Right from the Heart

by Valentine, Phil

• ISBN13: 9781581823547
• ISBN10: 1581823541
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Cumberland House

Summary

If, as some have said, conservatives are ruled by facts and liberals by emotions, one would be, hard-put to find a better example than popular radio talk-show host Phil Valentine's "Right from the Heart: The ABCs of Reality in America. Initially his ABCs were developed as a primer to be posted on his Web site in order to bring his listeners up to speed on his viewpoints. The short Web essays proved so popular and informative he realized he had struck a responsive chord, that the realities he had outlined spoke to a great number of people. "Right from the Heart provides a conservative viewpoint on a wide range of ideas, from A to Z. Among them are guns, global warming, drugs, partial birth abortion, education, political correctness, entrepreneurs, and the wisdom of, Ronald Reagan. In doing so, it covers the hot issues of today as well as perennial topics of interest. The knowledge tie imparts is more than just information. It's ammunition from his radio commentaries in which lie debunks the arguments of the Left. Many arguments between liberals and conservatives

Author Biography

Phil Valentine is an award-winning radio talk-show host with eleven Achievement in Radio (AIR) awards in Nashville and Philadelphia. He also is the recipient of three prestigious New York Festivals International Radio Awards, including the Gold World Medal for Best Talk Show Host. In 2003 he was named one of the Heavy Hundred: The 100 Most Important Talk Show Hosts in America by Talkers magazine. In addition to his radio duties, Phil writes a weekly newspaper column on the hot issues of the day. He lives with his wife and three sons in Nashville, Tennessee

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(4)
Acknowledgments	13	(2)
Introduction	15	(6)
AIDS has a cure. It's called abstinence	21	(12)
When a Plague Was Really a Plague
The Heterosexual Myth
The Bug Chasers
What about Africa?
The Squeaky Wheel
Belief in God is a cornerstone of our republic	33	(8)
Original Intent
Other Jeffersonian Writings
The Separationists
Back to Basics
Character is the single most important attribute in a leader	41	(10)
Compromising Position
A Sign of Things to Come
Looking for Mr. Milquetoast
Lack of Character Kills the Candidate
Drug Legalization will cripple America	51	(8)
Drugs vs. Alcohol
Legalization Won't Solve the Problem
The Solution
Law Enforcement Corruption
The Cost of Legalization
Entrepreneurs are our economic lifeblood and deserve every penny they make	59	(8)
The Richest Man Enriched Us All
The Hypocrisy of Limousine Liberals
Good Ol' Yankee Ingenuity
The `Finite Money' Argument
Families are the basic building blocks of society	67	(8)
Illegitimacy Is at the Heart of the Problem
The Sexual Revolution
Illegitimacy vs. Abortion
Uncle Sam Became Daddy Sam
Guns are good	75	(12)
Guns Save Lives
It's 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
Hyphenated Labels are divisive and destructive	87	(10)
Americans First
What Is a Black Leader?
Separated by a Hyphen
Hyphen Equals Victim
Illegal Immigration is dangerous to this country	97	(8)
The Ignored Victims of Illegal Immigration
The New Conquest
Language Can Unite or Divide
So, What Do We Do?
Junk Science is behind the global warming scare	105	(10)
Global Cooling?
What's Really Behind the Global Warming Movement
If It Ain't One Thing...
The Bottom Line on Global Warming
Killing through partial-birth abortion is murder	115	(8)
What Is Partial-Birth Abortion?
When Did They Come to Be?
Trying to Stop the Carnage
The Tide Is Turning
Liberalism is an ideology doomed to failure	123	(12)
The Real Civil Rights Story
Labels Are Relative
Where Was the Outrage?
What Liberals Really Believe
Military Strength deters aggression	135	(12)
Peace Through Strength
Our Founding Fathers on Strength
The Great Appeasers
The American Neville Chamberlain Society
National Security is the first responsibility of the federal government	147	(8)
The Wrong Kind of Tolerance
Costing American Lives
Nukes, Nukes, Who Has the Nukes?
The Delicate Balance
Oppression should not be fueled by American capitalism	155	(12)
The Soviets Redux
Feeding the Beast
The Unholy Alliance
Taiwan---Where Will We Stand?
Capitalism's Mortal Enemy
Wretched Human Rights Record
Political Correctness is the liberal version of fascism	167	(12)
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 of... Racism?
Political Correctness: The Profile of a Killer
Quotas are wrong	179	(12)
Where Did Quotas Come From?
In Quota Denial
Who's Harmed by Quotas
Color-blind Is Not the Goal
End It, Don't Mend It
Reagan was right	191	(12)
That Vision Thing
The Shaping of Reaganism
Reagan Governs
The Reagan Legacy
The Bear Takes a Direct Hit
Underestimate Him at Your Peril
Schools are best run by local people on the local level	203	(10)
Are Public Schools Really that Bad?
Just Throw More Money
Does Size Matter?
School Choice Empowers the Poor
Tax Rates should be flat and fair	213	(10)
Less Is More
Who Really Pays the Taxes?
What's Fair?
You Buy, You Pay
Unions have outlived their usefulness	223	(12)
'It's My God-given Right'
Stay with Us, the Mediocre
Collective Extortion
Daddy, Don't You Work so Fast
Is It Love to Hate or Hate to Love?
You Got a Problem with That?
It's the Union Thugs, Not the Workers
Vigilance is the price of freedom	235	(12)
The Obvious Threat to Freedom
The Enemy Within
The China Syndrome
The America-haters Among Us
Skewing the News to Tout Liberal Views
Welfare robs people of their dignity and is the poison of capitalism	247	(16)
It's a... Nutritional Program. That's the Ticket
Does Welfare Help Poverty?
Whose Responsibility Is It?
Homeless
Corporate Welfare
Welfare for the New Millennium
Xenophobia is at the root of protectionism	263	(8)
Value Drives the Market
Labor Pains
Are Foreigners Buying Up this Country?
Proceed with Caution
You and You Alone are ultimately responsible for your own destiny	271	(6)
Big Tobacco Made Me Do It
Choose Your Crutch
Personal Irresponsibility Horror Stories
Zero Tolerance is the only way to effectively deal with crime	277	(8)
Boot Camps
What We Need Is a Singapore Cane
Crackin' the Whip in America
Enough Is Enough
Epilogue	285	(2)
Appendixes	287	(8)
Notes	295	(14)
Index	309