This is a deconstruction of the famous republican logo.



Republicans are to oil what Iraq is to having it.

I hate Liberals and all that they stand for

I hate ignorance and blanket statements, and all they stand for.

This is the greatest shirt ever but it wouldn't be printed on threadless. Any honest humane American can see the only reason we're killing Iraqis is for oil and we're just pretending to be there for democracy.

You've been watching too much CNN. Form your own ideas on things. If you think the war in Iraq is for oil, look up how much we actually get from the Middle East.

Wow! Deep comments. I just submitted a design with the elephant logo 2 days ago. If it gets approved, could be weird having two elephant designs in the running. Anyhoo, I like the concept of this one.

I'll check it out.

well I think it should be higher on the shirt good design but hey hey with the politics

I like this, translation of the dialect on the side?

Liberal douchebags

Seriously? This is way to controversial to make it. Half the people are going to disapprove of this.

Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have.

Iraq is having oil and therefore Republicans are oil? Your semantics are unclear and ineffective. This design makes a nice visual pun that I for one can appreciate, but yes, it is a blanket statement. 4

Great design... position however i dont like.

Don't think it would be approved

on here, but i still like it & it's position -

maybe a little bigger. Overall, win!! $4

Whoa.

Wow, BrobAZ, liberal designs on an art site. Will wonders never cease!

F*** you!

haha. didn't mean to be inflammatory, I just wanted to know what my peers think. I thought Liberal views would be well received here.



As it always goes though you can please everyone.



I am not expecting to win anything for this design, my only expectation of this image is that you enjoy it here.



Thank you all for your comments, I do enjoy reading them.

zara8, I think she would disagree with you:

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u188/natparry/iraq-vote.jpg

Gtoast99 - I love you bike slogan



See it here.



http://www.threadless.com/profile/550124/gtoast99

Operation Iraqi Liberation....5

I'm waiting to see what the Whig party says about this.

Ho Ho How clever. Do you think Threadless merchandise is being produced and shipped using power derived from moonbeams? Of course Iraq is about oil. We have to be involved in the middle east since fools like you won't allow a caribou to get a headcold in order for us to produce our own!

Threadless should really limit overtly political statements from both sides. This really makes me not want to buy here.

i think this shirt may also mean (and correct me if im wrong), that (some) republicans (like Bush) are using democracy (they say they are fighting this war to establish democracy) as an excuse to plunder another country's natural resources.

I'm not quite following the 'caribou w/ the headcold' thing, but if threadless were to reject all of the symbolistic political view t-shirts, then they would be rejecting and censoring the designers opinions. and personally, i love t-shirts that have an opinion.

I may agree with the whole "drill for oil" in Alaska arguement IF the majority of that oil hadn't been earmarked for sale to China.



So what would we have? Most of the USA's oil sold to China and the US consumer still depending on Arab oil. Where is the advantage to you unless you are making money on that sale to China?

Henry89 - I am amazed at how simple minded a thought you just produced, however it didn't make me angry.



Why is this image making you angry and why do you want to limit my freedom of expression.



While I do realize that shipping a Threadless garment by moon power alone is not yet possible I still feel that the destabilization of an nation to plunder it's resources is unethical.



While there is a political tone to this shirt, it is less about the republican drive for oil in Iraq but more to the point it's about the republican drive for oil period.



I feel that 300 billion dollars spent on natural renewal power sources is by far the best solution.



any way, I am glad that you have passion.



Thank you all for your comments.

I think it's a nice design, but I don't really favor politics being brought into Threadless shirts. Just a personal preference.



Now just keep those blanket attack statements coming and prove to everyone why you're so well suited for cable news.

Clever but my beliefs are not driven by CNN, I live by a moral code of ethics I ask my own questions.



Question everything momma says.



Though I still want a BigMac when ever I see a McDonalds commercial



Maybe I am a follower...

Damn Hippies. Henry89 has some great points

BrobAZ at 22 years old I'm sure you don't know what a hippie really is. But you and Henry can blister off into the sunset together getting sunburns and cancer together.

I give you a 5,good luck

impact 561 how can I get a sunburn if there's no global warming? Nice try

wow good point. Can't we all just get along with me...

impact561 you seem like a pretty nice person just a little misinformed and you're a way better artist than at least I can give you "mad props" for that. Oh and I'm 23

Thank you for your kind words BrobAZ Of course I mean no harm.



When I encounter someone of a different opinion then my own my instinct to debate and defend my own kicks in.



I am open to facts however and you can bet that my discussions with other people shape my ultimate points of view.



I am glad you are participating in this dialog.

This is a great shirt for EVERYONE who doesn't live in the States because the world revolves around you guys and so therefore EVERY political shirt the references the states should be printed.



$10000000

Last time I checked, the Iraqi Oil Ministry was in charge of Iraq's oil and is selling it on the open market. A big ongoing debate in the Iraqi government is how to divide up the money from the sales. Now, how are we plundering Iraq's natural resources? We must be stealing their cheese right from under the Iraqi people's noses (mmmmm cheese)!

I get what this is saying, but I hate tees with opinions on them (liberal or conservative). That's just me. I could see someone where this though.

*wearing

If this does get printed (which I doubt, given the controversy above), you might want to fix the Arabic. The dot you have at the end of the phrase belongs below the dip of that last word. It is supposed to be "akbar." As it is, you have "akr period"



sorry for being nitpicky.

Wow, I thought Threadless was a safe haven for liberal hipsters.



I like the design.

Thank you.

Wow, I wish someone would've told me that only liberals could be creative before I was born, I would have chosen a different hating people or shooting guns because I guess that's all conservatives suppossed to be good at...I'm saying this because I think it's funny not because I'm offended

And why is it that when people express a different opinion people usally respond in an insult, that only hurts your argument.

I love liberals! I love hippies! I love Hillary Clinton! I love Barrak Obama! I am a Republican and I don't like any of these people, but I love them. I have a different opinion and I like to debate as well and I think as intelligent people we should.

Also, I think if the design gets enough votes they should print it, this is about the theadless communty and if I made a concervative shirt I would want them to print it. And saying you would stop buying from theadless if they print this shirt is like saying you would stop living in America if Obama was President, if you really feel that way fine, that's your stand, but just realize what your saying.

Oh, and by the way, as far as DESIGN goes (meaning placement, color, contast, eyeflow etc.) It is very good, the bomb is a little more detailed then the rest, but over all good design.

It's 1:00 am and that comment doesn't make all the sense in the world. I need to remind myself to proof read. Chosen different hating people? really? I just want to correct that, Chosen different TALENTS LIKE hating people...

OK, goodnight.

deduh ... I feel your passion brother, Why wouldn't threadless print this shirt if it reflects their audience.



Not that I think image will suit the majority, but then again the majority are without a passport.



The majority have never left the country.



The majority have never left their state.



The majority own this country and the majority have them selves to thank in the end.



Don't think react. Go team!

Um - Sister? Sorry for being presumptuous. whatever the case may be I do think this will be my last politicaly motivated entry. Too stressful



But then again, I am passionate and who knows perhaps I can lead the revolt one day.



Ha !



I still want a Big Mac though. Damn you McDonald's !! Damn you to hell!

nice post deduh.

the great thing about art is that often times it sends a message. whether or not we agree with the message is whether or not a person buys it. for example, youd never catch me wearing a che guevera shirt, but there are people out there willing to, & that is their right. im very new here, thus dont know how this all works but i hope designs are not disregarded because of political views. whatever they may be.

just my 2¢ :)

Just to clear up the reason for the placement, as I envisioned it the elephants are symbolic of army tanks and armored infantry units, they wrap around the shirt assembling a sort of convoy.

Thank you NateT. It makes me wonder why people claim we are plundering Iraq's oil, because if we did, we would now have more, and it wouldn't be $4+/gal. How quickly we forget the attack on US soil that claimed thousands of innocent American lives. If you agree or disagree with the war, fine. I, for one, would rather not have to worry about suicide bombers as I do my grocery shopping, or terrorist bombing my workplace.

Let me fuel the debate - I promise not to charge you $4.00 per gallon.



So here it is, ready this is mind numbing sh*t for some of you I'm sure but....



It's not a lack of oil in America that is driving up the price. The bottom line is that oil is not sustainable and Exxon Esso Mobile blah blah blah are united. The soul objective of conglomerate fuel is simply to exploit as much hard cash out of their resource as possible.



You talk about four dollar gallons of gas but the issue reaches much deeper into your pocket then you think.



How much are your tomatoes or your corn, what are you paying to fly these days?



By the way what did Iraq have to do with 9/11?

The US budget for Iraq in FY 2007 came to $4,988 per Iraqi. This is triple Iraq's per-person GDP. It's like spending $121,000 per person ($484,000 per family of 4) in the US. Why not just bribe the whole country?



Iraq War

Cute - Kids tee please!

Americans are hilarious, I love watching you guys slag each other off on these sites. Although it's a bit depressing that the sort of specious arguments that are used to put a West Wing script together accurately represent the way you all purport to think. Is CNN shaping US opinion or is Aaron Sorkin? Either ways it's the media we choose to pay attention to.

For what it's worth, do any of you really think (I use the word advisedly) that the war in Iraq is making America safer? If so, how?

As for the shirt, I'm not American so it means absolutely nothing to me. Looks OK, but nil interest.

Frogsdad I find it interesting that you took the time to comment. paying such close attention to your grammar and your pretentious use of big words must have taken some time. Your lack of interest has really shown through here.



you say you are not American so what your Canadian? Like me? If so a Canadian who claims not to have an interest in American politics is a fool to believe that he is insulated by a border.

nice concept. but the position izzit too bottom?

Very bold statement. Was the allusion to the Trojan Horse on purpose? Or was there no allusion to be made purposeful?

Intended nice catch.

For what it's worth, do any of you really think (I use the word advisedly) that the war in Iraq is making America safer? If so, how?



Well for one thing, us going over there, keeps them out of our country, and we are training their peoplet o fight for themselves, start an army so they don't have to rely on us. You are not from America no, but where are you from? There are more countries than just America in this war.

SO are you saying that Americans going to Iraq keeps Iraqis out of your country? Um ok...



You do realize that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 right?



Or has your whole country swallowed the propaganda like a vitamin.



Here don't forget to take your "believe anything pill" and your "Tell me what I want to hear shake".

I am not saying that it has anything to do with Iraq, or Afghanistan, but al Qaeda and Taliban are from there. I was deployed to one of the Taliban's origional cities, that we took over, and they fought for it, and bombed a bunch of our buildings.. and they still do, everyday. Take that "believe anything pill" and shove it up your ass.

What's going on here?



I followed this until I saw a comment about how someone doesn't want to buy here because of political statements.



Nobody can curl up and hide from controversy, I personally like the shirt, although I do agree that Iraq's population greatly appreciates its newly funded democracy. I'm pretty sure people are ignorant about a lot of things, and republicans probably don't try too hard to understand democrats, democrats don't try too hard to understand republicans.



We all think the others are wrong, our way is the only one.

If that's how it's going to be, keep all the crap to yourselves.

This design is intellectual and controversial, and if you think that's bad, get over it. Don't let your political views get in the way of a good message.

Lets also remeber that everything revolves around the USA and therefore we need more political shirts about the USA!!!

I'm sorry you were put there by a war mongering government, the same people who supplied the Taliban ten years before with weapons to fight big George's war desert storm. They lied to you, you are not fighting for a nobel cause. You are not saving your country by killing Iraqis.



This shirt is call Political Merger -



It is about the use of military force to aid in the annex of a country.



It was a hostile takeover perpetrated by the biggest terrorists I know George W Bush and his father.



Thank them for the state of the economy, the cots of fuel and bread, thank them for the medicare and insurance malfunctions and go ahead you thank them for the sub prime fiasco.

Hey impact561 don't forget about Dick Cheney and Condoleeza Rice, they're pretty bad too.

Sorry the second part shouldn't be italicized :)

What part did Bush and Bush Sr. play in the sub-prime mortgage problem that banks and speculators greed did not?

I don't think threadless seems too big on political statements, so I doubt this would print, regardless of art being more liberal by nature. Even so, I feel like right now, this is the wrong tack to take... we need to take a more hopeful, yet not naive, approach to the political landscape. There is every indication that the tides will turn for the better this year, and while staying on top of our monkey-in-chief is vital so he doesn't do anything irreversibly screwy, I'd much rather look toward the future optimistically than dwell in the dark ages. And it may as well be the dark ages for all our regime wants us to know.



Keep fighting the good fight, though. People who avoid politics are really just saying they have no opinions.

AWESOME, good idea

"Or has your whole country swallowed the propaganda like a vitamin."



I'm sorry, but the propaganda in the U.S. does not support the war in Iraq. You can hardly watch, listen to or read anything without at least one anti-war statement. And please don't tell our soldiers they're fighting and dying for a lie, even if it were true, it's really disrespectful, especially if you don't accompany that remark with proof. Not saying you don't have proof, just try not to make statements just for the sake of putting people down. But whatever, freedom of speech and all that jazz.

I support your troops and the troops of my own country who are dieing for nothing.

I would like to comment further on the subject of Allied Troops dying in Iraq and Afghanistan.



Believe me I do take issue with the fact that we are there but at least least I understand why.



America forced the hand of many allied countries with the threat of sanctions and embargoes if we were not to comply.



With Canada it was beef export and soft wood lumber sanctions. Border crossing agreements were negotiated and military contracts were awarded.



To me all this ads up to bribery and you can bet that the Canadian public is completely pissed off both with George "the unelected" bush The republicans aswell as our own government.



I can tell you honestly I feel that North America is heading for a police state government. The reason.... We let them do what they want without question, well with little question.



Those who are questioning the principles of policy have a voice that is easily muffled by the media and lacks fundamental organization. What happened to the good old days? Our parents would never let this happen, not without a fight. With Vietnam the American youth stood strong and tall together.

You never see that today.

zara8 true to all of that.