re: #38 Slumbering Behemoth

I don’t think it was intended to be racist. It was just a poorly conceived product intended to cash in on the merchandising bonanza of “America’s First Black President”.

Seriously. You name a product, and I’ll all but guarantee that someone has put Obama’s image on it.

And why not? If you put any famous actor’s/musician’s/model’s/whatever image on something like a lighter, you probably have to pay them royalties or something to use that image. Using the image of a POTUS? Not so much. It’s royalty free money in the bank, baby. Provided people are buying.

And they are. A supermarket I know sells these horrible, crappy, eco-conscious bags with Obama and the WH on them. They’re so tacky it’s embarrassing.

But I guarantee that more people are now buying and using those bags in that neighbourhood because it has Obama on it. No question.