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Category Archives: Political Action
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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POLITICAL CARTOON: General Jesus Welcomes NATO Protesters to Chicago
Jesus Welcomes NATO Protesters to Chicago! Jesus and I will be at the NATO protest this Sunday in Chicago. The temperature is expected to be 87°. The Chicago Centurions, i.e., the Secret Service and the FBI, will not be allowing … Continue reading
Posted in News, Political Action, Political Cartoons
Tagged Capitalism, Cartoon, Comics, Cynical, Experience, Food, Jesus, Love, NATO, Parodies, Political, Powers that be, Protesters, Protests, Satire
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Corporate Wall Falls
Yesterday, as the closing ceremony of Occupy Toledo’s May Day Fest, between two and 2,000 people gathered to tear down “The Wall,” symbolizing corporate mis-rule and oppression. This wall was cut to shreds to symbolize freeing ourselves from corporate rule.The … Continue reading
Posted in News, Political Action
Tagged Accountability, Anti-Corporate, Corporate Personhood, Democracy, Direct Democracy, Events, May Day, Occupy Toledo, Oppression, Protests, Toledo
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Kent State Massacre POEM
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the Kent State Massacre, where four students were killed and nine students were injured when National Guard troops opened fire on anti-war demonstrators. Below is a picture of Arlington Midwest at Kent State, May … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, News, Peace, Political Action
Tagged Beauty, Death, Demonstrators, Humanity, Lawyer, Life, National, Poems, Poetry, Protest Poetry, Protesters, Protests, Sacrifice, Silence, State, Suffering, Toledo, Violence, War, War Crimes
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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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Julia Bates Retirement Party, Mock Award
Today a few dozen people descended upon the Lucas County Courthouse in downtown Toledo, Ohio, to wish Lucas County Persecutor Julia Bates a happy retirement and demand justice for Danny Brown. Occupy Toledo had a cake, party hats, noisemakers, and … Continue reading
Posted in News, Political Action
Tagged Creativity, Crime, Danny Brown, Direct Democracy, Events, Farce, Funny, Injustice, Justice, Law, Meaning, Mock, Money, Moral, Murder, National, Occupy Toledo, Patience, Police, Political, Present, President, Prison, Protesters, Protests, Success, Toledo, Trust
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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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Feeling Clean and Safe in Downtown Toledo
Last Friday, while making a sweep of sign posting for Occupy Toledo, I had an encounter with the Clean and Safe Patrol. Apparently, the Clean and Safe Patrol is an arm of the Downtown Toledo Improvement District, Inc., a 38 … Continue reading
Posted in News, Political Action
Tagged Authority, Business, Corporate Personhood, Danny Brown, Economic, Experience, God, government, Greed, Homophobia, Job, Justice, Occupy Toledo, Proprietary, Racism, Sexism, Social Justice, Toledo, War, Welfare
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Mock Funeral – Occupy Toledo
Yesterday, April 1st, April Fool’s Day, was the one and only performance of Occupy Toledo‘s Mock Funeral — in life (and death) there are no rehearsals, this is it! If you missed it, I truly hope that you were doing … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Free Stuff, News, Political Action
Tagged America, Apathy, Celebrations, Citizens, Compulsion, Constitution, Consumption, Corporate Personhood, Death, Debt, Demonstrators, Direct Democracy, Enlightenment, Events, Food, Free Speech, Funny, Helplessness, Hope, Life, May Day, Mock, Money, Occupy Toledo, Occupy Wall Street, Parodies, Political, Propaganda, Protesters, Puns, Reality, Resistance, Rich, Satire, Security, Social Movements, Time, Toledo, Top Pun, Wall Street
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Corporate Tax Dodger FirstEnergy, Toledo Protest
The corporate tax dodger FirstEnergy paid no income taxes on its over $1.2 billion of profits in 2010. FirstEnergy provides electricity to Toledo and the surrounding area. At noon today, about two dozen protesters gathered outside the corporate headquarters of … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, News, Political Action
Tagged Anti-Corporate, Citizens, Class Warfare, Community, Demonstrators, Economy, government, Income, Jobs, Jobs with Justice, Justice, Labor, Lazy, Occupy Toledo, Politics, Protesters, Protests, taxes, Time, Toledo, Top Pun, Welfare
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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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Post Office Not Broke
Nation magazine blogger John Nichols (a former Toledoan for my Toledo friends) reports in The Post Office Is Not Broke about all of the hype about the post office and how it is supposedly going bankrupt, an antiquated institution, etc. … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, News, Political Action
Tagged America, Business, Congress, government, Health Care, Postal Service, Retirees, State, Toledo
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Dennis Kucinich versus Marcy Kaptur Congressional Race
War is a Crime blogger David Swanson recommends that the election that we should be watching is the congressional district nine race pitting Democratic incumbents Dennis Kucinich and Marcy Kaptur. For those of us in this congressional district that stretches … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, News, Political Action
Tagged Congress, Courage, Crime, Democrat, Dennis Kucinich, Jobs, Liberal, Loss, Marcy Kaptur, Nuclear Power, Power, Radical, Republican, Toledo, War
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Attack on Press Freedoms in Occupy Movement
Nation Magazine blogger Peter Rothberg has reported on attacks on press freedoms in the Occupy movement. Over 50 journalists have been arrested since the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement last September. You can sign a petition to support journalists … Continue reading
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
Toledo Protests Balancing State Budget on Backs of Working People and Families
This afternoon, about three dozen people from Northwest Ohio gathered in the chambers of the Lucas County commissioners at Government Center in downtown Toledo to protest Gov. Kasich’s State of the State address which balances the state’s budget on the … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Political Action
Tagged budgets, Common Good, Creation, Events, Faith, God, government, Greed, Health Care, Job, Jobs, Jobs with Justice, Justice, Labor, labor unions, leadership, Occupy Toledo, Poverty, Privatizing, Protests, State, taxes, Toledo
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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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Birth Control as a Human Right – Toledo Protest
On Friday, February 6, about a dozen protesters gathered outside St. Anne’s Hospital on Secor Road in Toledo, Ohio. This protest was organized by the Toledo Chapter of the National Organization for Women (see Toledo NOW facebook page), it also … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Birth Control, Catholic, Christian, Christianity, Church, Conflict, Conscience, Control, Conventional Wisdom, Creation, Doctrine, Events, facebook, Freedom, God, Health Insurance, Hospitality, Human Rights, Idolatry, Ironic, Life, Mystical, National, Nationalism, Obama, Occupy Toledo, Political, President, Protesters, Protests, Radical, Reality, Religion, Religious, Religious Freedom, Respect, Risk, Sacred, Sacrifice, Security, skin in the game, Society, Soul, State, Stewardship, Time, Toledo, Values, Willingness, Wisdom, Women, Work
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Day of Mass Action to Stop War on Iran – February 4, 2012
Day of Mass Action to Stop War on Iran – February 4, 2012 NO War NO sanctions NO intervention NO assassinations This Saturday, February 4, 2012, there will be hundreds of local actions aimed at preventing a war on Iran. … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Political Action
Tagged Beautiful, Children, Death, drone, Drones, Economic, Events, Fear, government, Iran, Media, Militarism, Military, National, National Security, Nationalism, Occupy Toledo, Protesters, Protests, Security, Toledo, War
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