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President Obama To Appear On Mythbusters
Muondecay writes "President Obama will be featured in the December 8th MythBusters episode, 'Archimedes Solar Ray,' during which he will challenge Adam and Jamie to revisit an ancient and somewhat controversial myth: Did Greek scientist and polymath Archimedes set fire to an invading Roman fleet using only mirrors and the reflected rays of the sun during the Siege of Syracuse? This is part of a White House effort to highlight the importance of science education."
...was to debunk the myth that a black man can't be elected president.
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
Next up, a popular request myth from the Southern part of the country: Was President Obama born in Kenya? Oh I hope they make a joke about that...
...go hand in hand.
Yeah, it'd be better if Obama asked the Mythbusters to bust the myths about the recently passed healthcare bill, the who's to blame for the 2007 economic crisis, what the constitution really says, and other GOP myths.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Even if he was born outside the USA, as I was, he could still be president, as I could. You have to be natural born, not native born. The difference is that one can be natural born a US citizen if one parent is a US citizen no matter where one is born.
Also he was born in Hawaii, you stupid troll.
FWIW, I don't have a problem with President Obama being on Mythbusters -- I mean, I think it's kind of stupid, but I'm not going to criticize him by saying he shouldn't be on a TV show or anything like that... But, I think that most people think there are different standards for the President versus a private citizen. I don't buy into many of the ideals of the presidency, but the president is supposed to be above partisanship, be a leader of both the country and the government--not just his own party, etc. Of course that's rarely met, but it's an ideal. There are a lot of ideals, and some people view them differently. Reagan and I think Bush (for instance) always wore formal clothes (suit jacket) in the oval office, afaik. I'm not saying I care one iota about that, but people have very different ideas of what's expected of the president. I HAVE heard from even a lot of my liberal friends that at times they have been uncomfortable with some of President Obama's media appearances. ~shrug~
Frankly, I don't have a lot of respect for people who read magazines. Pulp crap frankly, unless you're talking about something like Science, which is better categorized as a journal.
"Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking
I wouldn't care if the man was born in Kenya to be honest, there are lots of other problems to have with this administration, but I haven't seen anything on the news proving he was born in the US yet. Which is not to say that its a reasonable belief that he was born out of the US, its just an issue of falsificationism. At this point you cant really prove it one way or the other.
Good luck with that, since all he can figure out is how to swing a golf club on the golf course. He's a non-non-president.
Om, nomnomnom...
She isn't holding public office. Meanwhile, the President is still a media whore and hasn't stopped campaigning since 2006.
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
See also: Bush reading a book called "The Pet Goat" to children while airplanes were smashing into buildings
Thanks for playing.
You are entitled to your own opinions, not your own facts.
Tea isn't mentioned anywhere, either. OMG, the Tea Party is unconstitutional!
Not a typewriter
Sheesh? That got modded troll?
I would have thought that was one of the least controversial or trollish things relating to politics that I've ever written on slashdot!
He was a blank slate that let everyone believe whatever they wanted to believe about him.
In reality, the man is weak, politically inept, arrogant, and unable to see the world outside of his own academic contextualization.
It's our own fault. That is not to say I think McCain would have been a good choice either.
We hired someone for the job that was as close to picking someone randomly off the street as we've ever done. We should have demanded credentials, experience... anything. We should have done our homework.
And whether we really even need a sun blotter since there is no global warming, only climate change...
Peter predicted that you would "deliberately forget" creation 2000 years ago...
Obama did no actual work for any of that, and he doesn't apepar to have learned anything beyond gaming the system (which, as I geek, I have to respect a bit). Not trying to troll here, but he really seems to have bypassed the normal requirements for most of the "impressive" stuff he's done: the titles without the substance.
Sarah Palin put republicans in jail for fraud/corruption, IIRC. I've yet to see Obama achieve anything that compares.
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
One usually publishes a lot in that job. Obama published, what, one paper ever? Compare his output in the jobs he's had against what one would usually see - there is an objective measure here. But then, all criticism however slight of the One Great True Messiah shalt be punished with downmods on /.. Man, November's really gonna sting.
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
I would love it if the Tea Party kept themselves out of government.
More seriously, the Constitution specifies an Army and a Navy. By the same logic used above, does that make the Air Force unconstitutional?
Not a typewriter
Precisely.
"Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking
Of course, General Welfare and Interstate Commerce clauses. Two of the most abused bits of language ever written.
You're going to need to be more specific:
understanding what "externality" means
Most would advocate resolving these in the most simple manner possible, usually resorting to mere property rights. E.g if my factory pollutes your land, I have diminished your property and owe you restitution. You, and only you, and only for the measurable impact. I have a wonderful grasshopper/ant story to share with you, if you're genuinely interested in discussions of redistribution of wealth.
stops making excuses for bad behavior
Such as? And even given examples, are we to assume that liberals, Republicans, and/or Independents never behave badly?
ejects the religious wing of the party
Reject Christian religion in favor of Atheist religion? Why? Or pretend that religion doesn't exist? Again, why? Again, clarity, please.
generally stops inventing rhetoric that has no basis in reality
Such as? I'm unaware of anything within the realm of unicorns and leprechauns - which, by the way, have at least some basis in reality. Please do speak up. Let's have a dialog, rather than your just spewing hate all over the place.
Also, armies tend to think 2-dimensionally. The two were split for a reason.
Well, then, it's a damn good thing the enemies never invented flight. Otherwise our ground forces would be totally screwed! Oh, wait... That's total BS dude. Please, try again. Or just drop it. Both would work fine.
Obama's party has the supermajority in the government. There's nothing stopping him from getting things done except his party's own ineptitude. As for socialism, if you don't see how the government forcing everyone to pay for health insurance isn't an intrusion of government into our personal lives, nothing will convince you.
Well put. Insulting, rude, and based on wildly incorrect assumptions, but you communicated your ignorance and contempt in a very eloquent manner. Have a great night!