Hard work

I think this lede paragraph in a news article yesterday just about says it all:

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush worked nearly three hours at his Texas ranch on Thursday to design a new U.S. policy in Iraq, then emerged to say that he and his advisers need more time to craft the plan he'll announce in the new year.

[Hat tip to Americablog]

Don't I recall someone else who fiddled while Rome burned?