Posted on 12/20/2008 12:25:20 PM PST by Publius
that you do not know what he is talking about gives credendance to his claims..Try and focus
Well Lee, I will agree with you on ONE point: Where’s the OUTRAGE? Right.
But don’t besmirch my boy or his buddies that have been fighting this friggin’ war since basically ‘02 or if we meet, you’ll d****d sure feel my wrath. Matter of fact, those men and women have done an outstanding job, we can’t help the mentality of some shoe-throwing A-rab who needed to be capped for assaulting the USA. Early on when the ROE was more realistic, he would’ve been and good riddance.
But that’s the way it’s been, you live in your cushy world of whore-de-dors and we live in our world where our sons (and now daughters) bleed for their country, literally while being insulted, back-stabbed and betrayed by the likes of your kind. But, it’s always been that way, I’m proud I’m part of the unwashed, I love my brothers and sisters of the unwashed dearly, they’re real. They make this country work, well, they did, now we are about to reap the whirlwind it looks like.
But Lee, go away okay? Leave us alone, don’t know where you were at the beginning of this abominable bailout, now you must feel safe to say something brave but you don’t hold a candle to our men ane women serving—THAT’S brave, go back to your whore-de-dors Lee...
What about the bozos who ran the big three into the ground? Can’t blame it all on the uniions. Management was more interested in quarterly results and never planned ahead.
Lee Iacocca was the man who did the Mustang. He rose to power after Henry Ford II learned that Iacocca who was the factory rep for Pennsylvania, had arranged with PA Banks to loan money for a ford at 100 dollars down and 100 dollars a month. PA was the only state that year where Ford out sold GM. Henry promoted Lee to sales manager.
After his success at creating the Mustang Lee was trying to get rid of Henry Ford II so he could take over Ford. He is stupid, very ambitious and ungreatful man.
Every year at Christmas the Ford Family got together at Ford II’s home to discuss the future plans for Ford Motor.
Lee Iacocca got close to a young member of the Ford clan and had him wear a mike and trasmitters so Iacocca could hear what was being said.
What Iacocca did not know is that Henry II has a device that could detect transmitters running in his home. It gave an alert, Ford II found the kid wearing the mike and went out to confront Iacocca.
The next day Iacocca was fired from Ford. Henry II told Lee that he needed to learn to read. The name on the heaquarters building was FORD not Iacocca. Iacocca was out the door.
In contract after contract after contract the UAW would start negotiating with the weakest car company. They would threaten to strike if they did not get what they wanted. During the Iacocca years at Chrysler they always went after Lee and Lee gave in to the UAW time in and time out.
Then the UAW would demand that GM and Ford Give them what they had gotten from Chrysler.
If Lee wants to know who gave the UAW most of its outrageous benefits... he should try looking in the mirror.
Stopped reading right there.
For what it’s worth, according to http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomaspain120704.html it’s a Thomas Paine quote.
This American thinks the message is mostly right on.
This is a book excerpt from April 2007, “Where Have All the Leaders Gone?” by Lee Iacocca. It is not really a new book and Lord knows what Iacocca is thinking these days.
I have said again and again on this site.....
THERE IS NO REASON TO DO ANYTHING PRO CONSERVATIVE UNTILL ELECTION FRAUD IS FIXED.
I regret voting for Bush in 2004. The only good thing he did was Foreign Policy, but he sold out our economy, let us see in a few years if he covertly sold out our foreign policy.
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oKAY WE ARE OUTRAGED.
But I don’t need Lee to tell me my IRA tankeed cause of the subprimes. And again, HIS TIMES were not what it is now.
He ran a car company. Not a country...not even a state...he never had to deal with legislators and stupid public “citizenry”. he ran one f,,,g company. and he couldn’t even do that without a govt loan. so I don’t need a lecture from him.
Outrage, ??? that’ll get you 50cents and a cup of coffee.
Run a government and then tell me your great ideas.
I AM mad, very mad. but I don’t need to hear ‘outrage ‘ from the “expert of government” who never ran a govt institution.
Lee is outraged. Big whoop. So what else don’t we know Lee?
“THERE IS NO WAY FOR THE SYSTEM TO FIX ITSELF AT THIS POINT”
Systems don’t fix themselves, people fix systems. If we don’t forget about every other issue, at this point in history, but the survival of the Constitution we will the victims of our own stupidity.
We have been played by the left like Perlman plays a Stradivarius, elegantly.
"Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way," was my Air Force Basic Training Squadron Motto - The 3401st Training Squadron at Lackland.
Every other Squadron had "fluffy" sounding mottoes; "Developing Excellence," "Tomorrows Leaders Today," but not my Squadron.
The quickest way to recovery is let to the system collapse. The Washingtonian bozos won’t get out of the way and will be steam rolled by the market. The collapse will be on their watch. No use in wasting outrage on a doomed elitist pipe dream.
With a Gov't bailout...
With federal loan guarantees, not a direct government bailout. As I recall, the loans were paid off early.
Great editorial from Lee Iacocca.
” solving the energy crisis”
There isn’t any such thing, except what the Democrats create.
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