Secret Service, FBI Looking Into Carnival Game

[The Interpreter]

The FEDS and The Secret Service have taken notice and are looking into an amusement part company that has a game where players shoot and kill President Obama...or a look-a-like.

Irvin Good Jr., president of the company Goodtime Amusements, said Wednesday to The Morning Call they didn't mean to offend anyone with their game "Alien Attack" ....

The game depicts a Black man in a suit holding a piece of paper entitled "Health Bill" and a belt buckle similar to the presidential seal. To top it off the man also has antennas coming out of his head and a troll doll on his shoulder.

The game cost $1 per shot or $5 for 6 shots for players to fire foam darts at the Obama look-a-like's head and heart for their chance to win a stuffed animal.

The White House issued a statement saying it disapproves of using the President's name and likeness for commercial purposes.

http://hiphopwired.c...99-obama-55555/

[Guest rcfreak339]

It's sick honestly, and that goes for all other games like it....It's just disgusting and just shows that the reason America is in trouble is not Obama's fault, but the people themselves.

[Dbfan]

You have to wonder if people even think about the consequences before they do something like this...

[Thrill_Biscuit]

Wait. The White House "disapproves of using the President's name and likeness for commercial purposes".

Did anyone tell that to the American Broadcasting Company, whose commercial, money-making enterprise called "The View," used his name and likeness to promote their show many, many times before he appeared last week?

Anyway, the game graphic was in poor taste, and shows a decline in respect for the highest office in the land, regardless of political motives. It has no place on the midway!

[LongliveKingsCobra]

I might be alone here...but...I found that freaking hilarious! I mean, at first I saw Obama, and then once the guy said, it wasn't him. Once I read that the picture had a health bill, I lost it. THe comments are even better than the reading.

[KI-ORIG-EMP]

and it was ok to make a movie about President Bush being killed in office? One thing to voice ones polical view but not in a movie or game of any sitting or non sitting president like this.

[Dalefan]

By law, if the game company used his name and likeness without his ok, then he can sue.

[The Interpreter]

Anybody can sue anybody for anything. That doesn't mean they will prevail or collect a dime even if they do (Kings Island sued Roller Coaster Company of Ohio over Son of Beast, won, and collected not a dime).

Separate provisions of law also protect against the commercial use of the Presidency, the President's likeness, etc. Still other provisions make any attempt to cause the President harm, to state that one intends to or to encourage others to a crime. Some of those provisions apply to any Federal employee, others do not.

[shark6495]

and it was ok to make a movie about President Bush being killed in office? One thing to voice ones polical view but not in a movie or game of any sitting or non sitting president like this.

what movie was that?

[The Interpreter]

Updates:

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20100805_Obama-like_target_in_carnival_game_stirs_outrage.html

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2010/08/us_secret_service_speaks_with.html