Lou Pritchett is one of corporate America ’s true living
legends --- a former P & G executive, an aecclaimed author, a dynamic
teacher, and one of the world's most highly rated speakers. It was
he who changed the way America does business by creating an audacious
concept that came to be known as "Partnering".
You may remember a previous letter he wrote in 2009 to Obama and the
New York Times, which went viral.
"I was born in year two of the Great Depression (1931) and spent the
First 10 years of my life, influenced by the extreme hardships of the
depression. --By today’s standards my family was about a mile below
today’s so called ‘poverty level’; but if you never ‘had’ - - doing
without was not so ‘bad’. Borrowing shoes to graduate from the 8th
grade didn’t seem at all demeaning because most of the 8th graders did
the same thing.
In June 1944, my only brother, Joe, was killed in action on Utah Beach
in Normandy , France during the D-Day landings. Exactly one year
later, my father died and left me, my mother, and my sister to go it
alone - - and alone we went. My mother went to work at a department
store, my sister dropped out of school and joined her, and I went to
work shining shoes on the streets of Memphis for a dime a shine.
Government assistance was not available, and if it were, I am
confident my mother would have refused it, because she never wanted
the government involved in our lives.
I mention this bit of personal history to help you understand that
millions of Americans, including your parents and grandparents, grew
up like me during the Great Depression and never expected nor wanted
the government to offer them anything other than an opportunity - -
and now to see what Obama is trying to do to our country tends to make
you crazy.
As some of you know, my “Scare Me" letter went viral with millions of
hits on the internet during the past 3 years. I have now written a
follow-up letter, which I will now share with you.
To the editors:
"In April 2009, I sent President Obama and the New York Times a letter
titled "You Scare Me" because, as a candidate, he promised to
"fundamentally transform America ." Now, after observing his
performance for over three years, he no longer scares me - - he
terrifies me for the following reasons:
FIRST: He has done more to damage America ’s standing in the world,
to lower the standard of living in America , to impoverish future
generations, and to shake our faith in the country's future than any
other American president in history.
SECOND: With a compliant Democrat congress, a lapdog media, and a
weak, almost nonexistent Republican opposition, he has shattered the
American dream of job security, home ownership, and rugged
individualism for millions of Americans and has poisoned and divided
our civil society with his politics of envy, class warfare, race
warfare, and religious warfare -- which he is using as fundamental building
blocks for his 'socialist' agenda.
THIRD: Culturally, he remains totally out of touch with traditional
American values. This has absolutely nothing to do with race or where
he was born, rather it has everything to do with where, how and with
whom he was raised, schooled, educated, trained, and associates with -
still today.
FOURTH: He has surrounded himself with naive academicians, lawyers,
politicians, bureaucrats, and socialist leaning czars who arrogantly
think and behave exactly as he does. People who offer no balanced
suggestions, or devil’s advocate positions, and think in lock step
with him that big government is the answer to all our problems.
FIFTH: He not only encourages, but aids and abets the unionization of
all American industry, the albatross around the neck of the free
market. In turn, they provide the money and muscle to intimidate his
opponents.
SIXTH: He has increased the national debt by over 30% in just three
years. If re-elected, and this rate of increase continues, America
will be burdened with an unsustainable 20 trillion dollar debt which
will result in the country's financial death. Recovery will be impossible - - America will
be the Greece of 2016.
SEVENTH: Given his fanatical beholding to the 'environmental' and
'man-caused global warming' fringe, he has deliberately discouraged U.S.
fossil fuel exploration and production, while wasting billions of tax
payer dollars on solar, wind, and algae experiments. He refuses to
accept that oil, gas, and coal are not America ’s enemies, they are
America ’s assets - - which, properly managed, could make us energy
independent within a generation.
EIGHTH: He views the U.S. as a power in retreat which abused its
World dominance. Therefore, he systematically apologizes round the
world. This past March, he whispered to Russian President Medvedev--
"This is my last election. After my election, I will have more
flexibility". Just what is the secret that Obama and Putin are
concealing from the American people until after the election? With
what other leaders has he made similar secret agreements?
NINTH: And finally, after all his miss-steps, bad decision-making,
poor management, and zero leadership, the fact that he has the
audacity to seek re-election should terrify every American.
I predict that if re-elected, future historians and political
interpreters will look back at the eight-year period 2008-2016, and
conclude "the 44th President of the U.S. allowed the takers to
overpower the payers, which resulted in the greatest economy in
history vanishing from the face of the Earth". Farewell America , the
World will really miss you!!"
Lou Pritchett April 15, 2012
It is my hope and prayer that this letter will also go viral and serve
as a 'wake up' call to Americans of all political leaning - -
convincing them that never before in U.S. history has so much depended
on Americans understanding that we are facing one of the greatest crises in U.S.
history. Convincing them that this election will be won not by letters
to the editor, political speeches, or radio and TV sound bites.
No!! It will be won by those with a conviction, with a belief, and
with a willingness to pay the price in helping put the most
enlightened voters in the polling booth on November 6.
Let me end on my favorite quote - - which I think is very appropriate
for each of us today:
"TO EVERY MAN, THERE COMES IN HIS LIFETIME, THAT SPECIAL MOMENT, WHEN
HE IS PHYSICALLY TAPPED ON THE SHOULDER AND OFFERED THE CHANCE TO DO A
VERY SPECIAL THING, UNIQUE TO HIM AND FITTED TO HIS TALENT; WHAT A
TRAGEDY IF THAT MOMENT FINDS HIM UNPREPARED OR UNQUALIFIED FOR THE
WORK WHICH WOULD BE HIS FINEST HOUR."
Those words spoken by Winston Churchill over 70 years ago are very
appropriate for all Americans today.
For, if each of us is prepared and is qualified, then 6 November 2012
just might be our, and our Nation's, finest hour as we reclaim this
"shining city on the hill" from the ravages of Obama Socialism.
IT IS NOW OR NEVER FELLOW PATRIOTS!! GOD HELP US IF WE FAIL!!
"The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger, but
for deliverance from fear."
Emerson, 1833