The “true” moral values that I found were embraced by my fellow Democrats at the CA Democratic Convention

The “True” Moral Values

·         Getting our troops out of Iraq “Immediately” to stop the killing and maiming of our fellow human beings is a true moral value

·         Preventing the bombing of Iran and the murder of innocent civilians is a true moral value

·         Engaging in diplomacy instead of war with our adversaries like Syria, Iran and North Korea is a true moral value

·         Exposing the crimes and misdemeanors of the Bush Administration is a true moral value

·         Demanding accountability and restitution from the war profiteers in Iraq and Afghanistan is a true moral value

·         Immediately ending the culture of torture and indefinite imprisonment of human beings without due process is a true moral value

·         Restoring the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, transparent, fair and accurate elections to the voter and the American Republic to the people is are true moral values

·         Insisting that no one is above the rule of law is a moral value

·         Ending the multi-national corporate culture of greed exhibited in the exploitation of the American and foreign working families by the implementation of outrageous and exploitive trade agreements; unfair immigration policies; unfair labor laws; lax government regulations on the workplace and the environment; and corporate tax advantages that have been implemented by our corporate controlled government since the Regan Administration is a true moral value

·         Ending poverty in the world, starting with the 40 million plus Americans now living below the poverty line (As illustrated by the shameful pictures of the Katrina victims in N.O.)  is a true moral value

·         The right to a living wage for every American is a true moral value

·         The right to adequate housing for all is a true moral value

·         Ending the discrimination that “still” exists in this country is you are a woman, old, disabled, black, brown or gay is a true moral value

·         The stewardship of our environment is a true moral value

·         Instituting an all out effort to stop global warming is a true moral value

·         The rebuilding of America’s industrial base and it’s vital infrastructure is an urgent national security priority and another true moral value

·         Providing all our citizens with Universal Single Payer Healthcare , including the 10 million children that are now uninsured, is a right and a moral value

·         Eliminating the dramatically increased “gap” in income between the rich few in this country and the rest of our citizens and restoring the middle class is a moral value

·         Eliminating the Bush tax cuts for the rich and super rich (“Bush’s Base” as he calls them) is a moral value

·         Providing, as a right,  a “free” education from pre-school all the way through trade school or college to all our citizens (including free childcare) is a moral value and a national security imperative

By striving to live up to these moral values the United States will again become the beacon of freedom and economic opportunity that it once was. You may well ask “how are we going to pay for all this morality?” To answer that I’ll quote Franklin D. Roosevelt whose New Deal along with a strong union movement built this country into the richest and strongest nation in the world.

The Quote:  “Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.”

Now I want my Republican friends to know that if you pray every day, go to church every Sunday and have a well respected and pious wife that defends you at every turn do not mean that you have moral values. You will be judged by God by your deeds, your lies and what you have left undone.

 "People are poor because they are lazy." ~George W. Bush, while attending Harvard Law School

Not another nickel, not another dime, not another soldier......NOT THIS TIME!!! ~Maxine Waters, California Democratic Convention, April 2007