Debate 3 over, Hillary kicked his ass.

[Aractus]

Well according to the daybreak poll the dickheads are neck-and-neck at the moment. According to Obama in 2008 Hillary is corrupt and out of touch with middle America:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6f4tZFZ_-g

OK OK I know, I know, I'm no fan of the US. Suffice to say I think the US is one of the most obnoxiously backward-thinking places in the "west". In fact, better yet I'll let an actual yank explain why Australia is better (by no means are we "perfect"):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTVCXrJr6uc

In fact there's a lot Australia has yet to learn from Europe. But one of the most offensive things I hear is when the yanks or their political leaders/President (and especially when used by their political leaders) call themselves "leader of the free world" or similar. Because that's wrong on so many levels - for one it implies that the US would take full responsibility for their military fuck-ups, but they never do. For example, following WWI Germany was forced to pay hugely unfair reparations to the Allies. The US should have been forced to pay fair reparations to Vietnam and other countries they have clearly wronged with their illegal military actions. Iraq would be another, just to give some examples. Australia and the UK should also be forced to pay fair reparations for illegal wars that we took part in.

I digress. Anyway, according to Trey Parker (Southpark) & Michael Moore, Trump ran for the Republican nomination purely as a publicity stunt to put him into a position to negotiate a higher salary for his TV shows. If Michael Moore was the one to say it I'd ignore it as hearsay, but given the fact that Southpark makes it clear their view is that giant douche doesn't really want to be President I sit up and pay full attention! Neither the giant douche or the turd sandwich are suitable for the presidency in my view, but then again neither was Obama, George W, Bill, or Reagan. Most of whom are war criminals in my opinion, as much as anything else. Hillary is already a war criminal, and so is her husband Bill. Trump, if he becomes president (and in my view it's highly likely), will undoubtedly become another.

And to bring that back to my point about "leader of the free world"- in my view Australia is an example of a world leader in the way of multiculturalism. In my view many other countries can also hold claim to be world leaders in other areas, such as drug management and criminal rehabilitation, and plenty of other aspects of society. New Zeeland is definitely a world leader in Indigenous recognition & relations. The US probably has claim to something - I'm not trying to deny them that, but they're not "the" leader, and in some areas such as healthcare they are on the very bottom of the OECD. And as the yank in the video above says, they should humble themselves to learn from other countries. She's actually incorrect about gun control in Australia - we have firearms, but they are highly regulated and private sales are prohibited (unless brokered through a gun dealer). It's not that difficult to get a firearms licence, just like it's not that difficult to get a driver's license.

And I should end on the point that democracy is another area where Australia is a world leader. We invented the secret ballot - and in fact, in modern times you are allowed to write or mark your ballot paper if you want, but if you make it identifiable it becomes an informal vote and won't be counted. We also invented Hare-Clark - although yes technically it was a refinement of the preferential voting system first invented by Thomas Hare (a pom).