ghostcat80 ([info]ghostcat80) wrote,
@ 2005-11-08 12:47:00
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Current mood:patriotic

Shirts 'n stuff.
In case you guys didn't see the new Rob and Elliot shirt design, check it out:



I'm liking it (so much so that I went and photoshopped how it would look on the shirt). And I'd also like to see it as a sticker or something. Maybe in a different color.


*liberal rant*
Anyway, I voted my ass off today. Kaine for gov. Call me a liberal hippy, but I'd like to make it easier to get to work in the morning, since the congestion in Northern VA is some of the worst on the planet. Speaking of liberal, I'm sick of it being used as a bad word. It's officially old. This started back when Clinton was running for his first term, and it has continued to this day. Republicans are attaching a negative stigma to a word that literally means, not encumbered by the orthodox, free from bigotry, and open-minded. From the Latin "libera", meaning free. I suppose I should connect this to actual events. I started thinking about all this when I saw the Kilgore ads saying that Kaine was "liberal on the the death penalty". Let's leave alone that the death penalty is an aberration in our otherwise civilized government, and that vengeance is not a right of the state. I just want to focus on the use of "liberal" in this statement. Could this type of labeling be used by the democrats? I don't think so. "conservative on education" just doesn't have the same evil ring to it. If there's one thing you have to give to the neo-cons, it's that they have spin down to an absolute science. I mean, how else could they make liberal mean "Satan worshiping pansy?" The majority of people in this country are technically "liberal" when it comes to the issues, they just don't like being associated with the term, and who could blame them? It's almost come to mean "unamerican". But you know what? I'm sick of it. I'm liberal because I believe in equality. I'm liberal because I believe we have rights that extend beyond the second amendment. I'm liberal because I believe the government should protect the common man from corporate excesses instead of beat him down. I'm liberal and I'm damn proud of it.
*/liberal rant*


Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest.

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[info]tombrazelton
2005-11-08 06:30 pm UTC (link)
That's a great shirt design. I've wanted to do something similar for my shirts - something character based - but can never come up with something I like. What you've done is what I have in my head, but can't get on paper.

I think a sticker is a must for this one as well.

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[info]zandperl
2005-11-08 06:58 pm UTC (link)
I'm in academia in New England. Here, conservative is a curse word, and the phrase "conservative on education" means "someone who wants to build bombs rather than buy books, and believes that more standardized testing, competition between teachers, and a blame-the-victim approach is ideal."

Sadly, liberalism has also become associated with critical thinking, so that us liberals seem more able to objectively weigh both sides of an argument while conservatives accept the rhetoric they're handed. Of course, that's my liberal spin on things, and I wouldn't be surprised if lots of conservatives see it the other way around, that they are weighing the options while we're just being reactionary.

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[info]brianarn
2005-11-08 08:04 pm UTC (link)
I don't do much in the way of politics, so I'm skipping the rant.

The shirt/sticker design there is very awesome. I also quite like it in yellow. Very slick either way.

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[info]ghostcat80
2005-11-08 08:32 pm UTC (link)
"I don't do much in the way of politics, so I'm skipping the rant."

That's what the tags are for :) I'm not usually political either, but I occasionally will feel the urge. Usually it's around voting time.

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[info]dethblud
2005-11-08 09:00 pm UTC (link)
LiveJournal Protip: You can use the "LJ-cut" tag to cause portions of a post to be hidden behind a link, rather than displayed directly in your journal or on the friends pages of those who read your journal.

Here's a syntax example:
<lj-cut text="Picture of pie and or political rant!">
4000px picture of pie and/or 4000 word polictical rant goes here.
</lj-cut>

The closing tag is optional and can be omitted if you wish everything following the opening tag to be included in the cut. Additionally, the "text" attribute is optional. Without that attribute LJ automatically makes the link text "Read more..."

I woulda just IMed you this info, but it's useful to anybody posting on LJ.

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[info]brianarn
2005-11-08 09:21 pm UTC (link)
The only downside about LJ cuts is that, if I pull up the post individually to read comments and such, the cut goes away. It's used only in friends list view. It's useful, to be sure, but I'm not sure it'd have helped too much in this particular case.

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[info]ghostcat80
2005-11-08 09:37 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for the info. I'll admit I'm an LJ novice. A neophyte. A tyro. A... "newbie", if you will.

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[info]mabdese
2005-11-08 08:42 pm UTC (link)
I'm in love with the shirt design but I like it blue way more the yellow. *marks it down on the hideously long Xmas list*

I hope you do make stickers as well. My laptop doesn't have enough stickers on it that blantly tell people exactly what things I like.

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[info]jeg_elsker_ap
2005-11-08 09:18 pm UTC (link)
FUCK YEAH! Great rant. Needs to be said by more people, more often. The only bit that I would call out:

<< Speaking of liberal, I'm sick of it being used as a bad word... This started back when Clinton was running for his first term, and it has continued to this day. >>

Actually, the demonization of liberals began with Reagan in the early 1980s when you was but a wee sprig. But you're absolutely right, they've got it down to a science now, and it's freakin' scary how people lap up the anti-progress neocon rhetoric.

Article of clothing that would best go with that Rob & Elliot design? Calf-length tube socks.

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[info]mattcatdude
2005-11-08 09:44 pm UTC (link)
Reagan was the devil. All three of his names had six letters. Ronald Wilson Reagan. 666. SATAN. Just wanted to get that out

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[info]mattcatdude
2005-11-08 09:40 pm UTC (link)
Schweet shirt. I would get one, but I don't have anymore cash to spend. Blame j!nx.com and ThinkGeek.com.

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[info]ghostcat80
2005-11-08 09:52 pm UTC (link)
Dude, you'll have weeks to raise the funds. And it'll only be 15$ (possibly less, it depends on the costs). Also, you can always ask for it for xmas :) . If you really want one, you shouldn't wait, because I don't know if I'll reprint it after this first run.

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[info]kyozoku
2005-11-08 10:22 pm UTC (link)
Oooh, nice shirt! I was sort of disappointed when I realized that the hammer tag shirt orders were over, but I think this design is quite nice. Not as funny as getting hit in the head, repeatedly, with a hammer, but nice.

:D

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[info]ucanthandlethis
2005-11-08 10:39 pm UTC (link)
I really like the shirt. You should have it in both colors so my brother and I won't have to own the same shirt in the exact same color. :-)

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[info]ghostcat80
2005-11-08 11:00 pm UTC (link)
Different colors is $$. If I can do 2 runs, I'll probably make 2 colors. But the number of runs I can do depends on how well the first run does :)

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[info]ucanthandlethis
2005-11-09 06:24 am UTC (link)
no worries. teeshirts make great gifts ^_^ you've made my xmas shopping a lot easier this year! :-D

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[info]sonictail
2005-11-09 01:55 am UTC (link)
That is definately a cool design, nothing overly fancy but it could be warn proudly. However i'm not sure about a sticker version and I don't know why...
And why does your liberal sound like our labor? Nice rant but you shouldn't justify to us why you voted liberal, you did what you think is the right thing and isn't that what matters?

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[info]eskimopirate
2005-11-09 04:46 am UTC (link)
New Zealand had it's general elections recently. Despite being liberal, I voted for the conservative party due to the policies each party had towards an issue I felt strongly for. I felt so dirty voting conservative, I had to take three showers...okay that's a lie, but it still felt wrong.

Reckon the shirt would look kickass in red btw, but if I were able to buy one, I'd go for the current blue design.

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[info]flameswithin
2005-11-09 06:42 am UTC (link)
Hey man, I wanted to introduce myself, I'm Phil. I've been reading your comic for a while and really enjoy it.

That's a really solid design; cool deal :)

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[info]pi_neutrino
2006-04-11 08:24 am UTC (link)
!

From the Concise English Dictionary:

Conservative, a: Tending or inclined to conserve what is established; disposed to maintain existing institutions.

Liberal, a: Generous, open-handed, bountiful, munificent; favourable to liberty and progress; not too strict, narrow or literal; broad-minded, unprejudiced.

It's great to come across an American who actually recognises that being liberal is a good thing.

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