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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: Political
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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HAPPY DEAD PRESIDENTS DAY – Work, Buy, Consume, Die
HAPPY DEAD PRESIDENTS DAY – Work, Buy, Consume, Die! Download a free 8.5″ X 11″ poster size of “HAPPY DEAD PRESIDENTS DAY – Work, Buy, Consume, Die.” Remember, the best things in life are free, and the best things in … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Gay
Tagged Consumerism, Consumption, Free Posters, History, Job, Life, Money, Political, Pride, Wall Street, War, Work
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POLITICAL CARTOON: Free Market Jesus – Blessed Are The Amoral
Free Market Jesus Speaks! Welcome to Free Market Jesus! This is a new Top Pun series of comics that will run on Sundays, featuring Free Market Jesus, Country Club Jesus, Gen. Jesus, Comedian Jesus, and who knows what other incarnations! … Continue reading
Posted in Political Cartoons
Tagged Amorality, Blessed, Cartoon, Catholic, Comics, Conventional Wisdom, Free market, Free Will, Funny, God, Greed, Heart, Hope, Humor, Immorality, Ironic, Jesus, Market, Materialism, Moral, Morality, Parodies, Political, Religious, Responsibility, Sacred, Sartre, Scientific Reductionism, Sociopathy, Top Pun, Truth, Western Civilization, Wisdom
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How Much is Enough? Enough is Enough
David Sirota writes in In These Times about Embracing Enough. How much is enough? I consider this one of the most important questions for humans to answer both for themselves and to work out a reasonable relationship with the other … Continue reading
Posted in News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Ancient, Balance, Business, Change, Conservative, Doctrine, Economic, Ethics, Free market, Freedom, Hypocritical, Immorality, Individualism, Market, Moral, Morality, Nature, Political, Politics, Power, Privilege, Questions, Responsibility, Time, Work, Worship
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Ultra-Rich Mitt Romney in 1% of the 1%
According to the Wall Street Journal, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney had an income of $21.7 million last year. This puts Mr. Romney in the category of the ultra rich, the super rich, the mega rich, the 1% of the … Continue reading
Posted in News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Class Warfare, Freedom, Income, Mitt Romney, Money, Political, Poor, Republican, Rich, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
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Attack on Press Freedoms in Occupy Movement
Nation Magazine blogger Peter Rothberg has reported on attacks on press freedoms in the Occupy movement. Over 50 journalists have been arrested since the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement last September. You can sign a petition to support journalists … Continue reading
Hate Taxes? Avoid These 102 Tax-funded Enterprises
Tax time is around the corner, and it seems increasingly popular these days to hate taxes. Of course, hating taxes is a simply a more palpable manifestation of hating government. Further, I would submit that the bulk of government hating … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Army, Authority, Business, Children, Cooperation, Crassness, Culture, Firearms, Food, Free market, Freedom, government, Hate, Health Care, Hell, Housing, Humanity, Illegal, Job, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Market, Medicaid, Medicare, Military, Mind, Modern, Money, National, Philosophy, Police, Political, Politics, Postal Service, Public Goods, Republican, Right-Wing, Security, Simple Solutions, Social Security, Society, State, taxes, Time, Top Pun, Tragedy of the Commons, Veterans, Voting, Work, Workplace, Worship
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Protest Against NATO, G8 in Chicago, May 19, 2012
Protest the NATO/G8 Summit taking place in Chicago. The Legal, permitted, family-friendly march and rally will happen at Noon, Saturday, May 19th, 2012, at Daley Plaza, followed by a march to McCormick Place. The protest is sponsored and organized by … Continue reading
Homosexuality Prevents Abortion
Homosexuality Prevents Abortion BUTTON Homosexuality Prevents Abortion 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Gay, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Abortion, Bigotry, Cognitive Dissonance, Conservative, cool design, Demonization, Funny, Homosexuality, LGBT, Mind, Musings, Outrage, Passion, Political, Religious, Right-Wing, Sexuality, Time, Top Pun
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Silence Will Not Protect You
Your Silence Will Not Protect You – Pink Triangle–Gay Pride Rainbow Shop BUTTON Your Silence Will Not Protect You – Pink Triangle–Gay Pride Rainbow Shop BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products … Continue reading
Posted in Gay, Political and Philosophical Musings, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Community, Compassion, cool design, Disenfranchised, Disillusionment, Diversity, Experience, Humanity, Illusions, Learning, Life, Minorities, Minority, Normal, Paradoxes, Pink Triangle, Political, Pride, Queer, Reality, Silence, Time, Top Pun, Work
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No War in Iran – Toledo and Defiance Protests
This last weekend I participated in two protests as part of the national Day of Mass Action to Stop War on Iran – February 4, 2012. On Saturday afternoon, about 15 to 20 people gathered outside the Defiance County Courthouse in … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Anti-War, Peace, Peace Signs, Political Action
Tagged Army, Awe, Beautiful, Change, Citizens, Climate Change, Demonstrators, Enemies, Events, Heart, Hope, Iran, Militarism, National, Occupy Toledo, Political, Protesters, Protests, Quotes, State, Terrorism, Time, Toledo, Top Pun, War
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Birth Control as a Human Right – Toledo Protest
On Friday, February 6, about a dozen protesters gathered outside St. Anne’s Hospital on Secor Road in Toledo, Ohio. This protest was organized by the Toledo Chapter of the National Organization for Women (see Toledo NOW facebook page), it also … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Birth Control, Catholic, Christian, Christianity, Church, Conflict, Conscience, Control, Conventional Wisdom, Creation, Doctrine, Events, facebook, Freedom, God, Health Insurance, Hospitality, Human Rights, Idolatry, Ironic, Life, Mystical, National, Nationalism, Obama, Occupy Toledo, Political, President, Protesters, Protests, Radical, Reality, Religion, Religious, Religious Freedom, Respect, Risk, Sacred, Sacrifice, Security, skin in the game, Society, Soul, State, Stewardship, Time, Toledo, Values, Willingness, Wisdom, Women, Work
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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
Posted in Health, Political and Philosophical Musings, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Change, Conundrum, cool design, Creation, Culture, Dehumanizing, Economic, Economy, Environment, God, Greed, Health Care, Heart, Jobs, libertarian, Life, Logic, Mind, Morality, Musings, Objectivity, Occupy Wall Street, Philosophical, Philosophy, Political, Power, Puns, Reality, Republican, Scientific Reductionism, Society, State, Status, Stupid, Time, Top Pun, Universe, Values, Violence, Wall Street, War, Western Civilization, Worldview, Worship
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If You Think The Poor are Hard to Get Rid of Try the Rich
If You Think that the Poor are Hard to Get Rid of Try the Rich-POLITICAL BUTTON If You Think that the Poor are Hard to Get Rid of Try the Rich-POLITICAL BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, … Continue reading
Posted in Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Change, Class Warfare, cool design, Elite, Funny, Hope, Injustice, Life, Meaning, Media, Money, Occupy Wall Street, Parodies, Political, Poor, Poverty, Power, Powers that be, Present, Privilege, Proverb, Questioning, Questions, Reality, Rich, Satire, Society, Status, Status Quo, Time, Top Pun, Wall Street, Wealth, Work
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Peace Lecture: The End of War? Nonviolence in the 21st Century
“The End of War?: Nonviolence in the 21st Century” Nakamoto Peace Lecture Gwynne Dyer 7:30 P.M. Thursday, February 2, 2012 Bowen-Thompson Student Union Theater Free and open to the public One of the world’s great geopolitical analysts, Gwynne Dyer has … Continue reading
Posted in Peace
Tagged Change, Climate Change, Conflict, Culture, Events, Future, History, Military, Nonviolence, Political, Science, Toledo, War
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Support the Police, Beat Yourself Up – FUNNY POLITICAL BUTTON
Support the Police, Beat Yourself Up – FUNNY POLITICAL BUTTON Support the Police Beat Yourself Up – FUNNY POLITICAL BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, caps, … Continue reading
Posted in Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Control, cool design, Culture, Democracy, Demonstrators, Direct Democracy, Environment, Funny, Future, Job, Justice, Law, Meaning, Nonviolence, Nonviolent, Normal, Occupy Wall Street, Play, Police, Police Brutality, Political, Reality, Responsibility, Social Movements, Society, Top Pun, Wall Street, Work
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Abolish Corporate Personhood – join MovetoAmend.org
Abolish Corporate Personhood – join MovetoAmend.org It’s “We the People”, not “We the Corporations.” Well, perhaps, for now, it’s “Wee the people!” But hang on, the people are pissed off, and the meek are getting ready. We are in fact … Continue reading
Posted in Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Anti-Corporate, Ballot, Citizens, Constitution, Constitutional Rights, Corporate Personhood, Democracy, Direct Democracy, Elections, First Amendment, Freedom, Freedom of the Press, government, Humanity, Law, Life, Money, Move to Amend, National, Occupy Wall Street, Political, State, Supreme Court, Wall Street
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Make Crime Illegal
Make Crime Illegal – FUNNY POLITICAL BUTTON Make Crime Illegal – FUNNY 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 … Continue reading →