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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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Category Archives: Health
POEM: High Cost of Employment
Despite the high cost of employment It is still quite popular This short poem is a takeoff or elaboration of Will Rogers’ infamous statement: Despite the high cost of living, it’s still quite popular. As wage slavery continues largely unabated, … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Health, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Business, Creation, Employment, Freedom, Health Care, Hope, Income, Joy, Labor, Life, Meaning, Monetize, Money, Obama, Passion, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems, Slavery, Time, Work, Workplace
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POEM: Wolves in Elephants’ Clothing
Wolves in Elephants’ Clothing Somewhat sheepishly She whispered Beware of wolves in elephants’ clothing Lurking about Only looking Like they want To kick some ass Though you can skulk in style If you have A grand Old party Securing your … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Business, Change, Christian, Christianity, Climate Change, Courage, Crime, Death, Elections, Evolution, Experience, Free market, Gandhi, God, GOP, Greed, Health Care, History, Humanity, Hypocrisy, Ironic, Jesus, Life, Market, Nonviolent, Palestinian, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, Poor, Prayer, Present, Rage, Religion, Religious, Republican, Revolution, Sacrifice, Science, Skepticism, taxes, Truth, Voters, War, Work
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POEM: Unending Vocation
She summoned me To tell me Of my new job assignment I soon realized That it was Not beneath me But behind me So I moved on In my unending vocation As I was tolled This poem is autobiographical. This … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Business, Control, Courage, Death, Dreams, Environment, Experience, Future, Gift, God, Helplessness, Job, Kids, Life, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Power, Pride, Privilege, Puns, Reality, Relationships, Short Poems, Spiritual, Time, Trust, Vocation, Work
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POEM: Civilization
Dogs pee to mark their territory Humans build walls This is called civilization There are up sides and down sides to civilization. Western civilization shares at least one thing in common with canines: they both demarcate their territory by the … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, Awareness, Balance, Control, Culture, Environment, Evolution, Extinction, Harmony, Human Nature, Human Race, Humanity, Life, Nature, Poems, Poetry, Present, Reality, Recycling, Short Poems, Technology, Temptation, War, Western Civilization, Wisdom, Worship
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POEM: Treatment…Like…Sewage
Treatment…Like…Sewage I lived in Libertarianville They said “If you want sewage treatment, Just go to some place that has it.” So I did Many don’t live there long I find discussing politics with self-professed Libertarians a vexing experience. Typically, we … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, America, Authority, Balance, Buddhism, Buddhist, Censorship, Choices, Common Good, Compassion, Control, Disease, Doctrine, Dream, Dreams, Experience, Faith, Fear, Free market, Freedom, Fundamentalism, Future, Heart, Humanity, Ideology, Idolatry, Ironic, Irony, Journey, libertarian, Life, Logic, Love, Market, Moral, Nihilism, Philosophy, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, Possibility, Present, Public Health, Questioning, Reality, Sacrifice, Skepticism, State, Stupid, Transcendent, Truth, Values, Wisdom, Worldview, Worship
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POEM: Fringe Benefits
Living on the fringe Has benefits I thought that this short poem would have been the seed for a larger poem, but the more I thought about it, I didn’t want to mess with the simple elegance of it. Since … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Business, Diminishing Returns, Dreams, Free market, Happiness, Health Care, Health Insurance, Hope, Job, Journey, Life, Living Simply, Market, Money, Mourning, Pastor, Poems, Poetry, Power, Proverb, Rich, Security, Short Poems, Time, Vocation, Work
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POEM: BUCKET BRIGADE – Owed to Karen Krause
BUCKET BRIGADE Owed to Karen Krause While some pine That faith The size of a mustard seed Can move mountains Like magic Perhaps with a wrinkle of their knows Wiser women know How mountains move Bucket by bucket By outstretched … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, News, Poems
Tagged Awe, Courage, Death, Experience, Faith, Food, Gift, Gratitude, Hate, Hope, Humility, Injustice, Jesus, Jobs, Jobs with Justice, Justice, Life, Meaning, Ode, Poems, Poetry, Powers that be, Public Health, Social Justice, Time, Toledo, Truth, Women, Work
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POEM: Smoking Guns
Smoking Guns Gun control is their aim Bringing a bout Sad states And a stag nation Wear points are sported Big bucks are the game Triggering depression Beyond one’s cope Looking down The business end Of a gun shaking As … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Business, Citizens, Congress, Control, Crude, Death, Depression, Dreams, Experience, Family, Firearms, Guns, Kids, Law, Life, Love, Meaning, Mental Health, Mourning, Murder, Nature, Political, Public Health, Reality, Science, Sleep, State, Suicide, Women
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Terminal Terminology: Redefining CANCER
A recent news story about redefining cancer raises the issue of how powerful something becomes depending on what we call it. In this case, I call it “terminal terminology.” Cancer diagnosis and treatment is literally a growth industry. About half … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Death, Experience, Fear, Health Care, Hope, Life, Pyschology, Radical, Risk, Technology
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BP Tar Sands Refinery Expansion – PEOPLE’S HEARING Testimony
Below is my testimony at the PEOPLE’S HEARING to respond to the Ohio EPA’s sham public hearing on BP-Husky’ Draft Air Pollution Permit as part of their Oregon Ohio refinery re-tooling to process oil tar sands, the dirtiest oil on the … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, News, Political Action
Tagged Addiction, America, Ancient, Beauty, Business, Change, Children, Citizens, Community, Congress, Crime, Culture, Democracy, Economic, Environment, Environmental, government, Greed, History, Humanity, Insanity, Jobs, Justice, Life, Money, Mother Earth, mother nature, Nature, Occupy Toledo, Play, Poems, Poetry, Pollution, Power, Progress, Public Health, Scarcity, State, Stewardship, Sustainable, Tar Sands, Time, Toledo, Trust, Wealth, Women, Work
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Just Eating For Life: New Web Site
I have been interested in nutrition pretty much my whole adult life. This started out from a concern for world hunger and stewardship of our natural resources, as well has an interest in nutrition and health. I became a vegetarian … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, News
Tagged Business, Change, Community, Gift, Hope, Job, Life, Mind, Nutrition, Public Health, Science, Stewardship, Time, Top Pun, Work, World Hunger
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POEM: Sleeping In
I love mornings that I can sleep in I call them “weekdays” I am a wealthy man! I can go for months at a time without the need for an alarm clock. How many have such wealth? In crass terms, … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, Poems
Tagged Freedom, Gratitude, Health Insurance, Life, Love, Meditation, Normal, Power, Short Poems, Sleep, Time, Wealth
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Another Bastard for Birth Control
Today, a couple hundred people gathered outside the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo, Ohio, to demonstrate about religious freedom and healthcare in America. Most of the crowd was organized by the effort to repeal President Barack Obama’s so-called Obama care, … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Political Action
Tagged America, Birth Control, Catholic, Children, Church, Conscience, Control, Demonstrators, Family, Freedom, Health Care, Health Insurance, Income, Jobs, Jobs with Justice, Justice, Life, Obama, Occupy Toledo, President, Pro-life, Protests, Religious, Religious Freedom, State, taxes, Toledo, Torture, War, Work
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Occupy Wall Street Buttons
I am finally uploaded a new batch of Occupy Wall Street designs. This batch of 125 political designs is mostly Occupy Wall Street designs, but there are also a large series of “stop socialism” designs, a large series of Fox … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News
Tagged Advertising, African American, America, Anarchism, Big Brother, Business, Buttons-Pins, Capitalism, Change, Chaos, Class Warfare, Community, Compassion, Congress, Constitution, Consumption, cool design, Corporate Personhood, Corruption, Crime, Death, Death Penalty, Debt, Democracy, Democrat, Dream, Dreams, Economy, Education, Elections, Environmental, Evolution, Facts, First Amendment, Food, Fox News, Free Speech, Freedom, Freedom of the Press, Funny, Future, Gandhi, God, GOP, government, Greed, Heart, Hell, Human Race, Illegal, Jesus, Jobs, Liberal, Life, Love, Medicare, Military, Mind, Money, National, Normal, Nuclear Power, Occupy Wall Street, Parodies, Police, Political, Politics, Pollution, Poor, Postal Service, Poverty, Power, Protesters, Questions, Reality, Religion, Republican, Responsibility, Revolution, Rich, Risk, Security, Silence, Slavery, Social Security, Socialism, State, Success, taxes, Tea Party, Time, Titanic, Top Pun, Trust, Truth, Vegetarianism, Violence, Wall Street, Wall Street Bull, War, Welfare, Work, Xenophobia
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POLITICAL CARTOON: Dr. Jesus – Blessed Insurance
Doctor Jesus Goes on Rounds Dr. Jesus, a teacher as well, works at a teaching hospital. Dr. Jesus takes every opportunity possible to share his love of medicine with others. Of course, working at a prestigious teaching hospital doesn’t come … Continue reading
Main Street versus Wall Street
This evening, between 30 and 30,000 people gathered at Levis Square in downtown Toledo for Occupy Toledo‘s May Day Fest event, Main Street vs. Wall Street – MAIN STREET SPEAKS OUT!Greg Coleridge, pictured below, spoke about corporate personhood and money … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Political Action
Tagged Corporate Personhood, Free Speech, Health Care, May Day, Money, Move to Amend, Occupy Toledo, Occupy Wall Street, Time, Toledo, Wall Street
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May Day Street Theater – Corporate Zombies vs. Village People
This is the script for the street theater production that was performed tonight to kick off Occupy Toledo‘s May Day Fest week’s worth of events: May Day Eve Celebration Occupy Toledo April 30, 2012 “The Corporate Zombies vs. The Village … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Political Action
Tagged Accountability, America, Anti-Corporate, Business, Capitalism, Change, Choices, Compassion, Consumerism, Control, Corporate Personhood, Democracy, Depression, Economic, Economy, Environment, Environmental, Events, Family, Farce, Food, Funny, Future, Greed, Health Care, Health Insurance, History, Hope, Human Rights, Humanity, Inane, Injustice, Justice, Labor, Life, May Day, Meaning, Media, Military, Mock, Money, Mother Earth, Occupy Toledo, Occupy Wall Street, Oppression, Pi, Political, Poor, Possibility, Poverty, Power, Propaganda, Recession, Responsibility, Security, Slavery, Society, Soul, State, Stewardship, Suffering, Time, Toledo, Truth, Values, War, Wealth, zombie
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POLITICAL CARTOON: Doctor Jesus – Pre-existing Condition
Doctor Jesus on Call! Welcome to Dr. Jesus! This is the debut week for Dr. Jesus. Of all the incarnations in this Jesus comic strip, portraying Jesus as a healer is probably the closest to reality. Of course, this comic … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Political Cartoons
Tagged Business, Cartoon, Facts, government, Health Care, Health Insurance, History, Jesus, Money, Obama, Political, Reality
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The Poor Have Suffered Enough
The Poor Have Suffered Enough-POLITICAL BUTTON The Poor Have Suffered Enough-POLITICAL BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, caps, key chains, magnets, posters, and sticker sheets can … Continue reading →