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Student Arrested, Suspended for Wearing Offensive T-Shirt to School

TTime — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:42:55 +0000

By Nathaniel Cary • STAFF WRITER • April 4, 2008

A Bryson Middle School eighth-grader was arrested and suspended from school after he wore a T-shirt to school Thursday with a KKK symbol on it.

The student showed up to lunch with two shirts on and briefly lifted his top shirt to reveal a white T-shirt with the symbol, slogan and picture of a noose on it. The shirt “caused a tremendous amount of disruption in the cafeteria,” an incident report stated.

The student was immediately suspended from school and recommended for expulsion, the report said.

Later in the day, students passed notes saying some were planning to wear similar shirts today. Principal Phillip Davie addressed the involved students yesterday.

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Teen Sues to Wear T-Shirt at School

TTime — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:21:51 +0000

by Kevin Boie

A Waxahachie High School sophomore is suing the school district for the right to wear a T-shirt supporting John Edwards as a 2008 presidential candidate.

The Liberty Legal Institute on Tuesday announced that it was suing the Waxahachie Independent School District on behalf of Pete Palmer and his parents.

According to an institute representative, the district violated Palmer’s constitutional right to free speech when it sent him home from school in October for wearing the shirt, threatening him with suspension if he did so again.

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Police Arrest Anti-War Protester, 80, at Mall

TTime — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:33:59 +0000

BY ANASTASIA ECONOMIDES AND MATTHEW CHAYES
March 30, 2008

An 80-year-old church deacon was removed from the Smith Haven Mall yesterday in a wheelchair and arrested by police for refusing to remove a T-shirt protesting the Iraq War.

Police said that Don Zirkel, of Bethpage, was disturbing shoppers at the Lake Grove mall with his T-shirt, which had what they described as "graphic anti-war images." Zirkel, a deacon at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Wyandanch, said his shirt had the death tolls of American military personnel and Iraqis - 4,000 and 1 million - and the words "Dead" and "Enough." The shirt also has three blotches resembling blood splatters.

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Court Says Man Can Continue To Sell Tasteless Walmart Parody T-Shirts

TTime — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:01:54 +0000

Score one for the First Amendment:

A Conyers man may continue criticizing Wal-Mart with parodies on T-shirts that compare the retail giant to the Holocaust and al-Qaida terrorists, a federal judge has ruled.
Timothy Batten in Atlanta ruled that Charles Smith may maintain his Web sites, www.walocaust.com and www.walqaeda.com. Smith also may continue to sell novelty, satirical merchandise that criticizes the company, the judge said.

"It’s great," Smith, 50, from Conyers, said Tuesday about the ruling. "I’m relieved. Whenever you go into litigation against such a big company, you never know the outcome."

"This is a resounding victory for First Amendment rights and sends a clear message to big corporations that would try to use their deep pockets to intimidate and silence their critics," said one of Smith’s attorneys, Paul Alan Levy of Public Citizen.

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Swimming: Cavic Banned for Revealing Political Slogan on T-Shirt

TTime — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:27:30 +0000

By Derek Parr in Eindhoven
Saturday, 22 March 2008

The Serbian gold medal-winner, Milorad Cavic, has been banned from further individual events at the European swimming championships for wearing a T-shirt with a political slogan. Serbia’s swimming federation was fined €7,000 (£5,453) after Cavic breached competition rules during his 50m butterfly-victory ceremony earlier this week, the European swimming’s governing body, LEN, said.

Cavic, based in the United States, wore the T-shirt bearing the words "Kosovo is Serbia" in his own language on Wednesday after breaking the European 50 butterfly record for the second time in two days to win Serbia’s first European swimming title. Serbia are not due to swim the two remaining men’s relays, so he is effectively out of the championships.

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T.W.A.T.

TTime — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:45:31 +0000

TWAT – The War Against Terrorism

Title got your attention didn’t it?!

TWATsupplies is a brand dedicated to bringing awareness to our troops. TWATsupplies has created catchy statements that will make anyone, and I mean anyone, open there eyes just a little wider.

It’s not just the funny factor that people buy the shirts for, it’s for the reason behind it.

For every item sold a percentage of the proceeds of each sale goes directly to “Operation Enduring Care”. Operation Enduring Care was designed to help meet the recovery needs of injured service members, their families, and the medical personnel who care for the wounded. The program also includes support for funeral escorts, mortuary personnel and honor guards serving fallen troops.

The t-shirts are very outgoing and funny but remember it is for a great cause. Remember why we’re a free country and why we are able to do what we do everyday. Visit the website at www.twatsupplies.com and buy a TWAT product today.

Voter Turned Away for T-Shirt

TTime — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:58:11 +0000

Polling irregularities mar Ohio’s primary election on March 4

By Matt Koesters

When Bradley Tucker, 25, arrived to vote at his polling location in Mt. Healthy early Tuesday, March 4, he was ready to support his candidate. Tucker showed his support by wearing a Barack Obama campaign sweatshirt and a matching button. He was ready to vote.

He wasn’t ready to be confronted by a poll worker for his choice of clothing.

"When he came up to me, I was kind of surprised, because I had never dealt with this question while voting," said Mr. Tucker. "I could see if I was standing in line, chanting ‘Obama,’ but I was just standing there waiting my turn and not speaking to anyone."

Mr. Tucker said a poll worker at the Lakeknoll Drive polling location instructed him to cease campaigning and informed him he would have to remove his sweatshirt prior to being allowed to cast his ballot. Mr. Tucker said he was not campaigning and refused to take off his sweatshirt, and was eventually permitted to vote by another poll worker without having to change his attire.

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Don’t Wear your ‘Barack Rocks’ Shirt to the Polls

TTime — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:29:16 +0000

By James Cummings

If you’ve wearing a Hillary Clinton T-shirt or a Barack Obama button, you’ll probably be told to cover it up before voting in Montgomery County, said Steve Harsman, director of the county Board of Elections.

The law in Ohio prohibits electioneering within 100 feet of the polls, and Harsman said that extends to buttons or apparel that endorse a specific candidate or take a position on an issue on the ballot. Leafletting is also prohibited within 100 feet of the polls.

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Shirt with Gun Image Banished on Campus

TTime — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:04:22 +0000

By Bob Unruh
© 2008 WorldNetDaily

Student files lawsuit after order not to wear statement of support for war, military uncle

First, there was the piece of paper that could go off, then it was the "loaded" ballpoint, and now there’s the silk-screened image on a T-shirt that poses a danger.

A Pennsylvania student who wore a T-shirt to school to express his support for the American war on terror and to honor his uncle, a warrior in the battle, has been told he cannot do that.

At issue is a decision by Donald Miller III to wear to his school in the Penn Manor School District a T-shirt with the following slogans on the front and back:

"Volunteer Homeland Security" and "Special issue – Resident – Lifetime License United States Terrorist Hunting Permit – Permit No. 91101 Gun Owner – No Bag Limit"

The shirt also had a silk-screened image of a handgun silhouette. And all that, according to the school, broke several rules.

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Admirers of Constitution Booted for Wearing Impeach T-shirts in DC

TTime — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:39:29 +0000

With the original First Amendment "Freedom of Speech" looking on, admirers of the U.S. Constitution in the Washington D.C. National Archives Building today were ordered to leave for wearing tee-shirts reading "Impeach Bush and Cheney." Many of the tourist-activists were in town to hail the arrival of impeachment marcher John Nirenberg, the 61 year-old college professor who has just walked from Boston to D.C. to call attention to the need for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney.

In a telephone interview, one of the participants, Susan Serpa, age 56, told me she was looking at the displays when a female security guard approached her and said "You need to go speak to that man over there" indicating a burly security guard. When Serpa asked why, the woman said: "Your shirt." Serpa’s shirt reads on the front: "Impeach Bush and Cheney, Change History." On the reverse it says: "MaineImpeach.org."

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Autism T-shirt Challenges Political Correctness

TTime — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:28:34 +0000

As reported by the BBC, 10 year old Sam Rodwell, from Dorest UK, was asked to change his T-Shirt that read "Autism - It’s No Mystery, It’s Mercury", while at school one day. Sam is one of 64 students at Portfield School in Poole, a specialized school for Autistic children run by The Wessex Autistic Society. His T-shirt declares the common criticism that Autism has a link to the Mercury content in preservatives used in vaccines.

Sam’s father told the BBC, "Sam wears that T-shirt because he is mercury tested. We have had him tested and he does have mercury toxicity." Sam would have been wearing the T-Shirt on an outing for the children to a playground and the school informed his mother that he would have to change his T-shirt or wouldn’t be allowed to attend. The Wessex Autistic Society chief executive, Bob Lowndes felt the T-Shirt would have drawn unnecessary attention to the children’s condition. The staff at Portfield School also told Sam’s father, David Rodwell, that wearing the T-shirt was politically incorrect.

Rodwell said that after the staff replaced the T-shirt, "(Sam) was very upset. It’s political correctness gone mad. Who is to decide what is politically correct and what isn’t?" Mr. Rodwell also mentioned that removing the T-shirt was inconsistent with the school’s policy, as Sam has wore similar shirts in the past.

You can see the T-shirt which the National Autism Association has for sale on their website: www.nationalautismassociation.org

T-Shirt using U.S. Soldiers’ Names Under Attack

TTime — Tue, 22 May 2007 22:52:56 +0000

"Bush Lied…They Died" reads a T-shirt sold by Dan Frazier out of Flagstaff, Arizona. The T-shirt lists over 3,000 names of fallen U.S soldiers in Iraq as a protest of the war. The T-shirts, among other paraphernalia, have recently come under scrutiny in several states including, Louisiana and Oklahoma, where a ban was passed on using the name of fallen U.S. Soldiers for commercial purposes. Florida and Texas have similar bans in the form of legislation waiting to be past, and now Arizona is considering such legislation.

The main opposition to such bans is a question of constitutional rights as Freedom of Speech, but in the case of Frazier’s Anti-War T-Shirts, it can be considered commercial speech, which is not entirely protected by 1st Amendment Rights, and subject to state regulation. Others have argued that use of the names is in public record and can be used in Plays, performances and articles, which may also generate commercial income. Some feel that placing the ban for use on commercial products like T-Shirts would undermine this allowance of public record. An Arizona State University Law Professor, Paul Bender, says that in the case of Frazier, he is not selling anything on the T-Shirt and is only making a political statement. The legislation in each state was largely influenced by the families of the fallen soldiers, who see a certain amount of disrespect in their loved ones’ names being used on Anti-War paraphernalia. Members of the families have said that their loved ones’ names should not be used to promote a political statement they might not have agreed with.

The legislation in Arizona would impose a fine of up to $2,500 on individuals and $20,000 on enterprises, along with 6 months jail time. It would also allow military families the right to sue over the use of their loved ones’ names without permission. The Florida legislation would only impose a $1,000 fine on commercial use of the Soldiers’ names without permission on items like T-Shirts.

While no prosecutions have been made in Louisiana and Oklahoma, a great deal of attention has been placed on Frazier’s possible case in Arizona, as a Phoenix area mother plans to sue him over use of her son’s name if the bill passes. The bills not only cover the use of names on T-shirts, but also photos of the soldiers used without permission. Congressional representatives in Texas, Florida and Arizona still have yet to decided whether or not to pass the ban and have made little indication of how they will decide.

Though illegal in two states, Frazier is still selling the Anti-War T-Shirts on his website, www.carryabigsticker.com

Original news source - Paul Davenport, Associated Press

Buy a T-Shirt for Pregnant Women, get free “Pregnancy”

TTime — Thu, 10 May 2007 04:20:23 +0000

Pregnancy Magazine is featuring a special promotion for women who buy a T-shirt, with the phrase, "Expect Good Things" on it. By purchasing the $38 T-Shirt, buyers will get a 6 month subscription to the magazine, for a total of 6 issues. The brown T-Shirt displays the phrase discretely across the front, adorned by familiar adjectives and verbs associated to pregnancy, like Love, Wonder, Cuddles, etc., in the background.

Of course the "Expect Good Things" Tee is designed for expectant mothers, as it comes from a partnership with Maternity Wear fashion designers, 2 Chix, out of Los Angeles, which sells "hip, trendy and fun" designs. The T-Shirt comes in what the company calls, a vintage styled wear, that is 100% Cotton, preshrunk for blossoming bellies. Moms-to-be can wear the T-Shirt proudly, announcing their news, and get loads of useful knowledge from Pregnancy Magazine, a combo that is both fashionable and intelligent.

The T-Shirt can be purchased at the www.2chix.com website, which is also linked from the homepage of www.pregnancymagazine.com

Offensive T-Shirts Confiscated

TTime — Sun, 06 May 2007 18:05:14 +0000

By Nasouh Nazzal, Staff Reporter

Ras Al Khaimah: Inspectors from the Department of Economic Development seized large quantities of T-shirts with "No Mohammad" printed on them, which were found to be offensive to Islam.

Faisal Bin Fares, the Deputy Director at the Department of Economic Development said merchandise with a statement that offends the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) by using his name in vain were seized at a shop in Ras Al Khaimah. He added that a Dh2,000 fine was imposed on the shop.

He stressed that inspectors confiscated all merchandise with this statement, adding that the market will be scanned for similar products to ensure that shops adhere to the protection of Islam and the Prophet.

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And you wore it well

TTime — Sun, 06 May 2007 18:01:43 +0000

If you lived though rock’s golden age and all you got was that lousy Genesis T-shirt, don’t despair: you could be the owner of a valuable cultural artefact. Paul Morley remembers the time when merchandising actually meant something

As you slip into your favourite Sunday T-shirt, consider how much history is pressed into the garment and how much the image, logo or slogan that is, or isn’t, on the front, explains about your age, sex and cultural preferences.

You are dressing yourself in history and opening yourself up to interpretation. T-shirts as we know them - basic T-shaped undershirts that became over-garments once teenage fashion kicked in after the Second World War, took their shape in the late 19th century.

Legend has it that sailors, about to be inspected by Queen Victoria, were ordered to add sleeves to their working vests so that she would not have to face their hairy armpits.

By 1913, American sailors were wearing something that resembled our idea of a T-shirt underneath their itchy uniforms. At the end of the 1920s, the word ‘T-shirt’, already used by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel This Side of Paradise, made it into Webster’s Dictionary. Souvenir T-shirts promoting The Wizard of Oz in 1939 became instant collector’s items.

An American soldier featured on the cover of Life in July 1942 sporting a T-shirt

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T(shirt) Times

TTime — Sun, 06 May 2007 17:58:03 +0000

By Jon Maletz
Aspen, CO Colorado

I could feel the man behind the pro shop desk eyeing me the moment I walked through the Aspen Golf Club doors.

I went through a checklist in my head. My fly is zipped. The barbecue stain on my left trouser leg is barely noticeable. My shoes match. I’m ready to hit the driving range.

As the man handed me my credit card and two tokens, he paused for a moment, then spoke.

"If you don’t wear a collared shirt next time, you won’t be allowed on the range," he said.

I was apologetic and a bit red in the face. Apparently my unnassuming, plain gray long-sleeved crewneck shirt proclaimed my egregious lack of respect for the sanctity of the game and my fellow golfers. (I can only imagine how he would’ve reacted had I worn my mesh tank top.)

I came to my senses, however, as I passed a man wearing Wranglers and a Hawaiian shirt standing over a 10-footer on the practice green. OK, so he had a collar - the major prerequisite - but he looked like he was dressed for closing day at Aspen Highlands.

I, on the other hand, looked like I had just come from communion. It wasn’t as if I was wearing a Led Zeppelin T-shirt with a cigarette burn on the sleeve or footy pajamas. The outfit, one of my finest, could’ve passed the discriminating taste of my grandfather, who routinely spends entire homilies pointing out the heathens in the first row wearing dungarees.

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Offensive Rutgers T-Shirts Tussle Ends in Accord

TTime — Sun, 06 May 2007 17:51:29 +0000

By Francine Brevetti, BUSINESS WRITER

BERKELEY — A happy ending to an ugly shirt.
What started as a painful confrontation over offensive merchandise from a San Leandro supplier was settled harmoniously this week by management and consumers.

When Brandelyn Castine strolled into the three-level Futura across from the University of California, Berkeley campus on Saturday, she was "shocked to see a T-shirt that read ‘Rutgers Nappy Headed Hoes Basketball Team’ complete with a picture of a basketball with an Afro and an Afro pick."

The T-shirt comes on the heels of radio talk show host Don Imus referring to the Rutgers women’s basketball team as "nappy headed hos." The ensuing outcry led to his dismissal.

After a boycott of the Futura store’s products and a protest rally at the site, manager Jonathan Fernandez, Castine and her supporters reached an agreement this week about the future of merchandise sold at the Telegraph Avenue store.

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70 Students March Against T-Shirts at Telegraph Store

TTime — Fri, 04 May 2007 15:35:13 +0000

70 Students March Against T-Shirts at Telegraph Store BY Sarah Kamshoshy
Contributing Writer

About 70 students marched to Bear Basics yesterday, not to buy clothing, but to protest a number of T-shirts at the store that they called “offensive” and “disrespectful” to people of color.
The protest began after several students complained on Saturday about a shirt the Telegraph Avenue store carried that read “Rutgers Nappy Headed Hoes Basketball Team,” in reference to a comment made by radio host Don Imus about the Rutgers University women’s basketball team.

A manager was asked to stop selling the shirt but he refused, so students began a larger effort to have it removed, said Keyanna Hatcher, a senior and African American studies major who helped organize the rally.

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T-Shirts So Funny it Hurts

TTime — Tue, 01 May 2007 21:17:28 +0000

Ironic slogans of your illness are catching

John Hind
Sunday April 29, 2007
The Observer

Drawing attention to one’s political, social or party attitude (’Pick Flowers Not Fights’) with a fluorescent Eighties-revival Hamnett-esque ‘commentwear’ T-shirt, currently sold in bulk on the high street, is not quite so groovy as spelling out one’s personal illness. Charities are currently competing to produce this year’s proudest, most factually woeful and darkly comical T-shirt.

Wearers of the chest messages ‘Got Morphine?’, ‘Chemo Commando’ and ‘Professional Pin Cushion’ already back the American Cancer Society ‘in fine style’. Diabetic charities are hot on ‘Divabetic’, ‘Death By Chocolate (Seriously)’ and ‘My Pancreas Works On AAA Batteries’. Folk with cardiac defibrillators have ‘I’m Wired’ and ‘Hi-tech Ticker’. Sufferers of strokes, arthritis, burns, epilepsy and brain tumours variously may sport ‘Neural Construction Zone’, ‘Tour Guide At Chernobyl’, ‘Shaken Not Stirred’ and ‘I Have A Brain Tumour… What’s Your Excuse?’

‘I’m With Stupid’ T-Shirts Banned for Royal Visit

TTime — Tue, 01 May 2007 21:13:47 +0000

Americans don’t mind poking fun at George Bush, but when it comes to royalty they get very serious.

As the Queen gets ready to kick off her first tour of the US in 16 years with a visit to Virginia, authorities there have asked people not to greet her wearing ‘I’m With Stupid’ T-shirts.

The popular range has an arrow pointing to the side to humorously insult the person next to the wearer and they fear she may be offended.

The ban has been imposed on 100 ‘commoners’ who have won places in a lottery for a front-row place during a royal walkabout. Virginia’s governor Tim Kaine says the visit will be a ‘very powerful day’ and workers have been out painting fences, installing lampposts and laying bricks and new grass.