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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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All Wars are Wholly Wars
All Wars are Wholly Wars-ANTI-WAR BUTTON All Wars are Wholly Wars-ANTI-WAR 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 Anti-War, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged cool design, Death, Evil, Holy, Nationalism, Patriotism, Religion, Time, Top Pun, War, Worship
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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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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
Silence Will Not Protect You
Your Silence Will Not Protect You – Pink Triangle–Gay Pride Rainbow Shop BUTTON Your Silence Will Not Protect You – Pink Triangle–Gay Pride Rainbow Shop BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products … Continue reading
Posted in Gay, Political and Philosophical Musings, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Community, Compassion, cool design, Disenfranchised, Disillusionment, Diversity, Experience, Humanity, Illusions, Learning, Life, Minorities, Minority, Normal, Paradoxes, Pink Triangle, Political, Pride, Queer, Reality, Silence, Time, Top Pun, Work
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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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If You Think The Poor are Hard to Get Rid of Try the Rich
If You Think that the Poor are Hard to Get Rid of Try the Rich-POLITICAL BUTTON If You Think that the Poor are Hard to Get Rid of Try the Rich-POLITICAL BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, … Continue reading
Posted in Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Change, Class Warfare, cool design, Elite, Funny, Hope, Injustice, Life, Meaning, Media, Money, Occupy Wall Street, Parodies, Political, Poor, Poverty, Power, Powers that be, Present, Privilege, Proverb, Questioning, Questions, Reality, Rich, Satire, Society, Status, Status Quo, Time, Top Pun, Wall Street, Wealth, Work
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It Takes Enemas for War to Happen-FUNNY ANTI-WAR BUTTON
It Takes Enemas for War to Happen-FUNNY ANTI-WAR BUTTON It Takes Enemas for War to Happen-FUNNY ANTI-WAR BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, caps, key chains, … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Awareness, cool design, Creativity, Crude, Enemies, Funny, Humor, Moral, Musings, Nonviolence, Nonviolent, Playfulness, Puns, Time, Top Pun, War, Work
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POEM: I will not insist that you misunderstand me in a certain way
POEM: I will not insist That you misunderstand me In a certain way This short poem is a mere dozen words, yet, it touches on many themes. The primary theme of the short poem is about understanding and misunderstanding. The … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Acceptance, Awareness, Disillusionment, Experience, Illusions, Learning, Life, Love, Musings, Nature, Paradoxes, Perspective, Poems, Poetry, Power, Reality, Short Poems, Time, Truth
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Maybe There’s a Reason It’s Straight to Hell Not Gay to Hell
Maybe There’s a Reason It’s Straight to Hell Not Gay to Hell FUNNY BUTTON Maybe There’s a Reason It’s Straight to Hell Not Gay to Hell FUNNY BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top … Continue reading
Posted in Gay, Peace, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Ancient, Anti-Homophobia, Balance, Bigotry, Buttons-Pins, Colloquial, Control, Conventional Wisdom, cool design, Evil, Experience, Fear, Funny, God, Happiness, Healing, Hell, Homophobia, Irony, Joy, LGBT, Life, Meaning, Moral, Morality, Musings, Mystical, Nature, Parodies, Philosophical, Piety, Play, Probability, Queer, Quotes, Radical, Reality, Religion, Religious, Respect, Responsibility, Risk, Sex, Sexuality, Society, Time, Top Pun, Wisdom
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POEM: Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Who wants to be a millionaire? Is that your final question? I like this poem because it deals with the theme of money and the theme of questions. Perhaps needless to say, I have issues with money. And as far … Continue reading
Celebrate National Public Health Week 2012
Celebrate National Public Health Week 2012 Top Pun, a public health professional in a former incarnation, invites you to celebrate National Public Health Week 2012, which for 2012 occurs April 2-8. The annual health observance, seeks to mobilize communities across … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Peace
Tagged America, Celebrations, Community, Control, Education, Events, Incarnation, Job, Justice, National, Nutrition, Philosophical, Prevention, Public Health, Social Justice, Time, Top Pun, Work
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“PUNS NOT GUNS” Manifesto by Top Pun
“PUNS NOT GUNS” Manifesto “Some claim that puns are the lowest form of comedy. Dan, rather, says, “Guns are the lowest form of community.” Choose your weepin’! I prefer to hit ’em in the groan. Though puns and untrained minds … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Peace
Tagged Anti-Gun, Business, Church, Community, Consciousness, Funny, Guns, Haiti, Inspiration, Justice, Life, Manifesto, Mennonite, Mennonites, Mom, Nonviolence, Normal, Paradoxes, Play, Poverty, Present, Puns, Rhyme, Social Justice, Time, Top Pun, Truth, Violence, Vocation, World Hunger
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Top Pun’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Poem 2012
I have written another pun-filled epic poem; This time in honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and MLK day. I dedicate this poem to the legacy and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and all of those who have … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems
Tagged African American, Civil Rights, Funny, Harmony, Justice, Martin Luther King Jr, mlk day, Moral, Parodies, Poems, Political, Protest Poetry, Puns, Satire, Spiritual, Time, Top Pun, Work
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PUNNY Epic Poem: Christmas on Wall Street – Occupying Humanity
In honor of my 50th birthday, I have decided to devote more time to writing. I hope to concentrate on pun-filled political satire, including epic poems. To get you started, here is my first major epic poem, in honor of … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Christian, Christmas, Funny, Hope, Humanity, Jesus, Meaning, Occupy Wall Street, Parodies, Poems, Political, Protest Poetry, Protesters, Puns, Religious, Satire, skin in the game, Spiritual, Time, Wall Street, Wall Street Bull
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Homosexuality Prevents Abortion
Homosexuality Prevents Abortion BUTTON Homosexuality Prevents Abortion 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 be accessed by scrolling … Continue reading →