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• Fox News Host: "I'm not sure that Barack Obama really is the President of the United States because the oath of office is set in the Constitution."

  Thu Jan 22, 2009
  • The way the Constitution is worded, the oath is not a prerequisite for becoming President (which happens automatically), but is a prerequisite for exercising the powers and duties of the presidency.

• Fox News Host: "I'm not sure that Barack Obama really is the President of the United States because the oath of office is set in the Constitution."

  Thu Jan 22, 2009
  • So, in kind of a funny parallel: y'all know Obama wasn't the only candidate whose citizenship was challenged, right? There was a lawsuit filed, during the campaign, against McCain as well, alleging that since he was born in Panama (where his father was stationed on a naval base), he wasn't a …

• Obama takes presidential oath again after stumble

  Wed Jan 21, 2009
  • Various sources say that John Quincy Adams was the first to do that; he was extremely religious, but believed in keeping religion and politics separate and in taking an oath to uphold the laws of the land, so he was sworn in on a law book instead.

• What do Olympic gymnasts eat anyway?

  Sat Aug 16, 2008
  • Chemical-free? That'd be impressive...

• I'll grow marigolds on the moon, says scientist

  Thu Apr 17, 2008
  • Erm. OK, so you can grow the plant without normal soil, that's cool. But can you grow it without an atmosphere in an environment where the temperature swings by 260C between day and night? I'd expect that to be the real challenge.

• Court Blocks Order to Turn Off Dish DVRs

  Fri Aug 18, 2006
  • Good for TIVO. Not only do they have superior technology-- they have a patent on it. If intellectual property rights are not protected, innovation will slow down to a crawl.

• Gore Got it Wrong from the Beginning

  Thu Jun 29, 2006
  • You attempted to draw the discussion off onto an unrelated topic apparently in hope of discrediting a possible counterpoint to your arguments.

• Gore Got it Wrong from the Beginning

  Thu Jun 29, 2006
  • I know this is off my own topic ... but would you apply this same maxim to the War on Terror? To sensible precautions taken based on information from credible sources, even if we haven't yet had time to verify those sources completely? Absolutely.

• Gore Got it Wrong from the Beginning

  Thu Jun 29, 2006
  • There's an old maxim: "err on the side of caution". And another: "better safe than sorry". In other words, it's better to avoid the possibility of doing catastrophic harm to the Earth's climate now, even if we're not 100% certain about it, than to live with the consequences later.