I.O.U.S.A.

I remember the last time I was invited to one of Karl Rove's quiet journalist lunches - in the summer of 2001. Heh. I provoked his displeasure by asking about the deficit. Eight years later, what the Bush administration has done to America's moral standing in the world is only matched by what it has done to America's fiscal standing. Anyone even faintly aware of the conservative concepts of sound money and solvent government should be furious. As with torture, it isn't just the scale of the betrayal; it's the glee and recklessness with which it is promoted. Deficits don't matter, huh, Mr Vice-president? Just like Geneva. Quaint. Over. Meaningless.

Maybe this new movie, released this month, will help wake people up: