A photo of President Obama put up to celebrate the President's day at the Peterson Air Force Base Commissary was taken down after "customers complained".
President Barack Obama's picture was removed this week from a Presidents Day sign at the Peterson Air Force Base commissary after customers complained that the image did not fit the holiday commemorating the birthdays of past presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
You would think hundreds of military personnel complained and that they reasonably objected to the photo of the "current" president being up instead of the photos of Washington and Lincoln. Or something like that. You would be wrong.
First, how many people complained?
They said four customers had complained that Presidents Day is to honor Washington and Lincoln, not Obama, causing the agency to remove the Obama image.
So the objection was that Washington and Lincoln should be honored and not Obama? It had nothing to do with, let's see, how shall I put it?
One customer, a military retiree, objected this year because of Obama's race, the cashier said.
"He said they're not going to have no black man on the window where he shops," the cashier said.
And, in the past, did they have other "current" presidents' photos up?
A cashier at the commissary who did not want her name used said pictures of past presidents, including George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, have accompanied the Presidents Day closure sign.
Of course you can't trust your lying memory, especially if there are military authorities there to set it right.
The commissary agency disputed the cashier's story, saying no past presidents have had their picture displayed with the holiday message.
Welcome to the post-racial America. Or something like that. If you are a veteran, perhaps the good folks at Peterson would like to hear from you about this. Here's a contact form.
UPDATE: Some commenters want to know where Peterson AFB is. Its in Colorado Springs, CO