THE ENTERPRISE--WORRISOME MATTERS YOU MAY NOT HAVE "THOUGHT ABOUT ENOUGH"

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GO SEE THIS WEEK'S BLOG POST, IT IS FULL OF IMPORTANT INFO:

http://hopeisnotastrategybook.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/hope-is-not-a-strategy-8-18-connecting-the-dots/

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A WISE OLDER MAN ONCE TOLD ME, THAT THERE IS VERY LITTLE NEW TO LEARN, JUST A LOT OF OLD EXPERIENCES WE HAVE NOT YET LEARNED FROM

I wasn't so sure I believed him, and I didn't like what he told me.  The longer I live, the more I wonder if he wasn't a lot more right than I wanted to admit.  

Download Five Life Lessons You Will Never Forget

I am including some pieces here that contain timeless PERSONAL wisdom (Five Lessons), or lessons about GOVERNMENTAL mistakes (Detroit) America seems likely to repeat unless many more American's will take the time to learn from them.

Download America's Detroit Future.

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THIS ONE IS FRIGHTENING SINCE IT DESCRIBES A LIKELY RESULT THAT WILL HAPPEN ACROSS AMERICA IF THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT POLICIES CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXPAND.

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THE FLAWED LEADERSHIP IN THE WHITE HOUSE IS AMERICA'S BIGGEST PROBLEM

This is why Dave Lukas and I wrote "Hope is NOT A Strategy--Leadership Lessons from the Obama Presidency."  We called out more than 30 prime examples of Obama's flaws, in leadership and ideology, and especially in character.  A correspondent of mine sums up a recent National Review article that does much the same thing…just 18 months later…and it is more frightening now than it was when we wrote our book in 2012.

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Great article on Barack Obama by Kevin Williamson in National Review.  

It sharply points to his lack of intellectual curiosity, the predictable, knee-jerk leftism, and the absence of real heroic qualities of leadership as  he is a willing slave to pure political partisanship.   He will never bring the country together and has no interest in doing that despite the rhetoric.  His imperative is to enlarge the grasp of leftist government,  the control of every major element in human life, and the self-enacting of any capricious law, through regulation or fiat, that furthers his socialist dystopia.  

Meanwhile he will use government agencies illegally to counter dissent, declare hostile domestic reporters as “spies”, (in complete Soviet fashion) and lie blatantly on television about his own failures to suit his political needs.  He refuses to lead, continues inane political stump speeches, exacerbates racial tensions when he could mollify them, continues attack politics on perceived political enemies, and then burdens a weakened economy with unnecessary, strangling regulations.   

Over one hundred million Americans are on some type of government  food assistance and 20 million are on disability, a nation that is proudly working less, which in turn heralds the introduction of  millions of illegals to do the mundane chores of life.  It is Ancient Rome, and we are witnessing the masses lining up for free bread and circus while foreign slaves do the daily work  – we know how that movie ends.  It is a moral failing of the nation and its leadership.

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HERE IS ANOTHER ONE…I DIDN'T WRITE IT…BUT IT IS RIGHT ON!

Did you notice who Obama Threatened? It's incredible that 42% of Americans think that this unqualified, incompetent, dishonorable, ego-driven fraud is doing a good job. Take a moment. Admit it to yourself. You know who his supporters are. They are the people that YOU support -- financially. Did you notice who Obama threatened when he wasn't getting his way on raising the debt ceiling? He threatened to not pay: - Social Security Retirees - Military Retirees - Social Security - Disability and Federal Retirees. Now let this sink in really good..  - He did not threaten to stop payments to illegal aliens. - He did not threatened to take frivolous benefits such as Internet access away from violent inmates.  - He did not offer to fire some of the thousands of unnecessary federal employees that he hired.  - He did not offer to cut down on his or his wife's frivolous gallivanting around. $20 Million already spent on family vacations. (One Million on a FL golf outing….60-100 Million for family trip to Africa). All our money...why not? - He did not threaten to not pay the senators and representatives or any of their staff. - He did not threaten to take benefits away from welfare recipients or to stop the free cell phones they get. - He did not threaten the food stamp programs. - He did not threaten to reduce payments in foreign aid. - He did not threaten to cut back on anything that involves his base voters. The list could go on and on. Not to mention closing the White House tours and stopping all Blue Angels and Thunderbird public demonstrations.  Cut anything that did not hurt his own selfish motives or friends.  Leaders lead.  Leaders accept sacrifice.  Leaders put others first.  We do not have a Leader.  He is in full political mode!  Why are we allowing this person to destroy this wonderful country with his selfishness and his lies? Have WE lost our blooming minds!!!!!!!!  His type of change is killing our country. He needs to be stopped.

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BUT PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, WE HAVE NO WAY TO "STOP HIM!"

Barring some unforeseen/unforeseeable event, there appears to be no way to stop the havoc wreaked by Barack Obama and his Democratic cronies, especially Harry Reid and the Senate.  IF the Republican Party could quit the internal bickering and ideological debates and unite to oppose Obama--and nominate "middle-of-the-road" candidates that would be acceptable to the broad moderate center of Americans, the Senate majority could be regained.  But that alone will only slow Obama, not stop him.

HE CAN'T BE GONE FAST ENOUGH, AND HIS BEHAVIORS, POLICIES, ACTIONS, & LEGACY WILL AFFLICT AMERICA FOR DECADES TO COME

Barack Obama's departure from power simply cannot come quickly enough.  There is serious doubt in my mind whether our great country can recover from the damage he has done, and is doing to it…in a decade…or ever!  If that doesn't worry you, it should.  The next two generations of your family will pay for his failing and misguided leadership. And make no mistake, Hillary Clinton in 2016 will not be a solution.  She just represents a different kind of problem--a hunger for power and a lack of integrity being at the top of my issues with her.  Obama is aided and abetted by Harry Reid, among others…a man who deserves the title of "the worst Senate leader ever!"

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TALK SOME SENSE INTO YOUR LOCAL ELECTED MEMBER OF CONGRESS. CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT NOW, WHILE THEY ARE ON RECESS, AND DO IT AGAIN EVERY TIME THEY "COME BACK HOME."  

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SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES NEED TO HEAR THIS MESSAGE.  UNITY IS THE ONLY ANSWER FOR AMERICA.  "SET THE EXAMPLE."

Best wishes for the end of the summer, JOHN

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PS: A LITTLE LATE SUMMER "PROMOTION."  IN THE PAST SIX YEARS…I HAVE WRITTEN FOUR BOOKS…SINCE YOU ARE READING THE ENTERPRISE YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT!

The reason I am mentioning them here is that the topics seem to become ever more relevant to our life in America as time goes on.

1. One is on the growing crisis of Complexity…in our lives, in our work, and in our government. (The Complexity Crisis) ---I made a special buy from the publisher and can offer this book in box quantities very inexpensively.  If you are interested email me the quantity and be prepared to be surprised by the LOW price!
2. One is on the threat of China and its continuing cyber-attacks and thefts. (The Chinese Conspiracy)
3. One I co-authored with D. M. Lukas, on the hugely flawed president elected (and reelected) by the misguided liberals, minorities (some of them misinformed) and the dependents (on government handouts) in America. (Hope is NOT A Strategy--Leadership Lessons from the Obama Presidency) It is as relevant today as when we released it, 18 months ago.
4. The last one is on the desperate search for growth--profitable growth--which is the single most powerful way (other than replacing Obama) to heal the USA's economic woes. (Roadmap to Profitable Growth) A great gift, especially at Kindle pricing.

Asking you to buy them, read them, and share copies with others would be redundant--I've done that plenty of times.  What I am asking you here, today, is to carefully consider the reasons I had for writing them, the topics and my messages, and  to reconsider whether they are worth sharing more widely, with your  friends, family, and colleagues--or anyone that would benefit from knowing more about these serious issues.

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John L. Mariotti, President & CEO, The Enterprise Group,  http://www.mariotti.net,   http://mariotti.blogs.com/my_weblog/