Obama Sworn in for 2nd time
Right. We need to start a "book" for how long it will take the conspiracy theorists to make something of this.
I reckon Dekion Trouser Pants the Third will soon be telling us that the second one was an imposter, but they swore him in to keep it all legal if anyone found out.
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Blackdogmanguitar is out with Fat Larry's Jazz Band on, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 8:33,
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I read this earlier this morning, and as I did I thought to my self
"My god, the conspiracy types are going to have enough cloth to make a suit and jacket out of this story"
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The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 8:38,
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Well I thought nothing of it before,
but now that you mention it...
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Hmmm.
The White House says that the second swearing was unnecessary, but that it'll keep the initial swearing out of the conspiracy theorists' grubby little hands as a bonus.
Fair enough.
However, the second swearing was done without a Bible... which means that, even if the Dekions don't have anything, the fundies now will.
Oy veh!
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 9:37,
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Why does it have to be a Bible at all?
Surely it would make more sense to use a copy of the constitution
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The Coast Of Yemen, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 9:39,
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Last year
I had to swear on a bible. I was asked whether I minded; I said no, but it might as well be the koran or the collected works of Pam Ayres.
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DogHorse plop, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 9:49,
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I swore on a bible once.
Wrote "cuntsplot" on the first page of Exodus.
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I'm now inexplicably tempted
to sneak into the nearest church and add "movement of Jah people" on that page of all their bibbles.
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DogHorse plop, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 10:40,
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I have no idea.
I was thinking about this on the way in to work this morning: if I had to swear an oath, what would I use, given my atheism? To use any kind of scripture would be odd, since to swear to tell the truth on that'd be to give a false impression: I'd perjure myself in the process of promising not to. I love Moby Dick, but I don't think that it adds anything to my testimony.
I could go literal, and hold my balls: "testimony" shares an origin with "testes", in the sense of "Cut these off if I'm lying".
But I came to the conclusion that the fact that I say I'm telling the truth ought to be enough: lying is simply below me. If you don't believe me, then that's your problem.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 10:45,
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Enzyme
You'd be asked in court to make an affirmation, rather than swearing on a relevant holy book.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 11:23,
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Awwww
Somebody still holds hope that America will remember the whole 'separation of church and state' thing!
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Hampster Squared has stuff at www.tilla.co.uk, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 11:06,
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They've cloned him in case someone bumps him off
SILLY.
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Monty Propps, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 10:19,
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Of course!
sorry.
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Blackdogmanguitar is out with Fat Larry's Jazz Band on, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 10:56,
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