http://www.citizensugar.com/ Breaking News, Together. en http://www.citizensugar.com/1886249 <!-- no strip poll --><!-- no rss --><div id="epoll-view-1886249"></div><script type="text/javascript">new Ajax.Request('/epoll/view/1886249',{method:'get',onSuccess:function(transport){var epoll=$('epoll-view-1886249');epoll.update(transport.responseText);}});</script><noscript><!-- /no rss --><p><p><span class="inline left"><img src="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/10/104169/34_2008/080821_usa.preview.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image left preview" width="350"></span>With all of the controversial news that's sprung to life out of China during these Olympics (protesting and <a href="http://www.citizensugar.com/1881233" >grandmas facing labor camps</a>, to name a few) <a href="http://www.wigglypiggly.com/?p=464" target="_blank">this t-shirt</a> encompasses a whole slew of thoughts behind the complicated nature of the relationship between China and the US. </p> <p>The design is pretty cute — and the slogan, "Made in the USA" written in Chinese characters, makes a statement of its own. But between Chinese products <a href="http://www.citizensugar.com/1569885" >causing trouble</a>, <a href="http://www.citizensugar.com/1550231" >manufacturing moving</a> there, and China's <a href="http://www.citizensugar.com/1767796" >growing economy</a>, what appears to be a hipster fashion choice could very well have political implications. </p> <p>What do you think? Would you wear the statement? </p> </p><!-- no strip poll --><form action="/1886249" method="post" id="epoll_view_voting"> <div><div class="poll"> <div class="vote-form"> <div class="choices"><div class="form-item"> <label>Chinese Made in the USA Tee — Pointed Critique or Pointless?</label> <div class="form-item"> <label class="option"><input type="radio" name="edit[choice]" value="0" class="form-radio" /> Pointed Critique. It calls attention to China's looming presence in the US economy.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label class="option"><input type="radio" name="edit[choice]" value="1" class="form-radio" /> Pointless. Who's going to know what it even says? And China is far from taking over.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label class="option"><input type="radio" name="edit[choice]" value="2" class="form-radio" /> Other. I know it's just a t-shirt, but I have some stuff to say about it in the comments.</label> </div> </div> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[nid]" id="edit-nid" value="1886249" /> <input type="submit" name="op" value="Vote" class="form-submit" /> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[form_id]" id="edit-form_id" value="epoll_view_voting" /> </div> </div></form> <!-- no strip poll --></noscript><!-- no strip poll --> http://www.citizensugar.com/1886249#comment China Citizen Poll Made in the USA Political T-Shirts Poll Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:00:10 -0700 CitizenSugar http://www.citizensugar.com/1886249 http://www.citizensugar.com/1568693 <!-- no strip poll --><!-- no rss --><div id="epoll-view-1568693"></div><script type="text/javascript">new Ajax.Request('/epoll/view/1568693',{method:'get',onSuccess:function(transport){var epoll=$('epoll-view-1568693');epoll.update(transport.responseText);}});</script><noscript><!-- /no rss --><p><p><span class="inline left"><img src="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/19/193328/17_2008/cnn-pictures.preview.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image right preview" height="460"></span> Apparently <b>CNN</b> is the network with all the news that's fit to wear. </p> <p>For some unknown reason (April Fool's is over), <b>CNN</b> is <a href="http://www.cnn.com/tshirt/allshirts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">offering t-shirts</a> featuring headlines from its online video reports. Um, random. </p> <p>With your headline of choice, and the tagline, "I just saw it on CNN.com," the shirts come in flashing, custom-styles like: crew-neck, black, white, or gray. All for the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/tshirt/faq/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">low-low price</a> of $15 (plus tax and shipping costs, of course).</p> <p>Is this shameless promotion, or a humorous way to spread news? <a href="http://www.cnn.com/tshirt/index.html?headline=Weird%20fish%20leave%20sea%2C%20spawn%20on%20beach&amp;date=1208775827000&amp;hash=9153f55625ac032cb58bdd3882e94b18&amp;return_uri=http://www.cnn.com/video/%23/video/offbeat/2008/04/21/ca.grunion.run.cnn&amp;session_id=&amp;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a></p> </p><!-- no strip poll --><form action="/1568693" method="post" id="epoll_view_voting"> <div><div class="poll"> <div class="vote-form"> <div class="choices"><div class="form-item"> <label>Would You Wear a CNN Headline on Your Shirt?</label> <div class="form-item"> <label class="option"><input type="radio" name="edit[choice]" value="0" class="form-radio" /> Yay! It's a creative way to sport my news-junkie pride.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label class="option"><input type="radio" name="edit[choice]" value="1" class="form-radio" /> Nay. If I'm going to be a walking-advertisement, it has to be fab!</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label class="option"><input type="radio" name="edit[choice]" value="2" class="form-radio" /> Other. I'll tell you in the comments.</label> </div> </div> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[nid]" id="edit-nid" value="1568693" /> <input type="submit" name="op" value="Vote" class="form-submit" /> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[form_id]" id="edit-form_id" value="epoll_view_voting" /> </div> </div></form> <!-- no strip poll --></noscript><!-- no strip poll --> http://www.citizensugar.com/1568693#comment Citizen Poll CNN Political T-Shirts Poll Yay or Nay Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:30:46 -0700 LibertySugar http://www.citizensugar.com/1568693