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Obama to appear on Mythbusters
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Aquavelvaman
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Best president
AceBandage
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Bah, they're doing a myth they've done like 3 times already?
Why not do something like... the myth of secret ancient tunnels under the White House?
Why not do something like... the myth of secret ancient tunnels under the White House?
LabouredSubterfuge
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I was dearly hoping it was going to be a tongue-in-cheek effort to debunk the birther movement.
RustyNails
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Adam: Obama are you a Muslim?
Obama: No
*Myth busted*
Obama: No
*Myth busted*
I NEED SCISSORS
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<3 Obama <3
AceBandage
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RustyNails said:
And here we have the Control President, which we've strapped to a lie detector while drunk...
CharlieDigital
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It's obviously a forgery.B.K. said:
CharlieDigital
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Long story, but tag is mostly accurate :lolZeliard said:
Bam Bam Baklava
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They could have done all kinds of crazy testing on his birth certificate and lie detectors.
DevelopmentArrested
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in before 'Why is the president wasting time on tv show appearances!" DURRRP
On a related note, about that science fair:
Geek Day at the White House
Today at the White House President Obama hosts another group of students who won a national championship. But it's not the hockey team from Boston College or the swimmers from Texas. It's the Rock'n'Roll Robots from Southern California.
And who are the Rock'n'Roll Robots? I'm glad you asked. They're a group of Girl Scouts who were part of a team that won a national robot-building competition for students. They're among more than 80 students the White House is honoring as part of its first annual Science Fair.
Last November, while unveiling the "Education to Innovate" initiative, President Obama said "If you win the NCAA championship, you come to the White House. Well, if you're a young person and you produce the best experiment or design, the best hardware or software, you ought to be recognized for that achievement, too." Now he and his advisers are making good on that promise.
The students in attendance represent a wide range of ages and disciplines, from biotechnology to software design. One team won a national Lego-building contest by engineering a device to stop drivers from texting while driving. Among the others being honored:
• a high school junior from Pennsylvania who took top honors at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair by inventing "a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy, using light energy to activate a drug that kills cancer cells";
• three seventh graders, also from Southern California, who won their division of the Army's eCYBERMISSION competition by testing out safe sports helmet designs;
• a Cal Tech freshman from New Mexico who won the Intel Science Talent Search's top award by designing a software navigation system for spaceships traveling through the solar system;
• three high school students from Tennessee who won a $10,000 grant to develop the "Wildcat Water Purifier," a "micro-scale hydroelectric generator to purify surface water in remote areas."
I'm sure this is not the first group of accomplished student innovators to win White House recognition. But I don't recall past presidents giving the event the trappings of a sports championship visit. And while it's just a public relations event, it also sends a broader message about the value this administration and its allies place on intellectual achievement.
Makes me all tingly to have an administration that values intellectual achievement again.Today at the White House President Obama hosts another group of students who won a national championship. But it's not the hockey team from Boston College or the swimmers from Texas. It's the Rock'n'Roll Robots from Southern California.
And who are the Rock'n'Roll Robots? I'm glad you asked. They're a group of Girl Scouts who were part of a team that won a national robot-building competition for students. They're among more than 80 students the White House is honoring as part of its first annual Science Fair.
Last November, while unveiling the "Education to Innovate" initiative, President Obama said "If you win the NCAA championship, you come to the White House. Well, if you're a young person and you produce the best experiment or design, the best hardware or software, you ought to be recognized for that achievement, too." Now he and his advisers are making good on that promise.
The students in attendance represent a wide range of ages and disciplines, from biotechnology to software design. One team won a national Lego-building contest by engineering a device to stop drivers from texting while driving. Among the others being honored:
• a high school junior from Pennsylvania who took top honors at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair by inventing "a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy, using light energy to activate a drug that kills cancer cells";
• three seventh graders, also from Southern California, who won their division of the Army's eCYBERMISSION competition by testing out safe sports helmet designs;
• a Cal Tech freshman from New Mexico who won the Intel Science Talent Search's top award by designing a software navigation system for spaceships traveling through the solar system;
• three high school students from Tennessee who won a $10,000 grant to develop the "Wildcat Water Purifier," a "micro-scale hydroelectric generator to purify surface water in remote areas."
I'm sure this is not the first group of accomplished student innovators to win White House recognition. But I don't recall past presidents giving the event the trappings of a sports championship visit. And while it's just a public relations event, it also sends a broader message about the value this administration and its allies place on intellectual achievement.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Gaborn said:
Maybe if he makes out with Adam Savage he can demonstrate fierce advocacy.
TacticalFox88
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WTF is this "Mr." Obama shit? It's PRESIDENT, you disrespectful assholes!
Trent Strong
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Not very presidential.
Bam Bam Baklava
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jambo said:
He's President of the US and the US rules the world so he's President of the world.
RustyNails
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How is it not presidential? I think its very presidential. Our kids should be interested in becoming scientists and engineers. If a president can inspire kiddos, what's better than that?Trent Strong said:
dark_chris
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RustyNails said:
This
Aaron Strife
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Maybe he can bust the myth that Republicans are in any way good for the country.
He could certainly pick a worse time to do it.
He could certainly pick a worse time to do it.
Trent Strong
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RustyNails said:
I don't think the president should appear on frivolous TV shows, or even any TV show. Besides all they do on Mythbusters is blow stuff up, there isn't much science there.
Siebzehn50
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That's awesome.
I also wish it was a new myth though. Who are these nerds on their boards that want them to keep re-testing this myth?
I also wish it was a new myth though. Who are these nerds on their boards that want them to keep re-testing this myth?
Escape Goat
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Myth: Obama presidency is change we can believe in
BUSTED
BUSTED
SolsticeZero
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RustyNails said:
A very good point.
timetokill
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The science fair thing is one of the best things he's done and said in office. Kids, especially girls, need to think that science and math are awesome. Girl Scouts building robots is a great step in that direction.
firehawk12
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RustyNails said:
Man, quick. :lol
Jamesfrom818
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Add me to the list of people hoping they were going to test his birth status.
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