Epic Fail

Thomas Jefferson wrote: "I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."

If he were to revisit today, no doubt he would say to us, "Epic fail." If he were in the south, he would say, "Epic fail, y'all." In California he'd say, "Epic fail, dudes." North Dakota, "Epic fail, eh?" Wherever, we have failed epically in crushing the aristocracy of the monied corporations.

Money talks, microphones are there to pick it up and amplify it into a million voices. No-money talks, but it makes no sound. Money talks 24 hours a day on cable, it's a cable cabal.

The artwork: Jefferson was drawn on a pen tablet with photoshop and cleaned up in illustrator. The coloring was done with the airbrush in photoshop and "cracking" done by a previously drawn line-pattern as a mask.

This is the poster version, the t-shirt version is without the coloring, cracks and rectangular border. All versions are at our new political tee shop, Op-Ed.