NY Post Apologizes For Chimp Cartoon
Paper Says It’s Sorry For Not Selling Bull Sperm
After this week’s manufactured outrage over a cartoon that tangentially connected the story of a Connecticut woman’s chimpanzee attack and the stimulus bill, the New York Post issued an apology “to those who were offended by the image.”
The Post said it was sorry it had published the cartoon as opposed to printing up glossy pamphlets that advertised the sale of semen from Barack, a large black bull being exhibited at the recent National Western Stock Show.
The promotional literature for the bull states, “Barack was producing flush quality semen at 11 months of age … One semen share contract includes 50 units of semen in the first year.”
The cost for a share of sperm is $2,500.
In fairness, that’s still cheaper than the price the Franklin Mint is charging for those collectible Presidential plates.
The bull’s owner, Jim Bloomberg, who runs Bloomberg Cattle out of Berwick, Illinois explains, “My mother-in-law was so enthused with Barack Obama, I named him [the bull] Barack.”
Let’s recap our cautionary tale so far…
A Jewish guy owns a black cow. That he markets the semen from. And displays in a livestock show. And he names the cow ‘Barack.’
About the only way this story could be more provocative would be if the literature had shown the bull mounting some white cows … or Nicollette Sheridan.
If I was Rupert Murdoch, I think I’d hand out free copies of the Denver Westword News to everyone that was picketing outside my offices and see how long it would take them to hop a plane to Colorado.
In a related story, Al Sharpton was shown a copy of the bull’s promotional booklet this weekend and promptly fainted.
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“TARP baby sit and don’t say nuffin’…”
Do I owe someone an apology?
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Photo credit: Everystockphoto.com
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