Bar owner's T-shirts link `Curious George' to Obama

The publisher of the popular children book series "Curious George" is considering legal action against a Georgia bar owner for selling T-shirts that link Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to the ...

[X-DEM]

Liberal democrats call everything a "racist" if it doesn't cater to their agenda. If this occurred in Los Angeles, there would be a race riot and city would burn!

[Joy]

Obama can expect more of the same from the more uneducated among us. Does it keep him from pressing forward? It does not. It only makes the seller and the buyers look ugly, not Obama.

[wally p]

X-DEM wrote:

Liberal democrats call everything a "racist" if it doesn't cater to their agenda. If this occurred in Los Angeles, there would be a race riot and city would burn!

what do you call it, if some on show a picture of some cave dwelling half Bigfoot looking creature you'd call it inappropriate but because ignorant ***folks like you think its alright for people to make fun of others, does it make me feel better about myself when you make fun of me? so if i act out you say I'm angry but you are provoking me. I'm just reacting to you stupidness is it right for me to respond this way no but leave me alone it there were no blacks or hisp or Jews you'd go to religion. obama has never done anything to you i haven't either. but if i cross the street you're popping you looks or grabbing or wallet yeah I'm angry you keep provoking me. maybe you're not a racist but you're not very kind to others. whats the golden rule?

[Linda]

Freedom of speech is our constituitional right,,, lots of t shirts are made every day,,, why would this be so offensive,,, I just don't see it...But its the truth there is a resemblance.

[Linda]

Joy wrote:

Obama can expect more of the same from the more uneducated among us. Does it keep him from pressing forward? It does not. It only makes the seller and the buyers look ugly, not Obama.

Why ? because they have a different opinion than yours. This doesn't make them more uneducated. It shows people exercising their rights. You have to learn to accept this,,

[wally p]

Linda wrote:

Freedom of speech is our constituitional right,,, lots of t shirts are made every day,,, why would this be so offensive,,, I just don't see it...But its the truth there is a resemblance.

would you like appreciate a t shirt say all women are snakes yes it freedom of speech but its not right

[wally p]

by the way the forum would'nt let me write what i wanted to because it was OFFENSIVE!

[Mac-7]

wally p wrote:

<quoted text> would you like appreciate a t shirt say all women are snakes yes it freedom of speech but its not right

You missed the point, Wally.

The T-shirt doesn't compare all blacks to monkeys - just Barack Obama.

[wally p]

Mac-7 wrote:

<quoted text>
You missed the point, Wally.
The T-shirt doesn't compare all blacks to monkeys - just Barack Obama.

and you're not looking at the whole picture how can people(america) get on the same page if **** like this pops up and divides us. we already have every other country in the world on our back we need some kind of unity. i'm not say vote for obama but don't make it a race thing a things like this divide our country. heck we're so messed up in the worlds eyes that country in southeast asia would rather die than to receive our help

[Mac-7]

wally p wrote:

<quoted text> and you're not looking at the whole picture how can people(america) get on the same page if **** like this pops up and divides us.

Maybe the Bush haters should have thought about how insulting it is to compare him to a monkey before they did it.

America survived the slur toward Bush without falling apart and I don't see why the Obama supporters can't take the same treatment.

[wally p]

sounds like justification for saying something out of line to me Mac, my mom always taught me 2 wrong don't make 1 right

[wally p]

now you've got huckbee making jokes about obama ducking because someone pointed a gun at him, thats just as funny as me joking that theres a black guy or a latino pointing a gun at one of your you... funny huh but it IS freedom of speech

[Mac-7]

wally p wrote:

sounds like justification for saying something out of line to me Mac, my mom always taught me 2 wrong don't make 1 right

You said that already.

But the race for the White House isn't a game of schoolyard hopscotch.

They play for keeps on the national stage.

I'm sure the t-shirt is deliberate slur toward Obama just as the monkey comparisons were meant to insult Bush.

[wally p]

ya'll don't get it do you how is joking about getting SHOT fair game. its not like people have'nt gotten shot before running for office, and you can tell me its not on america's conscience because the subject has already come up on CNN MSNBC and Fox news

[Mac-7]

wally p wrote:

ya'll don't get it do you how is joking about getting SHOT fair game. its not like people have'nt gotten shot before running for office, and you can tell me its not on america's conscience because the subject has already come up on CNN MSNBC and Fox news

Spike Lee (a black person) wasn't joking a few years ago when he said Charlton Heston (a white man) should be shot with a .44 Bulldog handgun.

[wally p]

Mac-7 wrote:

<quoted text>
Spike Lee (a black person) wasn't joking a few years ago when he said Charlton Heston (a white man) should be shot with a .44 Bulldog handgun.

he was'nt running for president, come on! give he man some respect he might be our next pres if he doesnt get shost before or while in office you got some looneies out there

[wally p]

i meant shot before he get into office

[Mac-7]

wally p wrote:

<quoted text> he was'nt running for president, come on! give he man some respect he might be our next pres if he doesnt get shost before or while in office you got some looneies out there

He's entitled to no more respect than the current president received.