Obama Gas Station in Columbia (SC) Raising Eyebrows (local news story)

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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - A gas station on Columbia's North Main Street has been renamed and redecorated after President Obama.

Two gas stations sit at the corner of Columbia's North Main Street and Prescott Road, the El Cheapo and another station with a new name -- Obama.

"I see more people come in excited with the name," said owner Sam Alhanik, who got the idea from a friend who created an Obama Gas Station in Michigan.

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Burton says the gas station name change has prompted discussions in her hair salon, but she does not like the idea. "A lot of people think that it's morally and ethically wrong to have the president beside beer, wine and cigarettes," she said. "That's portraying an image to society and also to the children here."

http://www.live5news.com/story/14656814/is-this-photo-real

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[tishaLA]

1. That Obama! Selling cigarettes so cheap!

[Thrill]

2. LMAO

That is too funny. This isn't onion is it?

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3. No, it's real. Evidently there are others around the country...nt

[NYC_SKP]

5. It's real. There's a Rite Aid across the intersection and a liquor store and laundry...

The station used to be painted red, another no-name indy like El Cheapo at the same intersection.

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[obxhead]

4. LOL. Beer, wine, and cigarettes are the problem....

Not continued rendition, tax breaks for billionaires, handouts to big pharma, war, and invasion of our privacy. That's all ok, but beer, wine and cigarettes really crosses the line. :eyes:

[RandySF]

6. It hasn't been fire-bombed yet?

No burning crosses.

[FLAprogressive]

7. Meanwhile at BP, the pumps overflow and at Palin Gas, the pumps stop halfway through.

(a friend of mine deserves credit for the latter half of that!)

[johnnie]

8. .

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[Historic NY]

9. LOL...

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