#715. Barack Obama Halloween Costumes

The 2009 edition of Halloween went off with few hitches, save for the potential cavity down the road from an over abundance of candy consumption.

Apparently white people got the memorandum that was floating around the water-cooler, for this year few dared to dress as others have at Halloween Fraternity Parties in the past.

For in 2008, word was beginning to spread that Mein Obama himself, General "Barack" Zod would soon be voted in as the President of United States. A darkness befell Halloween unlike never before, as candidate Obama's mask was outselling that of rival for the presidential throne, Sen. John McCain:

"Supporters of either candidate can buy rubber masks of each to wear for Halloween. So far, 57 percent of the masks Amazon has sold have been Obama masks, versus 43 percent for McCain masks."

Unlike the four horsemen of surfing and bank heist perfection from Point Break, the Obama mask was not purchased for jest, but for adulation and idolatry. In fact, Mein Obama has been the subject of an untold number of items that display his likeness in a manner befitting a King:

"His image is on everything, and his name is inscribed in everything from hats to fine china to music.

Never mind the recession. The business of Obama is booming, CBS News business correspondent Anthony Mason reports.

"We even sell an Obama dollar bill now that has his picture on it for $10. So even his money's more valuable," said Jim Warlick, owner of the Washington, D.C., store Political Americana.

By some estimates, the Obama industry is worth at least a quarter of a billion dollars.

QVC expects 200,000 customers will have purchased Obama items by the end of Inauguration Day.

"This is our button room where we've produced 10 million buttons over the past two years," said Steve Swallow, CEO of Tiger Eye Design.

In Greensville, Ohio, Tiger Eye Design makes more than 1,000 different Obama buttons.

"This is the largest effect that any candidate has ever had," Swallow said.

The button room there operates around the clock, seven days a week. Two years ago, Tiger Eye was a $2 million a year company. Today, in the era of Mr. Obama, they do more than 10 times that in business.

"We've gone from 20 full time employees to over 60," Swallow said."

And yet, whereas Patrick Swayze and friends donned the presidential masks of past white men who occupied the Oval Office in Point Break, once Obama stepped into the White House the days of poking fun at the president (or at least Mein Obama) were over. Remember, Black people don't like jokes at their expense.

To offend Mein Obama, as we are all certainly aware by now, is to violate one of the new Protocols of the Learned Elders of Hyde Park, and thus punishable by excommunication from the paradise on earth that is 2009 America:

"Dressing as your favorite presidential nominee for Halloween could be socially risky this year if you're white and don't want to spend $20 for a mask.

No problem if you're a John McCain supporter: Wrinkles and white hair will do the trick.

But if Barack Obama's your man, do you darken your face to resemble his African-American skin tone?

"It's uncharted territory that we're in," said state Sen. Ray Miller, a Democrat from Columbus and one of several black leaders who commented on the subject. "We've made a lot of progress in America on the issue of race relations, and we need to be careful not to move backwards. Something like painting your face I would discourage."

Saturday Night Live was criticized in February when white comedian Fred Armisen was chosen to impersonate Obama on the television show. Armisen wears dark makeup when he's playing the Democrat, who is the first black presidential nominee for a major party, reminding some people of the negative connotations of blackface.

The Costume Specialists store in the Town and Country shopping center has had a few people come in looking for makeup to pose as Obama, manager Kathy Hyland said.

"I don't get the feeling they're trying to mock him or disparage him in any way, shape or form. A lot of times, they're going with a whole group in political costumes and one person has to be Obama," she said.

It is not yet officially a rule or law, but in the near future merely making a joke about Black people in America will be deemed grounds for immediate extermination. The reality of the United States' collapse is so painfully evident now, and the extent to which this ailment has spread is now irreparable, so the only way to keep peace is will be to codify any mentioning of Hate Facts as an unlawful offense and a deafening form of tyranny will overtake the land.

A new religion has replaced Christianity in America as the leading source of faith and spiritual guidance for the citizens of the nation, and those who practice this growing belief live in a world where reason and logic is all but dead: Black people are the embodiment of God, and to deny this is to partake in a cardinal sin for which their is no indulgence.

And like any God or religion, massive amounts of money is to be made by those who peddle the wares of products that feature the visage of Mein Obama:

"Despite a stagnant economy and a presidential campaign that set new fundraising records, many political junkies still have money to burn. Luckily, savvy entrepreneurs found a solution for that: put Barack Obama on anything and sell it. Here are the most ridiculous items Obama is selling right now (click on the link above view the products)."

Paradoxically, this year, more Barack Obama Halloween costumes were available:

"Rendering the President into a brain-eating zombie and blood-sucking vampire, the Zombama and Barakula masks will be huge hits this season. As Random Good Stuff comments, “Evil Obama wants your healthcare blood.”

Halloween is a time to dress up so we can live vicariously through our heroes, whether they be ghosts, goblins, superheroes or Barack Obama. However, Stuff Black People Don't Like includes Barack Obama Halloween costumes, for just as Obama depicted as the Joker knocked him off his throne a notch, having people dress as Mein Obama at the same time people dress as Teletubbies and Power Rangers is too demeaning to take.

Obama is more than just a Saturday morning cartoon, and associating this great man with cartoon characters will continue to add to his monumental collapse in the eyes of the nation.

The great hope though, is that a Point Break II can be made with a Barack Obama masked character leading the charge in stealing money from banks and robbing people. Wait... that might be racist too.

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#283. Barack Obama Depicted as The Joker

Ceasar Romero. Jack Nicholson. Mark Hamill. Heath Ledger. And now, Barack Hussein Obama. What do these five men have in common? They have all played the Joker, the sadistic clown that is Batman’s arch-nemesis and one of the more sinister antagonists in contemporary literature.

Now, it would be fair to say that all of the aforementioned people weren’t fully aware of the character they were portraying, but they have left an indelible on the general public in how the Joker will forever be viewed.

Barack Obama was the first Black person to portray the Joker, and he has done so with gusto and disquieting brilliance. Merely digitally donning the High Prince of Evils makeup, Barack Obama has helped eradicate the iconic images of Heath Ledger’s imaginative depiction of the Joker in the 2008 film, The Dark Knight.

Now, when people think of the DC comic book villain and Batman’s age-old foe, they think of Barack Obama and the Joker posters that litter cyber-space, major cities and college campuses.

Already we have discussed how comic books dealt with the Barack Obama’s inauguration, which many people believe to be the greatest event in human history. Black people find it unsettling that every comic book cover, instead of just Spider-Man #513 and a few others, have not made the first Black president a regular character in EVERY comic book.

Obama, who received 96 percent of the Black vote nationally in the 2008 election, currently enjoys a 97 percent approval rating from Black people:

The President earns approval from 41% of white voters, 97% of black voters, and 58% of all other voters.

With the majority of the nation that isn’t categorized as a Black person believing that President Obama has already failed, one begins to understand the reality that criticism of Mein Obama is strictly not allowed in the vicinity of Black people. Black people consider Obama – like comic book illustrator Alex Ross’ infamous drawing – a real-life Superman, incapable of doing anything bad.

He is a God among mortals and for anyone to dare paint him in “white-face”, even if it is in the familiar makeup of the Joker, is a great sin. Mocking the president is not allowed, especially if he is Black and more so if he is Barack Obama.

Criticism of Obama is not allowed and Black people have been highly offended that anyone could question his decision making abilities and worse, compare him to the diabolical Joker. In fact, merely disagreeing with Mein Obama is grounds for being sent to Room 101; imagine what the punishment will be for the person who came up with the idea of the “Obama Joker” poster:

"So why the anonymity? Perhaps because the poster is ultimately a racially charged image. By using the "urban" makeup of the Heath Ledger Joker, instead of the urbane makeup of the Jack Nicholson character, the poster connects Obama to something many of his detractors fear but can't openly discuss. He is black and he is identified with the inner city, a source of political instability in the 1960s and '70s, and a lingering bogeyman in political consciousness despite falling crime rates.”

Despite falling crime rates? This above comment was written by a disingenuous white liberal who is obviously incapable of understanding crime in America and the preponderance of which it is committed by Black people.

One thing Black people don’t mind, especially if they live in Obama’s adopted hometown of Chicago, is killing other Black people.

A poll conducted by CNN came up with the surprising statistic that more people view Obama as a failure at this point in his presidency than they did George W. Bush (and this latest poll had an admitted over-sampling of Black people, which means his numbers are even worse, since 97 percent of Black people worship Obama like a deity).

Black people will view any criticism of Obama as racist and will willingly deploy that smear tactic to disengage from any debate in which they can’t win:

“Let's take the accusation of racism. I believe that the president's race means that there is a need for cultural sensitivity in how people talk about and depict him. And there is no doubt that some other cartoons and pictures have been offensive or highly questionable.

However, there is also a need to avoid being overly sensitive at every single joke or piece of satire that comes Obama's way, particularly those that are in contrast to one's own beliefs about the president. Is it simply too easy to call something anti-Obama "racist" just because one doesn't agree with it?”

Stuff Black People Don’t Like will always include Barack Obama depicted as the Joker poster, for it falls into the category of criticism of Mein Obama and also, disingenuous white liberals find it appealing to the most base, crass element of society: white people.

Barack Obama – to Black people – is not the Joker, but Clark Kent, Superman and the Black Panther rolled into one; a charitable, loving and erudite - not to mention Super-human -representative of their people.

With these Barack Obama-Joker images, Black people are worried that white people might finally realize the “that’s racist” smear is fully without merit. And the Damoclean Sword of racism that hangs over all white people's head potentially being removed for good, makes the Obama - Joker poster yet another inclusion in Stuff Black People Don't Like lore.

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