Quick neocon status check

So, relations with North Korea had been improving for years until Bush pulled out of agreements with them, directly insulted their leader, and then taunted them with the "evil" label. Since then, they've responded by developing their nuclear weapon and intercontinental ballistic missile capability to the point where they have become a real threat. The Bush administration has responded to all of this, over their entire tenure, by ignoring the problem, other than spouting a little rhetoric. Understandable, since North Korea does not have vast oil reserves.

As baby boomers age, the Social Security and Medicare catastrophes loom large. Rather than address such long-range problems, dubya had a failed attempt to cripple social security, and succeeded in screwing seniors and taxpayers, while massively subsidizing big pharma, with his "part D" plan.

Corruption has run amok in the Republican party, and today yet another Bush crony, David Safavian, was found guilty of criminal corruption.

Bush has been touting how great it is to have democracy in the sovereign nation of Iraq, yet he was unable to define the word sovereign, and a commitment to withdraw the occupying US military was requested by the elected President of Iraq, the elected Vice President of Iraq, a majority of the Iraqi people and a majority of the American people.

With all of this going on, you might expect Bush to engage in his number one presidential activity - going on vacation (like he did after being told 8/01 that "Bin Laden determined to strike in US"). Close, he's reacting so all these crises he's created/helped by raising more money for the neocon machine. Yup, the country's in desperate need of leadership, but raising $27M for candidates that blindly follow the neocon marching orders is more important that the good of our country.

Business as usual.