Tag Archives: Philosophical

POEM: The Ins and Outs of Breathing

Which is better To breathe in or out At their annual convention This was the question Of the year Not a moment Too soon As immanent researchers congregated Took sides Gave talks Of oxygen and carbon dioxide Aerobic capacity and … Continue reading

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POEM: Trash Talk

God is culpable Of more than you can Imagine Your momma Fodder unknown Know Job A dyslexic dog Dissembling I’m OK, you’re KO Unsporting A boxer of tiny portions And don’t get me Going On That big, ugly, unmentionable cistern … Continue reading

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Chris Hedges’ Interviews Noam Chomsky on Precarious State of America

Once again, Chris Hedges nails it in his article, Noam Chomsky Has ‘Never Seen Anything Like This,’ discussing the precarious state of the current American political landscape and bringing to bear Chomsky’s rigorous and insightful analysis over the last several generations: … Continue reading

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POEM: Anew Page Delivering

I am Subject too The very inquisition Wanting too a void Axing the quest in Who would halve me Believe Know One Wrote The book In my heart Anything but stone Nothing accept Throwing multifarious dirt At clay feat As … Continue reading

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POEM: Mirror Winning In a Close Shave

That mine-blowing moment finally came Where he saw his enemy Face to efface That fateful mourning Infinitely more dangerous And dreadfully more thorny Than blood drawn in a close shave Like a glance to the heart None other Then his … Continue reading

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POEM: Succor Punch: Owed to Water

Water is Liquid liveliness On the surface So abundant Yet its unique Properties for gotten Pre-sumptuously owin’ The establishment Of hour get-up and go Taken For granite In difference to animating schemas And listless graces Making passable Setting in motion … Continue reading

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POEM: The Meaning of Vex Lex

In a universe beyond apprehension She caught herself Vexing once again Is there meaning? Looking above The stars just winked Looking below The grass said “How can you stand it?” Looking forward Her next meal said “Eat me.” Looking back … Continue reading

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POEM: An Answer to the Problem of Evil

An Answer to the Problem of Evil One morning God woke up Before there was such a thing as morning God was well pleased with God’s self “I know that I am all that!” In fact, the only thing better … Continue reading

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POEM: Wading for Gödel

Wading for Gödel A play of mathematical imprecision Fraught with everlasting interpretations Malingering, idoling away the ours For a character whose reputation must impossibly precede him Like the brutal distinction of jealousy and envoy More afraid of the unknown than … Continue reading

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POEM: I am

The other day I got kicked out Of an atheist’s club Told in no uncertain terms There is science And no other! And I am left To wonder Wow, where did that come from?! I was raised A Christian A … Continue reading

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Force Attracts Men of Low Morality

Force Always Attracts Men of Low Morality–PEACE QUOTE BUTTON Force Always Attracts Men of Low Morality–PEACE QUOTE BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, caps, key chains, … Continue reading

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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

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Every Revolutionary Ends Up Oppressor or Heretic

Every Revolutionary Ends Up Oppressor or Heretic–PEACE QUOTE BUTTON Every Revolutionary Ends Up Oppressor or Heretic–PEACE QUOTE BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, caps, key chains, … Continue reading

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Black Bloc Anarchists Play into Hands of State Control

Chris Hedges of Znet reports on the The Cancer in Occupy as the Black Bloc Anarchists who typically are the small number in the Occupy movement protesters who behave violently, attacking police, and destroying property.  While the Occupy movement as … Continue reading

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It’s the Greed, Stupid

It’s the Greed, Stupid POLITICAL BUTTON It’s the Greed, Stupid 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 … Continue reading

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POEM: Those who take things literally are often thieves.

ONE-LINE POEM: Those who take things literally are often thieves. Here it is folks, my first one-line poem!  Quite appropriately, this short poem is a poem about poems, as well as a poem dealing directly and simply with social and … Continue reading

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POEM: Toddling Western Civilization

Have you ever seen a toddler who can barely walk Stumbling forward, running to not fall Deliriously proud of oneself This may be Western civilization This short poem is a metaphor for Western civilization.  For any of us who have … Continue reading

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Maybe There’s a Reason It’s Straight to Hell Not Gay to Hell

Maybe There’s a Reason It’s Straight to Hell Not Gay to Hell FUNNY BUTTON Maybe There’s a Reason It’s Straight to Hell Not Gay to Hell FUNNY BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top … Continue reading

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Celebrate National Public Health Week 2012

Celebrate National Public Health Week 2012 Top Pun, a public health professional in a former incarnation, invites you to celebrate National Public Health Week 2012, which for 2012 occurs April 2-8.  The annual health observance, seeks to mobilize communities across … Continue reading

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Toledo Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity Celebration

Toledo Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity Celebration I just got back from the Toledo Martin Luther King Jr. Day unity celebration. I was delighted to see thousands of people celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in … Continue reading

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