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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.
Why Do We Give Into Such Ignorance? We Can Go Without Making Such A Scene About These Shirts. That’s What They Want Us To Do & I Don’t Blame Them Because We Act Like We Don’t Do & Say Racist Things. But When It Happens To Us We Want A Handout. Ignore It And All Shall Be Well With Us. Racism Will Always Be There Now All We Have To Do Is Learn How To Is Handle It. Causing An Uproar And Drawing More Attention To The Situation Is The Worst Thing We Can Do.
MARYANN – Obama has no cause to sue and “the fuzz” didn’t get involved because no laws have been broken.
This is AmeriKKKA. We shouldn’t be surprised.
Happy are those who are persecuted. Obama will rise out of this.
Jole your mother look like that monkey
Jole your mother look like that monkey.
Carla shut your nappy headed self up.
When will our Troop be coming home?
MAYBE HONEY IS GOING TO THE BACK OF THE BUS !!!!
but you can bet yo a** no one else will be there with her !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When the troops are coming home ? Good question…but here is a better one…
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO STOP SENDING OUR KIDS TO THEIR DEATH ?!
This don’t surprise me at all.. As the Bible speaks.. Watch & Pray. They(the enemy) just wanted to bring a sum drama to the table for us to respond on… Obama 08! Be Blessed
dis is all some BS!!!!! why cant we all jus get along lol
This is to all of my brother’s and sister’s out there, do not let this kind of ignorance get under your skin, We as a people have been through worse than this. We know what we are and who we are. We are a proud people and we can not let small minded people make us act any different. Let people say what ever they want, If we let things like this get to us then we are no better than them. Keep your head up America because Change is on the way!!!!!!!!!!!!
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER. YOU WONDER WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR US TO GET AHEAD. NOTICE WE ARE THE ONLY RACE THAT WON’T STAND BY OUR OWN MEN AND WOMEN. CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG.
Well, some people just wont grow up and face reality like adults, they gotta go and make monkey t-shirts “portraying” a black man. This is so BARBARIC! the white man just wont accept that a black man is on his way to become the president of the US, FACE IT, OBAMA WILL BECOME PRESIDENT!!!
Whites will never let Obama get in the White House. Obama Osama is a racist muslim. Us whites are the majority and we will make sure he loses.
This is nothing new. How do you think an African Amercan running for president of the United States is not going to endure some racial hatred? This is monumental and historic. As long as Obama is running, he will face this sordid kind of mess. Who cares, as long as he lives thru it. That’s what really matters
Are blacks planning on crying “lawdy dat be racism!” everytime Obama is questioned, criticized or made fun of? It seems so. This is why I will not be voting for him in November. Who needs four years of listening to blacks whine? We hear enough of it already.
1ST OF ALL- CRYBABYSCRY- SHUT UP!!! YOUR NOT EVEN MAKING SENSE!! YOU GOT A LOT OF NERVE WITH YOUR SARCASTIC COMMENTS- KEEP THAT NONENSE TO YOURSELF BECAUSE NOBODY CARES OR EVEN WANTS TO HEAR ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY!! Ok now that I got that out the way- I think those t-shirts are disgraceful and down right disrespectful!!! It’s 2008 and people are still not coping with the fact that black people are intelligent, successful and not going anywhere!!!! HATERS- GET OVER IT WE WILL NOT BE STOPPED!!!!!
OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008!!!!!! HATERS FALL BACK WE AREN’T GOING ANYWHERE!!! Don’t worry crybabyscry…Obama doesn’t need your vote…he is already going to win anyway without it!!!