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Tag Archives: Protesters
POEM: Wanting to Say My Peace
Today, at a Kamala Harris rally, her speech was interrupted by protesters chanting, “Kamala, Kamala you can’t hide! We won’t vote for genocide.” As they persisted, and would not be silenced, candidate Harris said: “You know what? If you want … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Donald Trump, Fear, Genocide, Partisan, Protesters, Silence
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POEM: Trump Blows (into town)
I’m posting this poem in honor of the upcoming Republican primaries. I actually wrote this poem years ago when Trump came to Toledo for a campaign stop. My experience there adds a layer to this poem. The attendees of the … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Experience, Justice, Money, Poetic Justice, Protesters, Republican, Toledo
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FREE Anti-Trump POSTER: DUMP Trump, TRUMP Dump — It all makes sense when you realize that the “T” is silent
Confused about the daily antics of Donald Trump and his regime of toadies? Perhaps this will clear it up. I give you this FREE Anti-Trump POSTER: DUMP Trump, TRUMP Dump — “It all makes sense when you realize that the “T” … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Political and Philosophical Musings, Web Specials
Tagged America, anti-Trump, Army, Business, Children, Citizens, Community, Conflict, Congress, Constitution, Donald Trump, Ethical, Ethics, Family, Female, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Free Speech, government, History, Housing, Job, Justice, Law, leadership, Media, Military, Mock, National, National Security, Police, Political, Poor, Power, President, Protesters, Responsibility, Russia, Security, State, Supreme Court, Time, Transgender, Violence, War, War Crimes, Work
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Activist POEM: Yet Another Trump Tuesday at Sen. Portman’s Office
Yet Another Trump Tuesday at Sen. Portman’s Office Empower verses In power What is won to think? Lying in wait Miring our advocacy Swamped with democracy When and how to mete US We go through the drill Lairs of representation … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Democracy, Donald Trump, Poems, Poetry, Power, Present, President, Protesters, Rage, Republican, Resistance, Sen. Rob Portman, Silence, Time, Toledo
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER: White House gives its boilerplate response – We are NOT responsible. MOST. NOT RESPONSIBLE. EVER.
The White House has a surreal way of telling the truth. While blaming everything on someone else, they subtly admit that they are not responsible for anything, which is right in line with their amoral sociopathy. Of course, not taking … Continue reading
ANTI-FASCISM POEM: In Efface of Creeping Fascism
He was a custom Too accept That creep Creep Creep Of fascism Without a furor Incite Picking wons Fights Posedly agin And agin Sow frayed Peering opposed Laws and orders As just Be for It’s too late Over Due In … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Control, Democracy, Experience, Fascism, Haiti, Life, Luck, Mind, Moral, Propriety, Protesters, Questioning, Reality, Risk, Security, Sen. Rob Portman, Soul, State, Time, Toledo, Women, Work
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POEM: Cruel After Math — Owed to Sen. Rob Portman’s Health Care Vote
What kind? Of cruel after-math Is Sen. Portman working up The American people Facing death Bye the tens of thousands Buy the tens of billions For tax cuts For the richest Americans For loaded corporations drunk on power What is … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Poems, Political Action
Tagged Congress, Death, Health Care, Partisan, Poetry, Power, Progress, Protesters, Sen. Rob Portman, Toledo
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PROTEST POEM: Round The Public Square
Theirs Smoked filled plays Behind closed doors Where there is no room In the halls of power Fore the wrest of us Relegated to copping democracy Round the public square This protest poem deals with the reality that lack of … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Accountability, Citizens, Civil Disobedience, Criminal Justice System, Democracy, First Amendment, government, Justice, Law, Law Enforcement, Meaning, Nonviolent, Play, Poems, Poetry, Political, Power, Protesters, Protests, Reality, Resistance, Top Pun
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Toledo LOVE Fest: Anti-Trump Rally
As Donald Trump brought to Toledo his caravan of hate, bigotry and xenophobia, Toledoans met him with a LOVE fest, declaring resoundingly that his fear mongering is not welcome in Toledo. Here is my favorite picture from the rally: Earlier, … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, News, Peace, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged anti-Trump, Beautiful, Bigotry, Control, Donald Trump, Experience, facebook, Fear, Free Speech, Hate, Illegal, Karma, Law, Law Enforcement, Love, Media, Military, Muslims, Partisan, Police, Political, Politics, Present, Protesters, Security, Time, Toledo, Women, Xenophobia
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POEM: What Sup? — Owed to Michael Brown and Ferguson, MO
They come with walls of armor And arms, oh, the arms Ever prepared to do the riot thing Will their fear be matched By the fire in the bellies Of protesters Waving conflagrations Or hands bound Staring down such a … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Community, Crime, Demonstrators, Fear, Justice, Law, Law Enforcement, Meaning, Murder, Outrage, Police, Protesters, Racism, Rage, Security, Time
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POEM: Fermi Too
From Detroit to Toledo I drive by and by Monroe’s Fermi 2 Nuclear waste tower Falling over Penning only A plume of death In place of this poet A prophet taking Having called for its decommissioning Offers no comfort Only … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Commercial, Creation, Death, God, Insanity, Life, Loss, Mourning, Nuclear Power, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Police, Power, Prophet, Protesters, Security, Toledo
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Romney Campaign Bans Top Pun from Event
Today, the Mitt Romney campaign held a “victory” rally at the Seagate center in downtown Toledo, Ohio. Top Pun ran into a mitt-full of cards as the Romney campaign drew a full house; but, as the rain fell, Top Pun … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Anti-War, Gay, News, Political Action
Tagged Business, Change, Cowardice, drone, Events, Experience, Extinction, First Amendment, Free Speech, God, government, Hate, Irony, Job, Law, Law Enforcement, Media, Mitt Romney, Obama, Police, Power, Present, Pride, Protesters, Protests, Security, Soul, Toledo, Top Pun, Trust, Violence, War
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POLITICAL CARTOON: General Jesus Welcomes NATO Protesters to Chicago
Jesus Welcomes NATO Protesters to Chicago! Jesus and I will be at the NATO protest this Sunday in Chicago. The temperature is expected to be 87°. The Chicago Centurions, i.e., the Secret Service and the FBI, will not be allowing … Continue reading
Posted in News, Political Action, Political Cartoons
Tagged Capitalism, Cartoon, Comics, Cynical, Experience, Food, Jesus, Love, NATO, Parodies, Political, Powers that be, Protesters, Protests, Satire
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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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Kent State Massacre POEM
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the Kent State Massacre, where four students were killed and nine students were injured when National Guard troops opened fire on anti-war demonstrators. Below is a picture of Arlington Midwest at Kent State, May … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, News, Peace, Political Action
Tagged Beauty, Death, Demonstrators, Humanity, Lawyer, Life, National, Poems, Poetry, Protest Poetry, Protesters, Protests, Sacrifice, Silence, State, Suffering, Toledo, Violence, War, War Crimes
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DTE Shareholder Protest
Between 200 and 200,000 protesters gathered outside the DTE Energy headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. This DTE Energy protest was visited upon by two to 2,000 Occupy Toledo protesters. One unidentified protester, with a striking resemblance to Homer Simpson, wearing a … Continue reading
Posted in News, Peace
Tagged Anti-Corporate, Economy, Environmental, Events, leadership, Nuclear Power, Occupy Toledo, Protesters, Protests, Security, Shareholder, Toledo, Top Pun
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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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Mock Funeral – Occupy Toledo
Yesterday, April 1st, April Fool’s Day, was the one and only performance of Occupy Toledo‘s Mock Funeral — in life (and death) there are no rehearsals, this is it! If you missed it, I truly hope that you were doing … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Free Stuff, News, Political Action
Tagged America, Apathy, Celebrations, Citizens, Compulsion, Constitution, Consumption, Corporate Personhood, Death, Debt, Demonstrators, Direct Democracy, Enlightenment, Events, Food, Free Speech, Funny, Helplessness, Hope, Life, May Day, Mock, Money, Occupy Toledo, Occupy Wall Street, Parodies, Political, Propaganda, Protesters, Puns, Reality, Resistance, Rich, Satire, Security, Social Movements, Time, Toledo, Top Pun, Wall Street
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POEM: Protesting Pet Peeves
I would protest against my pet peeves Except, I’m not sure that “Honk if you want to end noise pollution” Would work out so well I like this funny little poem because it teases at the natural limits of something … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Peace, Poems
Tagged Funny, God, Life, Love, Mystery, Poems, Poetry, Pollution, Protesters, Short Poems, Silence, Time, Work
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Support the Police, Beat Yourself Up
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 →