The Obama monkey shirt is making waves in the online press as Drudgereport.com picked up the story of the Georgia bar owner selling t-shirts with a picture of the cartoon character ‘Curious George’ with ‘Obama 08′ at the bottom.

The bar owner has the right to express his ideas about Obama’s appearance. “This is my marketing tool,” he said. But the copyright holder of ‘Curious George’ has the legal rights to the use of their brand. Curious George’s publisher said

It is the best of times…it is the worst of times. This morning, oil is over $120…and the price of gold is pushing back up to $875. That’s good news, say the headlines.

The papers have kept us in stitches today…a ‘Gas Tax Holiday’? Really? Waiting for the showdown between Hillary and Obama…the Fed has created bubble-like conditions in the commodities markets – but Kevin Kerr tells us all is not lost. Buffett tells it like it is…the art world’s big test…and more!

So a few weeks ago I wrote an article bashing the McCain gas-tax holiday plan. My conclusion was that the gas-tax did absolutely nothing to fix the reason that gas prices are higher. And in the end, all it would do is spur more demand for gasoline, meaning prices would go even higher.

A few weeks ago I wrote about how John McCain’s proposed gas-tax holiday was complete BS. And I got some great responses to that article. One of my favorites goes to someone who thinks the U.S. somehow ‘deserves’ lower gas prices.

“I haven’t gone on a political tirade in a good while, or as my friends would say, in a hot minute. But the one I’m about to go on could really affect the way we look at the economy in the future” says Charles Delvalle.

“So let me start from the beginning.”

“The Presidential election is about seven months away. And at this point in the game, it’s time for the candidates to really talk about what they would do if they were president.”