[Dog Gone]

Africa ought to be wealthy. It is fertile (outside of the Sahara) and has vast amounts of oil and other natural resources. The thing that it is missing is democracy and the rule of law.

If Bush can jumpstart that, then perhaps Africa can quit being a beggar continent and take its rightful place on the world stage.

[Southack]

"If Bush can jumpstart that, then perhaps Africa can quit being a beggar continent and take its rightful place on the world stage."

Indeed.

It's impressive to watch what Bush is doing by demanding that the African nations **work** for their new aid and investment monies.

They have to take concrete action to insure that Mugabe steps down in Zimbabwe, and they have to reform their educational and aid systems, for instance.

Well, once you've got the beggar working, he's already on the road to full recovery.

It's the money-for-nothing that's such a problem, and that's just been ended (save for the pitances that guilty Europe freely gives Africa).

That's precisely how to jump start Africa's recovery.