So I was perusing Ebay...

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I don't know if I can pull it up, but, go on Ebay and do a search for Obama and Shirt and Obey.

I was just wondering, is this what I think it is?

[FLyellowdog]

1. What do you think it is?

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5. Well, it sounds like someone is trying to market the shirt to racists.

[nosillies]

2. ????

What do you mean?

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3. I mean there's a t-shirt of Obama with his picture, just like the thousands

out there, but I think the word "Obey" is on the shirt instead of Progress, Hope or Change. It's hard to say, since the seller didn't include the bottom of the shirt in the picture.

[kenny blankenship]

8. Obey is a clothing line

http://www.obeyclothing.com/

and as is typical with a lot of "designer" tshirts the main idea of the design is to promote the brand of the designer. Obey Clothing is associated with the graphic designer Shephard Fairey, who designed the HOPE and PROGRESS Obama posters that have become so famous.
I say it's typical of designer tshirts to feature the brand logo of the designer on them, but what I mean is that it's typical of the kind of tshirt I won't buy. Obey is usually less egregious in that respect, but they still do it.

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10. Oh, can you answer my question on this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4294709&mesg_id=4294709

[kenny blankenship]

12. We must PROGRESS beyond HOPE toward real CHANGE

and when our opponent tries to co-opt our message of CHANGE, turning it into McCHANGE, or CHANGE-WE'RE-ALREADY-QUITE-TIRED-OF, then we must cycle around back to HOPE.

Think of it as a circle, not so much of a linear evolution.

[dhpgetsit]

4. YOU MUST OBEY!

http://cgi.ebay.com/OBEY-BARACK-OBAMA-MENS-TEE-SHIRT-SHEPARD-FAIREY-GRY-S_W0QQitemZ230301014971QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230301014971&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318#ebayphotohosting



(Obey is a brand)

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6. Never heard of it. Thanks for clearing that up.

[iamahaingttta]

7. I think Obey is the brand of shirt.

Other Obey shirts:

http://www.80spurple.com/obey/?gclid=CMGhifSGvpYCFQa6sgodtiQIxg

http://www.buckle.com/product/product.jsp?Ne=2&Np=-1&N=42+171&Ns=P_Inventory%7c1&Nu=P_ProductID&NUM=8&cm_mmc=Google-_-Brands_Obey-_-obey%20shirt-_-Broad+Ad_1023761174%7C-%7C100000000000000001123&cm_guid=1-_-100000000000000001123-_-1023761174

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9. Thanks. Learning something new every day.

[radfringe]

11. has mccain asked sarah to put the bus on ebay yet? n/t

[aikoaiko]

13. Obey started off as cool street art, but now its just artistic stuff to buy -

Shepard Fairey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant_Has_a_Posse




The artist, Shepard Fairey, made the ubiquitous red and blue obama (HOPE) images.
http://creativity-online.com/?action=news:article&newsId=124743§ionId=behind_the_work