Those magnets on cars annoy me. According to one of the many websites that sell these eyesores, the purpose of a magnet is to allow for its removal during washing. So that you can wash under the magnet? I don't quite understand. I see many dirty magnets on dirty cars. Stickers are a better way of expressing a commitment. A magnet expresses a mood. You can easily remove the magnet when dating a lefty or driving somewhere the "support the troop" sentiment might get you labled a fascist or worse. Or you can add additional magnets when going somewhere like the woodlot on the Marine base in Twentynine Palms. It's easy to be wishy washy with magnets. It's easy to waffle with magnets. Magnet people are flip-floppers.

The big problem with this sweater is that it is a bit too obtuse. The folks that might appreciate the sentiment are also the people who assume that these yellow ribbon things are actually stickers and not magnets at all. A magnet wouldn't even enter their brain as a possibility. They are sticker people. And the magnet people see a yellow ribbon and say "rah-rah." So the sweater looks like a big ole yellow ribbon sweater and not a "fuck the yellow ribbon" sweater.

The front is a big yellow ribbon that says "Steal this magnet," hopefully encouraging magnets to be stolen and thus encouraging magnet people to become sticker people since stickers are harder to steal. The sleeve has a yellow ribbon and underneath it says "OIL WAR." Unfortunately, this is hard to read because "OIL WAR" gets bunched up over the wrist so again it just looks like a yellow ribbon.

The back says "Support" on the yellow ribbon and underneath says "The American Way" and there are pictures of the flag, a cross, and a gun and the yellow ribbon again turned to look like a Jesus fish. Again, it just looks pro- rah rah American jingoistic bullshit.

The sweater would be a total failure if not for the fact that the shape is a traditional sweater shape figured out by the percentage system. I made a seperate neckband and the whole thing is very nice and sweatery.