Godspeed Ross Perot.

By now most people have already read it, but H. Ross Perot, one of the very few captains of industry that I had much respect for, has passed on.  Here was a man that the liberal wave mocked for his squeaky voice and big ears because there wasn't much else to fault him for.  He was a visionary leader who founded Electronic Data Systems Corp.  He was a man who understood global economics and pretty much the only politician back in the 1990s who focused on the business of America rather than personalities and politics.  He was a man who said was he was going to do and then did what he said.

I'll never forget how Perot threw in the kitchen sink at rescuing two of his EDS employees who were caught up in the corrupt politics of the Iranian revolution.  Instead of turning his back on them, Perot organized a military style rescue effort.  However, when they arrived on scene the situation had changed and it turned into  more of a CIA style extraction of his people.  Bottom line is that he got it done because he would not give up on his people.

Rest in peace Mr. Perot.  The world has lost a true leader in your passing.