We still got seniors who can not afford vital medications because of the new Medicare plan. New Orleans still looks like a third world country as the entire Gulf Coast region fights to get money so they can rebuild. Our nation’s infrastructure is crumbling. A drive down any road proves that.

So with all those items, which require money, where are the administration’s fiscal priorities? Insight Magazine, the conservative publication, tells us where some of that money is going:

The Bush administration, amid record budget deficits, has been spending huge amounts on advertising and public relations contracts to counter a hostile media environment.

The administration spent $1.62 billion on advertising and public relations contracts over two and a half years. Most of the money was spent by the Defense Department amid its efforts to recruit soldiers for the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

“The extent of the Bush administration’s propaganda effort is unprecedented and disturbing,” said Rep. George Miller, California Democrat.

Catapulting that propaganda – eh Mr. Bush? Instead of worrying about the citizens of this country, or the nation as a whole, Bush worries about what people might think of him.

Apparently the spending for the DOD hasn’t been very successful. Recruitment levels are still down and there are no signs of that changing in the near future. True they are spending all this money on advertising, while at the same time they are cutting things like veteran benefits. This really fights the cause.

I do like how this article considers the media “hostile”. The media has only become more aggressive in the last few months. The study that this report points to analyzed spending from 2003 to mid-2005. During that time the media was anything but “hostile” towards the administration. This can only mean that the amount spent on bushit propaganda is going to skyrocket. Now isn’t our record deficit worth that?