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White House Claims Barack Obama Has Never Been to Mars

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 17:  (AFP OUT) U.S. President Barack Obama turns away from the podium after delivering a statement at the White House December 17, 2011 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Senate approved a two-month payroll tax cut and extension of unemployment benefits today, with a provision that requires President Obama to make a decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline within two months.  (Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

"Only if you count watching Marvin the Martian," says someone who really works for the government, in response to a conspiracy that makes the birth certificate thing look as reasonable as the Watergate investigation.

Photo: Pool/2011 Getty Images