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Tag Archives: Democracy
FREE POSTER: Sen. Rob “Lincoln” Portman – The Grate Emancipator – “And you shall be emancipated from your health insurance, and the good Lord will grant you your ultimate freedom”
In the continuing health care debacle known as senate Republicans trying to “repeal and replace” Obamacare, please enjoy my latest take with this free poster: Sen. Rob “Lincoln” Portman – The Grate Emancipator – “And you shall be emancipated from … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political Action
Tagged America, Change, Death, Democracy, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Freedom, Funny, Health Care, Health Insurance, Parity or Parody, Play, Public Health, Republican, Sen. Rob Portman, War
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FREE POSTER: Sen. Rob Portman’s closest health care ally, DEATH, making a critical point regarding his constituents: “I WANT YOU!”
This free poster reveals Sen. Rob Portman’s closest health care ally, DEATH, making a critical point regarding his constituents: “I WANT YOU!” Sen. Portman is showing cruel ambivalence toward the senate Republican killer health care bill. Tens of thousands of … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, Political Action
Tagged Death, Democracy, free poster, Free Posters, Health Care, Parity or Parody, Political, Republican, Sen. Rob Portman
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FREE POSTER: Sen. Rob Portman meets with his Russian lawyer and campaign consultant on how to safely blow up Medicaid
When Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) is busy not meeting with his constituents, he is seeking expert advice from cartoonish consultants. Please feel free to share or print out this free political poster, “Sen. Rob Portman meets with his Russian lawyer … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political Action
Tagged Democracy, Fear, free poster, Free Posters, Funny, Health Care, Health Insurance, Lawyer, Medicaid, Parity or Parody, Parodies, Political, Public Health, Satire, Sen. Rob Portman
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FREE POSTER: Sen. Rob “Robber” Portman – Reverse Robin Hood
This free political poster features Sen. Rob “Robber” Portman (R-OH) as Reverse Robin Hood, stealing from the poor and giving to the rich. This free poster is yet another in my “Parity or Parody in Democracy” series. This poster was … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Democracy, free poster, Greed, Health Care, History, Income, Inequality, Modern, Parity or Parody, Political, Poor, Republican, Rich, Time, Wealth
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FREE POSTER: Senator Rob Portman as The High Priest Caiaphas, Starring In That Christian Damn Nation
This free poster takes Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) to church over his brutally un-Christian vacillation over the senate Republican health care bill. This satirical poster is yet another installation in my “Parity or parody in democracy” series. Wile Sen. Portman … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, Christian, Church, Democracy, free poster, Health Care, Jesus, Logic, Medicaid, Parity or Parody, Poor, Republican, Rich, Sen. Rob Portman
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POSTER: Partisan Man – Senator Rob Portman – Mitch McConnell Made Me Do It!
This free poster is another installment in my “Parity or Parody in Democracy” series. This poster features Sen. Rob Portman as Partisan Man, yet another white man. This political cartoon was inspired by Sen. Portman, white man among white men, … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Cartoon, Democracy, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Health Care, Parity or Parody, Partisan, Partisanship, Political, Politics, Poor, President, Reconciliation, Republican, Sen. Rob Portman, Time
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Stand Up For Democracy, Sen. Portman
Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) is a key figure in the Senate Republican health care legislation, now being drafted in secret. He has so far refused to have any face-to-face town hall meeting with his constituents over any issues. He may … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political Action
Tagged Democracy, Health Care, Hypocrisy, Outrage, Republican, Sen. Rob Portman, Time
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Self-Made Trump Has A Fool For A Maker
In Trumpian fashion, fool of irony, I quote myself: “A self-made man has a fool for a maker.” The man-child known as Donald Trump runs roughshod over the boundaries of lesser fools. He fashions his fashion as the boss of … Continue reading
Posted in Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awareness, Beauty, Business, Citizens, Death, Debt, Democracy, Donald Trump, Economy, Elections, Enemies, Equality, Facts, Family, Fear, Foolish, God, government, Heart, History, Ideals, Image, Inequality, Irony, Kids, Law, Life, Meaning, Mind, Minority, National, Occupy Wall Street, Power, President, Privilege, Reality, Relationships, Respect, Rich, Rules, Russia, Secrets, Silence, Society, Stupid, Time, Trust, Truth, Wall Street, Wealth, Willingness, Women
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Sen. Robert WALDO Portman, Where Are You?!
Sen. Robert WALDO Portman, where are you?! All about Red and white stripes And no blue to be seen In what Might better Be a black and white world Yet no wear To be found In this tattered democracy And … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political Action
Tagged America, Democracy, Poems, Poetry, Protest Poetry, Protests, Sen. Rob Portman, Toledo
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Democracy Day : 5 Minutes of Democracy
Today is Democracy Day, mandated by a people’s resolution to Toledo City Council, spearheaded by Toledo Move To Amend, declaring that corporations are not people and money is not free speech. Today’s forum in Toledo City Council chambers, albeit with … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, News, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged budgets, Citizens, Commercial, Democracy, Family, Free Speech, Gift, government, Heart, Love, Mind, Money, Move to Amend, Oligarchy, Play, Plutocracy, Political, Politics, Power, ProMedica, Sacred, Silence, Sleep, Time, Toledo, Trust
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POLITICAL POEM: Fighting Exclusively
It was his thing Fighting exclusively Battles he could win His crowning I deal Never finding himself On-the-cide of losers Whirled why’d Naught ails But win Filling his sales Whatever He could bye A captain of destiny In habiting the … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Absolute Security, Amorality, Awe, Business, Capitalism, Change, Character, Culture, Democracy, Donald Trump, Dreams, Equality, Ethical, Ethics, Greed, Heart, Helplessness, Hope, Human Rights, Ideals, Justice, Loss, Megalomania, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, Power, President, Privilege, Sacred, Security, skin in the game, Sociopathy, Solidarity, Status, Success, Suffering, Truth, Values
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POLITICAL POEM: Trump U Verses Screw U
O pose The establishment Of his style Outside is in Down with up As drive in reveres “I love sow and sow more than anyone” And awe That is Con men Selling Brooklyn bridges To no where That is good … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Business, Change, Chaos, Creativity, Democracy, Donald Trump, government, Hope, Humanity, Labor, Love, Moral, Nationalism, Oligarchy, Partisan, Play, Poems, Poetry, Political, Power, Privilege, Resistance, Rich, Security, Society, Solidarity, Unity, Women, Xenophobia
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POLITICAL POEM: You Don’t Say, And Ever Prey
To every American YES The president no’s stuff That wee don’t Real lies Pinocchio without puppeteers Cyrano’s muzzle sow credible Undisclosed pickings of boogie men Obscuring a lode of crop Not too be shared Impolite company Helled as rue’d or … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Capitalism, Celebrity, Civil Rights, Democracy, Donald Trump, Freedom, God, government, Journey, Love, Money, Poems, Poetry, Political, Power, President, Propaganda, Public Goods, Rhetoric, Soul, Trust, Truth, Violence, Voting
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POEM: Unleashed
As anger and grief morphs Into the habits and vagaries of daily life The heart is circled by its waggin’s In loo of revolutions more roil As if Too be stuck In The mettle Only to be Haunted by cursory … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Anger, Authoritarian, Awe, Balance, Change, Consciousness, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Donald Trump, Elections, Future, Heart, Hope, Justice, Life, Loss, Misogyny, Muslim, Muslims, National, Nationalism, Outrage, Poems, Poetry, Power, Racism, Revolutionary, Sexism, sexual assault, Solidarity, State, Supreme Court, Surreal, Time, Voting, Women, Work, Xenophobia
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ELECTION POEM: Democracy Takes A Dive
Like that Mourning do After a cold night Looking over That nasty bluff When the populace says jump As if Only culpable Sane How high Falling for everything Accept gravity and physics As mirror opinion Reproving such an eminent nadir … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Choices, Democracy, Domination, Donald Trump, Dream, Dystopia, Exceptionalism, Fascism, Fear, Future, Hope, Hubris, Imperialism, Justice, Life, Mourning, Neoliberalism, Physics, Poems, Poetry, Solidarity
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ELECTION POEM: Won Thing In Common
We had Won thing in common We were consumers Of the evil of two lessers As if Only just At last Defeat the enemy Within Hour strangled democracy Won wring Too rule them all Sending US too Our eternal reward … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Absurdity, Alienation, Blessed, Citizens, Conformity, Consumerism, Democracy, Elections, Evil, Helplessness, Humanity, Inane, Jobs, Poems, Poetry, Reality, Rebellion, Sacred, Surreal, Time, Virtual Reality, Voting, Work
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Friendly Rant: Voting FOR Jill Stein NOT Wielding “Privilege”
Oddly, with the presidential candidates from the two dominant and domineering political parties setting new records for low approval, voting for anyone else is met with bafflingly high contempt. My friend, local activist, and Green Party Jill Stein supporter, Shannon Frye, … Continue reading
Posted in Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Argument, Ballot, Children, Classism, Compassion, Crime, Culture, Defense, Democracy, Environmental, Equality, facebook, Family, Fear, Feminism, Feminist, Food, Freedom, Future, Gender, Green Party, Hell, Hillary Clinton, History, Identity, Incarnation, Inequality, Jill Stein, Justice, Labor, Life, Logic, Medicaid, Military, Mind, Modern, Money, Moral, Neoliberalism, Oppression, Police, Political, Power, President, Prison, Privilege, Queer, Racism, Rage, Religious, Revolution, Security, Sex, Sexism, Sexuality, Silence, Slavery, Social Justice, Social Security, State, Time, Truth, Violence, Voting, War, Women, Work
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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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ACTIVIST POEM: Our Ayes Will Have It
She had Enough Of half-baked politicians She kneaded democracy Here and now As the yeast she could do Sounding off To those who might Listen Wee choir not A grand stand To lift every voice and sing Wringing well The … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Blessed, Change, Death, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Faith, Fear, God, Greed, Heart, Heaven, Hope, Justice, Minorities, National, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, Poor, Power, Powers that be, Present, Privilege, Reactionary, Work
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