Ha ha ha ha. The low-life bar owner who was selling the shirt at left, Marietta tavern owner Mike Norman, of Mulligan's Bar and Grill, has gotten a little shot across the bow from Houghton-Mifflin: Rick Blake, a spokesman for publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which owns Curious George, said Wednesday that the company didn't authorize the use of the character's image, but hasn't been in touch with anybody selling or manufacturing the shirts.
"We find it offensive and obviously utterly out of keeping with the value Curious George represents," Blake said. "We're monitoring the situation and weighing our options with respect to legal action. Full story...
Don't say that I didn't warn you. Via The Jed Report:
Make no mistake -- the hate in the Golden State is just as rank as the BS coming out of the South or Appalachia at this point.
We all remember the Terri Schiavo case, where Republicans in Florida and Congress proved they care nothing about family values, the sanctity of marriage, the rule of law or the right to privacy.
Holy smoke, the downward spiral of anti-Obama sentiment fomented by McCain/Palin is spilling out into one-on-one harassment.
So, tonight is the last of three debates between the 2008 presidential candidates. What can American's expect from John McCain and Barack Obama tonight and as they move into the final weeks of the campaign?
Honestly, Americans should not expect much.
On Monday I attended the regular meeting of the Gay-Straight-Alliance at Chapel Hill High School and it was a wonderful experience, being surrounded by so many self-aware, talented and insightful young people who were willing to share with me what life is like for them as LGBTs and allies in 2008.
I know, I keep saying how you just can't make this stuff up, but here we go again...
Homobigot GOP Congressman Virgil Goode of Virginia, a man who scored a "perfect" HRC scorecard zero every year since 2001, is the subject of an investigation by Mike Stark of Accountability Moments and Mike Rogers of BlogActive.
Kathy Padilla sent me a link to an article from the Philadelphia Gay News entitled Killer of trans woman sentenced to 5 years.
I was raised in Granada Hills, California. I lived there between the ages of 5 and 20 years old.
For those who don't know the geography of Southern California, Granada Hills is at the northern tip of Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley.
crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless MonstersYou don't have to go to a McCain rally to show how supposed Christian conservatives feel about Obama.
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