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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: Religion
POEM: A Forgetting God
Remembering God is almost as hard as God forgetting us Remembering God can be difficult. Remembering God can be particularly difficult if we are not trying to remember God. I believe that we all experience God, though some of us … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Christian, Christianity, Church, Conservative, Death, Equality, Experience, God, Human Race, Jesus, Life, Love, One-line Poems, Poetry, Puns, Relationships, Religion, Religious, Resistance, Sex, Sexuality, Time
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POEM: Good News, Bad News
I have good news and bad news The bad news: God called and he said he wants his religion back The good news: He didn’t call collect The gap between the actual practice of religion and the sacred principles held … Continue reading
POEM: Unemployable
I am unemployable Partly because no one can afford what I’m worth Partly because I prefer to give it away This short poem harkens to a more organic way of relating to one another than contractual relationships. What if people … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Absurdity, Atheist, Attitude, Blessed, Change, Conservative, Control, Debt, Economic, Economy, Entitlement, Existential, Fear, Forgiveness, Freedom, Gandhi, Generosity, Gift, God, government, Grace, Gratitude, Hate, Hope, Hubris, Human Rights, Humanity, Humility, Inequality, Jesus, John Lennon, Kindness, Liberal, Life, Love, Market, Modern, Monetize, Money, Mystery, Paradoxes, Poems, Poetry, Politics, Power, Reality, Relationships, Religion, Religious, Rhetoric, Sacred, Sartre, Scientific Reductionism, Short Poems, Temptation, Time, Truth, Wealth, Work, Worldview
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POEM: Lottery
I won the lottery Now I am able To outsource My neuroses Winning the lottery is probably one of the most common fantasies, particularly by the math-impaired. Most people assume that getting a large windfall of money will make their life … Continue reading
POEM: Worship Here and There
I heard that many people will travel miles To go to church I find so much worship between here and there I rarely make it anymore
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
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Atheist, Attitude, Buddhism, Christian, Compassion, Conventional Wisdom, Counter-Cultural, Death, Einstein, Experience, Fundamentalism, Gandhi, God, Gratitude, Hindu, Jesus, Jewish, Job, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Militant, Muslim, Muslims, Palestinian, Philosophical, Poems, Poetry, Power, Reality, Religion, Science, Sikh, Spiritual, Spirituality, Suffering, Theology, Universe
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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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POLITICAL CARTOON: CEO Jesus – Birthers
CEO Jesus Arises to the Occasion! CEO Jesus really rises to the occasion this week of Easter! What could be tougher than answering the difficult and often inane questions put forth at a press conference? In his first go around, … Continue reading
Posted in Political Cartoons
Tagged Cartoon, Change, Christianity, Comics, Competition, Control, Death, Doctrine, Dogma, Evil, Facts, Funny, Inane, Jesus, Life, Love, Modern, Oppression, Political, Power, Questioning, Questions, Reality, Religion, Resurrection, Science, Spiritual, Truth, Western Civilization, Women
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Blessed are the Peacemakers
Blessed Are the Peacemakers – Jesus Quote–BUTTON Blessed Are the Peacemakers – Matthew 5:9 – Jesus–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, … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Political and Philosophical Musings, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Argument, Bible, Blessed, Children, Christian, Christianity, Church, Co-option, Conscription, Conventional Wisdom, cool design, Courage, Death, Enemies, God, Hate, Jesus, Job, Martyrdom, Military, Nonviolence, Pacifism, Peacemakers, Powers that be, Quotes, Religion, Sacrifice, skin in the game, State, Top Pun, Torture, Truth, War, Wisdom
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POLITICAL CARTOON: Country Club Jesus – Jewish, Non-American, Non-English-speaking
Country Club Jesus Speaks! Country Club Jesus speaks to us in many ways. Ironically, Country Club Jesus, perhaps soon to be an American icon (lol), is neither American, nor speaks English. Even more shocking, is that Jesus was a Jew. … Continue reading
Posted in Political Cartoons
Tagged America, Authorities, Balance, Bible, Cartoon, Christian, Comics, Elite, Free market, Ironic, Irony, Jesus, Jewish, Life, Minorities, Modern, Musings, National, Nature, Parodies, Political, Reality, Religion, Terrorism, Xenophobia
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POEM: In God We Trust? Money Speaks!
In God we trust? A graven image We never leave home without Good For all debts, public and private When miss taking goods for good The most note worthy tender legal By George, Abe, Alex, Andy, Ulysses, and Ben Close … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Bible, Capitalism, Christian, Christianity, Class Warfare, Corporate Personhood, Cynical, Dehumanizing, Democracy, Free Speech, God, Hate, Idolatry, Image, Impersonal, Ironic, Irony, Jesus, Love, Modern, Money, Play, Poor, Propaganda, Religion, Rich, State, Supreme Court, Surreal, Technology, Trust, Wall Street, Worship
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POLITICAL CARTOON: General Jesus – Blessed Are Those Who Kill People Who Kill People
General Jesus Speaks! Welcome to Gen. Jesus! This is the third installment a new Top Pun series of comics that will run on Sundays, featuring CEO Jesus, Free Market Jesus, Country Club Jesus, General Jesus, Comedian Jesus, and who knows … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Political Cartoons
Tagged Awe, Bible, Blessed, Cartoon, Comics, Control, Domination, drone, Existential, Fear, Free market, God, Humor, Imperialism, Impersonal, Jesus, Job, Jobs, leadership, Life, Love, Market, Militarism, Mock, Modern, Moral, Nature, Pacifism, Parodies, Political, Power, Powers that be, Radical, Religion, Rich, Solidarity, State, Technology, Top Pun, Trust, Voting, War
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Homophobia – Now That’s a Choice!
Homophobia – Now That’s a Choice BUTTON Homophobia – Now That’s a Choice – Rainbow Pride Bar – BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, caps, key … Continue reading
Posted in Gay, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Acceptance, Anti-Homophobia, Bible, Bigotry, Buttons-Pins, Christianity, cool design, Discrimination, Fear, Funny, Gift, God, Heterosexual, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy, Identity, Life, Moral, Pride, Religion, Religious, Romantic, Stupid, Surreal, Top Pun
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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
Hate Free Zone
Hate Free Zone – Pink Triangle (Rainbow Heart) – Gay Pride Rainbow Store BUTTON Hate Free Zone – Pink Triangle (Rainbow Heart) – Gay Pride Rainbow Store BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top … Continue reading →