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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: The Death of Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier
He was a Baby with a capital B A ruler by which so many would be judged He was unjust A child of 20 A President for life A President for death As so many capriciously dyin’ with a king … Continue reading
POEM: The Game of Life
One day I realized The game of life And going back In the box Only to find The rules had been lost Long a go And still The game goes on This short poem plays with the notion that life … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Ancient, Attitude, Authority, Awe, Buddhism, Change, Character, China, Consciousness, Courage, Creativity, Evil, Experience, Failure, Faith, Foolish, Freedom, God, Greed, Hate, Hope, Humor, Hypocrisy, Idealism, Insanity, Institutionalize, Irreverence, Joy, Life, Love, Militarism, Mind, Modern, Obedience, Pacifism, Play, Playfulness, Political, President, Psychology, Questioning, Rage, Reality, Religion, Religious, Respect, Reverence, Rhetoric, Rich, Rules, Sacred, Sincerity, Spiritual, Spirituality, Status, Success, Truth, Universe, Utopia, Violence, War, Willingness, Wisdom, Zen
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POEM: We Won’t Be Food Again
I would rather Be Job Less than Renounce A living wager And know place to lie My head My heart Made homeless In loo of A fast fooled nation For going The beast Wee Can due Hitched to number one … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, News, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Abundance, America, Ancient, Authority, Awe, Balance, Business, Capitalism, Change, Children, Community, Compassion, Consumerism, Conundrum, Counter-Cultural, Creation, Culture, Debt, Dehumanizing, Discrimination, Disease, Disenfranchised, Dream, Dreams, Economic, Elite, Employment, Enemies, Equality, Experience, Failure, Faith, Family, Food, Forgiveness, Freedom, Gandhi, Genius, God, government, Harmony, Hate, Heart, Heaven, Hell, Hope, Income, Inequality, Intimacy, Jesus, Job, Jobs, Journey, Justice, Labor, Law, Life, Living Wage, Love, Meaning, Money, Oppression, Perspective, Play, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Political, Poor, Poverty, Power, Powers that be, Preferential Option for the Poor, President, Privilege, Productivity, Prophet, Proverb, Reality, Religious, Respect, Rhetoric, Rich, Risk, Sabbath, Sacred, Scarcity, Science, Simplicity, Slavery, Society, Soul, Spiritual, State, Status, Status Quo, Time, Truth, Values, Vulnerability, War, Wealth, Western Civilization, Willingness, Wisdom, Women, Work, Worldview, Worship
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POEM: State of the Union – Barack Obama
The State of the Union In come in equality Barack Hussein Obama Raising a question Of will he deliver His second state Of the union Different than the first Shot from Chicagoland Now addressing From 1600 sumpin’ Pennsylvania Avenue A … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Art, Community, Economic, Education, Equality, Experience, Family, Fear, Freedom, Heart, Hope, Humanity, Idealism, Identity, Income, Inequality, Intellect, Irony, Joy, Law, Lawyer, Lazy, Life, Minority, Money, Navy, Obama, Play, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Politics, Power, Present, President, Questioning, Racism, Reality, Rhetoric, Science, skin in the game, Society, Soul, State, Status, Time, Truth, Vulnerability, War
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POEM: War on Poverty
War on Poverty In our nation’s capital We are drowning in think tanks Our chief armament In the war on poverty And for all of their business They have made up their mine Poverty is not the problem Poverty is … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Business, Congress, Heart, Plutocracy, Poems, Poetry, Poverty, President, Progress, Rhetoric, Scarcity, State, Supreme Court, Time, War, Wealth
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Martin Luther King Day history and reflection
Martin Luther King Day is coming up on January 20, 2014. MLK Day is celebrated in the U.S. on the third Monday of every January. The first official celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, as a federal holiday in … Continue reading
Posted in News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Celebrations, Change, Christmas, Civil Rights, Community, Congress, Debt, Democrat, Future, government, History, Holy, Inane, Institutions, Jesus, Justice, Law, Liberal, Life, Love, Media, mlk celebration, mlk day, Monetize, National, Power, Powers that be, President, Productivity, Racism, Republican, Resistance, Spiritual, Status, Status Quo, Time, Toledo, Truth, Unity, Veterans, Voting, Work
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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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FREE POSTER: MLK I Have a Dream, Obama I Have Drone
To celebrate the legacy of peace and justice of Martin Luther King, Jr. this upcoming MLK Day 2013, I have designed this free downloadable poster: “MLK I Have a Dream, Obama I Have Drone” You can download this free 8-1/2 … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Free Stuff, Peace, Political Action
Tagged Acceptance, Celebrations, Children, Crude, Death, downloadable poster, Dream, drone, Drones, edginess, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Justice, Law, Martin Luther King Jr, mlk celebration, mlk day, National, nobel peace prize, Obama, Pacifism, President, Rhetoric, timeless question, Toledo, Violence, Work
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Criminal Trespass: Killer Drones OR Protesting Killer Drones?
In order to welcome Vice President Joe Biden to the University of Toledo campus on the morning of October 23, 2012, for a campaign stop, I placed numerous sets of small label stickers saying, “STOP DRONE KILLINGS”, STOP WAR”, “DRONE … Continue reading
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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Julia Bates Retirement Party, Mock Award
Today a few dozen people descended upon the Lucas County Courthouse in downtown Toledo, Ohio, to wish Lucas County Persecutor Julia Bates a happy retirement and demand justice for Danny Brown. Occupy Toledo had a cake, party hats, noisemakers, and … Continue reading
Posted in News, Political Action
Tagged Creativity, Crime, Danny Brown, Direct Democracy, Events, Farce, Funny, Injustice, Justice, Law, Meaning, Mock, Money, Moral, Murder, National, Occupy Toledo, Patience, Police, Political, Present, President, Prison, Protesters, Protests, Success, Toledo, Trust
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American Spring Coming: Occupy G8 and NATO in Chicago
With the G8 and NATO summits coming to Chicago in the middle of May, the occupy movement is poised to jump start the American Spring. The Occupy Wall Street movement has already called for a general strike on May Day, … Continue reading
Posted in News, Peace, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Authority, Economic, Elite, Fear, G8, government, Hope, Journalists, May Day, Media, Military, Moral, NATO, Obama, Occupy Toledo, Occupy Wall Street, Patriot, Political, Poverty, Power, Present, President, Propaganda, Protesters, Protests, Resentment, Resistance, Rules, State, Time, Toledo, Trust, Wall Street, War, Work
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Obama Shifts Military Defense Cuts to Domestic Programs
George Zornick blogs in The Nation about Obama’s Plan to Save the Military From Cuts—at the Expense of Domestic Programs. Here is an excerpt: “As budget wonks comb over President Obama’s outline for fiscal year 2013, a startling White House … Continue reading
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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Obama Bookends State of Union Address With Militarism
Obama Bookends State of Union Address With Militarism President Barack Obama said a lot of nice things in his State of the Union address last night. While these days I don’t pay much attention to what politicians say, I thought … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Disease, Domination, Hope, Injustice, Militarism, Military, National, Nationalism, Nonviolent, Obama, Occupy Wall Street, Politics, Power, President, Religion, Reverence, Revolutionary, State, Status, Status Quo, Violence
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Reality Television: Poverty Grows
Reality Television: Poverty Grows – POLITICAL BUTTON Reality Television: Poverty Grows – 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 →