Obama Robot Theory, Autopen Signatures, and Egypt Protests
Barack Obama signed an extension of the Patriot Act using an autopen, sparking a debate regarding Article 1, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution. Speculation arises concerning the use of automated signatures and the physical presence of the President during bill signings. A theory is proposed that multiple versions of Obama exist, including a "programmed" model used for the 2011 European tour that mistakenly referenced 2008 campaign slogans.
barack obama· autopen· egypt· westminster abbey· constitution· robot· signature
00:00 I'm gonna give Pfizer the benefit of the doubt on this story. Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. It's Sunday, May 29, 2011 time for your Gitmo Nation media assassination episode 308. This is no agenda. Awaiting my vaccination against hypersexual disorder here at the Hilltop Watchtower, Crackpot Command Center, located in Gitmo Nation West, the People's Republic of Southern California. In the morning, I'm Adam Curry. And just getting up. I'm John C. DeVore. It's good to see you all in there, charged up and ready to go. Exactly the way not only does your government want you to be, but you have to be because we've got to take advantage of your $9.1 million net worth over your lifetime. So it looks as if they're still rioting in Egypt.
01:16 Yeah, because I think they figured it out. They figured it out. Hey, wait a minute! We got screwed on this deal! This is a scam! This is not a... Wait a minute, what happened to Yes We Can? Yeah. You know, John, I am by now, this is 308 episodes, we've done 307 episodes of this program. I am weather-worn, I have a good protective coating against You know, the means and ways of the elites of Gitmo Nation. Call them the New World Order, whatever you want, doesn't matter. But I really get irked when they throw it in my face. Yeah, this seems to bother you more than the actual mechanism itself. Exactly. So when the extension of the Patriot Act was signed by a robot,
02:08 That's just throwing it in my face, okay? That's just... that's unnecessary. It's unnecessary. It's not okay. It's just like, heh heh heh, watch this. Let's really freak him out. I just can't believe it. Let me ask you a question about, for those of you who don't know, It was actually, do you want to hear the little CNN clip where they discuss this? Yeah, you might as well give them a little background. I just want to, for our viewers, read this part of the Constitution. Article 1, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution says, Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the President of the United States. If he approve, he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it. So,
02:55 Doesn't say specifically he's got to be there and now we're we've got some video of these auto pens which mimic a person's signature. Well obviously the framers could not have foreseen an auto pen but actually the issue of people being able to sign for you goes back before the creation of our republic. In fact one of the earliest cases is the Lord Lovelace case. It's less racy than it sounds. In 1632, starting with those cases the courts have allowed other people to sign for clients or other attorneys and that is done routinely. I have colleagues that have signed briefs for me if I'm out of town. With a president, it's obviously more problematic. The assumption of the framers is that the president would physically sign, and in fact, that's the best practice. This is, in fact, a worrisome trend. You know, there's a sort of Max Hedrum effect of the presidency, of having presidents that speak off teleprompters and now sign bills virtually.
03:55 That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Thank you. That's right. Our president is Max Headroom. It's all over. Go home, people. He looks a little like Max Headroom. And so when this happened, so many things clicked into place. Remember on the last show last week we were talking about, um, you okay? Things clicking into place. What are you talking about? You said things clicked into place. Oh, I have no idea what you were talking about. Oh, go away, please. I have no time for people. There we go. Somebody's calling in the middle of the show? I know! It's my friend from England, Michelle Harper. He doesn't even know if the internet is actually something that exists. He's like, I heard about this internet thing. Anyway. Okay, something clicked into place. Yeah, something clicked into place. So of course on the last show we talked about our president signing the Westminster Abbey guestbook, Barack Obama, May 24th, 2008. And now, with this auto pen thing,
04:53 It's come- it's- to me, it's- and this is almost second half of the show stuff, were it not actually happening, I'm not making this up. So, the president, whichever Barack Obama it is, you know, this could be the nomination model. Now, you and I both have an assertion that there possibly are two Barack Obamas. Remember, we had to have two inaugurations because of the so-called flub. There do seem to be, you know, there's a gray-haired Obama and the fresh, perky Obama, who I think is now in Europe. But this one is programmed only to do one thing and that's to get elected. And so they reactivated the program when they sent him on the road for his European world tour except they didn't tweak it properly and they forgot to like, you know, they have a date problem. And the guy's a total robot. Yes we can! 2008! Hello Ireland! Hello everybody! It's the same bot they pulled out for the first election. Everything he's doing is about getting elected.
05:56 And they just didn't change the programming to reflect 2011. Okay. I mean, is this... it's not unthinkable. And then, and then, you know... It is! It's not unthinkable. And then... Of course not. No, and... They could actually have an actual robot that looks like... Well, they have... Yeah, well, they have an actual... Sure! They have an actual robot to sign his name. Who cares? You know, the guy could be, like, in a coma. Oh, he blinked. It's okay. Activate the pen. I thought it was a pen that he has a virtual pen someplace else and as he writes the robot pen copies his signature. Well, you know, the reporting is so stellar in Gitmo Nation that of course no one has even looked into what it does or how it works. I think it's programmed. I think it's the modern day version of the stamp that the doctor used to have. You know, here's where I think the confusion comes from.
06:55 If you write to the president or send a note to the White House, and I'd advise everyone to just do this routinely, you'll get a letter back that has actually got a signature on it. You usually say something like, thank you for your note, we're going to look into it. And then of course your letter goes in the garbage. And then they have these, apparently, these banks and banks of these cans hooked to this robot and these letters are being signed by the hundreds at a time. And then somebody puts them in an envelope and there's a robot that licks the envelope and off it goes. No, I think the guy who licks his shoe at the football stadium, I think that's the guy they hired to lick the envelopes. So whatever the case, that's I think what's confusing. I don't know why these reporters can't get the story straight. Because they don't care. It's like, whoa, we have something to talk about.
