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 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, 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 with out a TELEPROMPTER. 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 CNN 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!!
The Staff: No one could say it better, thank you Lee for speaking up for America. To bad our elected leaders don't have the courage to speak up.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Truth Hurts Doesn't it
OBAMA said, in his Cairo speech: "I know, too, that Islam has always been a part of America's story.
Dear Mr. Obama:
Dear Mr. Obama:
Were those Muslims that were in America when the Pilgrims first landed?
Funny, I thought they were Native American Indians.
Were those Muslims that celebrated the first Thanksgiving day?
Sorry again, those were Pilgrims and Native American Indians.
Can you show me one Muslim signature on the United States Constitution? Declaration of Independence? Bill of Rights? Didn't think so. Did Muslims fight for this country's freedom from England? No. Did Muslims fight during the Civil War to free the slaves in America? No, they did not. In fact, Muslims to this day are still the largest traffickers in human slavery. Your own 'half brother' a devout Muslim still advocates slavery himself, even though Muslims of Arabic descent refer to black Muslims as "pug nosed slaves."
Says a lot of what the Muslim world really thinks of your family's "rich Islamic heritage" doesn't it Mr.Obama? Where were Muslims during the Civil Rights era of this country? Not present. There are no pictures or media accounts of Muslims walking side by side with Martin Luther King Jr.. or helping to advance the cause of Civil Rights.
Where were Muslims during this country's Woman's Suffrage era? Again, not present. In fact, devout Muslims demand that women are subservient to men in the Islamic culture. So much so that often they are beaten for not wearing the 'hajib' or for talking to a man that is not a direct family member or their husband. Yep, the Muslims are all for women's rights aren't they?
Where were Muslims during World War II? They were aligned with Adolf Hitler. The Muslim grand mufti himself met with Adolf Hitler, reviewed the troops and accepted support from the Nazi's in killing Jews. Finally Obama, where were Muslims on Sept. 11th, 2001? If they weren't flying planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon or a field in Pennsylvania killing nearly 3,000 people on our own soil, they were rejoicing in the middle east.
No one can dispute the pictures shown from all parts of the Muslim world celebrating on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and other news networks that day. Strangely, the very "moderate" Muslims who's asses you bent over backwards to kiss in Cairo, Egypt on June 4th were stone cold silent post 9-11.
To many Americans, their silence has meant approval for the acts of that day. And THAT, Obama, is the "rich heritage" Muslims have here in America. And now we can add November 5, 2009-- the slaughter of American soldiers at Fort Hood by a Muslim major who is a doctor and a psychiatrist who was supposed to be counselling soldiers returning from battle in Iraq and Afghanistan.
That, Obama is "Muslim heritage" in America.
The Staff: One of best statements I have read. Muslim president who is intent on destroying America as we have known it.
A Republican That needs to be Voted Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Subject:Repeal the G.I. Bill
Rep. Joseph Pitts
November 19, 2009
I support the repeal or curtailing of the G.I. Bill. Although there's a sense in which I admire our veterans' bravery, it is obvious to me that most veterans are not "college material," intellectually speaking. Universities, however, feel pressured to accept their otherwise substandard credentials because to do so is to tap into a reliable revenue stream from the federal government.
A similar situation exists with affirmative action policies, although the justifications are different, and, in my view, more robust. The federal government's subsidizing of the college education of otherwise unqualified military veterans dilutes the meaning and value of a college education. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but I do not share this awed reverence for our veterans. Loyalty in itself is no virtue, killing is killing, and human beings in uniforms are still human beings.
I will not be prevented from questioning the wisdom of certain policies such as this one by people playing the "military service card" and I hope you will not be either.
Lancaster , P
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Conservative, Moderates, Blue Dog Democrats - Work Together Now for Us
Now after the health care vote I hear some talking heads stating the GOP may be tearing itself apart over the vote. Not happening and won't as moderates and conservatives want a bill that REALLY helps health care, not inflates the government control over its citizens. Many things can be done to lower health care without the big take over they are pushing. The problem with Washington and the way they work is, they are JUST TO DAMN LAZY to find the correct answers to the problem. By no means am I qualified to tell anyone how to make things better but wouldn't it help if health insurance could be purchased across state lines? Something as simple as allowing for groups to purchase insurance (engineering companies, sign makers, contractors, etc) that would number in the millions which would increase purchasing power to where the groups could negotiate much lower rates.
Many 'Blue Dog" democrats are being pressed to pass a "BAD HEALTH CARE BILL" instead of fixing some items now and give the credit to Obama if it will help. We have dealt with this before and can fix this problem over the next year or two. There is NO WAY it should be forced down our throat. The Hard Right, Moderate Right and Blue Dog Democrats can put a bill together and if the far left wants to join in, please do so.
If this congress doesn't listen to "We the People" now, they will not get a second chance. 2010 is coming and We the People are watching.
These groups would also be able to purchase drugs far lower after negotiating with drug makers to reduce what they charge us. Right now Americans pay much more then Canadians pay for their drugs because they have purchasing power we don't.
The conservative right and moderates both believe the government should get out of our pockets and not try to run our lives from birth to death. Our constitution needs to be read by everyone again as so many of us have forgotten what our freedoms are before the liberal left shreds it. I'm sure they (left) believe what they are doing is correct but much of it is directly against what our founding father wrote and died for so many years ago.Many 'Blue Dog" democrats are being pressed to pass a "BAD HEALTH CARE BILL" instead of fixing some items now and give the credit to Obama if it will help. We have dealt with this before and can fix this problem over the next year or two. There is NO WAY it should be forced down our throat. The Hard Right, Moderate Right and Blue Dog Democrats can put a bill together and if the far left wants to join in, please do so.
If this congress doesn't listen to "We the People" now, they will not get a second chance. 2010 is coming and We the People are watching.
GOP Right, GOP Moderates, and Blue Dog Democrats can control what happens. These groups need to step up and WORK together now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What Politicans Never Learned
These are possibly the 5 best sentences on politics you'll ever read.They should be in every book in every school room in every city in every state in our great Union.Our educators should make a lesson plan on these statements and instill these words in the minds of all students.
1*"You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity
2* What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
3*The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
4*When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation.
5*You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it..."
Adrian Rogers, 1931
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Joke is On US
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Jobs are being created, or at least saved, thanks to President Obama's stimulus spending, and the administration seems pleased to take credit for 650,000 state and local positions after burning through $150 billion.
That's it? That's the best we can get for $150 billion? I'm starting to understand the stimulus naysayers because when you do the math, it's costing an average of more than $230,000 to save a job with this program.
I seriously doubt we're creating six-figure income jobs. Granted, the investment is intended to create long-term employment opportunities, so the cost per job should diminish over time if the companies keep all the stimulus-related positions.
There should also be a compounding impact as companies in the supply chain boost employment to keep up with potential growth by the recipients of government grants.
At least that's the hope. For now, all we know is that the government is spending more than four times the median household income of $52,029 to create or save jobs.
The Obama camp is quick to point out that this initial job assessment covers only a small part of the $787 billion in planned spending. The White House puts the stimulus-job tally at 1 million when other spending is factored in and says it expects to see 3.5 million jobs credited to the stimulus package when all is said and done, according to a report on CNN.
Looking at the data available so far, the number of positions created or saved directly by federal contracts is only about 30,000 to date, according to the official government stimulus Web site, Recovery.gov.
So the rest of the stimulus jobs must be coming from the trickle down impact of spending at the state and local level.
More details on stimulus jobs are expected to be released this afternoon.
So far, it's a pretty lame PR effort by the Obama camp. If they are going to defend this spending program against increasing attacks by Republicans who think the money is being wasted, then they'll need to find some better examples of success.
Sifting through the reams of individual reports on the stimulus tracking Web site, you'll find some big amounts going to individual companies in various states that didn't help with employment at all.
According to the fancy map on the Recovery.gov Web site, $165.9 million went to Lockheed Martin(LMT Quote) in Colorado that didn't save or create any jobs, $57.6 million went to Northrop Grumman (NOC Quote)in California that didn't create or save any jobs and $373.6 million went to Sanofi-Aventis (SNY Quote)in Pennsylvania that didn't save or create any jobs.
That said, there are many smaller awards such as $70,808 that went to the Housing Authority in the city of Robert Lee , Texas and is credited with 5 jobs.
I'm hoping that the data on the government Web site is simply incomplete because my unscientific review produced very disappointing results.
Maybe the White House needs to create a few jobs itself to get a better tracking system.
--Written by Glenn Hall in New York .
We owe a great thanks to people like Glenn Hall for telling us the truth.
That's it? That's the best we can get for $150 billion? I'm starting to understand the stimulus naysayers because when you do the math, it's costing an average of more than $230,000 to save a job with this program.
I seriously doubt we're creating six-figure income jobs. Granted, the investment is intended to create long-term employment opportunities, so the cost per job should diminish over time if the companies keep all the stimulus-related positions.
There should also be a compounding impact as companies in the supply chain boost employment to keep up with potential growth by the recipients of government grants.
At least that's the hope. For now, all we know is that the government is spending more than four times the median household income of $52,029 to create or save jobs.
The Obama camp is quick to point out that this initial job assessment covers only a small part of the $787 billion in planned spending. The White House puts the stimulus-job tally at 1 million when other spending is factored in and says it expects to see 3.5 million jobs credited to the stimulus package when all is said and done, according to a report on CNN.
Looking at the data available so far, the number of positions created or saved directly by federal contracts is only about 30,000 to date, according to the official government stimulus Web site, Recovery.gov.
So the rest of the stimulus jobs must be coming from the trickle down impact of spending at the state and local level.
More details on stimulus jobs are expected to be released this afternoon.
So far, it's a pretty lame PR effort by the Obama camp. If they are going to defend this spending program against increasing attacks by Republicans who think the money is being wasted, then they'll need to find some better examples of success.
Sifting through the reams of individual reports on the stimulus tracking Web site, you'll find some big amounts going to individual companies in various states that didn't help with employment at all.
According to the fancy map on the Recovery.gov Web site, $165.9 million went to Lockheed Martin(LMT Quote) in Colorado that didn't save or create any jobs, $57.6 million went to Northrop Grumman (NOC Quote)in California that didn't create or save any jobs and $373.6 million went to Sanofi-Aventis (SNY Quote)in Pennsylvania that didn't save or create any jobs.
That said, there are many smaller awards such as $70,808 that went to the Housing Authority in the city of Robert Lee , Texas and is credited with 5 jobs.
I'm hoping that the data on the government Web site is simply incomplete because my unscientific review produced very disappointing results.
Maybe the White House needs to create a few jobs itself to get a better tracking system.
--Written by Glenn Hall in New York .
We owe a great thanks to people like Glenn Hall for telling us the truth.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
"People Should Not be Afraid of Their Government, Government Should be Afraid of The People"
How true this statement is. The American people have forgotten how true the statement above is and because we have a select, few have taken over our government. They have come to believe they know what we want, know what is best for us, and how to spend our money we work for better they we do. The arrogance of these people is shown almost every time to open their collective mouths.
I don't believe it is limited to just congress, remember Clinton making some statement along the lines that they knew how to spend our money better then we did. You know, before Clinton came along and said that, we had been spending our hard earned money for years without any problem except GOVERNMENT trying to take more and more of it.
Government is the problem and has been for many years. Many in Washington want to take care of us from birth to death. The latter will be decided by some committee that will decide if you are worth the money to be kept alive. Now they want to take over Health Care so they can control more of our freedoms and they will decide who get the best care. Do you really want the same people who can't run Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, US Postal Service handling our health care?
I know a lady who had Ovarian Cancer and if the government was running her health care she would have died. I say this because the health care she had, from the time is was diagnosed to surgery was SIX DAYS. Yes six days, saved her life. The doctors stated that in four months it went from an acorn size to softball. Does anyone really think a government run health care system would have saved her life? Do you want to take a chance with the same people who run SS, Medicare, Medicaid and the Post Office plus others.
Everyone needs to remember "WE THE PEOPLE" run the government and not "Temporary Workers" we placed there. If we ever want to take back control of our country and spending, 2010 is a very important year in history. We either once again take back control and make our Government afraid of "WE THE PEOPLE" or surrender our freedoms to a government who has lost touch with the people and display their arrogance daily.
I don't believe it is limited to just congress, remember Clinton making some statement along the lines that they knew how to spend our money better then we did. You know, before Clinton came along and said that, we had been spending our hard earned money for years without any problem except GOVERNMENT trying to take more and more of it.
Government is the problem and has been for many years. Many in Washington want to take care of us from birth to death. The latter will be decided by some committee that will decide if you are worth the money to be kept alive. Now they want to take over Health Care so they can control more of our freedoms and they will decide who get the best care. Do you really want the same people who can't run Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, US Postal Service handling our health care?
I know a lady who had Ovarian Cancer and if the government was running her health care she would have died. I say this because the health care she had, from the time is was diagnosed to surgery was SIX DAYS. Yes six days, saved her life. The doctors stated that in four months it went from an acorn size to softball. Does anyone really think a government run health care system would have saved her life? Do you want to take a chance with the same people who run SS, Medicare, Medicaid and the Post Office plus others.
Everyone needs to remember "WE THE PEOPLE" run the government and not "Temporary Workers" we placed there. If we ever want to take back control of our country and spending, 2010 is a very important year in history. We either once again take back control and make our Government afraid of "WE THE PEOPLE" or surrender our freedoms to a government who has lost touch with the people and display their arrogance daily.
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