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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: Protests
PROTEST –NO DEFENSE OF GENOCIDE — Ohio Air National Guard base
On Tuesday, September 10, 2024, Veterans for Peace and the Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition held a protest against U.S. support and complicity in the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza. We stopped entrance to the gate of the 180th Fighter Wing … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, News, Peace, Political Action
Tagged Defense, Genocide, National, Protests, Veterans
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Sen. Robert WALDO Portman, Where Are You?!
Sen. Robert WALDO Portman, where are you?! All about Red and white stripes And no blue to be seen In what Might better Be a black and white world Yet no wear To be found In this tattered democracy And … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political Action
Tagged America, Democracy, Poems, Poetry, Protest Poetry, Protests, 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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POEM: Another Martyr Bides The Dust
Another martyr bides the dust And I was a stray Beside myself In the fog Of yet another mourning The missed over my heart Feeling only that ephemeral beaten The wait on my brain Fueled into thinking of the dread … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, News, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Awe, Beautiful, Catholic, Character, Children, Church, Civil Disobedience, Community, Compassion, Conscience, Conservative, Death, Dorothy Day, Elite, Environmental, Family, Fear, Freedom, God, government, Heart, Heresy, Holy, Hope, Human Race, Imperialism, Integrity, Jesus, Life, Love, Martyr, Militarism, Military, Mourning, National, nobel peace prize, Obedience, Occupy Wall Street, Oligarchy, Poems, Poet, Political, Poverty, Power, Prison, Protests, Religious, Religious Freedom, Risk, Sacred, State, Time, Truth, Wall Street, War, Women, Work
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POEM: Signs of The Tines
At the White House speak easy Blah blah blah blah blah blah The media drinks it up At a mine-blowingly vapid clip In the mean time On the plantation Grounds to a halt Surrounded by offense In arose guardin’ At … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Argument, Authority, Citizens, Conscience, Conscientious Objection, Constitutional Rights, Conundrum, Democracy, Demonstrators, Draft Registration, Evil, Existential, Farce, Free Speech, God, government, Grace, Law, Law Enforcement, Lawyer, Meaning, Media, Military, Modern, Moral, National, National Security, Nationalism, Nonviolent, Poems, Poetry, Police, Political, Politics, Power, Protests, Rage, Religion, Resistance, Security, State, Status, Superficial, Supreme Court, Time
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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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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
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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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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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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Corporate Wall Falls
Yesterday, as the closing ceremony of Occupy Toledo’s May Day Fest, between two and 2,000 people gathered to tear down “The Wall,” symbolizing corporate mis-rule and oppression. This wall was cut to shreds to symbolize freeing ourselves from corporate rule.The … Continue reading
Posted in News, Political Action
Tagged Accountability, Anti-Corporate, Corporate Personhood, Democracy, Direct Democracy, Events, May Day, Occupy Toledo, Oppression, Protests, Toledo
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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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Corporate Tax Dodger FirstEnergy, Toledo Protest
The corporate tax dodger FirstEnergy paid no income taxes on its over $1.2 billion of profits in 2010. FirstEnergy provides electricity to Toledo and the surrounding area. At noon today, about two dozen protesters gathered outside the corporate headquarters of … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, News, Political Action
Tagged Anti-Corporate, Citizens, Class Warfare, Community, Demonstrators, Economy, government, Income, Jobs, Jobs with Justice, Justice, Labor, Lazy, Occupy Toledo, Politics, Protesters, Protests, taxes, Time, Toledo, Top Pun, Welfare
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Driveby Conversation: No War in Iran
Every Sunday in Toledo Ohio, the Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition has a demonstration at a major intersection to protest current wars and potential future wars. The Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition has been doing this every Sunday since the beginning of … Continue reading
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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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
FREE POLITICAL POSTER: Anti-GOP Pledge of Allegiance — Plague of Leeches on The Flag
With a wave of patriotic protests occurring during the national anthem, I thought that I would add the pledge of allegiance into the mix. Of course, this free poster is an anti-Republican, anti-GOP parody of the pledge of allegiance: Why … Continue reading →