week. 

It came to me while riding in a cab with a driver from Morocco.  A very pleasant, Jazz loving man who has made a life in America over the past 25 years and considers this his country.  He has become an American.  I am an American citizen by birth.  As we talked, we started to share our similar ideas about what we thought about various current events, our government, illegal immigration, dual citizenship, learning the language, etc.  He spoke to me in English.  He is schooled in French and studies in French. However, in my opinion, he is an example of an immigrant that truly wants to be here and has gone through the process of becoming a citizen legally.  He is as concerned as I am about the illegal immigrants crossing the borders from Mexico.  He is as concerned as I about being over taxed.  He is as concerned as I about the government messing with our health care.  He is as concerned as I about the oil spewing into the gulf off the Louisiana coast. He is as concerned as I am about extremism.

As an immigrant to this country this man has assumed an American name to make it easier for us to address him just like many of the Ellis Island immigrants who assumed American type names to blend into their new country so many years ago.  He isn’t interested in showing off his differences and being a poster boy for diversity in this country.  He wants to blend in and share the similarities that we all have as Americans.  That’s why he is here and has been for the past 25 years.  He loves his new country.  He can complain about it but he, along with all of us, would not live anywhere else in the world because this is his land.  He has earned the right to call it his land.  He may speak up as a true American citizen freely because he has earned that right.  He can vote because he has earned that right.  He is American first.  Not French-American.  Not Moroccan-American.  Not Muslim-American.  He is an American.   He is proud to be American and he is proud to share the SIMILARITIES that we all have as American citizens.

I believe this man has a handle on what it means to be an American.  He did not seek dual citizenship.  He did not sneak into this country to take money back home.  He came and became one of us. 

We must not lose faith in the American Dream.  This is the last place on earth with true freedom.  We are the last hope for the oppressed of the world.  We are different from the third world because we celebrate our similarities.

Diversity is okay.  However, in my opinion, we should take a moment each day and remember how fortunate we are to be American and how unique that makes us.  Be proud that there are those in the world who want to come here and share our similarities with us.  Like our language and our freedom and rights given to us by the designers of our constitution.  

Celebrate our similarities.  Be AMERICAN.  Speak up.  You are allowed.

John