soooooooo gooodddddd! I would buy this in a second. love the color scheme Love the squares. Maybe make the white cubes more of an off white to keep with the gray tones. just a suggestion

n1c3 y03S !!111VVeleveneleven

i love this shirt. $5

fantastic

this is incredible!! $5!!

Great.

Great anti animal skin message 'no blind fur kil'

Its about time this cause was championed on threadless.

I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
$5... would buy!

man, hella sweet idea ... too bad its an anti-war thing.

OMG another anti war shirt! if you drive a car you have no right to be preachy about oil

awsome!

So orginal, I've only heard that a million times.

No oil for pacifists.

nice design, but i wouldnt buy a "anti war"ish shirt, especially not from threadless

GAH!!!!! THIS MAKES ME WANT TO PULL MY HAIR OUT.
Gee, this dumb liberalisim. Bush is doing the best he can, and I doubt anyone else in his shoes could handel the situation any better.

*THINK*
If the war was for oil then why are we still paying 2.50 a gallon. Why havent oil prices droped?
Were not hurting so bad that we would need it from there anyway. And if the war was for oil. We'd know, Iraqies would tell us.
-Catlaist

Catalist - The fact that you only pay $2.50 for gas shows that your prices ARE low; I pay $2.95 - $3.00 a gallon.

and catalist, yeah bush is doing the best he can, but umm... lets think how he got there, o yeah, he put himself in the shithole. you really have no idea what you are talking about. bush is doing TONS of illegal stuff all over the place and doing boneheaded moves everywhere too. i dont even want to go into it

This isn't meant to knock at Bush in any way. We are fighting a war over people who have their hands dirty in the oil business. I think the fact that Bush owns some oil companies is a conflict of interest don't you?

The prices aren't dropping because they are using the war to drive the need to developed better technology when it comes to gas. The sad thing is if you do some REAL research, you will find the price per mile of a hybrid car is actually more than the price of a hummer. Why you ask? Because the hybrid costs way more to develop and build.

Shirtflirt has a lot of knowledge on the subject.

small thing... you would just want to solve, because buying a vowel costs money per letter. Sorry just a side note. As for the whole anti-war/bush thing. No one here is going to have their minds changed over a threadless comment but I agree this war is over oil. We use the most oil in the world and yet we have it the cheapest, compared to other countries where it is atleast 50 cents more a gallon, china is an up and commer and expects to triple its consumption in only a couple years time, so securing oil would be a main priority, its been proven there were no weapons of mass destruction, we went to war without the UN's consent... lasty any other fuel alternative so far is no better than gasoline, hybrid is the only one that does any good... electricity and hydrogen take just as much if not more oil to create this alternative than to actually power a car. Solar energy and wind are the only alternative that rivals the cleanliness of hydrogen and will give you a nearly cheap power over time. But you do still have to create those objects using oil. I say we spend all our time developing electric cars charged by solar panel or wind powered refueling stations... but that would require our countries leader to not be making money off of our main resource... which the country we conveniently just attacked has the reported largest oil supply in the world.

oh yeah sorry... 5$

Pacifists should be shot!

and so should anyone that whines:
"oh no another anti-war shirt!, I don't wear anti-war shirts, t-shirts aren't supposed to have a message blah blah blah"

T-shirts have ALWAYS been about delivering a message.. go read some books!

the comment 2 comments above was a joke btw... would make a great tee don't you think. I'm a pacifist and i'd love to ssport the irony.

That saying is for too cliche and overused. Let's get on with life, not dread on this war.

who cares if the saying has been used before. Why reinvent the wheel? It says exactly what it needs to say. Don't hate, appreciate.

I don't drive a car and I love this t-shirt $5

Fuck you hippie

I really like this. 5.

You white folks is funny :P
Anyway, it is a cute shirt, even though I sort of don't care about politics.
4 $

Being a vet of this war I find this sub to be a disservice to the people that serve to keep you free. I mean no disrespect, your design is pretty good, but the content is very bad. mindtrance said "Dont hate, appriciate."- apply this while thinking about the soldiers that you are bashing.

i wish people knew hom much humanitarian work we do...im not going to give it a zero or anything.... like I said, it was still a good design, keep on with the good art but dont get all political

I can agrue both sides of the war to be honest, I'm very open minded. I appreciate everything you do Stiffy, honestly. I have family and friends in the war myself.

I just think there are some things in the background driving our intentions that shouldn't be.

I know friends who came back and told the same thing you just did, about the kids you gave food to, and the families that are happy we are there. That warms my heart. It's not meant to bash soliders.

It's meant to say, there are people dying over there, and I hope they are dying to protect our freedom, and free others, not because a president with ties in the oil industry wants to drive up his worth in the process.

Again, I appreciate all your service to our country my friend :)

Debates suck. Let's talk about the shirt instead of Dick and Bush, eh?

I like how the American flag is hidden in the "unused" squares. Took me a sec to see it. And my first thought was "No blind for.... what?" But I get it now, and I think it's clever.

I give it a 5, but no $ because I'm not one for wearing an American flag on my shirt.

decent shirt, and you mean well with the message i guess (which is to say, you're on my side of the argument) but wouldnt buy it for two reasons.

1. as i've elaborated on almost every other political t-shirt's comment section, america needs to learn how to compromise, because the compromise is the foundation that this country was built on... and wearing a shirt that is so blatantly against one whole half of the country isn't really helping anything. i won't let my hatred for a political party get in the way of my love for my country.

2. the phrase "no blood for oil" is thrown around too much by people who don't really educate themselves on what is really happening. not to say you aren't an upright educated and well-informed citizen, but i don't want to be mistaken for someone who isn't. on top of that, i don't want to be labeled a hippy.

the fact of the matter is, because of polarization like this, there will never be a shirt printed on threadless more political than the flat house... and that's not even really a political shirt.

Point well taken. I'll have to put some energy into a shirt that would please all then. Not an Anti-war, but a pro peace.

Ok...
the design is pretty good. But...

mindtrap, I don't like the fact that you have commented on your own work and defended yourself in the comments. The shirt should stand on it's own without all this debate.
There's also something that bothers me about the whole Wheel of Fortune thing being used. I mean, to me, Wheel of Fortune is such a cheezy pop culture reference, and this is supposed to be some pseudo-intellectual "I have an opinion and I am going to force it on you with my shirt" type of thing. I think that Wheel of Fortune kind of blows the credibility of that, maybe that's just my opinion.
That being said, I do basically agree with the message. Take what you will from this....

Thank you for using tact in your reply Mindtrance. My faith in this site has been restored once more. I have seen many respectful comments ever since I wrote mine. There hasnt been as many ignorant remarks as usual. Emokiss and I decided yesterday that even though we take different stances we still need to respect eachothers opinion and sometimes just agree to disagree. Americans need to stop with its partisan politics. Just because one is a democrat doesnt mean that they should bash every idea or opinion that a Republican has, and likewise. We all need to work towards being a united country that works together and compromises to find whats best for the our people as a whole. Stop looking for conspiracies and start looking for solutions. I hate the far left and the far right. Alot of Dems think that the Right is so wrong.... I'll admit that the Republicans are wrong on some issues, but this doesnt mean that the Democrats are right either. If we keep attacking our own brothers and sisters like this, then this country and our freedoms wont be worth fighting for.
Ive told someone on here before that everyday I go to CNN's Casualties of War page to see what fellow troops have made the ultimate sacrifice. It hurts like hell but I cant look away. The sooner that we put aside our pride the sooner the rest of us come home. I like the idea for a pro peace shirt. Lets Unite our Divided States. We are in this together.

(sweet f'n novel, now we can get back to talking about designs.... and Nate's foot fetish)

I'm not defending anything, as a human being with morals I don't think it's right to let a soldier let alone anyone else be upset by something I did or said. It's called Tact.

That being said, I tend to not look at Democrat vs Republican. I just look at the issues. I'm an independent for that very reason. I don't want to be put into a box by being forced to associate with either viewpoint.

The sole reason for the wheel of fortone reference is to say "no blood for oil" in a clever way by buying the vowel. Nothing more, Nothing less.

I like it alot, although i agree with many people that the slogan 'no blood for oil' is pretty lame and overused. Howerver, that's is partially what makes it so effective here, since the message isn't spelled out, you need a well-known, if overused one so people can fill in the blanks.
Bottom line: 5

very clever...

5

redsugar, at 2:28pm on Apr 15, 2006

No oil for pacifists.


Amen.
Bush's ear has more courage than all of the Liberals combined.

and by courage you mean wax? :)

Love the design. Even tho it turned this string into a fighting match. haha

when i was little, i wanted to be vanna white when i grew up.
i like this shirt.
psst... "i'm not against the soldiers, i'm against the war."

a good message, i guess. good execution- i really really like the soldiers and flag behind the letters.


for everybody's who's forcing his or her opinions on others:
don't.
just accept other peoples' ideas about the war- no need to get so riled up about it.

p.s. i'm a pacifist- so shoot me.
p.p.s. you're supposed to comment on the SHIRT, not the WAR.
p.p.p. i pay $3 per gallon.

mindtrance, thanks for the wonderful design... and to you and Stiffy42j, thank you both for being wonderful people. I'm not even going to start any sort of comenting on the subject matter other than saying I 1) agree w/ both of you and 2) feel really warm reading your correspondence.
thanks again!

man i feel lame. i thought it said "no blind fur kil" at first. the title totally flew past me.

it's okay... that's why it's called I'd like to buy a vowel. One vowel solves the entire puzzle.

whoo! finally a shirt thats taken more flak than one of mine!!!

I personally like the design. Its very well done and I would proudly wear it. While the "No blood for oil" line is getting a bit cliche, this is just different enough that it works. Great work.



As for the "Patriots" who have suggested that pacifists not have cars, I offer this simple question:
Would you buy a more expensive car if it would save someone's life?

because some people choose to serve in the armed forces means other people can't have an opinion on American Foreign policy? i don't see anything here that is denegrating to service men and women.

$5

damn fine work

I'm not sure what's more disappointing; that nobody seems to have an idea what the whole Iraq war is really about, or that a group of people who obviously consider themselves quite bright can be sucked into a futile argument over an obsolete perspective. *sigh*

Nice design work. Just can't support your message :(

no blood for oil.

I agree with slorefice, sorry.

So you think blood should be spilled over oil? It's not an anti war shirt or even and anti soldier shirt. It's anti sacrificing human lives for us to have cheaper gas, and to line the pockets of the people who profit from oil, including our president.

You know, I won't even comment about the message and whether or not I agree. The design is pretty sweet, I like the idea behind, and especially the detail in the background behind the letters.

i enjoy this alot.

simple as that.

$5. Agree with the message, but most importantly-- great design!

rerun phrase but incredible new appoach, def a 5, I work on an army base, adn I'd get shot for wearing this, so I won't buy it haha!

i love what phones wrote.. this reminds me of a tag i saw on the side of an old gas station in downtown kansas city missouri.. it said of course " no blood for oil" then the tag artist signed it " discover" i think it might be gang related.

very nice work here. 5

ok, i dislike war but if we didnt go to war, another 9/11 wouldve happened. maybe this time it wouldve been L.A. or washington. now would thatve been good? no. and anyway, we wouldve eventually had to pay this much for oil eventually.

Perfect.

The message and design both.

...i don't see why people are getting so worked up over a shirt... you either agree with it or you don't.

Just to not get your head bitten off, i think you just sould use the same structure of wheel of fortune with a different theme.

cool idea with the wheel of fortune. but i wish the slogan was something cool.

I'm a liberal... and this shirt is a complete turn off for me. Why the hell don't people focus on the many bad reasons we really went to war, instead of yet another conspiracy theory? This administration is bad enough we don't need to reach.

I really really really like it!....it took me, like, five minutes to figure it out, though ;)

good design but i don't know why people would ever wear an anti-american or anti-bush shirt. just a waste of money.

it's a t-shirt.

I LOVE IT!
$5

wow sweet. ive never heard this one before. try again kthx

it's not anti-american....

clever design

clever, but very obnoxious- so preacy and rude- too bad such a pain in the butt message

NO BLOOD FOR OIL


i bet you knew youd get a huge response for this.very perverse.

i personally love it. eeexcellent job


i like how the letter's blanked out.....very nice

To Stiffy42j:

"The sooner that we put aside our pride the sooner the rest of us come home."

I'm not following the logic on this, considering the context of your argument before it. The fact that Americans are so fiercely divided amongst themselves is not why the soldiers are still over there three years later, and quitting with the disagreeing on everything won't bring them home. The only thing that can and will bring them home is a decision made by the president to bring them home, back out and admit it's time to count our losses and start being a little more diplomatic and listen when the UN is saying "No, we're not approving a war". Whether Democrats and Republicans can get along for five minutes has nothing to do with it.

But I do completely agree that everyone needs to calm the eff down and get over their differences. No one can ever really win the "I'm right! They're wrong!" battle. Everyone always feels their viewpoint is right and best. Maybe if everyone re-learned how to listen to other people as well as standing by their personal morals, not those assigned to them when they look at their affiliation on their voter registration card, we could all get along a lot better. Blindly going along with everything your affiliated party stands for isn't being a good American, it's being an uneducated, apathetic sheep. I strongly believe the largest problem with our political system is that people do not care enough or know enough about their candidates, at ANY level of the government. Who knows what their mayor's stances are? Their selectmen? Governors? Not enough, and not many at all, really. Not to mention when someone pulls a Gore or a Kerry or a Romney and waffles. Take a stand and stick by your morals, kids! Waffling loses a lot of fans, fast, and simply gives the opposing rabid faction more ammo in the media.




As for the shirt: This is really well designed, and the message is very clear. I like the use of the American flag on it, it's a symbol that those who oppose the war need to take back and be proud to display. The flag doesn't stand for just one viewpoint. Who cares if the Right plaster it all over their cars/houses/clothing? What's stopping the Left from also using the flag? No one ever said it only represents those who are for the war. By not using it, they're simply giving it more power as a symbol of the Righties of the country. And that's totally offensive IMO. This shirt gets a 5. I don't think I'd buy it, simply because this is such a hot topic right now, and I don't want to draw scorn from people I don't even know by wearing such a strong statement, I'll choose when I want to say something about it ;) But, great design, good choice of colours.

congradulations mindtrance! forget about the war in iraq, youve started a war of your own!
time for math: 2.5 (for beautiful execution) + 2.5 (for the massive faux-intellectual debate you've created) = 5
dont know if i'd buy, though, because i'd have to explain/aruge with people about my views on the situation constantly.

you don't have to explain anything, it's your opinion :)

im buying.

but shouldnt we protect our precious oil? i mean, as americans is that not wat is most important to us?

that doesn't mean we should be greedy and keep our prices low, and others high so we can live for cheaper prices. It's greedy

ALL FOSSIL FUEL IS GOING TO BE GONE IN A COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS, we're just shuffling it around like houseguests moving trash around the room and calling it cleaning.

but hey we'll all be dead by then anyway, so while we're alive let's drive our suvs to the 7-11 two blocks away for slurpees.

i agree with whoever said that the wheel of fortune reference is a little incongruous with the message here. you still did a great job executing this, though!

Why do people think this shirt means pacifism? It means no unjust wars. Hell, if someone attacks us, we'd go to war. But not for oil. That's the point of the shirt, as I see it.

you are 100% correct St3v3n

If you really think that Bush is the first president to do this kind of thing, I strongly suggest that you look at the presidency of Woodrow Wilson.

Yawn. 1.5, and rounded down.

nope, nor did I say that. Bush is the current president that could do something to FIX it and doesn't though.

you bought yourself a 0 (zero)

Complaining about the war is totally pointless and i feel like people should just suck it up. That being said the shirt is very clever and although I wouldnt wear it I think it deserves to be printed.

I would like to know from others on here from other countries besides the US what they are paying for a gallon of gas? I know it is getting pretty bad in the US as far as prices WE are used to, but I heard we are still the cheapest. I heard they pay like $8 a gallon in England. Can someone out there confirm?
Sorry for the question not related to the design, I am just curious. Oh and Ill give the shirt a 3 for design sake - good idea, wrong message for threadless I think. Still, good design.

politics aside...the first thing that came to mind was "no blind for nil"which made no sense. only after i read the title did I know what you wanted to say.

I wouldn't wear it, but for a political shirt... it really is a fabulous design.

On the Bush subject, let's be real. Just because he's the president it doesn't mean he's supposed to. I mean I don't think to liberate the people you should kill them first.

On the messages on the shirts, of course shirts were meant to deliver messages. If you laugh at a shirt it's because it's message made you laugh. DUH. Some of you guys really don't know what you're talking about and just see that the other people hate messages and you do the same thing. Go along with the herd.

5$, but I agree, it should be 'I would like to solve'.

at the end of the day, us brits pay $6.87 equivalent for 1 US Gallon of petrol. (£1 a litre approx)

Yeah... ouch! So how cheap is it over there at the moment?

I'm going to redesign this in a week or so.

why does this say it was designed by jrallan on the front page when I designed it?