Chia Obama Heads Pulled
From Stores

Last Edited: Monday, 06 Apr 2009, 8:55 AM PDT
Created On: Monday, 06 Apr 2009, 8:41 AM PDT

By Anthony Bartkewicz

(MYFOX NATIONAL) - Well, that didn't last long. Just days after it was made available in stores after only being sold online, the Barack Obama Chia Head has been pulled from some Walgreen's stores.

According to MyFox Tampa Bay, stores in Tampa, Fla., were asked to remove the Chia Obama from their shelves because the item "is not appropriate for the company's corporate image."

The Chia Obama is part of the Chia Pet line of ceramic chia seed planters, with the seeds sprouting from where the pet or person would grow hair. Chia Obama caused controversy even before it hit stores, inspiring debate on blogs and Amazon costomer reviews about the appropriateness of a Chia president and whether or not the product is racist.

Amazon Reviews:

It's a keeper!!!, January 23, 2009

For crying out loud! I don't see any racial connection here, I think it's a great collectors item....it's a Chia Pet!

You guys need to Ch- Ch-Ch-Change your way of thinking. There are more important things to think about.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia, April 2, 2009

OMG this is Hilarious! I don't believe it. How insulting. If you let the chia grow he will have a huge fro! Honestly I think that the Chia Obama would do less damage to our freedoms and economy that the non-Chia version! I'm buying one so I can give it the finger for raising taxes on RYO tobacco 2100%!! Change you can believe in...yeah right!