I have to say that I am almost rendered speechless by this, though I shouldn't be all that surprised.
At the Family Research Council's annual Values Voters Summit in Washington, D.C. last weekend, the above souvenir was being sold. It is a box of waffle mix depicting a decidedly racist image of Barack Obama lovingly eyeing a stack of waffles, reminiscent of this particular bit of marketing. And for a topper (literally), there is this image of Obama in a turban (you know, just in case FOX News lets you forget for a fraction of a second that Barack's middle name is Hussein) with an arrow that reads "Point Box Toward Mecca For Tastier Waffles."
Hi-larious, no? Well, believe it or not, some humorless folk were actually offended by this exciting new product. Even the members of the Family Research Council issued this statement condemning the product. What's become of free enterprise, I say?
Apparently, the creators of the product, Bob DeMoss and Mark Whitlock, once worked at Focus on the Family. Gives you a warm fuzzy, doesn't it?
I really have nothing new to add to this story; I just wanted to point it out because most likely the mainstream media won't be anytime soon. And I wouldn't want this bit of "harmless satire" to go unnoticed.
Breakfast of chumps - [Los Angeles Times]
