“Thus, it should be understood that when pro-US figures use the term, 'rules-based international order,' they are not referring to anything analogous to the rule of law. Quite the opposite, they are using Orwellian language to describe a system in which essentially no rules can be established and/or observed, given that the dominant state has the prerogative to violate and/or rewrite “rules” at its whim.” Aaron Good, American Exception
21 September 2011
Elizabeth Warren On the US Deficit Problem and Fair Taxation
Elizabeth Warren on the election circuit in Massachusetts.
She left out any discussion of the financial bailouts, probably in the interest of simplicity and brevity. But she ought not to do so.