Upper Georgia TigersX Meeting?

[Tarheel]

This looks like a good place for an Upper Georgia TigersX Meeting...

Mulligan's in Marietta...this story was on all of the local (and apparently some national news) yesterday:


http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1093895

Curious’ shirt choice
Critics call tavern’s Obama design racist

By Jay Fitzgerald
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - Updated 1m ago
The Curious George cartoon character is getting dragged into the presidential race again in an ugly way - and Boston’s WGBH-TV isn’t happy.

A Georgia tavern owner has been selling T-shirts showing the cartoon monkey happily eating a banana with the words “Obama in ’08” written underneath.

The tavern owner, described as an “ultra-conservative,” has since seen his Marietta, Ga., establishment picketed by outraged critics who say the characterization of presidental candidate Barack Obama as a monkey is racist.

_{Well...it IS racist!  Bunch of damn racist bigots!}

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution jumped on the story yesterday, while the popular online Drudge Report featured the controversy on its heavily trafficked Web site.

Curious George, created by the late longtime Cambridge residents H.A. and Margaret Rey, is a beloved figure among kids and adults alike across the country - and especially in Boston.

_{And I should care about this because...?}

WGBH, which co-produces a “Curious George” children’s television show, isn’t happy with George’s use against Obama, an African-American.

“It’s offensive,” said Jennifer Welsh, a spokeswoman for the PBS-affiliated station. “We would never grant permission for this.”

But it wasn’t clear yesterday what could be legally done about the T-shirt being peddled by the Mulligan Food & Spirits owner, Mike Norman, who has called his product “cute.”

A spokesman for Boston’s Houghton-Mifflin, which owns the book rights to Curious George, couldn’t be reached for comment.  A spokeswoman for NBC Universal, which owns the film rights to Curious George, also couldn’t be reached for comment.

NBC Universal and WGBH co-produce the “Curious George” TV show.

This isn’t the first time Curious George has been dragged into the current presidential race.

Earlier this year, loudmouth radio jock Rush Limbaugh apologized on air for laughing at a caller’s comment that her daughter thought Obama looked like Curious George.

[Saniflush]

I'm in.

[GarMan]

Guess where I'm going to lunch?  By the way, I'll be packing as I normally do.  If you hear anything about "shots fired" in Marietta, it's just me clearing a parking space. 

As I said before, there's no criticism of Barack Obama that wouldn't be construed as racist.  There’s no touching this guy.  You can’t say anything about his appearance.  You can’t say anything about his policies.  You can’t say anything about his history.  You can’t say anything about his education.  You can’t even call him by his full name. 

Liberalism is a Mental Disorder. 

[Tarheel]

Guess where I'm going to lunch?  By the way, I'll be packing as I normally do.  If you hear anything about "shots fired" in Marietta, it's just me clearing a parking space. 

As I said before, there's no criticism of Barack Obama that wouldn't be construed as racist.  There’s no touching this guy.  You can’t say anything about his appearance.  You can’t say anything about his policies.  You can’t say anything about his history.  You can’t say anything about his education.  You can’t even call him by his full name. 

Liberalism is a Mental Disorder. 

You got that right GarMan!

This place is actually on Whitlock just east of Marietta Square.  I've driven by it a few times but never been there.  It looked like there were quite a few Bikers hanging out there yesterday (from what I saw on the local Fox news broadcast)...I thought that was particularly funny because the reporter interviewed an African American Biker dude (Black Pistons M/C, maybe?) and he was laughing in her face about people thinking the Curious George T-Shirt was "Racist"!

By the bye, Gov. Perdue signed the enhanced Concealed Carry law today so we should be able to carry our "heaters" into this joint (and Diamond Dave's) now.

[DnATL]

You guys going there for lunch today?  Let me know, and I'll meet you there

[Buzz Killington]

I would wear that T and I am a conservative.  Does that make me a racist?

[GarMan]

You guys going there for lunch today?  Let me know, and I'll meet you there

I have a conference call at 1:30 PM, but I should be there around 2PM.  I've never been there before, but I'll try to sit at the bar and wear a black Cigar Aficionado cap.  You game? 

[lifesapplepie]

How many states are in the U.S.... What an Idiot!! 

http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=93393

[BLS]

Guess where I'm going to lunch?  By the way, I'll be packing as I normally do.  If you hear anything about "shots fired" in Marietta, it's just me clearing a parking space.  


 


As I said before, there's no criticism of Barack Obama that wouldn't be construed as racist.  There’s no touching this guy.  You can’t say anything about his appearance.  You can’t say anything about his policies.  You can’t say anything about his history.  You can’t say anything about his education.  You can’t even call him by his full name. 

Liberalism is a Mental Disorder. 

Alot of black voters will vote for Obama because he's black. Hillary will get some because she's white or a woman.
The difference will be argued, and it has already started,  that white voters are doing it because they are racist.
Politics suck.

[GarMan]

How many states are in the U.S.... What an Idiot!! 

http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=93393

Thanks for catching up...
http://tigersx.net/forum/index.php?topic=1530.0

[Snaggletiger]

Thanks for catching up...
http://tigersx.net/forum/index.php?topic=1530.0

Did you hear about those crazy Wright brothers in Kitty Hawk?  They think they can fly.  Pffffff

[Tarheel]

I have a conference call at 1:30 PM, but I should be there around 2PM.  I've never been there before, but I'll try to sit at the bar and wear a black Cigar Aficionado cap.  You game? 

You guys going there for lunch today?  Let me know, and I'll meet you there

Let me know how the place is...maybe I'll stop and have an adult beverage there after work.  Didn't know you were in the Upper Georgia TigersX group "DnATL" but I guess that should've been obvious by your nickname.

I would wear that T and I am a conservative.  Does that make me a racist?

Yes.  Racist Bigot!

[Saniflush]

As seen on another board......

[Snaggletiger]

Is it twue what they say about you people

ZZzzzzzzziiippp

Oh, it's twue...it's TWUE

[Saniflush]

Is it twue what they say about you people

ZZzzzzzzziiippp

Oh, it's twue...it's TWUE

As someone else said....he would get my vote if at the DNC he got up on the platform and said "where da white women at?"

[Tarheel]

This looks like a good place for an Upper Georgia TigersX Meeting...

Mulligan's in Marietta...this story was on all of the local (and apparently some national news) yesterday:
..

So GarMan is there now...might see him on the local news tonight...Good Times.

[GarMan]

So GarMan is there now...might see him on the local news tonight...Good Times.

Quick update...

- I didn't see anyone outside protesting anything...
- They ran out of shirts, but they expect more on Friday. 
- It's just an old biker bar.
- I was the youngest guy there until DnATL showed up. 

[Tarheel]

Quick update...

- I didn't see anyone outside protesting anything...
- They ran out of shirts, but they expect more on Friday. 
- It's just an old biker bar.
- I was the youngest guy there until DnATL showed up. 

Well...Cool...I know where I'm riding the Bike to on Friday...to git me a T-Shirt!  Bunch of old farts there, eh?  Might just be my kind of crowd.

[Saniflush]

Quick update...

- I didn't see anyone outside protesting anything...
- They ran out of shirts, but they expect more on Friday. 
- It's just an old biker bar.
- I was the youngest guy there until DnATL showed up. 

Interesting.


So is it true?????

Is DnATL a complete douche'?

[GarMan]

Well...Cool...I know where I'm riding the Bike to on Friday...to git me a T-Shirt!  Bunch of old farts there, eh?  Might just be my kind of crowd.

This place is an old Del Taco/Taco Bell building that been converted into a hole-in-the-wall bar.  I think the median age in the building was 60, and that's including me at sub-40.  Many of the folks sitting at the bar actually had walking sticks/canes.  Some of those who didn't clearly needed one. 

One of the old guys walked up to my table at one point and went off on this rant about yesterday's protesters.  I could barely follow along, but he was definitely a hard line Conservative.  Apparently, he was also pissed that he couldn't find a spot to sit at the bar.  The place was packed when I had walked in...  He also had to park in the lot next door, which he clearly wasn't happy about. 

Good times!