except, african american is not an OCCUPATION,,,soon you wont be able to say someone was acting like a clown or a prostitute,,,good grief

look up the job description and if it is descript of the person being referenced, there is no insult

I know people complain about so called 'libs' playing the racism game, but its equally annoying when every body wants to group their plight in with that of african americans,,,

Second carny uses Obama's likeness
August 10, 2010
By Sam Wood, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

For the second time in a week, the use of President Obama's image in a carnival game has caused a bit of a kerfuffle.

A crude likeness of the commander in chief is one of several targets featured at a boardwalk game in the Jersey Shore town of Seaside Heights.

Calling the smiling likeness crude is an understatement. Carved with a chainsaw and attached to a foam body, it's a stretch to say it resembles Obama.

But players have been paying $5 for a bucket of balls to throw them at plates held by the caricature. Break a plate and win a prize. The game, called "Walkin Charlie," also features Osama Bin Laden, Michael Jackson, and Stewie from the animated TV series Family Guy.

By late afternoon Monday, the game's creator, Tommy Whalen, said a bag had been put over the Obama figure's head. The presidential target, however, will stay.

"I gotta leave it up just for the hoopla," said Whelen, the manager of Lucky Leo's Amusements which owns the game. "If they're going to keep sending film crews I'm leaving it up."

Whalen, 59, said he didn't mean to offend anyone by adding Obama to the game a month ago. It's all for fun, he said.

"Heck, I voted for the son of a gun," said Whalen. "But I'm not real happy with some of the things going on with the health care issue."

Though he's become a national target of criticism, Whalen has no intention of removing the figure.

"It's not like I have a bull's-eye on his head or on his private business," he said.

Last week, a carnival operator in the Lehigh Valley removed a game in which players shot darts at an image of Obama.

Irvin Good Jr. received a complaint from a Massachusetts woman attending a fair in Roseto, about 20 miles north of Bethlehem, Pa. Good said his company, Hellertown-based Goodtime Amusements, will not offer the game again.

"It was just a big, big mistake in judgment, and I feel sorry about it," Good said.

The game, dubbed Alien Attack, featured a large, painted image of a black man wearing a belt buckle with the presidential seal and holding a scroll labeled "Health Bill." Players could win prizes, including stuffed animals, by hitting targets on the image's head and heart.

Whalen said he's commissioned more political figures for the boardwalk game.

"Hillary Clinton will go up today," he said. "Sarah Palin will be up in a couple of days. She'll have her great big glasses on. She'll be great to throw at."

He's already planning his next batch of targets: cast members from MTV's Jersey Shore, which is filming in Seaside Heights. He hired the chainsaw artist to create a Snooki and Situation.

"Snooki will be 4-foot-7 and wide," said Whalen. "It will be a blast."

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So, the carnival folks aren't above a little political incorrectness themselves? Especially when there's money to made from it?

Hmmmm... methinketh someone doth protest a little tooo much. :)

As they say in the legal profession, 'those who seek relief through equity must come to equity with clean hands.'


-Kerry O.

people are are people... so libs get to pick and choose who they wanna make fun of?...

describing an occupation isnt making fun of anyone

so no one does that occupation? it is still a group of people... you of all people can't see this? that is just sad, that you libs are like this... obama cannot do no wrong? your so blind with him you can't see whats in front of you... are you telling me it wasn't hurtful to the carnies? to me, that is just being two-faced and obama is wrong for saying it

that hurtfulness wasnt an issue with the repeated criticism of 'social organizers' during the presidential election

its impossible to say what hurts others, we each get to decide what is hurtful to us

a salesman might be offended if I asked for assistance with a mechanical problem and when someone began touting the BENEFITS of one product(what a SALESPERSON does), I said that I dont need a salesman but someone who could give me some ADVICE

similarly, carnival barkers are there to draw attention to THEIR carnival feature, to distract people from possibly choosing someone elses carnival exhibit

we dont need carnival BARKERS distracting us from issues,,,that is not picking on the activities that barkers engage in, that is just stating the truth about what ACTIVITIES are least helpful right now

whatever ... remeber that when someone talks about a group you belong to, but you won't, because your messiah can't do no wrong

its not a group I belong to , its an occupational choice , a job one has chosen for the moment

as far as having someone 'talk' about the occupation I am in,
lol, they already do,, whenever I apply for a fast food job or a position that is high administration,,,,I get the response,,,

we arent looking for someone with your credentials at this time, or we are looking for someone with more experience in THIS instead of THAT(job descriptions, but not an insult to the job description that doesnt FIT what they are looking to fill)