Thursday, April 12, 2007
Lee Iacocca's new book shows US/UK similarity
While Lee Iacocca's new book, "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?", deals with the Bush adminstration, the similarities between the US and UK administration seem frightening. The former Ford and Chrysler president excoriates the Bush administration for its total failure to lead the country well, laying out the case that America has turned into a corrupt kleptocracy that is more concerned with lining the pockets of political donors than strengthening the nation and keeping it secure, just like the UK Labor and Tory leaders.
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 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 President of the United States is given a free pass to ignore the Constitution, tap our phones, and lead us to war on a pack of lies. Congress responds to record deficits by passing a huge tax cut for the wealthy (thanks, but I don't need it). 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 America my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you?"
IMO: Yeah, just like the UK. In fact it is worse over here, as most of the public nowadays seem to be a bunch of selfish drunks as well, screaming for more money and to hell with the economy, the elderly and the poor, while the politicans themselves are mainly a bunch of overblown parasites, like fat blowflies who deserve squashing. Lets hope Gordon Brown at least will reign in this folly, but that seems unlikely. One thing needed is more rational and up to date political and economic theory as I've said for years.
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 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 President of the United States is given a free pass to ignore the Constitution, tap our phones, and lead us to war on a pack of lies. Congress responds to record deficits by passing a huge tax cut for the wealthy (thanks, but I don't need it). 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 America my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you?"
IMO: Yeah, just like the UK. In fact it is worse over here, as most of the public nowadays seem to be a bunch of selfish drunks as well, screaming for more money and to hell with the economy, the elderly and the poor, while the politicans themselves are mainly a bunch of overblown parasites, like fat blowflies who deserve squashing. Lets hope Gordon Brown at least will reign in this folly, but that seems unlikely. One thing needed is more rational and up to date political and economic theory as I've said for years.
# posted by uv : 7:33 PM
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