Dean's World

Folks probably know that I have a blog geared to black moderates and black conservatives, and folks in between. One of my treasures is discovering the work of our peers in other countries and regions (so far...Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, England, Ghana, Kenya, Netherlands, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. They are glad to see that they aren't toiling alone. The folks in Uganda and Zimbabwe even labor under dangerous conditions in their countries due to lack of free speech. One in Uganda, who is a journalist, was even recently jailed for questioning government policies. One from Zimbabwe, a lawyer, is now in exile in Britain).

Anyway, Felix Taylor is a black moderate-conservative blogger and Conservative Party member in the Toronto area who has advice for President George W. Bush, whom he supports:

"U.S. President George Bush is facing a stressful crisis in his presidency. The tragedy with Hurricane Katrina and the Iraqi war crisis has in no way helped. If President Bush is serious about building a legacy — a good one, he must listen to Jack Kemp on how to handle the issue in dealing with the living victims of Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Kemp says in his recent commentary: 'Instead of raising taxes, Congress should provide more juice to the opportunity zone by adding an exemption to capital gains taxes for people and businesses who invest in job-creating enterprises for people in the green-lined zone. As the president said, the people who suffered the most dislocation and distress must participate fully in the rebuilding and the job opportunities that will result from these policy prescriptions. African-American leaders like Morial, Bruce Gordon of NAACP, Earl Graves of Black Enterprise Magazine and Andy Young, the former mayor of Atlanta, have all said access to capital is one of the most important social and economic goals for minority business development and job creation. Let's democratize capitalism as a tool to wage war on poverty, despair and racial discrimination.' Mr. Bush should make this public policy and push Congress to make this happen. The President does not need to increase the ever expanding debt and deficit that [every] American is facing. This is a golden opportunity that he cannot ignore and push aside. If he does, his presidency will be something to dread rather than to take pride in."