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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: Awe is Not Lost
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- POEM: Fallen Reign
- POEM: The Future, The Passed
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Tag Archives: Skepticism
POEM: Inexplicably Wonderful
The gift of life Is quite inexplicably wonderful But fear not Teams of scientists Are working Around the clock To redress this problem Skepticism has its limits. In practice, I am a skeptic of much skepticism. Life is wonderful. The … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Cynical, Cynicism, Disease, Fear, Gift, Gratitude, Heaven, Irony, Life, Meaning, Militant, Mock, Poems, Poetry, Questions, Religion, Scientific Reductionism, Short Poems, Skepticism, Time, Work
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POEM: Eying Them Apples
Eying Them Apples From his firm bed rock Of unassailable logic However earnest He couldn’t quite grasp love At home in more gossamer venues Wafting Teasingly just Out of reach Not able to pick up Love’s plucky de-meaner From afar … Continue reading
POEM: Wolves in Elephants’ Clothing
Wolves in Elephants’ Clothing Somewhat sheepishly She whispered Beware of wolves in elephants’ clothing Lurking about Only looking Like they want To kick some ass Though you can skulk in style If you have A grand Old party Securing your … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Business, Change, Christian, Christianity, Climate Change, Courage, Crime, Death, Elections, Evolution, Experience, Free market, Gandhi, God, GOP, Greed, Health Care, History, Humanity, Hypocrisy, Ironic, Jesus, Life, Market, Nonviolent, Palestinian, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, Poor, Prayer, Present, Rage, Religion, Religious, Republican, Revolution, Sacrifice, Science, Skepticism, taxes, Truth, Voters, War, Work
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POEM: Treatment…Like…Sewage
Treatment…Like…Sewage I lived in Libertarianville They said “If you want sewage treatment, Just go to some place that has it.” So I did Many don’t live there long I find discussing politics with self-professed Libertarians a vexing experience. Typically, we … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, America, Authority, Balance, Buddhism, Buddhist, Censorship, Choices, Common Good, Compassion, Control, Disease, Doctrine, Dream, Dreams, Experience, Faith, Fear, Free market, Freedom, Fundamentalism, Future, Heart, Humanity, Ideology, Idolatry, Ironic, Irony, Journey, libertarian, Life, Logic, Love, Market, Moral, Nihilism, Philosophy, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, Possibility, Present, Public Health, Questioning, Reality, Sacrifice, Skepticism, State, Stupid, Transcendent, Truth, Values, Wisdom, Worldview, Worship
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POEM: Tracing Humanity
Tracing Humanity They say that You can tell A lot About a person By what they do This, of course, is on track Still, there is a better weigh The difference between animals and humans That which earthly scales can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Attitude, Authority, Balance, Character, Choices, Control, Conundrum, Ethics, Experience, Faith, Freedom, Harmony, Heart, Humanity, Integrity, Kids, Life, Logic, Moral, Morality, Perspective, Physics, Poems, Poetry, Power, Present, Psychology, Reality, Rebellion, Sacred, Secrets, Serenity, Skepticism, Spiritual, Spirituality, Truth, Worldview
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POEM: Surfing The Heat Wave
Surfing The Heat Wave While surfing the heat wave I peer into my horror scope Is life a beach? What is there to sea? The age of Aquarius in retrograde Mercury rising Is it all a mirage? Whew, is this … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Balance, Climate Change, Denial, Evil, Greed, Life, Money, mother nature, Nature, Poems, Political, Politics, Protest Poetry, Skepticism, Social Movements, Stewardship
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POEM: I Suspect
Here is a May Day poem, where metaphysical optimism crashes into empirical skepticism. Will we simply crash and burn? Or, will we rise like a Phoenix from the ashes? Stay tuned… I suspect I suspect God is The greatest Un-detective … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Art, Conundrum, Culture, God, Grace, History, Labor, Law, Life, Love, May Day, Mock, Optimism, Poems, Poetry, Power, Powers that be, Probability, Revolution, Science, Skepticism, Truth
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Toledo Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity Celebration
Toledo Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity Celebration I just got back from the Toledo Martin Luther King Jr. Day unity celebration. I was delighted to see thousands of people celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Acceptance, African American, Art, Celebrations, Christian, Community, Conflict, Creation, Death, Dream, Events, Evil, Family, God, Grace, Harmony, Hope, Humanity, Injustice, Jesus, Justice, Life, Martin Luther King Jr, Modern, Musings, Nature, Necessary Evil, Optimism, Pacifism, Paradoxes, Philosophical, Play, Political, Power, Religious, Respect, Skepticism, Society, Spiritual, Status, Status Quo, Suffering, Toledo, Unity, Violence, War, Work
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Yin Yang
PEACE SYMBOL: Yin Yang Symbol 2–BUTTON PEACE SYMBOL: Yin Yang Symbol 2–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 →