THE ENTERPRISE--BACK IN THE USA
AFTER A WEEK IN CHINA…
I learned a lot…and it confirmed much of what I knew from friends and prior travel there. Visits to Shanghai and Beijing confirmed just how much those cities have grown over the past decade or two. Shanghai is amazing in its buildings, architecture and visual impact. I told someone it looks like a city done in a collaboration between Disney and the Wizard of Oz… NYC and Hong Kong pale by comparison… BUT--you still can't drink the water, or use ice made from it--and even residents often boil the tap water before using it to drink, or to prepare food. We are so spoiled, living here in the USA…clean water, clean bathrooms, and our "freedom," which we all take for granted far too much. The Chinese are industrious people. They are, in that respect a lot like Americans of a century or more ago. That was when America climbed out of the ashes of WWII into world supremacy. China was once the most powerful, advanced nation in the world, circa 1000-1400 AD. Only time and events will tell if it reclaims that position or if Americans "wake up" and wrestle it away from China--to hold onto the premier spot in the wortd.
CHINA SURPASSES THE USA IN MANUFACTURING OUTPUT
In case you have not heard or read this, the manufacturing output of China recently surpassed that of the USA. Some of you may think this happened a long time ago, but it didn't. It just happened during the past months, in late 2011. China is also struggling with all of the challenges of a developing country. Labor costs are climbing fast. Labor unrest is increasing. Pollution and other health related issues are large and growing. Skilled labor shortages exist, especially in the coastal areas that are the most advanced in the kind of work being done. The government has actively pushed lower skilled manufacturing further into the country, where labor is available, but skilled labor is not. It wants skilled labor to do the higher value added kind of work. In the USA, as many as 500,000 skilled jobs are going unfilled, while tens of millions of Americans remain unemployed. They are either in the wrong place, have the wrong skills, or have become so reliant on the "nanny state" government of Barack Obama that they have no incentive, no motivation to work. That is a horrible thought.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS STILL THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD--BUT OUR CURRENT GOVERNMENT LEADERS ARE JEOPARDIZING THAT.
Leadership means taking people to places they'd be afraid to go alone--and going along. it means getting people of different ideas, perspective and opinions to find common ground and understand that collaboration for the greater good, and consensus are built around the willingness to compromise--to meet the other guy part way. Nobody is so smart to be right all the time, and maybe not even the majority of the time, but when the leader isolates himself, holds himself as better than, smarter than and superior to everyone else--well, that is just a bad leader. Europe is showing us the error of the socialist, secular state form of governments. The statists there are destroying Europe from the inside out. Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Ireland are all in dire straits financially--its just a matter of degree who is worst off. France is on its way to join them. Germany and the UK are holding out and the other countries in the North of Europe and Scandinavia are trying to stay as far from the mess as they can. However, since they are all part of the Euro-based EU, they will be harmed by the mistakes of their neighbors. The question is: Is anyone in Washington, DC paying attention? I hope so. I know Mitt Romney "gets it." I think John Boehner and some of the members of the House (and Senate) do too. Will they prevail in November? I sure hope so!
SHOCKING NEW BOOK--JUST OUT: THE AMATEUR by Edward Klein--GET IT, READ IT, SHARE IT
From my amazon.com review: This book details the facts and honest reactions of why Barack Obama is the greatest pretender ever to occupy the White House--and why he deserves to be a one term president. Klein dug out the honest and direct opinions from many people that you will never read in the biased mainstream media. They are trying hard to bury this book, since it exposes just how unprepared and incompetent a President Barack Obama has been. If even part of the contents are totally accurate, they paint a picture of a narcissistic, grandiose man, who is a legend in his own mind and has deceived the American people terribly. It is abhorrent that such a person could have been elected president and should give every American pause and concern.
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HORROR MOVIE OF THE WEEK: The Obama/Democrats political campaign ad: The Life of Juila. It is simply terrifying. http://www.barackobama.com/life-of-julia
They omitted the last frames:
Julia dies in misery and poverty. Her child is a virtual prisoner in her strife torn, rent controlled housing project.Under Barack Obama Social Security has become insolvent and cannot pay its obligations, Medicare has become so short of funds that it denies the simple medical procedure Julia needs, which would have saved her life, because she has grown too old and is a bad risk. Julia's child has nothing to live on, since welfare funds are depleted, unemployment in the USA is now at 22%, and the "Death Tax" was increased to help reduce the $25 trillion deficit, and itt now takes the vast majority of what Julia was trying to accumulate to pass on to her child.Rebellion in the cities has grown to epic proportions and Julia's child is now afraid to go out of the street for fear of being robbed, murdered, or arrested by Obamapolice for breaking curfew (Michelle Obama became president after Hillary Clinton's second term, and stepped up police measures against all Americans, but especially those who are not part of protected minorities. Mitt Romney was imprisoned for sedition (under the new presidential finding/mandate) and treason (for disagreeing with and ridiculing the sitting president), during Barack Obama's second term--for the things he said during the presidential campaign of 2012.The Iran/Middle Eastern and Chinese/North Korean alliances now rule the world, under the threat of pin-point nuclear attacks from satellite mounted weapons.
QUOTE OF THE DECADE?
Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006:"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America 's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America 's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better."AMEN! HOW TRUE IT WAS...
A SPECIAL GESTURE DURING THE PRE-ELECTION PERIOD--RECEIVED FROM A CORRESPONDENT (:-))
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Dear Friends:
There are less than 7 months until election day when the people will decide who will be the next President of the United States . The person elected will be the president of all Americans, not just the Democrats or the Republicans. It’s time that we all need to come together, Democrats and Republicans alike. In a bi-partisan effort for America : If you will support Mitt Romney, please drive with your headlights ON during the day.
If you support Barack Obama, please drive with your headlights OFF at night.
Together, we can make it happen. Thank you!
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I WOULDN'T NORMALLY CLOSE BY REFERRING YOU TO POLITICO.COM BUT THIS ONE IS WORTH READING
It's by Joe Scarborough, of Morning Joe, the last bastion of good sense on MSNBC--at least some of the time. It's worth reading on this Memorial Day weekend.
I hope you have a good one…and may God Bless America…and may be vote to return it to leadership with experience, maturity, responsibility, humility and foresight to get us out of the mess we are in.
Best, JOHN
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Author of the Award Winner: THE COMPLEXITY CRISIS, and the exciting novel: THE CHINESE CONSPIRACY. Come see my blog posts on Forbes.com
John L. Mariotti, President & CEO, The Enterprise Group, http://www.mariotti.net, http://mariotti.blogs.com/my_weblog/
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