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While he was busy invading Iraq, paying for Jenna's wedding, and generally tripping his way through the most incredibly painful U.S. presidency EVER, here is a list of the Top Ten issues the Bush administration has neglected in the meantime. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but just the ones that came to mind this cool, rainy morning.

1. African dictators: From Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe to Issayas Afeworki in Eritrea, the continent is slowly slipping into anarchy while the world waits in vain for American leadership. Meanwhile, Bush touts his legacy of helping the AIDS crisis in Africa. Throw in the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Darfur and stir, and you have a recipe for disaster on a bibical scale.
2. The American healthcare system: The frayed patchwork quilt that passes as a nationwide healthcare system in this country is tatty and ready to be thrown out for good. Individuals and businesses of all sizes are suffering from the lack of a comprehensive healthcare plan that can work for everyone. Zero leadership from Bush and Co. ZERO. Oh, maybe a mention of healthcare lawsuits as the cause. But that's about it.
3. A long-term energy independence plan: We don't have a strategy to ease or eventually end our dependence on foreign oil. Nor do we have an agreement on how to move our alternative energy plans. States like Iowa have taken the responsibility and the lead in the vacuum of leadership.
4. Infrastructure funding: Despite  pleas from the nation's governors to use federal money to stimulate the economy by fixing the crumbling infrastructure in the U.S., Bush ignores the idea.
5. Family planning: Poor women and uninsured women have no friend in this president, who apparently has checked out on the issue of women's reproductive health.
6. The widening income gap between the rich and the poor: Bush's tax cuts, while great for CEOs and those making more than 250k annually, are eroding public confidence in our economy's ability to offer income security to all full-time workers.
7. Poverty has increased in the past 7 years. Bush made a lame attempt to address poverty in this country after it smacked him in the face after Hurricane Katrina, but he is silent on the issue now.
8. Teen pregnancy has increased for the first time in 25 years under the idiotic "abstinence only" funding under President Bush's moral police.
9. College education funding is increasingly fragmented and unavailable, while costs spiral out of control, largely due to health care costs for college faculty and staff.
10. America's reputation on the world stage: Without a doubt, our great country has suffered a black eye due to George W. Bush's complete and total incompetence.

What did I miss? Got anything to add?