President Obama On Mythbusters Tonight

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 8, 2010 @08:13AM from the buster-for-president dept.

elrous0 writes "As was previously reported, President Obama mentioned back in October that he would be appearing on an upcoming episode of the popular Discovery Channel series Mythbusters. Well, the episode is finally airing tonight. In the episode, the President helps Jamie and Adam test the 'Archimedes Death Ray' myth for a 3rd time (the myth having been 'busted' the first time, and that bust surviving a challenge from MIT students the second time out). Though the President only appears in a couple of brief scripted segments, the actual test (using 500 schoolkids doubling as mirror-bearing soldiers) is purportedly pretty interesting."

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All hail the king! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-12-08 08:16 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Does anyone find it odd that in a so-called democracy (or yes, even a democratic republic), our president is treated like a king? Why do we call him "Mr. President," when we then go adoring him like our beloved benefactor and glorious ruler? Who cares if he appears on TV? He's just a bureaucrat, isn't he?
Still waiting for the slashdot community to figure out that they have the power to make real, workable democracy without devolving into mob rule.