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!  (Iaccoca 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 skyrocket 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 health care, and a free right to vote

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 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!"