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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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Tag Archives: America
Managed Democracy And The Illusion Of Politics
This article pretty much sums it up. Managing the air, apparent electorate, and the “for most” illusion of politics. Great contribution from The African American Intellectual History Society, Managed Democracy And The Illusion Of Politics: Now that another sordid election … Continue reading
Posted in Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged African American, America, Business, Capitalism, Change, Control, Crises, Democracy, Elite, Facts, Heart, History, Humanity, Inequality, Integrity, Meaning, Media, Mind, Police, Political, Politics, Power, Questions, Reconciliation, Republican, Revolution, Society, State, Terrorism, Truth, Virtue, War
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POLITICAL POEM: Buy Partisan Ship
If you knot for me You agin Me Oh my They would halve US Believe In a New York minute Weather 60 second ads Or master debating in public For ours To won party Or buy partisan ship That teeming … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Awareness, Change, Children, Conflict, Consciousness, Conventional Wisdom, Counter-Cultural, Enlightenment, Evolution, Freedom, God, Hubris, Humanity, Identity, Injustice, Intersectionality, Jesus, Job, Justice, Life, Love, Mock, National, Nationalism, Partisan, Partisanship, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, Power, Powers that be, Radical, Republican, Solidarity, Spiritual, Status, Status Quo, Trust, Unity, Violence, Wisdom
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THIRD PARTY POEM: A Door Number Three
A Door Number Three Caught a mist The cross Fire Between partisan streams Shooting for number won Too put out In A narrow mined field Wear white is anti-black And black is nonwhite So fanatical about your stripes Yet no … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Authoritarian, Business, Celebrity, Choices, Citizens, Control, Cynicism, Democracy, Democrat, Donald Trump, Dreams, Elite, Exceptionalism, Failure, Fear, Hillary Clinton, Hope, Humanity, leadership, National, Oligarchy, Partisan, Plutocracy, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, Power, Powers that be, President, Privilege, Reality, Republican, Resistance, Revolution, Status, Status Quo, Surreal, Sustainable, Third Party, Time, Wealth, Worship
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION POEM: Mad ’em Presidents
Knowing either jack or Jill Raze your Stein As Donald Trump sucks The “Oh too” out of the room Plenty of space In the huge check Box Of which to think out of Beyond first lady and commander-in-chief Paid in … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Choices, Crises, Democracy, Democrat, Donald Trump, Fear, Feminist, Green Party, Hillary Clinton, Jill Stein, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, President, Progress, Republican, State, Surreal, Third Party, Top Pun, Values, Voters, Voting, Women
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TOLEDO POEM: The Glass City Is Refillable
Have empty Have full Pundit prognosticating Weather tea town, big gulp, whine, or throwback After work All a buzz A bout how well suited politicians Re-billed a city of denim Putting out hope In efface of houses emptied And streets … Continue reading
POLITICAL POEM: Pick You’re Genocide
Pick You’re genocide Won side or the other Gun to head Ahead to gun Aliens pervade our atmosphere As whirled wore thee Restless natives no so slight Wear homieland security rules Redcoats and bluecoats Everyday cover ups Of fuzz overruling … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Awe, Change, Choices, Congress, Courage, Democracy, Diversity, Domination, Elections, Evolution, Faith, Fear, Free Speech, Freedom, Future, Heart, Hope, Humanity, Injustice, Justice, Law, Life, Love, Mind, Money, National, Optimism, Patience, Poems, Poetry, Political, Power, Powers that be, Radical, Rage, Revolution, Revolutionary, Rich, Rules, Security, Silence, Sustainable, Time, Voters, Voting, Work
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Anti-Trump AND Anti-Hillary: What’s a Voter To Do?
Anti-Trump AND anti-Hillary: What’s a voter to do? This seems to be an endemic quandary in the current presidential campaign. I have my own views, which I have blogged, ranted and wrote poems about. My views are considered too radical … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, anti-Trump, Apathy, Argument, Ballot, Change, Choices, Crazy, Democracy, Donald Trump, Elections, Ethical, Evil, Hillary Clinton, Intellect, Logic, Moral, Philosophy, Poems, Political, Politics, Power, President, Radical, Respect, Revolution, Third Party, Top Pun, Voters, Voting
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Anti-Trump, Anti-Hillary FREE POSTER: Newsflash — Stockholm Syndrome Renamed Washington Syndrome, Voters Held Hostage
This free Anti-Trump, Anti-Hillary poster announces the sad, traumatic news: NEWSFLASH — Stockholm Syndrome Renamed Washington Syndrome. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are the presidential candidates with the highest negative ratings in modern U.S. history. Voters are held hostage in an … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, anti-Trump, Compromise, Democracy, Donald Trump, Economic, Empathy, Envy, Evolution, free poster, Green Party, Hillary Clinton, History, Human Rights, Jill Stein, Kindness, Modern, Political, Politics, President, Progress, Rationalization, Resistance, Revolution, Risk, Time, Top Pun, Values, Voters
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REAL POLITICS, REAL CANDIDATE: Jill Stein 2016 Platform
IF you want a progressive presidential candidate that you can get excited about voting FOR, then Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate is worth serious consideration. Jill Stein has selected her Green Party running mate, Vice President choice, Ajamu Baraka. … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Peace, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Authority, Ballot, Business, Capitalism, Change, China, Choices, Citizens, Citizenship, Climate Change, Commercial, Community, Congress, Constitutional Rights, Control, Corporate Personhood, Courage, Creation, Crime, Criminal Justice System, Culture, Death, Death Penalty, Debt, Defense, Democracy, Democrat, Disarmament, Discrimination, Disease, Diversity, Doctrine, drone, Economic, Economy, Education, Elections, Employment, Environment, Environmental, Equality, Family, Fear, Food, Free Speech, Free Trade, Freedom, Future, Gender, government, Green Party, Health Care, Health Insurance, History, Housing, Human Rights, Humanity, Immigration, Income, Israel, Jill Stein, Job, Jobs, Justice, Kids, Labor, Law, Learning, LGBT, Life, Living Wage, Meaning, Media, Medicare, Medicare for All, Mental Health, Military, Money, Mother Earth, National, NATO, Nonviolent, Nuclear Power, Nutrition, Obama, Palestine, Partisan, Patriot, Police, Police Brutality, Political, Politics, Pollution, Poor, Poverty, Power, President, Prevention, Prison, Progress, Public Health, Racism, Rage, Refugees, Religion, Responsibility, Rich, Russia, Security, Social Security, State, Status, Substance Abuse, Sustainable, Tar Sands, taxes, Terrorism, Violence, Voters, Voting, Wall Street, War, Wealth, Women, Work, Workplace
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER [Anti-Trump, Anti-Hillary]: PRICE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY — Billionaires For Billionaires VERSUS Billionaires For Millionaires — You Know You Will Pay To See That!
This Anti-Trump, Anti-Hillary, Anti-Oligarchy poster spells out clearly who will pay for this spectacle of billionaires and millionaires fighting it out to see who will rule over US. The fight bill is exorbitantly clear! PRICE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY — … Continue reading
COMEDIAN JESUS: Pax Romana — You’re Killing Me!
This Comedian Jesus political cartoon highlights the shallow liberalism and false choices of Pax Romana, the metaphorical stand-in for Pax Americana, peace through so-called enlightened domination. This Comedian Jesus cartoon also ties the all-too-convenient collaboration of political and religious elites … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Political and Philosophical Musings, Political Cartoons
Tagged Accountability, America, Authority, Awe, Cartoon, Children, Choices, Church, Citizens, Citizenship, Comics, Creation, Death, Domination, Employment, Funny, God, Hope, Ideals, Imperialism, Jesus, Martyrdom, Military, Modern, Money, Mother Earth, Nonviolence, Parodies, Perspective, Political, Powers that be, Privilege, Questioning, Racism, Radical, Reality, Religious, Revolution, Revolutionary, Sacrifice, Status, Status Quo, Time, Top Pun, Truth, Western Civilization, Xenophobia
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Comedian Jesus: Any TRUMP? NO, Go Fish, I’m Not Playing That Game
This Comedian Jesus cartoon combines the contemporary unwanted news cycle of Donald Trump with the timeless question of: Precisely what game are you playing? This Comedian Jesus cartoon is an inspired hybrid of a pun on “Trump,” and my poem, … Continue reading
Posted in News, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings, Political Cartoons
Tagged America, Cartoon, Change, Courage, Cynicism, Disenfranchised, Donald Trump, Elite, Equality, Exceptionalism, Fear, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Humanity, Jesus, Play, Politics, Privilege, Propaganda, Reality, Respect, Solidarity, Time, timeless question, Transcendent, Truth, Values
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER: Incremental Change, Heads Up!
This free political poster posits that the conventional wisdom of incremental change can be lethal to paradigm shifts needed for humanity to evolve to the next level. Devotees of incremental change may view death by degrees as safer, or at least … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Art, Ballot, Change, Chaos, Compromise, Conventional Wisdom, Death, Democracy, Donald Trump, Evil, Evolution, Experience, Fear, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, God, Hillary Clinton, Humanity, Injustice, Liberation Theology, Life, Love, Paradigm Shift, Political, Politics, Poor, Power, Preferential Option for the Poor, Prison, Progress, Reactionary, Reality, Resistance, Revolution, Revolutionary, skin in the game, Status, Status Quo, Sustainable, Theology, Top Pun, Truth, Values, Voting, War, Wisdom
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FREE Anti-Trump Poster: RUMP FENCE — Make America Grate Again
Here is yet another free Anti-Trump poster: RUMP FENCE — Make America Grate Again. Donald Trump has chosen his president of vice, Michael Pence. This set up yet another possible wordplay for this free poster, graffiti wordplay. There is no … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Political Action
Tagged America, anti-Trump, Character, Donald Trump, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Funny, Hate, Hillary Clinton, Illegal, Love, President
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BLACK LIVES MATTER POEM: US Flagging?
WHAT?! Part of don’t don’t Wee under stand A bout Being Black in America Served up by coppers Not worth too sense Like Lincolns shot in the head From a civil war that never ends Accept buy the death of … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Awe, Back Lives Matter, Criminal Justice System, Death, Fear, Heart, Justice, Law, Law Enforcement, Poems, Poetry, Police, Police Brutality, Privilege, Redemption, Sacred, War, Work
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POEM: Technicolored Jesus
Is it time for one of those Come to Jesus moments Wear there is skin in the game Beyond black and white Word And what surrounds Words Becoming flesh Another flood In a see of Red between the lyin’s More … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Blessed, Christianity, Doctrine, Enlightenment, Hell, Holy, Humanity, Jesus, Nonviolence, Palestinian, Poems, Poetry, Poor, Present, Racism, Religion, skin in the game, Slavery, Soul, Time, Violence
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IN DEPENDENCE DAZE POEM — A Little Colony PR: Owed Too Puerto Rico
If at first you don’t secede You will be tried, tried agin Taking atoll Largely unheard Feigning liberties In centuries owed looming freedom Weave earned our lessen From the British umpire Never let US leave North America [Except for certain … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Citizens, Colonial Rule, Congress, Control, Debt, Democracy, Economy, Freedom, government, Mourning, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, Puerto Rico, State, Status, Work
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POEM: A Boner Fide Off Her
Things are heating up in America As round the earth Flatlanders are in a whirled Of applausable deniability As their scholar ship sales Off any known atlas Of shrugging turtles And histrionic elephants Lording over mice and men In the … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Change, Children, Climate Change, Denial, Environmental, Free market, Hubris, Logic, Market, masculinity, Mother Earth, Nature, Patriarchy, Poems, Poetry, Politics, Power, Victim Blaming
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER: Anti-GOP Pledge of Allegiance — Plague of Leeches on The Flag
With a wave of patriotic protests occurring during the national anthem, I thought that I would add the pledge of allegiance into the mix. Of course, this free poster is an anti-Republican, anti-GOP parody of the pledge of allegiance: Why … Continue reading →