@Flaser
The "various conservatives" are on the wrong side of the "rational" line. They are more accuratly next to the counter culture group. Anybody who listens to even five minutes of American talk radio would agree. Neocons fall into where "various conservatives" should be.
Neocons worship the state while traditional conservatives (paleocons) believe the state to be inherently evil.
Other than that nitpicking it's spot on for American politics.
Edit:
I value justice over freedom, as in each person has an inherent right for living decently (health-care, education, food, etc.) and through *some* means (not necessarily state intervention, more like regulation) the state and the people have a responsibility to maintain this net. You don't have an inherent right for luxury, you don't have an inherent right for wealth and prosperity. The later two will have to come through your own effort. A just society regulates the market - keeping it free - so that you have a chance to do so.
We're close to agreement. Like you I believe it is the states responsibility to make sure we have equal opportunity in the workplace and equal protection under the law. I differ from liberals on "equality" since I don't want everybody to have an equal amount of material wealth. I just want people to have the opportunity and are not unfairly shut out due to religion, sex, age,etc. The fruits of our labor can be unequal (based on work ethics and similar factors) as long as everybody has the equal opportunity to get into the fray to begin with.
If a woman does 100% equal work in quality and time as a man she should receive 100% equality in pay but, if she's taking more days off or doesn't produce as much she shouldn't receive equal pay because it's not equal work.
We just disagree on how much regulation is needed.