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Obama Monkey T-Shirts A Hot Georgia Item
May 16th, 2008But a major publisher threatens to sue the Atlanta-area bar that’s raking in cash
Scores of people have been protesting the sale of T-shirts, featuring the cartoon monkey Curious George eating a banana with the words “Obama ’08,” at a Georgia pub. But now the bar owner, Mike Norman is facing some new problems as the publishing company that owns the Curious George image is threatening to sue him. “We find it offensive and obviously utterly out of keeping with the value Curious George represents,” said Rick Blake, a spokesman for publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. “We’re monitoring the situation and weighing our options with respect to legal action.” Curious George, a popular character in children’s books for many years who now has his own television cartoon series. Blake said that he has not been in contact with Norman or anyone else selling the shirts, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Norman, who owns Mulligan’s Bar and Grill in Cobb County, told the newspaper that he got the T-shirts from someone in Arkansas. His establishment is known for the controversial, ultra-conservative political slogans it plasters out front. This week the number of people protesting the shirts, which they call racist, began to swell. Norman told the Journal-Constitution that while he recognizes the racist roots of the imagery, he has every right to portray Obama as a monkey if he likes. “We’re not living in the (19)40’s,” he said. “Look at him . . . the hairline, the ears — he looks just like Curious George.” One guy called him up and ordered a hundred shirts, said Norman, 63. Should the bar be forced to stop selling the shirts? Watch the video here.
Olounwa
Olounwa
TAKE NOTE, I DON’T DO WEED.Anyway you are the one who thinks once the same always the same,now take your fat a$$ to the gym and get yourelf both mentally and physicaly fit.
Olounwa
I recall you stating “Hillary 08″ what made you CHANGE ?
how pathetic are you jiffnn?. more concerned about me getting my fat a$ss to the gym than the message am preaching…lol!! typical and not surprising .shoot the messagenger but dont deal with the message.. go back and read your last little missive” you dont understand how people change and grow ~”and then get back on the boards , cos like all weed smokers, you dont actually read what you write on here as long as you are the last post standing.!!!besides fat or thin, its NOT YOUR CONCERN… OR YOUR BUSINESS. WHEN DID I CHANGE JIFFNN, I HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED OBAMA AND HILLIARY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT BUSH.!! I SUGGEST YOU CHANGE YOUR WEED SUPPLIER AND GET THE GOOD STUFF , OBVIOUSLY THE CHEAP CRAP YOU SMOKE HAS GONE TO YOUR HEAD.!! WHATS THAT TICKING?? A BROKEN CLOCK. OH, IT MUST BE YOU MAKING THOSE WHINEY NOSES AGAIN, AND AGAIN , AND AGAIN..
CORRECTION.. MY FAT BLACK AFRICAN A&SS MEANT TO SAY JIFFNN MAKES “WHINEY NOISES ON HIS TICKING CLOCK” PS.. AM NOT INTERESTED IN FURTHERING THIS PARTICULAR VEIN, COS IF ALL YOU CAN OFFER IS YOU FAT AND UGLY THEN AM DONE ITS TIRED AND NOT KNEW JFFFNN, BESIDES NOW YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR UGLY ANCESTORS LOOKED LIKE BEFORE THEY CAME TO AMERICA DONT YOU.?
MORON
how can u come 2gether when whatever person u supoose to be,when u jealous of someone 4 whatever,f#@! the world
V3RY FUNNY!!!
THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW SOME PEOPLE STLL LIVE IN THE PAST. EVEN THOUGH WE AS BLACK PEOLPE ARE TRYING TO OVERCOME IT U GOT WHITES THAT STILL WANTED TO HOW US BACK. AND THAT WANT THOSE SHIRTS STAND FOR. BUT THERE ARE WHITE MAN THAT LOOK JUST LIKE MONKEYS TOO.
WHEN ARE NUBIAN PEOPLE(WRONGLY CALLED BLACKS/NEGRO/APES) GONE REALIZE A FACT THAT APES IF SHAVEN HAVE PINK NOT DARK SKIN. HAVE THIN NOT THICK LIPS AND HAVE FLANK FUR LIKE DOGS/GOATS NOT WOOLY HAIR LIKE LAMBS WOOL; REVEAL-ATIONS {REVALATIONS 1:14-15. (THEY WILL BE SEPARATED:SHEEP FROM THE GOATS:B.I.B.L.E).
THOSE HU KNOW WHAT I MEAN KNOW WHAT EYE MEAN.
Olounwa
LOL-LOL-LOL-!!! I must have hit a nerve,anyway thanks for the laugh.
Do your people some justice and educate yourselves–learn how to properly speak and write the English language. There is no excuse for your ignorance. These blogs prove my point.
Just look at all pictures on the internet of Bush being compared to a monkey. If you are really saying that Obama deserves special treatment because of the color of his skin, then maybe you don’t know as much about equal rights as you think you do.
You have to admit that the resemblence between Obama and the monkey is striking and LOL funny. Sorry, but it’s true.
Idiots looking for an excuse to be offended. I wish the t shirts were MY idea.
That is awesome! I hope the have a website cause he is a monkey!
This is awesome! Just proves you can dress a monkey up in a suit, but underneath he is still a monkey. Anyone got that website, I need one of those?
well well look what we have here who cares what the white trash have to say maybe we can find something that looks like him and make copies and sell them and make some money as my grandfather would say even swap no swindle
Funniest shirt ever. Truth hurts, huh? The Obama presidency will be the greatest tragedy in the history of the U.S. Black people are soooo idiotic it scares me.
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