Lee Iacocca

[bamf1414]

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 illegal's 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.

It's our country, folks, and it's our future. Our future is at stake!!

[TRERUMPH]

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 illegal's 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.

It's our country, folks, and it's our future. Our future is at stake!!

FIRST OF ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT THIS COUNTRY IS GOING THRU WAS INHERITED FROM THE LAST PRESIDENT WE HAD WITH ALL THE LIES AND STEALING AND THE CHEATING. I AGREED WITH WHAT BUSH DID CAZ IF HE DIDNT AND SADDAM HUSSIEN WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIS HAND ON A NUCLEAR WEAPON MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE USE IT OR NOT BUT BUSH WOULD HAVE BEEN DAM IF HE DID AND DAM IF HE DIDNT, AND HE LEFT HINTS LIKE THIS WAR WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF AND YOU SEE WHERE WE STAND TODAY. NOW! OBAMA IS DOING WHAT HE CAN TO TRY AND STRAIGHTEN THIS **** OUT THAT THE BUSHES HAS CAUSED. HES ONLY BEEN THERE GOING ON TWO YEARS AND THIS KAOUS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS NOW BEFORE HE GOT THERE. YOU WANT TO BASH THE MAN BECAUSE HE IS BLACK??????!!!!!!!!! WELL LOOK AGAIN HE IS WHITE TOO SO BASE YOUR THEORY ON SOMETHING ELSE. THATS WHATS WRONG WITH AMERICA EVERYBODY POINTS THE FINGER AND DONT WANT TO LEND A HAND TO HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN ORDER TO PERFORM A MORE PERFECT UNION IS BULL **** CAUSE WHAT THEY ARE REALLY SAYING IS IN ORDER TO LINE OUR POCKETS WITH AMERICAN DOLLARS AND FORIEN DOLLARS AND TO KILL THE SPIRITS OF THE WHOLE WORLD AS LONG AS WE ARE RICH AND THE PEOPLE DEPEND ON US. REMEBER YOU VOTED FOR THESE PEOPLE CAUSE THEY SAID THEY PROMISE. WELL LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID AND NOW YOU WANT TO BASH THE DEMOCRATS AS WELL AS OBAMA. DUDE WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS GO TO YOUR CLOSET AND PULL OUT YOUR SHEET AND START YOUR RALLY CAUSE THATS WHAT YOU SOUND LIKE.....POINT BLANK....!!!!!!!!!!!

[DoD]

Is Lee to old to run for President?

[Thor363]

I wasn't aware that Lee was still alive and kicking, but I have to say I totally agree.... I MEAN TOTALLY! The focus in North America as a whole is so screwed up and people watch more and more mainstream media all strewn full of fear, and for what? Getting more and more numb every day, waiting for some 'leader' to step up and fix it all? This has become a socialist state under the current regime. I can't wait until America the great is fully awakened, and I hope it's soon.

As for Lee... Keep speaking the truth Lee!!! With your age came a lot of excellent wisdom!!!

[vern]

Lee has always spoken the Truth.Maybe he should run for Pres with Donald.i am not kidding here-They would be a force to be recond with-IMHO-Vern

[BANE]

I liked it better when it was posted the first time a week ago....

[Thor363]

Lee has always spoken the Truth.Maybe he should run for Pres with Donald.i am not kidding here-They would be a force to be recond with-IMHO-Vern

That would be awesome!

Can you imagine the stones that those two would have to 'REORG' government!?

Having been through multiple 'reorgs' in business, these are always done as a result of the business needing a process and management enema... about time for the shrinking of government.

LOL AWESOME IDEA VERN!!!

[vern]

FIRST OF ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT THIS COUNTRY IS GOING THRU WAS INHERITED FROM THE LAST PRESIDENT WE HAD WITH ALL THE LIES AND STEALING AND THE CHEATING. I AGREED WITH WHAT BUSH DID CAZ IF HE DIDNT AND SADDAM HUSSIEN WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIS HAND ON A NUCLEAR WEAPON MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE USE IT OR NOT BUT BUSH WOULD HAVE BEEN DAM IF HE DID AND DAM IF HE DIDNT, AND HE LEFT HINTS LIKE THIS WAR WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF AND YOU SEE WHERE WE STAND TODAY. NOW! OBAMA IS DOING WHAT HE CAN TO TRY AND STRAIGHTEN THIS **** OUT THAT THE BUSHES HAS CAUSED. HES ONLY BEEN THERE GOING ON TWO YEARS AND THIS KAOUS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS NOW BEFORE HE GOT THERE. YOU WANT TO BASH THE MAN BECAUSE HE IS BLACK??????!!!!!!!!! WELL LOOK AGAIN HE IS WHITE TOO SO BASE YOUR THEORY ON SOMETHING ELSE. THATS WHATS WRONG WITH AMERICA EVERYBODY POINTS THE FINGER AND DONT WANT TO LEND A HAND TO HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN ORDER TO PERFORM A MORE PERFECT UNION IS BULL **** CAUSE WHAT THEY ARE REALLY SAYING IS IN ORDER TO LINE OUR POCKETS WITH AMERICAN DOLLARS AND FORIEN DOLLARS AND TO KILL THE SPIRITS OF THE WHOLE WORLD AS LONG AS WE ARE RICH AND THE PEOPLE DEPEND ON US. REMEBER YOU VOTED FOR THESE PEOPLE CAUSE THEY SAID THEY PROMISE. WELL LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID AND NOW YOU WANT TO BASH THE DEMOCRATS AS WELL AS OBAMA. DUDE WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS GO TO YOUR CLOSET AND PULL OUT YOUR SHEET AND START YOUR RALLY CAUSE THATS WHAT YOU SOUND LIKE.....POINT BLANK....!!!!!!!!!!!

SIR-you wrote-

YOU WANT TO BASH THE MAN BECAUSE HE IS BLACK??????!!!!!!!!! -------You have started to be racist in your comment. I f i were you i would be very careful on what you say or get off of the site. This wont be tolerated---Lee I. didnt /has never called out any one with a different skin colour. He states his points quite straightforward and some people want to punch a hole in what he has to say. I feel you are trying to incite something that is not there. As far as i am concerned it was a cheap shot and you yourself believe Obamer thats ok it is your choice. You can have a differnece of opinion but to use the race card you should be bammed. Others have been .you should be put on the block and treated as so-Vern

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That would be awesome!

Can you imagine the stones that those two would have to 'REORG' government!?

Having been through multiple 'reorgs' in business, these are always done as a result of the business needing a process and management enema... about time for the shrinking of government.

LOL AWESOME IDEA VERN!!!

Hey Thor ---Thankyou--I do get 1 now and then eh? Thanks again--Vern

Edited February 21, 2011 by vern

[Thor363]

SIR-you wrote-

YOU WANT TO BASH THE MAN BECAUSE HE IS BLACK??????!!!!!!!!! -------You have started to be racist in your comment. I f i were you i would be very careful on what you say or get off of the site. This wont be tolerated---Lee I. didnt /has never called out any one with a different skin colour. He states his points quite straightforward and some people want to punch a hole in what he has to say. I feel you are trying to incite something that is not there. As far as i am concerned it was a cheap shot and you yourself believe Obamer thats ok it is your choice. You can have a differnece of opinion but to use the race card you should be bammed. Others have been .you should be put on the block and treated as so-Vern :mad:

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Hey Thor ---Thankyou--I do get 1 now and then eh? :lol: Thanks again--Vern

Well deserved Vern... You nailed it and also nailed the retort!

People that pull that race card crap out need to pull their head out of their arse... it's about performance and leadership.

Rock on Vern!

[NatMannDU]

FIRST OF ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT THIS COUNTRY IS GOING THRU WAS INHERITED FROM THE LAST PRESIDENT WE HAD WITH ALL THE LIES AND STEALING AND THE CHEATING. I AGREED WITH WHAT BUSH DID CAZ IF HE DIDNT AND SADDAM HUSSIEN WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIS HAND ON A NUCLEAR WEAPON MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE USE IT OR NOT BUT BUSH WOULD HAVE BEEN DAM IF HE DID AND DAM IF HE DIDNT, AND HE LEFT HINTS LIKE THIS WAR WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF AND YOU SEE WHERE WE STAND TODAY. NOW! OBAMA IS DOING WHAT HE CAN TO TRY AND STRAIGHTEN THIS **** OUT THAT THE BUSHES HAS CAUSED. HES ONLY BEEN THERE GOING ON TWO YEARS AND THIS KAOUS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS NOW BEFORE HE GOT THERE. YOU WANT TO BASH THE MAN BECAUSE HE IS BLACK??????!!!!!!!!! WELL LOOK AGAIN HE IS WHITE TOO SO BASE YOUR THEORY ON SOMETHING ELSE. THATS WHATS WRONG WITH AMERICA EVERYBODY POINTS THE FINGER AND DONT WANT TO LEND A HAND TO HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN ORDER TO PERFORM A MORE PERFECT UNION IS BULL **** CAUSE WHAT THEY ARE REALLY SAYING IS IN ORDER TO LINE OUR POCKETS WITH AMERICAN DOLLARS AND FORIEN DOLLARS AND TO KILL THE SPIRITS OF THE WHOLE WORLD AS LONG AS WE ARE RICH AND THE PEOPLE DEPEND ON US. REMEBER YOU VOTED FOR THESE PEOPLE CAUSE THEY SAID THEY PROMISE. WELL LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID AND NOW YOU WANT TO BASH THE DEMOCRATS AS WELL AS OBAMA. DUDE WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS GO TO YOUR CLOSET AND PULL OUT YOUR SHEET AND START YOUR RALLY CAUSE THATS WHAT YOU SOUND LIKE.....POINT BLANK....!!!!!!!!!!!

You know, to put it plainly, your post is ridiculous. Stop with the racist thing, really. I see no place in the post where the man posted anything about race. This country has been what it is because of people that were willing to help others. I agree we are in a mess right now, but we collectively as a nation have got to get past the racism thing when discussing politics. For generations folks genuinely have not liked what other folks were doing politically, and it usually had nothing to do with ones race. Just because one is white, and speaks out about what is going on, does not mean they have a sheet in their closet. Helping out in this country has never meant working to pay for someone else's way, I believe that started in the 50's. What we really need is for all the folks in politics to go home, and I mean all of them, any connected in any way with what is currently going on, and for normal folks like you Trerumph, common human beings, people from the streets, hiways and biways to go be the senators, president and congress of this country. That is the only way this thing will get fixed, I promise you that. Politics as usual has got to go. You either get one or the other version of the same poison with what we currently have.

[Thor363]

You know, to put it plainly, your post is ridiculous. Stop with the racist thing, really. I see no place in the post where the man posted anything about race. This country has been what it is because of people that were willing to help others. I agree we are in a mess right now, but we collectively as a nation have got to get past the racism thing when discussing politics. For generations folks genuinely have not liked what other folks were doing politically, and it usually had nothing to do with ones race. Just because one is white, and speaks out about what is going on, does not mean they have a sheet in their closet. Helping out in this country has never meant working to pay for someone else's way, I believe that started in the 50's. What we really need is for all the folks in politics to go home, and I mean all of them, any connected in any way with what is currently going on, and for normal folks like you Trerumph, common human beings, people from the streets, hiways and biways to go be the senators, president and congress of this country. That is the only way this thing will get fixed, I promise you that. Politics as usual has got to go. You either get one or the other version of the same poison with what we currently have.

Also very well spoken! +1 Nice thread here!

[vern]

You know if these 2 did get together can you see this? They would run his place like a bussiness and they would throw out people without concession fees and would keep promotions when leaving and would ask for the money returned from bonuses within the last 3 months.Just think. Then they tackle the market and put it back with the people and the Rothcholds would be after them and they would back dow on that- The stand off at the Washinton corral. Yup they would be a presenseand maybe Canada would get the idea that GOD-GUTS-GUNS-rule with the right laws to live by. No-one stals then.. But then this is only teory and not a perfect world. But What If?--Vern

[Thor363]

You know if these 2 did get together can you see this? They would run his place like a bussiness and they would throw out people without concession fees and would keep promotions when leaving and would ask for the money returned from bonuses within the last 3 months.Just think. Then they tackle the market and put it back with the people and the Rothcholds would be after them and they would back dow on that- The stand off at the Washinton corral. Yup they would be a presenseand maybe Canada would get the idea that GOD-GUTS-GUNS-rule with the right laws to live by. No-one stals then.. But then this is only teory and not a perfect world. But What If?--Vern

Canada needs to be part of the U.S. IMHO... bullshix border there anyway...

[kingfish]

FIRST OF ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT THIS COUNTRY IS GOING THRU WAS INHERITED FROM THE LAST PRESIDENT WE HAD WITH ALL THE LIES AND STEALING AND THE CHEATING. I AGREED WITH WHAT BUSH DID CAZ IF HE DIDNT AND SADDAM HUSSIEN WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIS HAND ON A NUCLEAR WEAPON MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE USE IT OR NOT BUT BUSH WOULD HAVE BEEN DAM IF HE DID AND DAM IF HE DIDNT, AND HE LEFT HINTS LIKE THIS WAR WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF AND YOU SEE WHERE WE STAND TODAY. NOW! OBAMA IS DOING WHAT HE CAN TO TRY AND STRAIGHTEN THIS **** OUT THAT THE BUSHES HAS CAUSED. HES ONLY BEEN THERE GOING ON TWO YEARS AND THIS KAOUS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS NOW BEFORE HE GOT THERE. YOU WANT TO BASH THE MAN BECAUSE HE IS BLACK??????!!!!!!!!! WELL LOOK AGAIN HE IS WHITE TOO SO BASE YOUR THEORY ON SOMETHING ELSE. THATS WHATS WRONG WITH AMERICA EVERYBODY POINTS THE FINGER AND DONT WANT TO LEND A HAND TO HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN ORDER TO PERFORM A MORE PERFECT UNION IS BULL **** CAUSE WHAT THEY ARE REALLY SAYING IS IN ORDER TO LINE OUR POCKETS WITH AMERICAN DOLLARS AND FORIEN DOLLARS AND TO KILL THE SPIRITS OF THE WHOLE WORLD AS LONG AS WE ARE RICH AND THE PEOPLE DEPEND ON US. REMEBER YOU VOTED FOR THESE PEOPLE CAUSE THEY SAID THEY PROMISE. WELL LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID AND NOW YOU WANT TO BASH THE DEMOCRATS AS WELL AS OBAMA. DUDE WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS GO TO YOUR CLOSET AND PULL OUT YOUR SHEET AND START YOUR RALLY CAUSE THATS WHAT YOU SOUND LIKE.....POINT BLANK....!!!!!!!!!!!

First of all..... What was that.

The problems that we face today are because of the housing market down turn. This was not the creation of GWB... it was Bill Clinton that started the "I think all Americans should have a home" plan. That would be a nice thing if it could be a reality but it isn't. Truth is that when you create a situation where a small (3%) down payment can get you the largest asset that most people will own, and that asset is allowed to increase at an uncontrolled rate (supply and demand), and then add the fact that the lending controlls were removed from system, you end up with banks that are passing out loans for houses for nothing... and then letting the people borrow another 28%, (3% down payment and make it so that you can borrow 125% of the value).... what do you expect to happen. THEN, the house goes up even more.... Lets go get some more FREE money!!. People got to the place where housing was getting to expensive. The market slowed, people couldnt get rid of the INVESTMENT house, so they just walked away flooding the market with empty houses. When this happened... investors where being stuck with the houses they had and were no longer willing to build any new ones. This led to the decreased volume. Builders stopped buiding spec houses, sub contractors started laying off people, and that brought on another wave of empty houses. Talk about a snowball effect.

GWB tried to put a leash on Fannie and Freddie.... but he was put down by the same people that put the law into effect. Add to that the fact that Barnie Franks, in all his wisdom, OUTRIGHT LIED to the people, telling them that Fannie and Freddie were just fine and we should trust him. BULL PUCKEY!!!! They sold the debt all over the world and now the world is saying, " What happened?" This is a clear case of what happens when you allow government to get into the private sector. Most banks would have never let those loans go out and surely wouldnt have allowed the huge increase when refinancing or getting a second mortgage.

In all that I have written above has race entered the ring.... NO. My problem with Obama is not that of race but that NOTHING is being done to help small business. Small business is the backbone of America... it is what made her great. Just now we are seeing SMALL plans to help small business. The problem is that those small businesses that have survived this long.... now have a lowered credit score. Of course the government only wants to lend to those who dont need it now. Im not saying that greed didnt play a HUGE part in the housing bubble... people that couldnt afford a trailer could buy a house and sell it before it was built and make 25%.

If we are to survive as a nation.... We will need to work hard to pick ourselves up and do what is necessary to stay the great nation that we are. Selling off America a piece at a time is not the way to do that. I was greatly saddened last week when I heard the news about the New York Stock Exchange. We are a great capitalistic nation. We have built a standard of living that is matched by NO OTHER NATION. The NYSE was the symbol of that greatness... Now it is in the hands of others... What did the great Obama do about that. Nothing. Maybe there was little or nothing that could have been done.... but had it been me... I surely would have tried. I also seem to remember him saying that the protests in Wisconsin were evidence of our freedoms. What Wisconsin is trying to do is get the dollars and cents to work.... Why is it that most of our government can not understand the theory of "THERE IS NO MORE MONEY!!!". When something is not sustainable any longer it must change. I also dont think that our government is being too Politically Correct either... They expect us to give up more, when they are not doing the same.

I just find it hard to believe with the greatest minds in the world in this country.... why are we where we are? I guess that takes us back to where I started.

There are only a few things that can save us from ruins... The right people stepping up to the plate... AND.....WELL IT HAS TO BE HERE SOMEWHERE ...... GO RV!!!!

[bamf1414]

FIRST OF ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT THIS COUNTRY IS GOING THRU WAS INHERITED FROM THE LAST PRESIDENT WE HAD WITH ALL THE LIES AND STEALING AND THE CHEATING. I AGREED WITH WHAT BUSH DID CAZ IF HE DIDNT AND SADDAM HUSSIEN WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIS HAND ON A NUCLEAR WEAPON MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE USE IT OR NOT BUT BUSH WOULD HAVE BEEN DAM IF HE DID AND DAM IF HE DIDNT, AND HE LEFT HINTS LIKE THIS WAR WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF AND YOU SEE WHERE WE STAND TODAY. NOW! OBAMA IS DOING WHAT HE CAN TO TRY AND STRAIGHTEN THIS **** OUT THAT THE BUSHES HAS CAUSED. HES ONLY BEEN THERE GOING ON TWO YEARS AND THIS KAOUS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS NOW BEFORE HE GOT THERE. YOU WANT TO BASH THE MAN BECAUSE HE IS BLACK??????!!!!!!!!! WELL LOOK AGAIN HE IS WHITE TOO SO BASE YOUR THEORY ON SOMETHING ELSE. THATS WHATS WRONG WITH AMERICA EVERYBODY POINTS THE FINGER AND DONT WANT TO LEND A HAND TO HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN ORDER TO PERFORM A MORE PERFECT UNION IS BULL **** CAUSE WHAT THEY ARE REALLY SAYING IS IN ORDER TO LINE OUR POCKETS WITH AMERICAN DOLLARS AND FORIEN DOLLARS AND TO KILL THE SPIRITS OF THE WHOLE WORLD AS LONG AS WE ARE RICH AND THE PEOPLE DEPEND ON US. REMEBER YOU VOTED FOR THESE PEOPLE CAUSE THEY SAID THEY PROMISE. WELL LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID AND NOW YOU WANT TO BASH THE DEMOCRATS AS WELL AS OBAMA. DUDE WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS GO TO YOUR CLOSET AND PULL OUT YOUR SHEET AND START YOUR RALLY CAUSE THATS WHAT YOU SOUND LIKE.....POINT BLANK....!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't completely blame O for all of this, all of our presidents have contributed to this problem, but with that being said all the crazy spending that has been going on with the administration will never help us out of the problem we have. They need to stop the spending and lower ALL taxes. Let businesses know that they will be ok to put the money they make back into their business and develop new products and hire more people. And just for your info do not pull the race card, I don't care what color he his. He is bad for the country and has spent more than any other presidnt in his 2 years, and has proven already that his ideas are not working and will not work

[Roland]

TRERUMPH- size 16 1/2 shirt, 3 hat....

[jaminjimmy90]

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 illegal's 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.

It's our country, folks, and it's our future. Our future is at stake!!

impeach him now

[MarquisMark]

Lee I. is dead on!

[decoy]

I must say that Kingfish is right on, and untill the population is willing to accept these facts, and demand accountability then they must admit they accept medriocity

, and don't have the guts to demand a real change.

[kingfish]

I must say that Kingfish is right on, and untill the population is willing to accept these facts, and demand accountability then they must admit they accept medriocity

, and don't have the guts to demand a real change.

Thanks Decoy. I appreciate that.

I was watching FNC a little while ago and Meggan Kelly was talking to, I think, one of the union reps. She asked point blank about them working till age 50 and recieving their ful pay and benifits when they retire for life. The man stood there on national tv and said that ALL Americans should have the same situation.

WHERE THE HECK DO THESE PEOPLE THINK THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM. Sooner or later the money will run out and we will have to deal with it.

OH YEA THAT TIME IS NOW!!!

WAKE UP AMERICA..... WAKE UP. Oh yea... cutting Social Security and Medicare.... Maybe that has to be looked at ..... but it needs to be as a last resort. Those people paid into that fund.

Can anyone think of why we are still paying into SSI..... You know there is NO CHANCE it will be there when I retire... and Im in my late 40's.

Kingfish out!