Lee Iacocca: “Throw the bums out!”
Thursday, April 12th, 200726 Responses to “Lee Iacocca: “Throw the bums out!””
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Four years of missing e-mails; how convenient - Page 2 - MacNN Forums Says:
April 13th, 2007 at 10:07 pm[...] lee iacocca 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.� The Lazy Populist [...]
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Racer Says:
April 14th, 2007 at 9:46 amSend good old Lee Back to Dodge and see if he can bring it out of the hole.
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The Lazy Populist Says:
April 14th, 2007 at 1:29 pmIm just happy he came out and said something …
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Marc Swanson Says:
April 14th, 2007 at 2:33 pmBravo Lee!
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albert Says:
April 15th, 2007 at 12:33 pmWhere is the outrage from the American public (a la Vietnam).?
Our casualties mount, this week end alone more than 300 Iraqis wer killed and thousands maimed, and billions of dollars are frittered away on such thieves as Halliburton and other private “contractors” . We won the war but we lost the occupation and the sooner we get out of there the better. -
The Lazy Populist Says:
April 15th, 2007 at 8:35 pmAlbert – I think most americans agree with you however because of the media control the neo-cons have and because of the general apathy of many americans it all means that while ppl might not like it they refuse to speak out and protest.
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Shane Says:
April 16th, 2007 at 11:18 pmAfter reading Lee Iacocca’s essay, I decided to do something. He provided the sound bite. I’m going to just provide the shirt and the body to wear it.
http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?op=article&article_id=2087988
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inthwind Says:
April 18th, 2007 at 7:04 amNo war ever has not been a tragedy. That is really not a superlative materiel point. The point here is who would that “very bad man” who will take over Iraq be. My money is on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. We can’t allow that by our hand. Sadr and Mahmoud have already aligned and Sadr has boogied from the Iraqi cabinet.
Fact is, most Iraq is harmonized. Every troop returning says so. There are trouble spots that have been rabbled up, but we have that in Detroit, New Yok and LA. Social difficulty. It can resolve if standards of conduct are upheld and enforced.
When the civil war ended in the US millions and millions of lives were effected and eternity was altered as a result of the outcome. Fifty eight thousand lives were lost in just “3 Days” at Gettysburg. Which free African Native’s descendent is not worth the price of that struggle?
The Middle East is stuck in the 8th century. Now that is working out fine for the Amish, but they do not want to kill those who see things differently.
We as a nation waited far too long to address this problem. It has been going on since before Thomas Jefferson was president. To consider this a little problem we can turn from might be smart business…but it would be VERY bad strategy. We have to be not only as tough as our opponent, but we have to be tougher. It is time for this fat lazy nation to wake up and stop thinking only of ourselves and our sensitivities and get to the business of dealing with criminally insane madmen that are taking over countries. Also, I always did, do and suspect I always will see Don Trump as a pompous self ingratiating fool.
Money smart, world stupid. Our opponent is motivated by what an atheist cannot even see. To them it is not peace love and everyone party on and make cool deals. They want to die in battle…grow up, USA. We are in it till it ends either voluntarily and on our terms or at their mercy…which is little. Their goal is to maim, kill, conquer, destroy and take slaves. Read the damned Koran, you don’t have to listen to me, it says so. They can qoute it. You think they care about your “religious freedom”? Hell, they don’t even care about your life…what could your beliefs possibly mean to them>? -
The West Virginia Blogger Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 9:22 amHad enough? A political rant about the current US government.
Excerpt taken from “Where Have All the Leaders Gone?� A book by Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney.
Had Enough?
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 screami… -
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April 25th, 2007 at 3:15 am[...] murder. We’ve got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff.”read more | digg story Digg [...]
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Motorcycle Guy Says:
April 27th, 2007 at 10:25 amI personally think its embarrasing that we’re going to let this war go on till congress mandates it to end. I think its ridiculous to assume we can stay there forever.
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loys Says:
May 14th, 2007 at 7:18 amLee point the finger rightly,
but lee book’s is not about himself against the people in congress.Lee talk about America
as a whole.Is about individual’s,they have the power
to throw the present gov.out.Is
about individual who can be creative and lead the whole nation to be innovator.Is about
people of this generation and the next.Is about America,urging them to stand its ground and fight back.
There are many people like bush in all sector,from education to big time corporate,these are the people
that drive the whole country
down.They are the roots of the
problems, you future counts
on who you votes,make that mistake, you just as good as
Bush.America is losing in all sector not because Asia getting better.America is losing because they enjoyed life too much and they forgot
how to do things.They are no longer nation of doer but nation of gossip,endless law suit,endless parade of beauties and material trappings.What a bore.Asia progress are here to stay,better listen to LEE IACOCCA AMERICA OR THERE WON’T BE ANYMORE MAKE IN AMERICA PRODUCTS LEFT.Throw Bush and its gang out now.
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Jerry W Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 10:18 pmLee,
Have you met Mike Huckabee? Ed McAteer liked the guy. He and I talked about Mike before Ed’s death. Mike helped organize the 1980 Dallas Religious RoundTable Conference of conservative activists. Mike has been a true conservative all these years. Served as Republican governor of a legislature that was 89% Democrats. He stands consistently for all the right things. Give him your endorsement please !!! -
Traderxx Says:
April 20th, 2008 at 5:46 amI don’t know about you lot but I’m worried,if I was an American I’d be even more worried. Like ours your nation is going Fascist big time. Patriot Act, Military Renditions Act,homeland sec,bugging feds,criminal IRS, FEMA concentration camps,…..very very ugly, and a proper ‘evil one’, ‘deciding things’. Economically it ain’t looking good either, the World has become a more expensive,and a far less free place since that c**t Bush was let loose.
I hate the New World Order,Central Banker, Military Industrial Complex,Skull and Bones,Oil Blood Money,Masonic Kill Commitee. Millions of us know that 9/11 was an inside job,that…
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T errorIs a lie. But we are all afraid of Al-CIA-da,what will those c***s do next? Who will get the blame? What hell on earth will be unleashed? We all become ‘enemy combatants’ in the end.When they plan,world population reduction of up to 80%. Human life becomes the ‘enemy’.
God was looking down on the US, and he said ‘why don’t I give those yanks a chance,I’ll send Ron Paul to sort them out’ So he did……
And what did they do? They blew it,They got all excited about a CFR corporatly owned dude called Obama,and the particularly fearfull and stunningly STUPID decided Muc-ain was ‘the’ angry white warmonger’ they needed. A nation of c***s !!! The World is now going to pay a very high price for their utter stupidity.Bend over AmeriKKKa…this is going to hurt!Well I hope you like the Corpo Fascist Police state that you have apparently voted for,how many more innocent men,women,and children are going to die in the next 5 years as your utterly worthless $US goes down with them?
How high are vital commodities going to go up? thus pricing them out of the reach of millions of poorer people,how f*****g obcsene is the use of foods for fuel (ethanol) thus putting food prices under even more strain. I hear your cities are full of the homeless,no surprise when you have 500K reposessions a year.
Bad news,things are going to get worse. The New World Order is coming faster and harder.They aren’t nice,fair,or honest…just evil.
Time to fight back or surrender to the beast.R esist
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D estructionWhy do so few artists say it as it is ? These guys are the real ’stars’.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ONFPcnGtem4
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/641724/3002197
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L iberationDidn’t go too well either now we are at $ 110 a barrel.The only real WMD are ideas and plans in the illuminati’s sick heads.Why do people still believe the corporate media ? Were they telling you the US was going down the pan 8 years ago?
I knew,hundreds of respected people were saying it back then,it was obvious. Greenspan & Bernake will be judged by history as insane, for the economic calamity they invited with wreakless abandon,the US is as good as bankrupt now.Forget the ‘Amero’, Food and Guns could be the next ‘currency’.Well I feel a bit better after that rant,sorry if this annoys you ,but it’s the truth I’m afraid.
Why trust my opinion? ….well I did buy Gold and Silver, 7 years ago,not sold a gram yet. Thats why.. -
Brad Says:
April 20th, 2008 at 8:40 amJewish Zionism = German Nazism
Both are political ideologies that seek to create a “pure race” state. America has been lowered to the racist mentality of Israel, a state whose racists supporters control the US media and many parts of our Government.
Israel & Zionists do not care about our US Constitution, but rather about creating a racist state called Israel.
Israel = German Nazism + American KKK
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Me Says:
April 20th, 2008 at 9:39 amAlthough it may be refreshing to hear such elite bash other elites, it’s important to rememebr that this man (Iajoka) was bailed out by his D.C. buddies and helped along with the congressional pinch off of Japanese imports. In the meantime, rebuilding Chrysler meant that half of his fleet was being produced outside the U.S. This is a typical tactic of any (or all) elites…accusing their adversaries of precisely the crimes in which they commit themselves. He also helped create the problem of astronomical salaries for CEO’s..He’s scum of the earth.
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troddeddown Says:
April 20th, 2008 at 4:03 pmThis is in response to “inthwinds’s” comment (better late than…). What I’ve gathered from the opinion you’ve posted is that: (A)It doesen’t matter if a certain country or faction of a particular nation was responsible for an attack on U.S. soil; but that somebody pay. So, this means Anyone. And:(B) That your knowledge of Middle Eastern culture and history rivals that of the average 8th grader. Do you really think after what we’ve done to those people in the past 70 plus years that they wouldn’t be pissed off at the government of a nation that has been meddling in their affairs? My question: are you so shallow as to believe, or have others believe, that the most wealthy commodities trading civilization in history cared if we came or went so long as we left them to their business? But, this Government hasn’t! And it won’t! By the way the bad guys are the Wahabbi Muslims who are a militant faction of the the Sunni Muslims. And who are a whole nation of Sunni- Wahabbists??? Drum roll please… The Saudi’s. Further more, Iran is a republic. hence the acronym “Iran”. And as far as breaking nuclear arms treaties look at our (”America”) military industrial complex.
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Kirby Allan Says:
April 20th, 2008 at 5:17 pmIt’s good to see that there are more Ameican patriots in there fighting a non violent batttle against government corrution in America.
If we don’t fight harder our beloved country will not be lucky enough to become socialistic it will inevetably become fascistic.
Little known government corruption exists in cities throughout America that desperately needs addressing. “Oligarchy’s”, (rule by a few) have been croping up all over America created by the wording of their :”Charters”.In my state; “Arizona” devious business groups have usurped total power and control of all 152 arizona city’s either right under John McCain’s nose or with his help.
A clue in finding if your local governments; (city, county, or state), have these abusive charters, ask your city clerk what kind of government you have and if the name: “Manager” is . If it is, your city is under siege by business groups who owns your city, all it’s assets, and owns you as well.
To understand how they do it and get away with it, see the “Fac Sheet” embodied in web site: mesaazcorruption.com
It was reported that Dallas, Texas is among the latest government entity that fooled their people into creating such a monster.
The first government to use these destructive charters was “Dade County, Florida as a fact it was Dade that first created this kind of charter in 1955. This is what contributed to the demise of wealthy Miami, Florida that occured in 1996.
Ironically, it was the Fed’s that put the people of Miami out of the frying pan into the fire When they turned Miami’s operation over to “Dade” after they had gone into Miami in 1997 on a federal kickback probe and finding Miami’s good old boy’s guilty.
“QUESTION: Were the Fed’s in on it or were they too stupid and didn’t investigate the reason Miami went belly up?
These special worded “Charters” (Organized, legalized, political corruption), are bankrupting America and must be busted up ASAP if we are to save our country. Check this out;
mesaazcorruption.com
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Yanaar Lee Says:
April 20th, 2008 at 6:10 pmI’m wondering why this clip has been pulled. I’m interested in what Donald Trump has to say!
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jack Says:
April 20th, 2008 at 8:46 pmI think that hardly any of you angry people have a clue of whats going on with our gov/mt.You can find most of the answers by typeing in the
google search bar”Continuity of Government Plan is Currently in Effect.”That term applies to something that was done right after WWII,to maintain order in the country in case of a nueclear attack on us.I expect Carl Rove tipped Bush to put that into effect after 9/11,and its still in effect,which is why he establishment keeps bringing up someone planting a bomb in our country.My ,wouldn’t that be hard to do with 30,000 alian immegrants,trucks bypassing scale,andno truck inspections coming up thru Houston,no checking anything,anywhere.That “continuity” thing makes George into Dictator George and noones is stopping it.The whole story is told by clicking up FDRS.There are a few of those so look for Federal Debt Relief System.Across the top of that page click the second blue icon.That will take you to three videos.Get yourself a pepsi and some chips and listen to the rest of the story as told by Lew Dobbs,top newsman,Lew Rockwell,editor of a great news letter,and Ron Paul,and others.Its aLL ABOUT THE FED.RES.,AND THE WORLDWIDE CRASH THEY’VE PLANNED,since 1910 FOR US.If that doesn;t scare you,click up “THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF GRORGE BUSH .You can read it on line.They’re a family of psycopaths. -
Captain America Says:
April 20th, 2008 at 10:55 pmAmericans are effing stupid. Period. They’re easily trainable and easily fooled by all the propaganda they’re fed all day through mainstream media garbage…especially Faux News…gawd, that channel makes me want to puke worst than the rest. Americans are fat, lazy and stupid, plain and simple. I gaurantee each person reading this has a family member with diabetes. The people of this country are all fixated on britney spears and having the latest cell phone not giving a shit what the idiots controlling the government are doing to us and our rights.
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Johannes B. Rozek Says:
April 21st, 2008 at 12:01 pmI was dissapointed that you did not mentioned Dr. Ron Paul under “How to pick a leader”. He has the most “Cs” of all the other clueless bozos and you ignored him just as the NEWS did. BIG dissapointment for a book that otherwise
speaks out about a Nation of Sheep. If
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syrfergirl Says:
April 21st, 2008 at 1:44 pmMy Father always liked you…now I know why:)
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trueenough Says:
April 21st, 2008 at 1:45 pmHe is almost right, but “clueless bozos” absolves them from the responsibility for their war crimes and purposeful trampling of the constitution.
Why aren’t people outraged? They are, but deep down they feel powerless and frightened. We effectively have a police state. ONE step out of line (ie, a simple street corner protest) and you might find a boot in your face–or years in prison if the officers are feeling especially creative! Our leaders have set the tone by encouraging torture.
STOP electing “experienced” lawyers and businessmen with too many connected interest. There “experience” is what is ruining this country. Commonsense is all that is needed. -
Kirby Allan Says:
April 21st, 2008 at 9:40 pmMany of us of real world agree that “Ron Paul” is not only the best candidate for President, he’s the best period.
The reason is voters have triditionally voted for leadership stupidly like a populalrity contest and candidates have learned to make speeches for hours without saying anything.
He’s falling out because he’s not young and good looking and when he speaks he makes too much sense.
Too many spoiled no nothing Americans hate hard truths and Ron Paul is a truthful guy.
Ever hear this? “Tell the truth and run?
This writer ran for Mesa, Arizona Mayor 9 times, from 1982 through 2000, to prove truths and honesty cannot win elections.
Even Abraham Lincoln who was called: (Honest Abe), had to run for public office 9 times until he finally won the Presidency.
We all know the history of this great leader and how popular he was and of the great things he contributed to America.
Final note; It was the liberals that turned America into a Democracy from it’s true “Republic” that killed forever our “Republic” where every citizen had to take respondibility for their own wants and needs.
This strengthened the individual causing the people to think and learn how to struggle and compete on their own.
This Demon-acaracy weakened the very fiber of America and the people.
Demacracy is the first step into socialism that eventually leads’s to fascism.
Uncle Sam became our “Rich Uncle” or “Daddy” who doles out money to help who have become too lazy and stupid to help theselves.
Question; Why is the sentence;
“AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS” STILL IN THE FLAG PLEDGE?
The bleeding liberals missed that one.
