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President Obama On Mythbusters Tonight

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. Re:First Post? by Mashiki · · Score: 0, Troll

    No. It's Obama's attempt to prove he can read without a teleprompter however.

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  2. Real myth busted by roman_mir · · Score: 0, Troll

    The real myth that should be tested is that President Obama is actually a progressive or a liberal kind of a politician.

    I am a libertarian and I can't stand any other approach - socially liberal and completely free market fiscally, but to me it is obvious that Obama is actually not very socially liberal and definitely not free market oriented at all (*I think he has no clue about economics, period), but so many people believe that he is actually a liberal and yet so many believe that he is the Devil, etc. that there seems to be a good bunch of myths that could be busted about this guy, while some may just be confirmed. Maybe he is a Muslim/atheist/communist/fascist/Maoist/devil worshiper born in Kenya, I kind of hope he is all of those things at once, at least that would be interesting.

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  3. Re:First Post? by bmo · · Score: 1, Troll

    If they test it on him, it might actually work. Darker colours absorb more heat.

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  4. MYTHS by Blue+Stone · · Score: 0, Troll

    So what's the myth that he's helping bust?

    That America is the land of the free?

    That the US government believes in free speech and a free press?

    That the US Government never ignores or actively goes against the US constitution and follows the 'rule of law'?

    That when politicians talk about democracy, behind closed doors, they don't roll around on the floor in hysterics?

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