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.
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nothing but a bunch of IGNORANT CRACKERS!
jiffnn, the n word is not slang if it is considered offensive and it is anyway so dont even go there with defending its use.
trina this is not a hip hop gathering its a bid for the presidency so what are you rapping about.?.
to be honest i find all this weeping and wailing a bit of a misnomer, when blacks can quite happily degrade themselves and can more than happiliy degrade other blacks then get upset when the whiteman does it even if it is unintentional humour. american blacks have to toughen up in the months to come or forget it.
if you are jumping around over a t shirt then i hate to think what will happen when the real politiking starts..
personally am more interested in who he will hypothetically choose to be his running mate if he got the nomination. but then again , am not easily distracted by nonsense, and realise that it is politics.. most on here think that its some sort of barbecue picnic !! well, it isnt ..
the Facts, its about the numbers.. the majority rules and the majority are on the music site talking about the latest lil nonsense rapper or the other..and remember , who owns this network??.
there is more hits to be made creating a topic of this nature than a serious political one..
by the way racial profiling is an american thing and all americans do this… i keep harking back to sept11, when all muslims and arabs and anyone with a turban were targets .!!how soon people forget so easily.
ps.. obama is not a muslim, ! his father was not a muslim .!read something those who put him into the catagory of some sort of terrorist.. its just plain silly
electing obama is not going to solve any individual problems , or make it all better for american blacks or whatever, but it will more importantly mean that americans want to change direction in their dealings with the outside world, this is important to the rest of the world that america is at war with now..we are tired of the endless, fruitless hostilities and no one waving the stars and stripes anymore too much blood has been shed for nothing.
WE KNOW WHO!!! STARTED THIS DONT WE ?HER NAME IS HELLL CINTOn .I WANTED TO MISS SPELL HER NAME,NOW IT BLACK AND WHITE .THAT WAS A BIG SPEETH SHE MADE SAY THE WHITE ARE VOTEING FOR ME,REMMBER THAT!!SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING,SHE STARTED A BIG FIRE AND NOW SHE CANT PUT IT OUT .I KNOWSHE DO NOT WANT TO PUT IT OUT> IT TWO LATE THE CAT IS OUT THE BAG.LOOK HOW THEY VOTEING IN THEM STATE!!!SHE WILL DO ANY THING TO WIN ALL OF US WILL GET HURT.I MEAN THAT SHE KNOW GOOD>>>>>
As a black woman, I’m not offended in the least. I think it’s really funny. Each time a white person makes a offensive remark, it makes me laugh, because they are beginning to show, (and I’m talking about the racist people), how fearful they are becoming of blacks. We are moving forward, and it scares them to death. Instead of being angry we should laugh each time. Because the more you protest something that is said by a racist devil, the more you feed their devil ego. The more they hunger to see you upset. You feed the devil when you do as he wishes. We need to smile more in their face. We need to continue to stand tall, we are at that point in our lives that we have prove that we can not be pushed over. We are a strong race of people, we have proved we can not be knocked down. So my people of all races that feel the devil is trying to knock us down, stand your ground and give them the biggest smile you can bring across your face. The devil will diminishes, and maybe try again in another 2000 years. And we will continue to move forward. Believe my people God is on our Side. PEACE!
I agree with ths statement 100%.. No Weapon Formed Against Shall prosper
PEOPLE OPEN YOUR EYES…WE HAVE A BIGGER BATTLE THAN A T-SHIRT WITH A CUTE MONKEY ON THE FRONT…DEPENDING ON YOUR AGE WE ALL USE TO LOVE CURIOUS GEORGE….HE MADE MISTAKE BUT LEARN FROM THEM…. EVERTHING IS NOT ABOUT RACE ALL THE TIME…I WAS NOT OFFENED AT ALL, AND YES IM A BLACK WOMAN THAT IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING OUR 1ST BLACK PRESIDENT TO SEE IF WE CAN DO BETTER FOR OUR RACE. WE NEED TO STOP KILLING AND PUTTING DOWN OUR OWN RACE AND BAN TOGETHER SO ONE DAY WE CAN BE ON TOP…..GROW UP PEOPLE
Olounwa
Still the same mantra from you, YAWN !!! Do yourself a favor and go to the gym.
the shame of it is this isn’t the only thing going on. look they think even if they steal the election from Barrack that blacks are still going to vote for hillary in record numbers. they never ask why she can’t get the black vote.
do your self a bigger favour and lay of the weed jiffnn you might live long enough to see the revolution being televised.. lol!
and you might like to read milssa stephens posts while you are on your short break from the big booty contests you so like to judge on bet.!! hope the pay is as good as your last job.. lol!!
OBAMA IN 08!!! I DO RECALL A CERTAIN POSTER ON HERE WHO WILL REMAIN “GYMLESS” WHO WAS ADAMANT THAT HE WOULD NEVER STAND, NEVER GET ANY WHITE SUPPORT AND THAT NO BLACK MAN COULD EVER BE PRESIDENT OF THE USA. ADVICE?…. BETTER TAKE YOUR OWN AND THEN SOME THANK GOD OBAMA DOESNT LISTEN TO THAT TYPE OF THINKING STUCK IN 1888.
Olounwa
No weed for me,I know you don’t understand that people do change and grow,a concept that is alien to you. Oh by them way Sen. Obama has not been nominated yet,let alone being elected.You are correct in saying that I and many,many people of all races had doubts but the ball game ain’t over yet.I did cast my vote for him in the primary and IF he does get the nomination I will vote for him.IT IS CALLED CHANGE AND GROWTH a concept you just can’t seem too understand.Now back to the gym so you can blow of some more steam.
really?. how about that,?”people do change and grow?” are you kidding me.. now,, go and smoke some more weed and let off your steam.. !!