I'm not aware of any time when a president has actually made an inspection of Area 51. That doesn't mean it hasn't happened, but is does seem like we know their whereabouts at all times so I tend to think none of them have made the trip. Do you think that if a president decided to make an unannounced inspection, that anyone would try to stop him?

The commander in chief? Who has enough clout and could try without some kind of treason type of charge?

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No one would try to stop him...

...because they moved all the really important stuff that was at Area 51 to an unmarked garage at near Fort Dix over ten years ago. There wouldn't be much for him to see at Area 51.

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His own secret service--seriously! They'd insist on going ahead of time to make preparations and check for safety.

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If we really knew the president's whereabouts at all times he could have never made those "unannounced visits" to Iraq. When the president wishes his whereabouts not to be known the government can see to it, just so long as it is not for so long that reporters start asking questions.

This is such a tempting topic! I have some witty things to say, but I'll stay my fingers.

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Technically, the pres could give himself the security clearance to go, but all the security types would try to get him not to. If it got out that the pres went to area 51, then all the nuts on the planet would redouble their efforts to get in to see all the alien tech, and the SP's would still have to chase them off.

I personally agree with weatherc tho, all the cool stuff was removed a couple decades ago.

Besides, there's all that alien DNA floating about - he could catch a nasty cold!

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Jump in with both feet!
- Me, indulging my inner eight-year-old

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Occam's Ghost to Grant Hutchison.

Hah - shows what you know. He's there now in the secret underground hybernation vault controlling the internet through direct neural interface while his robot clone makes all his public appearances for him (it's a pitty they never did get the speech routines quite right on the double).
They're robot-cloaning both Barack Obama and John McCain as we speak so there will be no interruption in internet service.

(Edit: If we're going to ask silly questions we might as well come up with silly answers.)

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No, actually that's Al Gore.

The president goes to Hollywood, not Area 51.

The current president couldn't find Area 51 on a map, seriously.

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In the Year 2525.

"One small step for (a) man. One giant leap for mankind".

If an astronaut doesn't need good grammar, niether does you.

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And the last one could? He thought Area 51 was three kliks from Cydonia.

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They probably have a fake Area 51 for pushy visitors.

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If there were women at Area 51 instead of government secrets, he would have found it.

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LOGIC, n.
The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.

In the Year 2525.

"One small step for (a) man. One giant leap for mankind".

If an astronaut doesn't need good grammar, niether does you.

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RalofTyr you were asked to stop with the political comments. Next time you will be suspended. This is an official warning.

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Sorry, I was on my way to get propane and I didn't scroll down that far to see the warning.

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LOGIC, n.
The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.

In the Year 2525.

"One small step for (a) man. One giant leap for mankind".

If an astronaut doesn't need good grammar, niether does you.

Host of Seraphim

"Area 51" isn't on any maps, so no one can find it on a map, whether they're president or not.

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I'll bet Chuck Yeager could find it.

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Actually, it is on quite a few maps. Contrary to ID4.

And I believe it has a large tourist industry revolving around crackpots.

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LOGIC, n.
The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.

In the Year 2525.

"One small step for (a) man. One giant leap for mankind".

If an astronaut doesn't need good grammar, niether does you.

Host of Seraphim

Why would he want to? Plausible deniability! If he needs to know details, he just schedules a briefing.

Presidential visits are for the media exposure, and to help let those who've been affected by natural disasters know that their country cares about them.

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