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by Larry Elder

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Larry Elder

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978-0312266608

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031226660X

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English

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St. Martin's Press; 1 edition (September 11, 2000)

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Politics & Government

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Straight Talk From the Firebrand Libertarian Who Struck a Chord Across America Larry Elder tells truths this . Larry Elder tells truths this nation’s public figures are afraid to address

Straight Talk From the Firebrand Libertarian Who Struck a Chord Across America Larry Elder tells truths this nation's public figures are afraid t. Larry Elder tells truths this nation’s public figures are afraid to address. In The Ten Things You Can’t Say in America, he turns conventional wisdom on its head and backs up his commonsense philosophy with cold, hard facts many ignore. Elder says what no one else will: Blacks are more racist than whites.

Larry Elder says the 10 Things You Can't Say in America, and says them well. Many people have said them before, even though it takes courage to say them out loud. What I would like to hear are some meaningful, workable solutions. Like many Conservatives and and Libertarians, Mr. Elder is very good at identifying the problems and their root causes, but not so good at identifying real solutions. The Social Security system may be broken, but I don't think that we will ever drop the system

Elder says what no one else will: Blacks are more racist than whites. This book rips off the cover of political correctness. Larry Elder, is there a connection between your beliefs and the house and the white woman you have waiting for you in the hills?

Elder says what no one else will: Blacks are more racist than whites. and we're losing Republicans and Democrats are the same beast in different rhetoric Gun control advocates have blood on their hands. The Ten Things You Can’t Say in America says out loud what most say across the kitchen table, shop floor, and at the water cooler. Larry Elder, is there a connection between your beliefs and the house and the white woman you have waiting for you in the hills?

Why are these ten, the things you can't say in America? . Is there truth in the 10 things you can't say? Mostly, but I'll let you be the judge. Larry mentions in his book the old saying that a conservative is a liberal that has been mugged by reality

Why are these ten, the things you can't say in America? Because conventional political correctness, foisted upon society by the left says you can't. Larry mentions in his book the old saying that a conservative is a liberal that has been mugged by reality.

Elder has done his homework. Ten Things You Can’t Say in America is heavily documented, with many graphs and tables

Elder has done his homework. Ten Things You Can’t Say in America is heavily documented, with many graphs and tables. Larry Elder’s book is a triumph of common sense, with enough nerve to shake up the dreary statist quo. It is a passionate plea for limited government and personal responsibility. Let us hope to hear more from him.

In this book, Larry Elder shows in a very convincing and forthright way that although we live in the the country with . His limitations were self imposed. But The Ten Things You Can't Say is not just a black tive's view on racial issues.

In this book, Larry Elder shows in a very convincing and forthright way that although we live in the the country with the most freedom, we are relying more and more on a government which has no interest at all in seeing us free, and in many cases, seeks to enslave us and make us dependent. This book is a real eye-opener. Elder covers a variety of topics such as gun control, welfare, health care and the War on Drugs.

Elder talked about his book The Ten Things You Can’t Say In America discussing the political correctness, racial issues, and racism within the . He also responded to telephone calls, faxes, and electronic mail. Mr. Elder talked about his book The Ten Things You Can’t Say In America discussing the political correctness, racial issues, and racism within the .

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From Rush Limbaugh to Howard Stern, America tunes in to its radio hosts both on the air and between covers, accepting them as truth-tellers without agendas, the perfect gadflies for the age of too much information. In an era where everyone seems bought and paid for, they cut through it all to tell it like it is. For Fall 2000--just in time to enter the fray for the presidential election season-St. Martin's is happy to present the most unfettered voice of all, Larry Elder. Larry Elder has been igniting passions and conversations for five years at the top of the competitive drive-time radio heap, KABC in Los Angeles-the "Sage from South Central" punctures pretensions, refuses to accept the accepted wisdom, and puts everyone on notice that the status quo needs to be shaken up. From his outrage over the entrenched "victicrat" society and how it keeps believers spinning their wheels, to his trenchant observations on work, leadership, race, special interests, politics and more, Larry is a clarion voice that cuts through what the usual suspects say and hear."Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care crisis, unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy. What do these issues have in common? Politicians, the media and our so-called leaders lie to us about them. They lie about the cause. They lie about the effect. They lie about the solutions." -- Larry ElderThe Ten Things You Can't Say In America:Blacks are More Racist than WhitesWhite Condescension is as Real as Black RacismThe Media Bias: It's Real, It's Widespread, It's DestructiveThe Glass Ceiling: Full of HolesAmerica's Greatest Problem: IllegitimacyThe Big Lie: Our Health Care CrisisThe Welfare State: Helping Us to DeathRepublican v. Democrat: Maybe a Dime's worth of Difference, One's for Big Government, One's for BiggerVietnam II: The War on Drugs, and We're Losing that One TooGun Control Advocates: Good Guys with Blood on Their Hands

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Like Moses descending the mountaintop with the Ten Commandments, Larry Elder, in this libertarian manifesto, seeks to lead his people out of the slavery of entitlement into the promised land of opportunity. Elder's ten taboos of political correctness translate into a latter day gospel of individual morality filtering down to one golden rule: thou shalt take responsibility for thyself.
The book takes on all comers: welfare cheats, criminals, teenage mothers, youth gangs, the AFL-CIO, Medicare, the liberally biased media, and the two party system. It is the "victicrats", those well-meaning operatives of the American left, who occupy the lowest rung in Elder's pantheon of oppressors. From Hillary Clinton to Ted Kennedy, Alton Maddox to Maxine Waters, Elder deconstructs motive and policy to reveal how society's most prominent "leaders" conspire, accidentally or not, in holding citizenry down in a mire of self pity and entitlement.
The book starts out with an indictment of black "leadership" and attitudes, and the first chapters are a clarion call for self-respect and personal responsibility. Elder topples a lot of totems in the first pages,but much old ground is trodden when he examines the pernicious effects of AFDC on the black (don't tell Elder to use "African-American") family. The revelations of the moral bankruptcy of Al Sharpton aren't exactly a transformative experience, either.
Later, when he delves into a more wide ranging discussion of Libertarianism and its implications, things really get interesting. He offers a trenchant examination of the US health care system, the most understandable that this reader has ever encountered. The chapter on the war on drugs could convert Nancy Reagan to the cause. Gun control advocates have never had such an effective foe.
The greatest weaknesses in the book come when Elder is at his most self-serving. He gives a weak argument for why he benefited from affirmative action while he would deny it to others. His indictment of the media includes such specious claims as the one that "they know nothing about the laws of economics." Since he's now a prominent member of the media, he would do well to back up such statements with at least some evidence.
In the vast majority of the book, Elder uses statistics and anecdotal evidence to devasting effect. If for this reason only, he needs to apply this technique more evenly throughout this interesting work. Even with such weaknesses, Larry Elder has shown us the way on a journey to a greater humanity, and for that he deserves our rapt attention.

Saberdragon

Good book. Political correctness has distorted American thought and culture more than I had previously realized. It's good to be diplomatic, tactful, nice, and so on, but when we lose sight of easily evident truths, we are the poorer for it. This book seemed a little disorganized, or perhaps hastily written at times, but is a great thought provoker. You don't have to agree with everything he says to get a welcome fresh perspective.

Shaktizragore

My only beef about this book is that I waited too long to purchase it. It was written during the 2000 campaign, and meant as a tocsin for those times. Who knows what a more powerful book the author could have produced after 9/11, increased government spending (by a Republican president!), and more of the same "political correctness" he writes about.

Although I have not yet read it, I suspect he does so so in his second book, "Showdown," published in 2003. He certainly spares neither Democrats or Republicans in "The Ten Things You Can't Say in America" (one of the "things you can't say" is that "there isn't a dime's worth of difference" between the two parties, a suspicion I've had ever since James Carville got engaged to Mary Matalin). But "Ten Things" does suffer a tad from a lack of aging well, and a betting person might do well to invest in "Showdown", instead.

As to Elder's philosophies,I find them well-reasoned and discussed. While the first 2/3 of the book reads as an indictment to the "minority-focused" liberal, who might be shocked to see the sacred cows of affirmative action, multiculturalism, welfare, and others skewered by Mr. Elder's logic, the self-congratulating conservative might find themselves skewered themselves by the equally well-argued final third, which discusses abortion (Mr. Elder advocates access to it); legalization of drugs (he's for it); and the tendency of conservative politicians to want to legislate morality(he is against that, and muses at how that goes against the stated conservative goal to keep government out of our lives).

I learned of "Ten Things" from a conservative publication, and expected it to simply trumpet my own values. Instead, although I did learn better arguments for some of the things I believe, I did find myself challenged in areas often thought of as "liberal territory". For these reasons I do recommend you listen to what Elder has to say, but be aware this book uses older, sometimes resolved arguments to help him do it.

Stick

Larry Elder says the 10 Things You Can't Say in America, and says them well. But I gave the book only three stars because I have heard all 10 things before. Many people have said them before, even though it takes courage to say them out loud. What I would like to hear are some meaningful, workable solutions.

Like many Conservatives and and Libertarians, Mr. Elder is very good at identifying the problems and their root causes, but not so good at identifying real solutions. The Social Security system may be broken, but I don't think that we will ever drop the system. So the question is how do we fix it? The same is true with many of the other problems described in the book.

Perhaps the best sections of the book are those that deal with the "vicitcrat" mentality that has developed in America over the last few decades. Today, it seems that you are disfunctional, or delusional if you are not the hopeless, helpless victim of an evil oppressor. Responsible, high-functioning individuals are just not "normal," or they are one of the oppressors. Overcoming your problems is not fashionable. Elder does an excellent job of explaining how destructive this victim-thinking is. Giving people an excuse to fail is never a good idea. Paying them to fail (through welfare, etc) is even worse.

I recommend this book because it is a well written description of some of the most serious problems in America today. I just wish it helped me to know how to fix it all.

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