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Tag Archives: State
POEM: Subconscious Not What You Think
Don’t bother pondering the subconscious It’s not what you think This funny poem is a reminder that much of what is life is not directly accessible by us. Most of what goes on in our bodies is outside of our … Continue reading
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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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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Violence Protects the State
Stephanie N. Van Hook, Executive Director of Metta Center for Nonviolence in Petaluma, California, has written a commentary in Znet on How Violence Protects the State. Here is an excerpt: “Violence in opposition to the State relieves the State and … Continue reading
Posted in News, Peace, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Anger, Change, Culture, government, Harmony, History, Humanity, Injustice, Life, Logic, Love, Modern, Nonviolence, Nonviolent, Power, Propaganda, Protesters, Rage, Respect, Risk, State, Unity, Violence
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Religious Liberty, Conscience Exemptions for Everything
With the Obama administration’s recent rules requiring organizations owned by religious groups to provide contraceptive coverage as part of their employees’ health insurance, conservative groups and the Roman Catholic Church have gotten all their panties in a bunch, which is … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Balance, Bible, Birth Control, Catholic, Church, Community, Congress, Conscience, Conscientious Objection, Conscription, Conservative, Control, Draft Registration, Economic, Existential, Freedom, God, government, Grace, Health Insurance, Illegal, Immigration, Law, Law Enforcement, leadership, Logic, Love, Mennonites, Military, Obama, Pacifism, Parodies, Philosophical, Political, Politics, Power, Quakers, Questions, Reality, Religion, Religious, Religious Freedom, Resistance, Respect, Rules, State, Status, Supreme Court, taxes, Toledo, Truth, Violence, War, Work
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Post Office Not Broke
Nation magazine blogger John Nichols (a former Toledoan for my Toledo friends) reports in The Post Office Is Not Broke about all of the hype about the post office and how it is supposedly going bankrupt, an antiquated institution, etc. … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, News, Political Action
Tagged America, Business, Congress, government, Health Care, Postal Service, Retirees, State, Toledo
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POEM: Commercial Interruption
We interrupt this commercial Now that wasn’t so hard Or was it? How many times a day is our consciousness breached by some form of commercial interruption? Way too many times! I consider this commercial assault a major form of … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Absurdity, Cathartic, Commercial, Consciousness, Consumerism, Consumption, Control, Culture, Farce, Joy, Life, Living Simply, Meditation, Mind, Mindfulness, Questioning, Short Poems, State, Vanity, Violence, Work
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Hate Taxes? Avoid These 102 Tax-funded Enterprises
Tax time is around the corner, and it seems increasingly popular these days to hate taxes. Of course, hating taxes is a simply a more palpable manifestation of hating government. Further, I would submit that the bulk of government hating … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Army, Authority, Business, Children, Cooperation, Crassness, Culture, Firearms, Food, Free market, Freedom, government, Hate, Health Care, Hell, Housing, Humanity, Illegal, Job, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Market, Medicaid, Medicare, Military, Mind, Modern, Money, National, Philosophy, Police, Political, Politics, Postal Service, Public Goods, Republican, Right-Wing, Security, Simple Solutions, Social Security, Society, State, taxes, Time, Top Pun, Tragedy of the Commons, Veterans, Voting, Work, Workplace, Worship
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Toledo Protests Balancing State Budget on Backs of Working People and Families
This afternoon, about three dozen people from Northwest Ohio gathered in the chambers of the Lucas County commissioners at Government Center in downtown Toledo to protest Gov. Kasich’s State of the State address which balances the state’s budget on the … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Political Action
Tagged budgets, Common Good, Creation, Events, Faith, God, government, Greed, Health Care, Job, Jobs, Jobs with Justice, Justice, Labor, labor unions, leadership, Occupy Toledo, Poverty, Privatizing, Protests, State, taxes, Toledo
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No War in Iran – Toledo and Defiance Protests
This last weekend I participated in two protests as part of the national Day of Mass Action to Stop War on Iran – February 4, 2012. On Saturday afternoon, about 15 to 20 people gathered outside the Defiance County Courthouse in … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Anti-War, Peace, Peace Signs, Political Action
Tagged Army, Awe, Beautiful, Change, Citizens, Climate Change, Demonstrators, Enemies, Events, Heart, Hope, Iran, Militarism, National, Occupy Toledo, Political, Protesters, Protests, Quotes, State, Terrorism, Time, Toledo, Top Pun, War
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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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It’s the Greed, Stupid
It’s the Greed, Stupid POLITICAL BUTTON It’s the Greed, Stupid 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 sheets can … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Political and Philosophical Musings, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Change, Conundrum, cool design, Creation, Culture, Dehumanizing, Economic, Economy, Environment, God, Greed, Health Care, Heart, Jobs, libertarian, Life, Logic, Mind, Morality, Musings, Objectivity, Occupy Wall Street, Philosophical, Philosophy, Political, Power, Puns, Reality, Republican, Scientific Reductionism, Society, State, Status, Stupid, Time, Top Pun, Universe, Values, Violence, Wall Street, War, Western Civilization, Worldview, Worship
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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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Abolish Corporate Personhood – join MovetoAmend.org
Abolish Corporate Personhood – join MovetoAmend.org It’s “We the People”, not “We the Corporations.” Well, perhaps, for now, it’s “Wee the people!” But hang on, the people are pissed off, and the meek are getting ready. We are in fact … Continue reading
Posted in Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Anti-Corporate, Ballot, Citizens, Constitution, Constitutional Rights, Corporate Personhood, Democracy, Direct Democracy, Elections, First Amendment, Freedom, Freedom of the Press, government, Humanity, Law, Life, Money, Move to Amend, National, Occupy Wall Street, Political, State, Supreme Court, Wall Street
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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 →