its prophecy, this nation is going down!

If you're expecting the government of ANY country to give a shi*t about you & your family, you're sadly mistaken. The joke will be on you.
Republican & Democrats are the same thing, only there to keep us divided & to get re-elected. That's their only function - to get re-elected & perpetuate "no change". If/when the people of America ever get together and throw 'em out, that's when we'll see real change.
Until then, dummies, keep arguing about gay marriage, abortion, & "family values", and keep this country stuck in the mud (and the dark ages).
We need to learn (all of us, not just the govt) to mind our own business, and take care of ourselves. Cause the govt sure ain't gonna. In the words of George Carlin, "Hope is the most obscene word in the English language...".

mtk-
Cant agree with you more. I at one time supported Obama my self as in 2008 I couldnt stand the Bush era crap of needless wars, the Patriot Act taking away our freedoms and irrational national debt. I believed Obama might have the answers and be the needed change the country needed. I even went so far as re-registering as a Independent from the GOP which I still consider myself today.
I was planning to vote for Obama untill a friend gave a book that changed my whole mind and got me seriously involved in reading and educating myself. The book was by Dr. Ron Paul and was called "The Revolution" it made me realize Obama was the same as Bush and nothing was going to change. The book to me was really Revolutionary. Do I agree 100% with him on everything? No. However what he said made sense.
Since then I educate my self daily on everything from Healthcare to Cap & Trade To Auditing The Fed. If more people too the time to truly Educate their selves to what is going on we would vote EVERYONE OUT in 2010 and 2012. We need true revolution to clean out the crap that is know as our government.
Food For Thought for all the people that like to think it was all Bushes fault .... what do you say to the fact that Congress has been Democratically controlled since 2006? Harry Ried, Pelosi, ect ... all supporters of the war and many of the Bush era policies.
EDUCATE YOUR SELVES as it will only make this country a better place!

Did we not learn anything from the Bush era? THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO! Understand that. I think a big reason why bush didnt get hated on for the invasion was becasuse it followed 9-11 which all American were angry about. That is why alot of the unconstitutional actions were allowed to pass right infront of us. Bush and Obama no different, get it through you thick skull. Saying that Bush left a mess is a sorry cop out. Bush did leave a huge mess, and Obama is adding to the mess. If there is one thing the Bush admin did do is wake people up to corrupt gov't, at least it did me. I as an American will no longer except any more excuses.

I do agree that dissent/critism should occur no matter who is in power as jimjones said but also agreed that obama inherited a ton of disasterous shit and its only been so long.
Its pretty naive to have expected a radical insurgent revolution in the white house the moment obama took office.
He's got some pretty stiff opposition and they're in full tea party mode, it hasnt even been an entire year since he's taken office.
Free him from critism? No, of course not.
Cut him some slack with perspective? I think so. A bit more anyhow

True, Spooney, posting a blog isn't "really the same thing" as making shirts - what is your point? We call it like we see it, using the tools we have, regardless of what personality holds the office. In any case, I think debating the substantive issues is more interesting than angry ad hominems.

wow you posted something on your blog!

almost no one did anything like that... great work!

i'm talking about selling tee shirts.
posting something on a blog and designing(?), manufacturing, marketing and selling tee shirts aren't really the same thing
so you whispered during bush and you're yelling during obama...
i wait with anticipation to see fat angry white hillbillies wearing freshjive shirts at "teabagger" rallies
"when you think freshjive, think teabagging"

spooney d. - it was here:

http://www.freshjive.com/theworldsgotproblems/1/terror-wars/48/7-weddings-and-a-bunch-of-funerals-and-mutilated-bodies-in-the-us-war-of-terror

and here:

http://www.freshjive.com/theworldsgotproblems/1/terror-wars/4/the-us-torture-program

etc.

i just wonder where freshjive's mock outrage was at during the past administration?

(and anyone's argument that bush is no longer president is moot since you then would have me disregard every administration prior to he current)

Wow. This has been an excellent exchange.

1. ANYONE DEFENDING OBAMA AGAINST BROKE-ASS ROSENCRANTZ AND FRESHJIVE HERE NEEDS TO CHECK THEMSELVES. OPPRESSORS OWN SHIT. THESE GUYS ARE GROUND UP INFORMERS.

2. TAKE A SECOND AND ACTUALLY ASK YOURSELF WHETHER YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THIS BLOG HAS DOCUMENTED OR NOT. THE SOURCE ARE VALID AND THE IDEAS ARE NOT DISCUSSED ELSEWHERE - HENCE UNPOPULAR ... DOES IT MAKE THEM LESS TRUE? NO.

3. THIS IS AN INDEPENDENTLY-OWNED STREETWEAR COMPANY WITH A WELL-WRITTEN, EXTREMELY WELL-RESEARCHED AND EDITED POLITICAL SITE. THEIR ALLEGIANCE IS TO NO PARTY OR RELIGION OR STATE OR NATION OR FLAG - THAT'S REALLY REALLY RARE AND COOL AND OUGHT TO BE DEFENDED.

4. MY GUESS IS MANY OF YOU ARE FIRST TIME VOTERS AND YOU WANT YOUR GUY OBAMA TO BE IN THE RIGHT BECAUSE YOU PICKED HIM. BUT HE ISN'T. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO MAKE HIM DO WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT THAT TO VOTE FOR HIM SO HE CAN DO WHAT ESTABLISHMENT WANTS HIM TO DO. TO ACHIEVE THAT - WE MUST CRITICIZE AND INFORM HIM. TELL HIM WHAT WE HATE AND PUT A STOP TO IT. THE GOOD NEWS IS HE ISN'T BUSH OR MCCAIN AND THE DEMS CLAIM TO LISTEN. YOU CAN STILL VOTE FOR HIM AND CRITICIZE HIM. IN FACT, GUESS WHAT? IT'S YOUR DUTY BECAUSE YOU VOTED FOR HIM.

well done Rosencrantz. an excellent series. Obama and the usa need to be out of afganistan, iraq, japan and everywhere else. Bring the troops home, empty the prisons of the bogus convicts (drug crimes and etc.) and lets work it out in the streets. The usa is sick and twisted and just wrong - doesn't matter who the president is if the people don't get off their asses, read, learn, educate and lead.

a lot of these comments are enraged ad clearly from idiots who know nothing of what is actually happening. WAKE UP! Rosencrantz and Freshjive are ON THE MONEY! Change happens because we make it happen ... not because the system elects a black man.
later,

mtk

To Evan T. -- Executive Order 13490 was signed by Obama on his second day in office, and then he contradicted this order a few days later when he started giving "waivers" to certain lobbyists so that they could, in fact, serve in his Administration. I posted about this way back in March, after he granted such a waiver to William Lynn, a lobbyist for weapons developer Raytheon. Here is a link to that post:

http://www.freshjive.com/theworldsgotproblems/2/emperor-obama/64/reasonable-exceptions

Actions speak louder than words. But if Obama is really going to take the self-imposed ban on lobbyists seriously now, after almost a year, that would be a good thing. But he has already gone back on this promise at least a few times.

And I don't agree with you that I have a "personal bias" towards Obama. I have never met him. My evaluation of him as office holder is based on his public record. But again, thanks for reading and commenting.

Hey Mr. Rosencrantz, let me start by saying that I do appreciate your response and blog entries. In a world filled with disinformation and the "spinning of news", I find your post both thought provoking and intelligent. I am curious as to how you feel about Executive Order 13490, which ultimately "bars anyone appointed by the President who has been a federally-registered lobbyist within the past two years from working on particular matters or in the specific areas in which they lobbied or from serving in agencies they had lobbied."
From the tones of your blog posting it is clear that you view Obama as maintaining the status quo in regards to lobbyist. However, this executive order appears--- at least on its face--- to be Obama's reaffirmation of his fight against lobbyist. Keep in mind that D.C. is so intertwined with lobbyist that there is virtually no chance that an American president could ever completely eliminate their influence. But at the very least, this is perhaps the most significant step that any American president has taken towards eradicating the filth that plagues Capitol Hill.
In all likelihood, your own personal biases towards Obama will skew any reasonable interpretations of Obama's order. You will continue to abhor the president on the grounds that he has done either too little/too late or that everything is just disguised rhetoric. It is true that the order does not apply to federally registered lobbyist appointed by agency or department heads, the overall spirit and attitude of the order should not be lost on Americans--- including the adverse skeptics of the United States.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/27/obama-pushes-lobbyists-of_n_372070.html

Well done. Outstanding tee. After reading all the comments it feels good to know that some people have woken up and see past party lines and see that there is no difference. Ill buy one.

Ouch pretty harsh Freshjive. Very dissappointed in you guys. I respect everyones opinion but this just seems like an attempt at selling tees. Will probably (and hopefully) fail tho. Very good comments however, good to see an abundance of intelligent individuals who think for themselves (for the most part).

Thanks to everybody for their thoughtful comments. I thought I'd jump in here to address some of the criticisms...

-Many criticisms come in the form of the "Obama is not Omnipotent / Give Him Time / It Has Only Been a Year" variety. To this I respond that the "Continuities" series has been focused on what Obama has chosen to do, not on what he hasn't had time to address yet. You don't have to wait to see what happens to criticize Obama's choice, for example, to create a multi-tiered system of justice (by trying in Federal Court only those "terror suspects" the Government is certain it can convict on evidence, leaving the rest to military commissions which can use hearsay and evidence obtained by torture).

-It is true that escalation in Afghanistan was on Obama's agenda since the campaign, and that no one should be surprised when he actually escalates. But that doesn't make it the right choice, and in any case the purpose of this "Continuities" series, most of which is filed under "Emperor Obama" for anyone who is interested, has been to document the Obama Administration's continuities with Bush's - escalation in Afghanistan is clearly an instance of this.

-True, Perino's appointment to the Broadcasting Board is small potatoes, but is just one more instance of Bush Administration people absorbed by the Obama administation.

-Some criticize the post for neglecting some other issue, such as the bailout, health care, Iraq, etc. These issues have been covered in other posts. To read about Obama's sellouts to Big Pharm or to the Medical Insurance industry, for example, look under "Invisible Hand".

- And to those "Real America" types and their "we need another 9-11", or to the people who are proud to "follow" Kanye on political matters instead of thinking for themselves - you guys are so angry. What up with that?

Afghanistan is an area that the US needs to address. In fact, both the democrat party and Obama based their platform on this need. Moreover, Obama's campaign focused on the Afghan conflict as a reason why we need to pull out of Iraq. Notice how the blogger above makes no mention to any SUBSTANTIAL failures that the Obama administration is responsible for in regards to the Iraq War.
The truth of the matter is, the Iraq war was my biggest concern last fall. The Obama administration has met my expectations thus far, or at the least have demonstrated an honest efforts to follow through. Healthcare was the second issue I was concerned with. While Obama's plan is raw and undeveloped, I am encouraged by the fact that the Senate and legislature has began to acknowledge the problems that are inherent in our healthcare system.
Soldiers returning from Iraq may rest easy, for the Obama administration has their back. Obama has chosen the best person to look after them in Secretary of Veteran Affairs Gen.(Ret.) Eric Shinseki. Shinseki is a true soldier and American hero, and in the wakes of the Ft. Hood tragedies, it is clear that our soldiers need our help---something the Bush administration failed to offer.
Obama is not perfect, nor has he proven to be everything he has promised us. However, it is far to early to abandon ship. Obama has more then demonstrated that, regardless of any failures or victories, he is making an honest effort. I cannot fault the man this soon in the game.

At least this company is the first to realize obama aint workin' for anyone except the elite.....
FALL OF THE REPUBLIC: http://www.youtube.com/user/changedachannel?blend=1&ob=4#p/a/u/0/VebOTc-7shU

Hope? Nope.

Torture prosecutions were and are a lost cause. Everyone knows that punishing the lowly underlings who were "just following orders" would be little more than scapegoating. Full accountability would mean putting Cheney AND Bush on trial. Prostitution and Weed will both get legalized before that happens.
Part of closing Guantanamo meant releasing some of them in the U.S. Sound idea........RADIOACTIVE politically. Even Democrat Congressmen went apeshit at the mere thought of releasing the comically non-threatening Uighurs in the U.S. (w/ tons of law enforcement and ankle braclets watching their every move, no less)
DADT is supposed to end in the next defense appropriations bill, according to Barney Frank. Ridiculous HIV travel ban (brain child of Jesse "Bigot" Helms) has been lifted.
I never heard of teh Broadcasting Board of Governors until I read this blog post. Who gives a shit, honestly.
If Afghanistan surprises you, that's because you willfully tuned out the foreign policy portion of *EVERY* speech he gave during the campaign.
Considering the shit he's dealing with, I think he's doing a good job.
The "fading" thing is a cool shirt idea though. You'll get a ton of business from the Tea Party crowd. Expect to see those shirts at the next Glenn Beck march.

Don't forget we're still in Iraq too. Anyone who believes we'll ever leave is a fool. We're still in Germany after over 60 years. Wake up people!

LOL at another street wear company trying to be progressive. stick to what you do kids, make shitty streetwear. you can't even make your own designs!
and y'all probably started this brand from your parents bank account anyway!

NYTIMES, PBS, etc. etc. - owned by republicans.

NYTIMES, PBS, etc. etc. - owned by republicans.

freshjive will be bankrupt before obama's term is over. you guys blew it bigtime with this. who the fuck do you think buys your shit? who did we vote for? who do we respect and listen to and follow?? Tony Hawk, Sheperd Fairy, KAWS, Jay-Z, Kanye, punks, hip hop, artists, etc. pretty much everyone who supports Obama. Good luck, you just lost my busines and everyone I can send this jackass link to. PEACE OUT SCUMBAGS. BOYCOTT FRESHJIVE.

excellent..it's one big scam by both parties... the only thing that "changes" is whose turn it is to steal from the people...THIRD PARTY time please

How the hell do you expect Obama to change the entire UNITED FuCKING STATES in a matter of months. It took BUSH 8 motherfucking YEARS to screw up America. MIRICLES DONT COME OVER NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the great depression lasted 10 years consider another couple years for this shit.

Opportunist.

to stuart ullman- You sir have absolutely no idea what's wrong with this country. People like you who think that everything republicans do is amazing and the best thing for America are the problem with this country. Sorry to the other conservatives that aren't as close minded. Bush Number 2, and I call him number 2 cause he was a big piece of shit, did nothing but attempt to benefit himself and his fathers friends at our most dire time 8 years ago. You wouldn't have to worry about where your tax dollars were going if we didn't have a big money pit in the middle east where they seem to literally wipe their asses with hundred dollar bills! Why do you think there is a song called ARAB money? Maybe if we didn't go over there trying to prove our dicks are bigger, the rich ass saudi's and UAE fucks would parlay a portion of their trillions our way!!!

Nice!

Dissent is patriotic. Question everything. These classic liberal rallying cries should remain relevant regardless of who is in power. Politics is a shady business and it is our responsibility to hold them accountable PERIOD. Time will tell I suppose. You know what they say - hope in one hand, shit in the other and see which one fills up first.

Well well well....less than a year goes by and you neo-cons decide to slither from the shit hole you were born from. I'll play devils advocate and say that Obama would get a C if i were grading him. You must take into consideration he took on a recesssion, two failed wars, a failing healthcare system, auto industry meltdown, etc. No excuses are being made for him. I would like to think that any person, regardless of their political beliefs, would understand that these things take time.
I recommend that you conservatives continue to "cling to your guns and religion"..since it seems that you've lost complete faith in America. Its funny...i think a good portion of us so-called "libs" felt like the way you do for the last 8 years. And for the dude who said "Libs" are whiners...You conservatives have been bitching about roe vs wade for over 30 years stfu.

I would not expect massive changes in a year. However, I would expect to see a little change. I've seen none and it is still looking like the past 8 long horrible years.

When Obama appointed his Goldman Sachs overlords to run Treasury and The Fed, you had to know the fix was in.

there are things that can be done in one year, not the economy , not the wars but DADT...c'mon. Obama the Compromiser even in the face of Republican do nothings...Shut them the fuck up! and do what's best for the country not for the Republican shit heads!

Your all bugging!!!! Do you know how long it took to mess this country up? Your expecting some quick fix? Who care what a ex-rave brand has to say.

Wishing another 9/11 on the country is beyond being right about your choice of government. It is treason and you should be labeled as a terrorist.
fuck those who think their way of thinking is more righteous than the next mans.

Liberals are such whiners. Obama is putting up the top rate of tax, has agreed hate crimes legislation for gays, has got socialised medicine as far as it has ever been, is moving one of the worlds most dangerous terrorists for trial in New York and remains committed to pulling out of Iraq. Yet, when W failed to ban abortion and spent like a drunken sailor did you see Conservatives wearing a similar T-Shirt? No, as conservatives dont whinge!

ranters paradise, please read the health care bill k thanks.

Let's give him one term before we break out the pitchforks and torches.

Obama Sucks.

Stop blaming Bush for all your problems. He's gone Obama is here. You got what you wanted, a baby with no experience running a candy store. Now suck it, you spoiled brats. You're what wrong with this country. Liberalism is Fascism. From FDR to Carter to Obama... Go mooch of your parents and stop stealing my hard earned tax dollars.

do you really expect obama to fix a nation that bush destroyed over 8 years? its gonna take time people patience is a virtue. What would you think would've happened if palin and mccain were in office? lol it would be fucked up more than it is now.

Nothing is going to "Change" Hope and pray all you want. This guy is done. One term; Like Carter. Mark my words. Most you idiots just started paying attention to politics. the rest of you don't know your ass from your elbow. Fuck you haters. You did'nt like Bush cuz he had a set of balls and most of you are still sucking off your parents. Obama is a weak little man, who failed 2 month in office. Hate America all you want. We will never die; We are here to stay and coming for you pussies.

We need another 9/11 bigger and better...hopefully we can give the little boys & girls in LA a does of reality.

This t-shirt is point-on, and I want to get one. I voted for Obama, and celebrated when he won, and still support him. But Obama's victory has been incredibly demobilizing in the grassroots. People have become complacent, and we've got to get loud to get Obama back to the agenda that got him elected. This shirt helps. How do I get one? My friends need one too.

shoulda voted for ron paul bitches

you all are idiots if u think everything would b changed in 1 term lol be serious...it took us 8 years to get here and u expect one man to fix it within his 1st 6 months in office? kill yourself lol

i don't think people were expecting everything to change immediately, but we were at least expecting 'something' to change. From my point of view, nothing has changed, and in fact, our escalation in Afghanistan/Pakistan makes me have even less hope for any kind of change.
It would take a good construction crew a month to build a facility like Gitmo, so don't try to tell me that shutting it down takes longer than a year. In fact, Obama won't even give a timeline on it anymore, so I can almost guarantee that it won't be shut down... ever.
When a Presidential candidate is making promises like the following during their campaign, and a year after their election, they're contemplating sending about 30,000 more troops into the war they promised to end, you have to ask yourself whether or not you were bamboozled.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LsSppYxSHk

What I most dislike about Obama's presidency is his economic team - Paulson, Geithner, Summers, Bernanke - all crooks from Wall St who are looking out for their Goldman-Sachs cronies.
Listen to Sen. Ron Paul - we need to audit the Fed and steps are being taken finally.
Of course cannot be done in Obama's first year, but this is the perfect opportunity to take dramatic progressive measures to change our society. He only has three years left and hope is not a strategy.

You know what is so crazy?
The right think he's turning the country into a socialist state, when he's doing nothing of the kind.

For a really good leftist critique of Obama, check out Paul Street's articles on www.zmag.org/znet.

If you believe that categorically continuing Bush's agendas is a path to any change at all, the pity's on you. And much the rest of the country.

if you expected everything to change in one year (let alone four), the jokes on you.