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Category Archives: Peace
Blessed are the Peacemakers
Blessed Are the Peacemakers – Jesus Quote–BUTTON Blessed Are the Peacemakers – Matthew 5:9 – Jesus–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, … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Political and Philosophical Musings, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Argument, Bible, Blessed, Children, Christian, Christianity, Church, Co-option, Conscription, Conventional Wisdom, cool design, Courage, Death, Enemies, God, Hate, Jesus, Job, Martyrdom, Military, Nonviolence, Pacifism, Peacemakers, Powers that be, Quotes, Religion, Sacrifice, skin in the game, State, Top Pun, Torture, Truth, War, Wisdom
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Any Jackass Can Kick Barn Down, Takes a Carpenter to Build
Any Jackass Can Kick a Barn Down Takes a Carpenter to Build–PEACE QUOTE BUTTON Any Jackass Can Kick a Barn Down Takes a Carpenter to Build–PEACE QUOTE BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Political and Philosophical Musings, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Change, cool design, Efficiency, Hope, Humanity, Life, Musings, Politics, Power, Reality, Stupid, Terrorism, Top Pun, Violence
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POEM: Protesting Pet Peeves
I would protest against my pet peeves Except, I’m not sure that “Honk if you want to end noise pollution” Would work out so well I like this funny little poem because it teases at the natural limits of something … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Peace, Poems
Tagged Funny, God, Life, Love, Mystery, Poems, Poetry, Pollution, Protesters, Short Poems, Silence, Time, Work
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Real Test of Power to Prevent War
PEACE QUOTE: Real Test of Power to Prevent War–PEACE SIGN BUTTON PEACE QUOTE: Real Test of Power to Prevent War–PEACE SIGN BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Accountability, Amorality, Business, Coercion, Conflict, cool design, Demonization, Enemies, Ethical, Evil, Immorality, Iran, Moral, Morality, Nature, Power, Reality, Responsibility, Top Pun, War
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POLITICAL CARTOON: Comedian Jesus – Love Your Enemies
Comedian Jesus Speaks! Welcome to Comedian Club Jesus! This is the latest installment the Top Pun series of comics that run on Sundays, featuring CEO Jesus, Free Market Jesus, Country Club Jesus, General Jesus, Comedian Jesus, and who knows what … Continue reading
Risk Taking in War and Peace
PEACE QUOTE: Risks Making War Risks to Secure Peace–PEACE SIGN BUTTON PEACE QUOTE: Risks Making War Risks to Secure Peace–PEACE SIGN BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Buttons-Pins, Change, cool design, Hope, Meditation, Quotes, Risk, Status, Status Quo, Top Pun, War, Work
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POLITICAL CARTOON: General Jesus – Blessed Are Those Who Kill People Who Kill People
General Jesus Speaks! Welcome to Gen. Jesus! This is the third installment a new Top Pun series of comics that will run on Sundays, featuring CEO Jesus, Free Market Jesus, Country Club Jesus, General Jesus, Comedian Jesus, and who knows … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Political Cartoons
Tagged Awe, Bible, Blessed, Cartoon, Comics, Control, Domination, drone, Existential, Fear, Free market, God, Humor, Imperialism, Impersonal, Jesus, Job, Jobs, leadership, Life, Love, Market, Militarism, Mock, Modern, Moral, Nature, Pacifism, Parodies, Political, Power, Powers that be, Radical, Religion, Rich, Solidarity, State, Technology, Top Pun, Trust, Voting, War
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Driveby Conversation: No War in Iran
Every Sunday in Toledo Ohio, the Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition has a demonstration at a major intersection to protest current wars and potential future wars. The Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition has been doing this every Sunday since the beginning of … Continue reading
American Spring Coming: Occupy G8 and NATO in Chicago
With the G8 and NATO summits coming to Chicago in the middle of May, the occupy movement is poised to jump start the American Spring. The Occupy Wall Street movement has already called for a general strike on May Day, … Continue reading
Posted in News, Peace, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Authority, Economic, Elite, Fear, G8, government, Hope, Journalists, May Day, Media, Military, Moral, NATO, Obama, Occupy Toledo, Occupy Wall Street, Patriot, Political, Poverty, Power, Present, President, Propaganda, Protesters, Protests, Resentment, Resistance, Rules, State, Time, Toledo, Trust, Wall Street, War, Work
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Obama Shifts Military Defense Cuts to Domestic Programs
George Zornick blogs in The Nation about Obama’s Plan to Save the Military From Cuts—at the Expense of Domestic Programs. Here is an excerpt: “As budget wonks comb over President Obama’s outline for fiscal year 2013, a startling White House … Continue reading
Violence Protects the State
Stephanie N. Van Hook, Executive Director of Metta Center for Nonviolence in Petaluma, California, has written a commentary in Znet on How Violence Protects the State. Here is an excerpt: “Violence in opposition to the State relieves the State and … Continue reading
Posted in News, Peace, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Anger, Change, Culture, government, Harmony, History, Humanity, Injustice, Life, Logic, Love, Modern, Nonviolence, Nonviolent, Power, Propaganda, Protesters, Rage, Respect, Risk, State, Unity, Violence
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Every Revolutionary Ends Up Oppressor or Heretic
Every Revolutionary Ends Up Oppressor or Heretic–PEACE QUOTE BUTTON Every Revolutionary Ends Up Oppressor or Heretic–PEACE QUOTE BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, caps, key chains, … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Political and Philosophical Musings, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Attitude, Authority, Camus, Change, Conventional Wisdom, cool design, Egalitarian, Equality, Freedom, Heretics, History, Ironic, Justice, Life, National, Nature, Nonviolence, Oppression, Paradigm Shift, Philosophical, Politics, Poor, Power, Powers that be, Punishment, Reality, Revolution, Revolutionary, Society, Status, Status Quo, Top Pun, Violence, Wisdom
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Protest Against NATO, G8 in Chicago, May 19, 2012
Protest the NATO/G8 Summit taking place in Chicago. The Legal, permitted, family-friendly march and rally will happen at Noon, Saturday, May 19th, 2012, at Daley Plaza, followed by a march to McCormick Place. The protest is sponsored and organized by … Continue reading
No War in Iran – Toledo and Defiance Protests
This last weekend I participated in two protests as part of the national Day of Mass Action to Stop War on Iran – February 4, 2012. On Saturday afternoon, about 15 to 20 people gathered outside the Defiance County Courthouse in … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Anti-War, Peace, Peace Signs, Political Action
Tagged Army, Awe, Beautiful, Change, Citizens, Climate Change, Demonstrators, Enemies, Events, Heart, Hope, Iran, Militarism, National, Occupy Toledo, Political, Protesters, Protests, Quotes, State, Terrorism, Time, Toledo, Top Pun, War
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It Takes Enemas for War to Happen-FUNNY ANTI-WAR BUTTON
It Takes Enemas for War to Happen-FUNNY ANTI-WAR BUTTON It Takes Enemas for War to Happen-FUNNY ANTI-WAR BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, caps, key chains, … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Awareness, cool design, Creativity, Crude, Enemies, Funny, Humor, Moral, Musings, Nonviolence, Nonviolent, Playfulness, Puns, Time, Top Pun, War, Work
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Peace Lecture: The End of War? Nonviolence in the 21st Century
“The End of War?: Nonviolence in the 21st Century” Nakamoto Peace Lecture Gwynne Dyer 7:30 P.M. Thursday, February 2, 2012 Bowen-Thompson Student Union Theater Free and open to the public One of the world’s great geopolitical analysts, Gwynne Dyer has … Continue reading
Posted in Peace
Tagged Change, Climate Change, Conflict, Culture, Events, Future, History, Military, Nonviolence, Political, Science, Toledo, War
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Mona Lisa Peace Smile – PEACE SYMBOL PEACE SIGN BUTTON
Mona Lisa Peace Smile–PEACE SYMBOL PEACE SIGN BUTTON Mona Lisa Peace Smile–PEACE SYMBOL PEACE SIGN 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, … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Art, Buttons-Pins, cool design, Culture, Funny, Genius, Modern, Occupy Wall Street, Pop Culture, Present, Science, Top Pun
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Direction Headed
If Do Not Change Direction End Up Where Headed–PEACE QUOTE BUTTON If Do Not Change Direction End Up Where Headed–PEACE QUOTE BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, … Continue reading →