An attempt to establish Dem core values

Link above not a bad post by Kos...along with my minor changes for an altered list (just by a little) His Core values are in bold. Any changes I've made to the list are in italics.


Kos' core values:

Smart Government
Privacy
Conservation
Opportunity
US Leadership

Kos Underlying tenets:

Smart Government
Anti-corruption
Responsive govt
AccountabilityTransparancy
Electoral Reform
Fiscal responsibility

Privacy
Choice
Opposition to regulation of morality
Opposition to Patriot Act
Right to die (change to Death with dignity, or Palliative Rights, I'm not signing on to the Duty to die train.)
Medical marijuana
Consumer privacy
Freedom of/from religion
Access to contraceptives

Conservation
Protecting our environment
Protecting our cultural heritage
Energy policy (that encourages development of alternative fuel sources.)

Opportunity (can we change this to Access & Opportunity?)
Education (pre-K, primary, secondary, college)
Worker rights
Social Security
Health Care
Gender equality (same pay for same work, etc)
Affirmative action
Tort laws to protect the little guys from Big Corp
Non-regressive tax laws
Gay marriage
Fair trade laws
Small business support
Protection of Access to public transport and public spaces.

US Leadership
Strong (not hollow) military (I wanna know what he means by this.)
Leadership on global issues (e.g. terrorism, landmines, global warming, etc.)Champion of human rights, at home and abroadLeadership in science and technology (e.g. stem cells, alternative energy, etc.)
Strong United Nations/Internationalism

Somebody get this to the DNC so when the Theocons say we stand for nuthin' we have something real to throw down.