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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: Job One
- POEM: Dawning of So-called Civilization
- POEM: The Dance of Life
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- POEM: What is De-served?
- POEM: Baby-ize
- POEM: A Walker, Please
- POEM: People of Consequence
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Tag Archives: Freedom
POEM: My Ransom
I had drug All my holdings To the pinnacle of possessions And the depths of conceded Realizing Long the way It was My ransom Delivering me Oftentimes our possessions end up possessing us. Like a drug addiction that has a … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, Freedom, Poems, Poetry, Possessions, Power, Sacrifice, Short Poems, Status, Wealth, Work
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POEM: Work Week
One day I didn’t feel like going to work Some people call them weekdays This one goes out to all of you who feel, chronically and/or acutely, that going to work is, well…work. I wouldn’t mind being the guy who … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Anti-Corporate, Class Warfare, Culture, Dream, Economic, Experience, Freedom, God, Greed, Hindu, Jewish, Jobs, Journey, Karma, Learning, Life, Mind, Mindfulness, Money, Poems, Poetry, Reality, Sabbath, Security, Short Poems, Spiritual, Wealth, Western Civilization, Work
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POEM: As We Press Release
As We Press Release The defense department denies killing civilians The state department denies human rights abuses by trade partners The department of energy denies that nuclear power is anything but safe The criminal justice system denies institutional racism The … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Anti-Corporate, Big Brother, Capitalism, Commercial, Conspiracy, Consumerism, Crassness, Criminal Justice System, Defense, Evolution, Expediency, Freedom, Freedom of the Press, GOP, Greed, Hell, Human Rights, Imperialism, Inane, Journalists, Justice, Labor, Life, Militarism, Military, Mind, Nuclear Power, Oppression, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, Power, Propaganda, Racism, Social Movements, Sociopathy, State, War
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POEM: You Can’t Do That
They told me “You can’t do that.” I replied, “Thanks, I hadn’t done anything impossible yet today.” It’s been a slow day I suspect that we are much freer than we typically realize. As Henry Ford said, “Think you can, … Continue reading
POEM: Lines in the Sand
I run circles around your lines in the sand You’re going to need a bigger sandbox
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER: A Christian Perspective on Justice
Here is a portion of a document that I drafted a couple of years ago while I was a board member of Toledo Area Ministries (TAM). It was never adopted in any form, but I put a lot of work … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Peace, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Accountability, Ancient, Art, Authorities, Authority, Awareness, Bible, Blessed, Blessing, budgets, Capitalism, Change, Character, Children, Christian, Church, Civil Rights, Classism, Common Good, Community, Compassion, Competition, Conscience, Consumerism, Control, Conundrum, Conventional Wisdom, Creation, Creativity, Death, Defense, Denial, Domestic Violence, Domination, Dream, Economic, Egalitarian, Enemies, Equality, Evil, Facts, Failure, Faith, Family, Fear, Food, Forgiveness, Freedom, Future, Gender, Gift, God, government, Grace, Greed, Harmony, Hate, Healing, Heart, Heaven, Hell, History, Holy, Hope, Hospitality, Human Rights, Humanity, Humility, Idolatry, Image, Immorality, Impersonal, Incarnation, Inequality, Injustice, Intimacy, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Journey, Joy, Justice, Kindness, Labor, Law, leadership, Life, Logic, Loss, Love, Market, Materialism, Meaning, Mercy, Militarism, Military, Mind, Modern, Money, Moral, Morality, Nationalism, Nature, Nonviolence, Patience, Patriarchy, Patriotism, Perspective, Philosophy, Piety, Political, Politics, Poor, Possessions, Power, Powers that be, Prayer, Present, Prison, Privilege, Prophet, Questioning, Questions, Racism, Radical, Rage, Reality, Reconciliation, Relationships, Religious, Responsibility, Resurrection, Revolution, Rich, Risk, Sabbath, Sacred, Science, Security, Sexism, Society, Solidarity, Songs, Soul, Spiritual, State, Status, Status Quo, Stewardship, Success, Suffering, Temptation, Theology, Time, Toledo, Truth, Unity, Unjust Laws, Values, Violence, Vulnerability, War, Wealth, Wisdom, Work, Worship
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POEM: The Innies and Outies of the Birthday of US
Here is a tribute to the immigration debate going on in the United States, as we celebrate the birthday of U.S., with a tip of the hat to Dr. Suess’ Butter Battle Book, where the conflict was over and between … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Conflict, Freedom, History, Immigration, Poems, Poetry, Poor, State, Xenophobia
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Justice For Danny Brown $149.02
Today, I have to go down to the Toledo Municipal Court and pay my fine and court costs of $149 for “illegal posting” of Justice for Danny Brown stickers and Julia Bates WANTED posters all over downtown, surrounding the Lucas … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, News, Political Action
Tagged Crime, Danny Brown, Debt, Free Speech, Freedom, Future, Illegal, Justice, Law, Life, Money, Poet, Poetic Justice, Poor, Protests, Society, State, Toledo
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POEM: I Dropped My Sword and Shield
One day I dropped my sword and shield And as it turns out, it freed more than my hands It is not unusual for me to want to see someone hurt; this is the metaphorical sword. It is not unusual … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Compassion, Courage, Culture, Experience, Freedom, Justice, Karma, Poetry, Punishment, Reality, Resentment, Short Poems, Violence, Vulnerability, War, Willingness
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POEM: Sleeping In
I love mornings that I can sleep in I call them “weekdays” I am a wealthy man! I can go for months at a time without the need for an alarm clock. How many have such wealth? In crass terms, … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, Poems
Tagged Freedom, Gratitude, Health Insurance, Life, Love, Meditation, Normal, Power, Short Poems, Sleep, Time, Wealth
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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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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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POEM: Free Will Compelling
I find the experience of free will very compelling. I like this simple one line poem because it juxtaposes two seeming opposites. Free will is often viewed as some kind of absolute. Compulsion is on the other end of the … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awareness, Choices, Compulsion, Consciousness, Conundrum, Creativity, Epistemology, Existential, Experience, Free Will, Freedom, Funny, Genius, God, Ironic, Meaning, One-line Poems, Opposites, Reality, Respect, Sartre, Stupid, Subjectivity, Work
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What Are Conservatives Conserving?
What Exactly Are Conservatives Conserving (Earth) POLITICAL BUTTON What Exactly Are Conservatives Conserving (Earth) 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, … Continue reading
Posted in Political and Philosophical Musings, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Amorality, Common Good, Community, Conservative, Conundrum, cool design, Environmental, Evil, Foolish, Freedom, Humanity, Ideology, Immorality, Individualism, Karma, Love, Musings, Play, Political, Reality, Sartre, Selfish, Top Pun, Wisdom, Work
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Proud Ally
Proud Ally BUTTON Proud Ally 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 by scrolling down the … Continue reading
Posted in Gay, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged cool design, Equality, Freedom, Homosexuality, LGBT, Solidarity, Top Pun
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Religious Liberty, Conscience Exemptions for Everything
With the Obama administration’s recent rules requiring organizations owned by religious groups to provide contraceptive coverage as part of their employees’ health insurance, conservative groups and the Roman Catholic Church have gotten all their panties in a bunch, which is … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Balance, Bible, Birth Control, Catholic, Church, Community, Congress, Conscience, Conscientious Objection, Conscription, Conservative, Control, Draft Registration, Economic, Existential, Freedom, God, government, Grace, Health Insurance, Illegal, Immigration, Law, Law Enforcement, leadership, Logic, Love, Mennonites, Military, Obama, Pacifism, Parodies, Philosophical, Political, Politics, Power, Quakers, Questions, Reality, Religion, Religious, Religious Freedom, Resistance, Respect, Rules, State, Status, Supreme Court, taxes, Toledo, Truth, Violence, War, Work
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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 →