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Justin at Short Bus Clothing has offered up his work for review and I have to admit it is certainly refreshing to see such a democratic approach to politics when it comes to t-shirt design. I am a confirmed lefty, if you haven’t noticed, I’d rather not take sides in all honesty as I, as well as at least a few more million lost souls out there have lost the will to live when it comes to electioneering. I’m not American, which again is probably obvious, however I do take a keen interest in the global political climate, especially when it comes to watching democracy at work. I don’t usually agree with anyone enough to believe that any politician can really improve the state of the world today, especially when they’re exactly the same people who caused most of the problems they now wish to solve.

Take a look at this pair of sardonic beauties…

I adore wordplay, Justin has it down to a tee in these two designs, politics is one of my pet love/hates, and hes’ really managed to capture the essence of a lot of people’s political beliefs these days, i.e it’s all spin – so what’s the point? The colours and grunge effect print have really brought the quality of the designs to a perfection. They work so well as a pair I’d not be surprised if he doesn’t receive quite a few orders for both

The truth is that only politicians and their PR agencies honestly care to the core who wins or loses, the rest of us are keeping our fingers crossed that whoever leads a country next doesn’t start mentioning God, or the need to find a backwater country to introduce the delights of democracy (which in reality seems to mean a market economy rather than human rights – Britain is the most recorded nation state in the world – where’s the democracy in that?).

The bold fonts and rough hewn print of these two reminds me of the early pop-art prints of Robert Rauschenberg – the evoked political nostalgia makes the message all the more succint. The truth is we’ve been electing leaders since year dot and yet none of them can ever get it right

I am suffering indirect US Election burnout – yes I get quite a few USA news channels here – hence I follow the results when I can. Barrack has a great voice, he booms, unfortunately his crazy preacher has messed up his pitch; Clinton can rely on her hubby for the same, plus both are ripping apart their own party in one last ditch attempt to grab the limelight, and the prize of leading the Democrats into the next election. I could never imagine that happening here. Then again I could never imagine America putting up with Bush appointing his own successor without an election (RE: Gordon Brown’s succession to Tony Blair – did I miss the Coronation?).

There are plenty more fabulous tees to choose from at ShortBusClothing.com – and all at only $16.95 each (add a dollar for XXL). I’ve added a few more snapshots to give you an idea of their range, I especially appreciate the retro-look grunge style shirts, something I should try more myself, I just think certain images benefit more from the “tattered look” than others. It is so appropriate for political t-shirts right now – it hurts.

At the British local elections before last I voted for a third party, it turned out the leader was a drunk, he resigned and was replaced by an elderly gentleman of a by-gone age who couldn’t appeal to anyone under 65. He reminds me a little of the Republican candidate for the next US elections, John McCain, another out of touch guy but pitching himself at the extreme opposite of the spectrum. The truth is that America is soon to lose its crown as the primary economic powerhouse of the world. The Euro is now the favoured currency for a vast swathe of international traders, China is fast catching up on everything from import/export to luxury goods spending and even computer literacy. Sounds like one vast Stock Market in the making. He’s got a tall order to fill, follow Bush’s failed Iraq and economic strategies, plus appear like a new alternative whilst the possibility of either the first black or female President of the USA emerges on the horizon

I really appreciate the simplicity of Justin’s Terrorist T-Shirt, it gets straight to the point (yet again). If only we’d stayed out of Iraq, I’m sure the Worlds’ economy would be in a better state right now. I don’t know what Bush spent on it, but Britain is flat broke now, Gordon Brown the PM looks like a fool, an ex-Chancellor without a penny in the bank. Of course Tony Blair is laughing his head off.

If all the politicians want to talk about the same subjects in slightly different ways, they are still controlling the complete exchange of information, they are limiting the argument from the outset. Imagine a world without politicians… a world where people used good judgement instead of belief, where no man or woman, no matter their war record or high-powered connections could be trusted to run everything by proxy, according to their own emotional state, personal interactions, experiences, or beliefs.

There are no super-humans or demi-gods on this planet. Al Gore isn’t going to save the world, nor is the Dalai Llama , the only way anything is going to change is if we all admit we’ve screwed up and take a step back. It’s like each generation has a quota of resources and we’re way over ours – we’ve probably stolen enough for generations to come. We’re so out of touch with nature now that we’re relying on politicians to explain it to us.

I love this tee, “Make it Rain” – if only we could do that on command, it would certainly help Africa for a start! This is yet another beautifully textured design, I suspect Justin is overlaying grainy clip art and vectorizing the textures, I could be wrong. I’ve tried it myself a few times and it can take a while, so you know you’re buying from a quality t-shirt designer when it comes to Short Bus. Gold and dark blue is always a winning colour combination

As the world’s resources run dry I predict a near collapse of most Western electoral systems, as the spin revolves faster and faster, whilst that rare ability to simultaneously outline practical and adaptive policies, as well as implement them, withers away in a television sham of political debate. Oh well never mind, I’m sure the weather will finish us all off first before anyone really crazy jumps into the driving seat. At least you can still buy all these great tees at www.ShortBusClothing.com – if the world ends – at least you can go out in style…

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