Conservative ideals rooted in American values

Assuming that my being a Conservative is the converse of someone being a Progressive, I too believe in Human Rights, the Bill of Rights and open access to information. I get Annual Stockholder Reports, voting proxies and unfettered Internet access from Corporate America. I can monitor the actions of my government via C-SPAN and my democratic choice(s) of Media. And above all, I value individual human freedom(s) which include: the right to provide for myself and my family, the right to live in the best home I can afford, the right to be rewarded for my hard work, the right to reject environmental junk science, the right to discriminate between people I like and admire and those who are arrogant or immoral. And I value the freedom to support the Right to Bear Arms, the Right to Life and the right to deter crime by enforcing the Death Penalty. Unlike Progressives who strive for human betterment through social action, I favor honestly debating the great issues of our day "in the arena of ideas" and winning electoral victories at the polls. Imagine a world replete with Democratic societies, people loyal to the nations that bestowed such freedoms upon them, charity and inspired excellence. Such is life in America today and such is the promise for the entire world tomorrow.

With regard to my belief in the International Declaration of Human rights,
it would be chauvinistic to assume that only Progressives "believe" in the International Declaration of Human Rights. I would suggest that America's effort to foster Democracies in Afghanistan, Iraq and throughout the Middle East are entirely consistent with this Declaration and it is Conservatives who are leading that cause. To the extent that the Declaration envisions a world built on Socialism, we would part company. Considering that this Declaration was adapted by the UN General Assembly, in which countries such as Iran, the Syrian Arab Republic and Zimbabwe vastly out-number civilized Democracies, I wouldn't expect principles of Free Market Economies, Capitalism and Personal Responsibility (which I and Conservatives favor) to be advanced therein. Considering the UN's track record and its corruption, I would be happy to see the US leave it, move its headquarters to Brussels or disbanded (it) all together. Are Progressives of the 21rst century demanding transparency with regard to the UN Oil for Food scandal? Did liberals demand Human Rights for the victims of Saddam Hussein's Iraq? And is the Social Action of today's left-wingers striving for human betterment by equating President Bush with Hitler and calling for his assassination? Its not the history of Progressive ideals that concern me, rather what liberal values have evolved into today: Abortion on Demand, Militant Homosexuality, Multiculturalism, Pornography and the expansion of the Welfare State.