Where have our leaders gone?
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on: January 21, 2009, 4:25 am
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Release Author: Anonymous-received as a forwarded email
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Release Summary: Where have our leaders gone? The only person
I know who may be able to police and oversee the gigantic amounts
of tax payer dollars being wasted and put into a defunct auto
manufacturing industry is Iacocca and they are afraid to ask his
opinion - they already know his answer!
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Release Body: 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 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 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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