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Title: It's Obama Fried Chicken! OFC pops up in China... but can the President also match the secret recipe of Colonel Sanders?
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Daily Mail Online
URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art ... Colonel-Sanders-run-money.html
Published: Oct 1, 2011
Author: Mike O'brien
Post Date: 2011-10-01 17:19:39 by Sebastian
Keywords: None
Views: 2402
Comments: 5
Is Obama abandoning his bid for a second term in the White House and is giving Colonel Sanders a run for his money by opening a chain of fried chicken joints? Now that's change you can't really believe in. But in Beijing, China, a restaurant is actually calling itself OFC with a logo that looks alarmingly like the President dressed in the colonel's clothes. Scroll down for video The presidential eatery: The Obama Fried Chicken restaurant in Beijing Broad smiles: President Obama and the original master of Southern Fried Chicken Colonel Sanders The catchphrase underneath, apparently says 'We’re so cool, aren’t we?' The Obama Fried Chicken could be a response to the U.S. filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization about Chinese tariffs on American chicken exports. According to the New York Times, the tariffs affect an industry that employs about 300,000 people and range from 50 to 100 per cent, which means some Chinese importers paid as much as twice the price for American chicken. Obama obsession? A lookalike of the president was used in an actual for KFC in Hong Kong Maybe the Chinese have something of an Obama-chicken obsession. Earlier this year in Hong Kong, an Obama lookalike was employed to advertize KFC. The restaurant's sign was first spotted by TheShanghaiist.com and picked up by msnbc.com. There are, of course, New York versions that caused quite a stir. There is one in Harlem and one in Brooklyn. Some people have complained the name plays into old racial stereotypes. Controversial: The Obama Fried Chicken joint in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn has been accused of racial stereotyping Selling point: Obama's name also made it way on to the awning of this fast food joint in Harlem, New York
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#1. To: Sebastian (#0)
Do they server watermelon for desert?
I don't know. But it's a pretty good likeness of Ø. I wonder what he thinks about them using it to sell chicken.
That reminds me of the last Dem White House. I wonder if the Clinton Plaza A Go Go bars & brothels in Bangkok are still operating?
Wow. Complete with a Monica Beer Bar. No mention of cigars, though.
I would love to have a peek at Obama's asset and stock portfolio...
That government is best which governs not at all -- Henry David Thoreau
#2. To: jwpegler (#1)
Do they server watermelon for desert?
#3. To: Sebastian (#0)
#4. To: Happy Quanzaa (#3)
I wonder if the Clinton Plaza A Go Go bars & brothels in Bangkok are still operating?
#5. To: Sebastian (#0)
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