The only thing worse than a racist POS..

[Virginia Dare]

is a racist POS who pretends not to be one..

MARIETTA, Ga. -- The publisher of the popular children book's series "Curious George" is considering legal action against a Georgia bar owner for selling T-shirts that seem to portray Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as the inquisitive monkey.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is upset with Mike Norman, owner of a Marietta, Ga., bar, for selling the shirts that show Curious George peeling a banana with "Obama in '08" printed beneath the image.

"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt did not nor would we ever authorize or approve this use of the Curious George character, which we find offensive and utterly out of keeping with the values Curious George represents," said Richard Blake, the company's spokesman. "We are monitoring the situation and weighing all of our options."



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR2008051403613.html

[NightWatcher]

1. he's a redneck asshole who runs a hick bar in Marietta

it's a freaking dump and unfortunately continues to get tons of free publicity because of this story. Let it, and him, return to die in oblivion.

[leftofcool]

2. CG is trademarked as well as copyrighted

HMH will probably sue and win.

[zbdent]

6. Well, Disney sued (and won against) a day-care facility which was using

unauthorized images of Disney characters, with the idea that "people might get the wrong impression that they were affiliated with Disney" - meaning that Disney thought people were so stupid that they would mistake a day-care facility for Disney's theme park ...

Let me guess ... the courts which would handle this are loaded with RW fanatics who think that there aren't enough ten-ton memorials to the Ten Commandments on public property which refuses Wiccan (and environmentally friendly) ceremonies?

[Virginia Dare]

7. Disney doesn't play around when it comes to their trademarks..

my local high school just put on a production of "High School Musical", and the rights specifically stated NO VIDEOS of the production.

[Saturday]

3. Was it racist when gwb was compared to a monkey for the last 8 years? nt

[BB1]

5. Well, at least * looks like a monkey now, doesn't he?

[Virginia Dare]

8. I would submit that it was not....n/t

[zbdent]

9. no ... and

anybody who put forth anything of the like was equated to be a terrorist ...

Notice, I haven't heard any flak from the creator of Curious George about copyright infringement when referring to Current resident George as "Incurious George" ... maybe he is along our lines ... of course, we hadn't actually sold T-shirts with the copyrighted image on them, making a buck off the intellectual property ...

[bluestateguy]

4. John McCain has yet to reject and denounce these despicable tactics

WHEN will he reject and denounce this?

Does he implicitly condone this?