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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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POEM: Secrets Lie
Secrets lie At the heart of US The endless wore On tear Never skipping A beating As time passes US over Looking like patients ignored Collapsing under our own wait For loving our animus Is too much To bare The … Continue reading
POEM: Eminently Bad Business
Some might suggest that we run everything like a business This is eminently bad business The notion that everything should be run like a business runs like a disease through Western Civilization. This delusion leads some to believe that capitalism … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Business, Capitalism, Children, Disease, Economic, Humanity, Life, Love, Poems, Poetry, Sacred, Short Poems, Soul, Western Civilization
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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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POEM: Navy Yard Killings
Navy Yard Killings In these crazy times Of senseless killings Nations seek a return To sensible killings There are many levels of crazy. There are perhaps even more levels of crazy when it comes to killing. I am not surprised … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, News, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Acceptance, Ancient, Business, Compassion, Crazy, Dream, Empathy, Family, God, Grace, Heart, History, Hope, Irony, Love, Military, Navy, Normal, Obama, Pacifism, Poems, Poet, Power, President, Projection, Reality, Short Poems, Slavery, Sleep, Status, Violence, War, Wisdom
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POEM: Lottery
I won the lottery Now I am able To outsource My neuroses Winning the lottery is probably one of the most common fantasies, particularly by the math-impaired. Most people assume that getting a large windfall of money will make their life … Continue reading
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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POEM: A Mother’s Nature
This poem did not exist a few hours ago. I was interrupted by a thought (captured in the first few lines) and I took the time to jot them down. Seconds turned to hours as the muse is a taskmaster … Continue reading
POEM: Chicago Transit Authority and Me – 147 to 4
I recently spent the week in Chicago while my Dad was in the hospital for major surgery. Travelling back and forth from the hospital involved going about 110 blocks on two busses, from the north end of downtown to the … Continue reading
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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Romney Campaign Bans Top Pun from Event
Today, the Mitt Romney campaign held a “victory” rally at the Seagate center in downtown Toledo, Ohio. Top Pun ran into a mitt-full of cards as the Romney campaign drew a full house; but, as the rain fell, Top Pun … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Anti-War, Gay, News, Political Action
Tagged Business, Change, Cowardice, drone, Events, Experience, Extinction, First Amendment, Free Speech, God, government, Hate, Irony, Job, Law, Law Enforcement, Media, Mitt Romney, Obama, Police, Power, Present, Pride, Protesters, Protests, Security, Soul, Toledo, Top Pun, Trust, Violence, War
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POEM: Shooting Star
You are a shooting star Enjoy it while you can And may others look up And see your light The short poem focuses on the theme that life is short, yet it can be glorious. The first order of business … Continue reading
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
POEM: Personal Boundaries
Sometimes I have trouble telling where I end and you begin No, wait, that’s you! This funny little poem plays with the confusion inherent in having fuzzy personal boundaries. Codependency is a very popular topic these days. Sorting out what … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Awareness, Business, Funny, Interdependence, Job, Poems, Poetry, Present, Reality, Relationships, Self-Awareness, Self-Discovery, Short Poems, Time, Wisdom, Work
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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: CEO Jesus – Rendering Unto Ceasar
CEO Jesus Loves Tax Time! CEO Jesus really loves tax time! Of course, Jesus opposes Imperial Rome just as much as Jesus opposes Imperial United States. And what’s the best way to bring down a government? De-fund it! If paying … Continue reading
Posted in Political Cartoons
Tagged Anti-Corporate, Business, Cartoon, Corporate Personhood, Evil, government, Jesus, Lazy, Political, taxes, Time, Welfare
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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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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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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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Will Work for Change
Will Work for Change-POLITICAL BUTTON Will Work for Change-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 be accessed … Continue reading →