Sunday, Feb. 05, 2006

These Ts Have 'Tude!

By Clayton Neuman

Fashion statements can be risky, as antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan, below, and a Congressman's support-the-troops wife learned last week when they got booted from the Capitol for sporting political T shirts. Here's a look at other wearable agendas.

RACE RELATIONS

Mayor Ray Nagin's call for a "chocolate New Orleans" sounded pretty tasty to a Louisiana man who has sold some 3,000 WILLY NAGIN AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY shirts at imnotchocolate.com

GENETIC WARS

After President Bush called for a ban on "human-animal hybrids" in the State of the Union address, humananimalhybrid.net sprang up to mock the oversimplification of complex issues

FISCAL POLICY

As Alan Greenspan ended his 18-year reign as Federal Reserve Chairman last week, yque.com was primed to capitalize on the maestro's legacy--and bizarre pop-culture appeal