# Barack Obama posts here. Really? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 31, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272 "2015-05-31T18:42:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/21 "2015-06-01T12:33:23Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > linky? [J. Michael Straczynski](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) - a grand total of two posts [ETA to say I misremembered - his lengthy post was about SFWA, not Babylon 5.] [Mitch Benn](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11913236#post11913236) - one post plugging his Christmas album. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/22 "2015-06-01T12:49:32Z")
To me - its a form of sock - especially in this case with such famous questions as “Why isn’t Hilary Clinton in Jail” ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/23 "2015-06-01T13:28:49Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Yes, he’s a personal friend of Cecil, so don’t pit Barack. Cecil even considered being his running mate. That explains it !!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/24 "2015-06-01T15:52:16Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Also actor Jim Beaver, who posted a few times as **jumblejim**. I wish he would post again. I follow his Facebook page. He is a very good writer and a thoughtful person who is well informed on many subjects. He would fit right in. I especially like his reviews of old obscure movies. > [@simster](#): > > To me - its a form of sock - especially in this case with such famous questions as > > “Why isn’t Hilary Clinton in Jail” I have never heard that definition before. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/25 "2015-06-01T16:01:46Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > [J. Michael Straczynski](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) - a grand total of two posts [ETA to say I misremembered - his lengthy post was about SFWA, not Babylon 5.] > > [Mitch Benn](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11913236#post11913236) - one post plugging his Christmas album. Oh, no, it was about B5. He responded to MY thread! > [@](#): > > In brief: no, Babylon 5 doesn’t get any better, it will always be just what it is, caught on film like a fly in amber. It’s up to each person to decide, in the quiet turning of their considered conscience, whether or not they like what it is (with, albeit, a rather rocky first season). > > What did Londo see? Everything. > > Sluttiest woman in hollywood? Yo mamma. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/26 "2015-06-01T16:14:18Z")
On the off-chance the President wanted to post here, would he be denied the use of his own name because it was already taken? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/27 "2015-06-01T16:46:48Z")
Professor Sasha Volokh from [http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/) posted under his own name here [The bTruth About NASA's Moon Exploration!!! - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=749595) (post #37, _et al_.) Pretty famous as bloggers and professors go. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/28 "2015-06-02T02:32:24Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > On the off-chance the President wanted to post here, would he be denied the use of his own name because it was already taken? He could always use the name Joe Biden. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/29 "2015-06-02T02:45:47Z")
I feel it necessary to state for the record that I am not the real El Kabong. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/30 "2015-06-02T06:44:26Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I feel it necessary to state for the record that I am not the real El Kabong. WHAT?! You mean you _don’t_ do the thinnin around here? If you don’t, who does??? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/31 "2015-06-02T11:11:47Z")
I’m in witness protection. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/32 "2015-06-02T14:08:04Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I’m in witness protection. I’m in witless protection. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/33 "2015-06-02T14:12:54Z")
I post under my real name, but use a pseudonym in real life. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/34 "2015-06-02T14:14:06Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’m in witless protection. _checks location_ Aren’t we all? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/35 "2015-06-02T14:51:51Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I don’t know about any of you, but I am Spartacus. I’m Brian – and so’s my wife! (Sorry - set me up for a Python and as irritating as it is ----------- ) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/36 "2015-06-02T18:25:52Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I’m in witness protection. > [@Chefguy](#): > > I’m in witless protection. I’m in Jehovah’s Witness Protection. I have to go door to door, telling people I’m someone else. With thanks to Steven Wright… ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/37 "2015-06-02T21:07:58Z")
Oscar winner Michael Minkler has posted a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/38 "2015-06-02T21:42:52Z")
Hey, I’ve always liked his sound-editing skills. Do you have a link to the thread? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/39 "2015-06-02T23:03:58Z")
If our own Barack Obama dosen’t mind the self inflicted Secret Service internet activity scrutiny, then that’s his business. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272/40 "2015-06-02T23:07:27Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > If our own Barack Obama dosen’t mind the self inflicted Secret Service internet activity scrutiny, then that’s his business. Hmmm…if I pit our Barack, am I likely to end up on the watch list? Maybe his user name is Pit-proof. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272.md?page=3)