Connect Eddie Holt'Iran wants nukes? Give them to 'em!" says one T-shirt. "Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some Assembly Required," goes another. "Celebrate Diversity," says a third beneath pictures of 18 pistols. A fourth proclaims: "I just neutered the cat. Now he's French." Then there's one that says: "US Armed Forces - Freedom World Tour." It includes Syria, North Korea and Iran; dates are, of course, TBA.
If such T-shirts are not to your taste, you can buy the following: "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity - Ann Coulter, September 13, 2001" (even if that sentence appears to suggest that Coulter intends to somehow convert those dead leaders to Christianity).
There are others too: "Hippies Smell," says one; "Re-Defeat Communism 2008," says another, over a picture of Hillary Clinton.
The idea that Hillary Clinton is a communist is idiotic, and of course hippies smell - whether they stink or not is another question. Anyway, the semi-literate garments are available from Thoseshirts.com. Every one is puerile and intended to insult people who question George Bush's invasion of Iraq. It's telling that US "conservatives" still engage in such vulgar sloganeering.
Do you remember Gary Qualls, the father of 20-year-old Louis Qualls, killed in Iraq in 2004? He opposed the peace camp at the Bush ranch in Texas. The camp was set up by Cindy Sheehan, whose 24-year-old son Casey was also killed in Iraq. Gary Qualls said: "If I have to sacrifice my whole family for the sake of our country and world, other countries that want freedom, I'll do that."
He added that his 16-year-old son wanted to enlist and he supported that decision. What forces produce people willing to let their families die in a deeply unpopular - probably criminal - invasion of another country? How can Bush and his cabal, so many of whom proclaim faith in Jesus Christ, be so misleading and so hypocritical? Why do people like Gary Qualls support the slaughter? The US media must shoulder much of the responsibility. Especially in the early stages of what they termed "a war", though it was really an invasion, newspapers and television and radio channels were appalling. Almost all acted as cheerleaders. The effect was to detach American sentiments even further from those of most of the planet.
It wasn't difficult to effect such a detachment. The United States has invariably been insular anyway, and in the week in which it celebrated its Independence Day, its future seems uncertain. American power and money - though these are formidable - are unlikely to save the country. What's needed, it appears, is a candid internal discussion about its place in the world.
But how can you talk meaningfully to the likes of Ann Coulter or Gary Qualls? Coulter - who told MSNBC in 1997: "I have to say I'm all for public flogging" - is a syndicated columnist. She also frequently appears on TV and radio in the US and her books have made the New York Times bestseller lists.
She told the Rivera Live television programme in 1999 that "[ Bill Clinton] masturbates in the sinks".
In 2001, she said on the Fox News show, Hannity & Colmes: "God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees. God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours'."
(Forgive my ignorance, but when did God instruct people to rape the world?)
Among Coulter's other contributions include appearing on MSNBC and telling a disabled Vietnam veteran: "People like you caused us to lose that war." She also told the channel: "If you have the one innocent person who has been put to death this century out of over 7,000, you will probably get a good movie deal out of it." She has spoken on the channel too about "the benefits of local fascism".
It may be that Coulter is nothing more than a self-serving controversialist. Such types prosper in media in many countries. But when they receive the amount of exposure she does, there are serious questions to be asked. Like the conservative T-shirts, she talks and writes in loud insults.
There is a double bind to Coulter's bigotry. People who rant like her will naturally attract an audience. In commercial media, audiences (or readerships) guarantee more money. Thus zealots such as Coulter can be used for a double purpose: to bombard people with propaganda and to generate loot at the same time.
But how responsible is she and her type for the likes of Gary Qualls? It's hard to say. What is clear, however, is that the effect of commentators such as Coulter is to bolster bigotry in the US.
It's true that some Muslim fanatics are equally appalling, but their excesses are usually made evident. It's sad that bigots such as Coulter are so promoted on America media. Then again, her poison helps sustain the US media at the expense of US citizens.
"I think there should be a literacy test and a poll tax for people to vote," Coulter told Hannity & Colmes on another occasion. Given her own literary abilities - available in T-shirt form - she should have simply shut up.