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Top Pun's mission is to maximize prophets. Top Pun creates serious, funny, and seriously funny peace and justice designs which are available on your choice of products such as buttons, T-shirts, and bumper stickers. Top Pun blogs to highlight additional facets of his word artistry such as pun-filled poetry and funny political satire, free posters, as well as political actions of local and global importance -- and don't forget the noncommercial, public health radio show available online, Just for the Health of It . Top Pun's serious playfulness ever reminds us that justice is no yoke, and the pun is mightier than the sword!
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Testimony for National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service — END DRAFT REGISTRATION
I prepared the below testimony to present at a public meeting in Chicago before the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, a commission created by Congress to deal with questions of draft registration, most specifically, whether to end … Continue reading
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COMMUNITY FORUM REMARKS: Need to address the main driver of criminal and criminalized behavior, substance abuse, and that the failed law enforcement model needs to be supplanted by a public health model driven by evidence and community benefit
The Community Solidarity Response Network of Toledo (CSRN), our local Black Lives Matter group, and the ACLU hosted a forum on “What Does a Safer Toledo Look Like?” This forum was in response to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ National Public Safety … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, Community, Crime, Criminal Justice System, Education, Failure, Health Care, Housing, Illegal, Jeff Sessions, Job, Justice, Law, Law Enforcement, Mental Health, National, Play, Poor, Poverty, Prevention, Probability, Public Health, Society, Solidarity, Substance Abuse, Toledo, War, Willingness, Work
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER: Trump Calls For Death of Drug Dealers – Pharmaceutical Companies As Corporate Persons?
Prez Donald Trump has called for death to drug dealers. He has been inspired by the war on drugs in the Philippines and China, where drug dealers are executed. I am opposed to the death penalty for anyone, except for … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, anti-Trump, China, Corporate Personhood, Death, Death Penalty, Donald Trump, Drug War, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, History, Hope, Illegal, Political, Public Health, War
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Toledo Democracy Day Testimony: Focus on Racism, White Supremacy
Below is the testimony I delivered today before Toledo City Council, or rather the three council members who showed up. The mayor also showed up for part of the testimony. Democracy Day Testimony March 5, 2018 Hi, my name is … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Community, Criminal Justice System, Danny Brown, Democracy, Drug War, Education, Failure, Housing, Income, Injustice, Institutions, Justice, Law, Life, Media, Money, Murder, Nature, Nonviolent, Police, Powers that be, Present, Pride, Prison, Public Health, Questions, Racism, Society, Solidarity, Status, Status Quo, Time, Toledo, War
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER: Trump Republicans Bring Back Coal and Declare Mission Accomplished with TAX CUTS for RICH
Trump Republicans, with their current tax scam, have inspired Santa to bring back coal. Mean wile, Prez Donald Trump and his Republican cronies simply declare mission accomplished. Funding tax cuts for the rich on the backs of poor and middle-class … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Children, Donald Trump, Dream, free poster, Free Posters, Health Insurance, National, Parity or Parody, Partisan, Political, Politics, Poor, Republican, Rich, Status
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER: Senator ROB Portman “The GRINCH” Putting The ROB in Christmas
This free political poster is inspired by the pathetic and horrific tax cuts for the rich that congressional Republicans are pushing like crack for the wealthy this Christmas season. The Senate Republican bill even includes a repeal of the individual … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political Action
Tagged Christmas, Citizens, Debt, Economy, Equality, Fear, free poster, Free Posters, God, Grace, Greed, Grinch, Health Care, Health Insurance, Holy, Hope, Income, Love, Money, Obama, Outrage, Parity or Parody, Political, Politics, Poor, Republican, Revolution, Rich, Satire, Sen. Rob Portman, taxes, Toledo, Voters
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POEM: Promedica My Ass — Owed To Branding
Logos used Too mean Know ledge Like that age owed ad vice Would you jump off a bridge If every won ails did As in sayin’ Bye your good will As money oozes from the non-prophet, health care (sic) system … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Funny Poems, Health, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Commercial, Community, Conundrum, Defense, Family, Gandhi, Genius, Health Care, Justice, Life, Living Wage, Love, Money, Mourning, Poet, Poetry, ProMedica, Prophet, Proprietary, Propriety, Resistance, Rich, skin in the game, Social Justice, State, Status, Tao, Time, Toledo
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A Spiritual Autobiography
I wrote the below spiritual autobiography a dozen years ago as part of a servant leadership study group. While it definitely needs updating, it serves well as a brief overview of my spiritual history and development over much of my … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Anti-War, Gay, Health, News, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Anxiety, Art, Authority, Beautiful, Bible, Blessed, Buddhism, Business, Catholic, Children, Christian, Church, Civil Disobedience, Conscience, Conscientious Objection, Conscription, Crude, Death, Diversity, Draft Registration, Environment, Events, Experience, Faith, Family, Food, God, government, Grace, Haiti, Healing, Heart, History, Holy, Hope, Humor, Irreverence, Jester, Job, Journey, Justice, Kids, Law, leadership, Liberal, Life, Love, Media, Mennonite, Military, Mind, Mom, Money, Mystic, Nutrition, Obedience, Pacifism, Pastor, Philosophy, Play, Poems, Political, Poor, Poverty, Powers that be, Prayer, President, Public Health, Religious, Reverence, Science, Security, Serenity, Social Justice, Spiritual, Stewardship, Success, Theology, Time, Top Pun, Truth, Vegetarianism, War, Work, World Hunger, Worship, Zen
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FREE POSTER: Mean wile, on Planet Portman, the “independent” Republican senator quickly draws closer to a final solution to the problem of health care in America
Even after several catastrophic versions of the Senate Republican health care bill died, Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) is still courting disaster, considering even worse options, such as a sweeping repeal of Obamacare without any replacement. Why is Sen. Portman even … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political Action
Tagged America, Democracy, free poster, Free Posters, Health Care, leadership, Parity or Parody, Republican, Sen. Rob Portman
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Bee Sting Allergic Reaction Health Care Experience Number Three
On Monday, July 17, 2017, I was stung by a yellow jacket. I am allergic to bee stings and the like. This is the third time I had been stung by a bee since I found out that I was … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health
Tagged Death, Experience, Genius, Health Care, Health Insurance, Heart, Life, Luck, Market, Nature, Normal, Questioning, Questions, Republican, Risk, Sen. Rob Portman, Suffering, Time
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POEM: Cruel After Math — Owed to Sen. Rob Portman’s Health Care Vote
What kind? Of cruel after-math Is Sen. Portman working up The American people Facing death Bye the tens of thousands Buy the tens of billions For tax cuts For the richest Americans For loaded corporations drunk on power What is … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Poems, Political Action
Tagged Congress, Death, Health Care, Partisan, Poetry, Power, Progress, Protesters, Sen. Rob Portman, Toledo
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FREE POSTER: Sen. Rob Portman teams up with The Trump Company to solve the problem of the sick and the sick economy by bringing back Soylent Green
Please enjoy this surreal health care commentary brought to US by senate Republicans and a president who wants to win a legislative victory at any cost: “Sen. Rob Portman teams up with The Trump Company to solve the problem of … Continue reading
KILL The BILL – That is, The Congressional So-called Health Care Bill
The Senate so-called health care bill literally sucks, the life out of Americans. The House bill does the same. KILL the BILL – that is, the congressional so-called health care bill! The below meme uses three pop culture references. The … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Political Action
Tagged Congress, Culture, Health Care, Heart, Life, Pop Culture
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FREE POSTER: Sen. Rob “Lincoln” Portman – The Grate Emancipator – “And you shall be emancipated from your health insurance, and the good Lord will grant you your ultimate freedom”
In the continuing health care debacle known as senate Republicans trying to “repeal and replace” Obamacare, please enjoy my latest take with this free poster: Sen. Rob “Lincoln” Portman – The Grate Emancipator – “And you shall be emancipated from … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political Action
Tagged America, Change, Death, Democracy, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Freedom, Funny, Health Care, Health Insurance, Parity or Parody, Play, Public Health, Republican, Sen. Rob Portman, War
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FREE POSTER: Sen. Rob Portman’s closest health care ally, DEATH, making a critical point regarding his constituents: “I WANT YOU!”
This free poster reveals Sen. Rob Portman’s closest health care ally, DEATH, making a critical point regarding his constituents: “I WANT YOU!” Sen. Portman is showing cruel ambivalence toward the senate Republican killer health care bill. Tens of thousands of … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, Political Action
Tagged Death, Democracy, free poster, Free Posters, Health Care, Parity or Parody, Political, Republican, Sen. Rob Portman
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FREE POSTER: Sen. Rob Portman meets with his Russian lawyer and campaign consultant on how to safely blow up Medicaid
When Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) is busy not meeting with his constituents, he is seeking expert advice from cartoonish consultants. Please feel free to share or print out this free political poster, “Sen. Rob Portman meets with his Russian lawyer … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political Action
Tagged Democracy, Fear, free poster, Free Posters, Funny, Health Care, Health Insurance, Lawyer, Medicaid, Parity or Parody, Parodies, Political, Public Health, Satire, Sen. Rob Portman
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FREE POSTER: Sen. Rob “Robber” Portman – Reverse Robin Hood
This free political poster features Sen. Rob “Robber” Portman (R-OH) as Reverse Robin Hood, stealing from the poor and giving to the rich. This free poster is yet another in my “Parity or Parody in Democracy” series. This poster was … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Democracy, free poster, Greed, Health Care, History, Income, Inequality, Modern, Parity or Parody, Political, Poor, Republican, Rich, Time, Wealth
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FREE POSTER: Senator Rob Portman as The High Priest Caiaphas, Starring In That Christian Damn Nation
This free poster takes Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) to church over his brutally un-Christian vacillation over the senate Republican health care bill. This satirical poster is yet another installation in my “Parity or parody in democracy” series. Wile Sen. Portman … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, Christian, Church, Democracy, free poster, Health Care, Jesus, Logic, Medicaid, Parity or Parody, Poor, Republican, Rich, Sen. Rob Portman
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FREE POSTER: Health Care Warrior – Sen. Rob Portman Flamethrowing Medicaid
This free poster, Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), health care warrior, graphically depicts the futility of flamethrowing Medicaid and hoping that some extra money for opioid treatment will adequately address the opioid epidemic. While Sen Portman counts his pennies for health … Continue reading
POSTER: Partisan Man – Senator Rob Portman – Mitch McConnell Made Me Do It!
This free poster is another installment in my “Parity or Parody in Democracy” series. This poster features Sen. Rob Portman as Partisan Man, yet another white man. This political cartoon was inspired by Sen. Portman, white man among white men, … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Cartoon, Democracy, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Health Care, Parity or Parody, Partisan, Partisanship, Political, Politics, Poor, President, Reconciliation, Republican, Sen. Rob Portman, Time
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