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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: Toledo
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER: A Christian Perspective on Justice
Here is a portion of a document that I drafted a couple of years ago while I was a board member of Toledo Area Ministries (TAM). It was never adopted in any form, but I put a lot of work … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Peace, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Accountability, Ancient, Art, Authorities, Authority, Awareness, Bible, Blessed, Blessing, budgets, Capitalism, Change, Character, Children, Christian, Church, Civil Rights, Classism, Common Good, Community, Compassion, Competition, Conscience, Consumerism, Control, Conundrum, Conventional Wisdom, Creation, Creativity, Death, Defense, Denial, Domestic Violence, Domination, Dream, Economic, Egalitarian, Enemies, Equality, Evil, Facts, Failure, Faith, Family, Fear, Food, Forgiveness, Freedom, Future, Gender, Gift, God, government, Grace, Greed, Harmony, Hate, Healing, Heart, Heaven, Hell, History, Holy, Hope, Hospitality, Human Rights, Humanity, Humility, Idolatry, Image, Immorality, Impersonal, Incarnation, Inequality, Injustice, Intimacy, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Journey, Joy, Justice, Kindness, Labor, Law, leadership, Life, Logic, Loss, Love, Market, Materialism, Meaning, Mercy, Militarism, Military, Mind, Modern, Money, Moral, Morality, Nationalism, Nature, Nonviolence, Patience, Patriarchy, Patriotism, Perspective, Philosophy, Piety, Political, Politics, Poor, Possessions, Power, Powers that be, Prayer, Present, Prison, Privilege, Prophet, Questioning, Questions, Racism, Radical, Rage, Reality, Reconciliation, Relationships, Religious, Responsibility, Resurrection, Revolution, Rich, Risk, Sabbath, Sacred, Science, Security, Sexism, Society, Solidarity, Songs, Soul, Spiritual, State, Status, Status Quo, Stewardship, Success, Suffering, Temptation, Theology, Time, Toledo, Truth, Unity, Unjust Laws, Values, Violence, Vulnerability, War, Wealth, Wisdom, Work, Worship
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BP Tar Sands Refinery Expansion – PEOPLE’S HEARING Testimony
Below is my testimony at the PEOPLE’S HEARING to respond to the Ohio EPA’s sham public hearing on BP-Husky’ Draft Air Pollution Permit as part of their Oregon Ohio refinery re-tooling to process oil tar sands, the dirtiest oil on the … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, News, Political Action
Tagged Addiction, America, Ancient, Beauty, Business, Change, Children, Citizens, Community, Congress, Crime, Culture, Democracy, Economic, Environment, Environmental, government, Greed, History, Humanity, Insanity, Jobs, Justice, Life, Money, Mother Earth, mother nature, Nature, Occupy Toledo, Play, Poems, Poetry, Pollution, Power, Progress, Public Health, Scarcity, State, Stewardship, Sustainable, Tar Sands, Time, Toledo, Trust, Wealth, Women, Work
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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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POEM: Nature’s Guardin’
This poem goes out to all those who showed up on May Day for the groundbreaking of Toledo Occupy the Garden. Nature’s Guardin’ Nature spills From pots unpurchased It knows no law but its own Openly heiring its dirty secrets … Continue reading
POEM: O Children of Mother Earth, Arise!
This poem has emanated from my musings about the oil tar sands in Canada. The extraction of these oil tar sands, in some of the most pristine parts of North America, is the largest single scarring of Mother Earth ever … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action
Tagged Addiction, America, Beauty, Children, Greed, Hope, Life, Mother Earth, Musings, Nature, Occupy Toledo, Play, Progress, Resistance, Scarcity, Tar Sands, Toledo, Wealth, Work
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FREE POSTER: MLK I Have a Dream, Obama I Have Drone
To celebrate the legacy of peace and justice of Martin Luther King, Jr. this upcoming MLK Day 2013, I have designed this free downloadable poster: “MLK I Have a Dream, Obama I Have Drone” You can download this free 8-1/2 … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Free Stuff, Peace, Political Action
Tagged Acceptance, Celebrations, Children, Crude, Death, downloadable poster, Dream, drone, Drones, edginess, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Justice, Law, Martin Luther King Jr, mlk celebration, mlk day, National, nobel peace prize, Obama, Pacifism, President, Rhetoric, timeless question, Toledo, Violence, Work
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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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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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Main Street versus Wall Street
This evening, between 30 and 30,000 people gathered at Levis Square in downtown Toledo for Occupy Toledo‘s May Day Fest event, Main Street vs. Wall Street – MAIN STREET SPEAKS OUT!Greg Coleridge, pictured below, spoke about corporate personhood and money … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Political Action
Tagged Corporate Personhood, Free Speech, Health Care, May Day, Money, Move to Amend, Occupy Toledo, Occupy Wall Street, Time, Toledo, Wall Street
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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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May Day Street Theater – Corporate Zombies vs. Village People
This is the script for the street theater production that was performed tonight to kick off Occupy Toledo‘s May Day Fest week’s worth of events: May Day Eve Celebration Occupy Toledo April 30, 2012 “The Corporate Zombies vs. The Village … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Political Action
Tagged Accountability, America, Anti-Corporate, Business, Capitalism, Change, Choices, Compassion, Consumerism, Control, Corporate Personhood, Democracy, Depression, Economic, Economy, Environment, Environmental, Events, Family, Farce, Food, Funny, Future, Greed, Health Care, Health Insurance, History, Hope, Human Rights, Humanity, Inane, Injustice, Justice, Labor, Life, May Day, Meaning, Media, Military, Mock, Money, Mother Earth, Occupy Toledo, Occupy Wall Street, Oppression, Pi, Political, Poor, Possibility, Poverty, Power, Propaganda, Recession, Responsibility, Security, Slavery, Society, Soul, State, Stewardship, Suffering, Time, Toledo, Truth, Values, War, Wealth, zombie
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SONG: Occupy The Streets
Here is the world-wide web release of the soon-to-be-hit single, OCCUPY THE STREETS, by Darryl Stipes and Josh Boyd, a Black Hawk Studio Production. Darryl is producing Occupy Toledo’s upcoming MAY DAY FEST Free Concert. Hit the streets, again, and … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News
Tagged Events, May Day, Occupy Toledo, Occupy Wall Street, Songs, Toledo
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Feeling Clean and Safe in Downtown Toledo
Last Friday, while making a sweep of sign posting for Occupy Toledo, I had an encounter with the Clean and Safe Patrol. Apparently, the Clean and Safe Patrol is an arm of the Downtown Toledo Improvement District, Inc., a 38 … Continue reading
Posted in News, Political Action
Tagged Authority, Business, Corporate Personhood, Danny Brown, Economic, Experience, God, government, Greed, Homophobia, Job, Justice, Occupy Toledo, Proprietary, Racism, Sexism, Social Justice, Toledo, War, Welfare
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Mock Funeral – Occupy Toledo
Yesterday, April 1st, April Fool’s Day, was the one and only performance of Occupy Toledo‘s Mock Funeral — in life (and death) there are no rehearsals, this is it! If you missed it, I truly hope that you were doing … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Free Stuff, News, Political Action
Tagged America, Apathy, Celebrations, Citizens, Compulsion, Constitution, Consumption, Corporate Personhood, Death, Debt, Demonstrators, Direct Democracy, Enlightenment, Events, Food, Free Speech, Funny, Helplessness, Hope, Life, May Day, Mock, Money, Occupy Toledo, Occupy Wall Street, Parodies, Political, Propaganda, Protesters, Puns, Reality, Resistance, Rich, Satire, Security, Social Movements, Time, Toledo, Top Pun, Wall Street
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POEM: Flowers Cut
I set before you these flowers For your reflection and edification These flowers were cut from my yard A yard not unlike the two yards that will cover us all some day Some may say that cutting short the lives … Continue reading
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
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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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