Forgetting, via Twitter:

@FredBarnes Fred Barnes

Trillion dollar deficits and a rapidly growing national debt are effects. The cause is spending at levels never before seen in peacetime. 19 hours ago

The mindless repetition via Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder (r):

@PeterKinder Peter Kinder

MT @FredBarnes: Trillion$ #deficit , rapidly growing nat’l #debt r effects. Cause= #spending levels never before seen n peacetime #tcot #pdk 19 hours ago

Getting called on it:

@ssnich Sean

Peacetime? MT @PeterKinder MT @FredBarnes: Trillion$ #deficit… Cause= #spending levels never before seen in peacetime #pdk 16 hours ago

@ssnich Sean

cc: @PeterKinder RT @MotherJones: We’re Still at War: Photo of the Day for July 25, 2011 mojo.ly/mTZevb 1 hour ago

U.S. Army Pfc. Sean Jamison with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) provides security atop a mountain during Operation Sarak Basta II at Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 19. The operation eliminated an illegal route between the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. U.S. Army photo.