Phil Valentine - The Conservatives Handbook: Defining the Right Position on Issues from A to Z

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To the memory and spirit of
RONALD REAGAN
An inspiration to all conservatives

But Werent the Founding Fathers a Bunch of Racists? The Rise of Capitalism Through the Eyes of a Foreigner Spreading Democracy Why Religious Extremists Hate America

Original Intent Other Jeffersonian Writings The Separationists Back to Basics

Compromising Position A Sign of Things to Come Looking for Mr. Milquetoast Lack of Character Kills the Candidate

Drugs vs. Alcohol Legalization Wont Solve the Problem The Solution Law Enforcement Corruption The Cost of Legalization

The Richest Man Enriched Us All The Hypocrisy of Limousine Liberals Good Ol Yankee Ingenuity The Finite Money Argument

Illegitimacy Is at the Heart of the Problem The Sexual Revolution Out-of-Wedlock Births vs. Abortion Uncle Sam Became Daddy Sam

Guns Save Lives Its the Shooter, Stupid An Armed Zone Is a Safe Zone Take the Guns, Increase the Crime Guns and Kids: The Myth Important Enough to Make the Constitution

Americans First What Is a Black Leader? Separated by a Hyphen Hyphen Equals Victim

The Ignored Victims of Illegal Immigration The New Conquest Language Can Unite or Divide The Cost of Illegal Immigration Demagnetize America

SUVs on Mars? Global Cooling? Al Gore: The Carbon Glutton Whats Really Behind the Global Warming Movement If It Aint One Thing The Bottom Line on Global Warming

What Is Partial-Birth Abortion? When Did They Come to Be? Trying to Stop the Carnage The Tide Is Turning

The Real Civil Rights Story Labels Are Relative Where Was the Outrage? Liberals and AIDS What Liberals Really Believe

Peace Through Strength Our Founding Fathers on Strength The Great Appeasers The American Neville Chamberlain Society

The Wrong Kind of Tolerance Costing American Lives Nukes, Nukes, Who Has the Nukes? The Delicate Balance

The Soviets Redux Feeding the Beast The Chinese Satellite Scandal The Unholy Alliance TaiwanWhere Will We Stand? Capitalisms Mortal Enemy Wretched Human Rights Record

Frank Sinatra, Chairperson of the Board Gentlemen, Start Your Native Americans PC, B.S. Politically Incorrect: The Ultimate Sin Imitation Is the Most Sincere Form ofRacism? Political Correctness: The Profile of a Killer

Where Did Quotas Come From? In Quota Denial Whos Harmed by Quotas Colorblindness Is Not the Goal End It, Dont Mend It

That Vision Thing The Shaping of Reaganism Reagan Governs The Reagan Legacy The Bear Takes a Direct Hit Underestimate Him at Your Peril

Are Public Schools Really That Bad? Just Throw More Money Does Size Matter? School Choice Empowers the Poor

Less Is More Who Really Pays the Taxes? Whats Fair? You Buy, You Pay

Its My God-Given Right Stay with Us, the Mediocre Collective Extortion Daddy, Dont You Work So Fast Is It Love to Hate or Hate to Love? You Got a Problem with That? Its the Union Thugs, Not the Workers

The Obvious Threat to Freedom The Enemy Within The China Syndrome The America-Haters Among Us Skewing the News to Tout Liberal Views What Can We Concerned Citizens Do?

Its aNutritional Program. Yeah, Thats the Ticket. Does Welfare Help Poverty? Whose Responsibility Is It? Homeless vs. Bums Corporate Welfare Welfare for the New Millennium

Value Drives the Market Labor Pains Are Foreigners Buying Up This Country? Proceed with Caution

Big Tobacco Made Me Do It Choose Your Crutch Personal Irresponsibility Horror Stories

Boot Camps What We Need Is a Singapore Cane Crackin the Whip in America Enough Is Enough

L ET ME TELL you what you have to look forward to in the pages ahead. Youll learn the truth about guns and how they save far more lives than they take. Youll see why Americas Founding Fathers never intended that there be a constitutional separation of church and state. Youll find holes in the global warming argument big enough to drive a truck through. This book absolutely blisters China and our dangerously cozy relationship with that brutal regime. It makes a strong case against illegal immigration, illuminating points I havent heard anyone else make. And youre going to love how it sets the record straight on Ronald Reagan and his legacy.

Why is this book so important? Lets face facts. Times have changed so much in the past few years. The world is a much more dangerous place than it used to beand not just in terms of terrorism and crime. Now there are people fighting for the right to influence our children. These insidious groups demand more support from the mainstream and are making a concerted effort to undo what we conservatives teach our kids. As a father, I have a new perspective on what it means to protect the children. And I want to know that my values will not be undermined by someone else who holds undue influence over my children. Its my conservative values that will carry them through until they are old enough to form opinions of their own. But just what are those conservative values?

We on the Right often talk about moral clarity. We know how important it is to distinguish right from wrong. What has been needed is a book with conservative clarity, one that really spells out all that we believe in and why we believe it. The Conservatives Handbook by my good friend Phil Valentine does that and more. This book is so insightful and so well researched that its impossible to read it and not gain a thorough understanding of conservatism, and perhaps even be swayed to its side. Its a book you can give to your coworkers and your kids and those annoying academics and say: Here. Read this and youll know all you need to know about conservatism and why its right. You see, conservatism is based on logic and facts, after all, and this book is full of both. Conservatism also has a sense of humor. The same wit Phils listeners have come to expect on his radio show comes through in this book.