Cobb bar protested as racist for Obama T-shirts

[Sequoia]

Marietta tavern owner Mike Norman says the T-shirts he's peddling, featuring cartoon chimp Curious George peeling a banana, with "Obama in '08" scrolled underneath, are "cute." But to a coalition of critics, the shirts are an insulting exploitation of racial stereotypes from generations past.

"It's time to put an end to this," said Rich Pellegrino, a Mableton resident and director of the Cobb-Cherokee Immigrant Alliance. It was among the organizations gathering outside of Mulligan's Bar and Grill Tuesday afternoon to protest the "racist and highly offensive" shirts.

There's no place for these views, not in this day and age," he said.

Just down the street from Marietta's famous Big Chicken, Mulligan's has carved a provocative niche in an increasingly multicultural area, thanks to its owner's ultra-conservative political views. If you live in Marietta, it's impossible not to know what's on Norman's mind, as he posts his views on signs in front of Mulligan's

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/05/13/mulligans_0514.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab

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Among his recent musings: "I wish Hillary had married OJ," "No habla espanol — and never will" and the standard "I.N.S. Agents eat free."

"I'm saying out loud what everyone in this town whispers," Norman said.

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For one thing, racist jerk...Bush is Curious George.. but then Bush isn't even curious about anything.

[KamaAina]

1. If that's really Curious George...

...then whoever owns the copyright to Curious George needs to come down hard on this mofo pronto!

[sharp_stick]

2. Houghton Mifflin Co is the copyright holder

I sent the link to their permissions department, if they reply I'll post it.

[emilyg]

3. dupe

[blondeatlast]

4. The best protest? 100 people filling the tables, ordering sodas and ice teas,

no liquor, no food, and tipping very generously.

Make the asshole lose money by the bucketful.

Nevertheless, I applaud the protestors! :patriot: