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Tag Archives: War
POEM: The Lamb and The Lyin’
Violence often seems to be second nature, obvious or inescapable. Perhaps violence is inescapable because it begets itself, setting up new rounds of consequences where further violence begs further violence. Violence begetting itself may just be the manifestation of the … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Change, Future, Nature, Nonviolence, Poor, Reality, Sacred, Success, Violence, War
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POEM: Made Passable
1984 may be voted the most likely to be a “Groundhog Year,” repeated over and over and over. The book, 1984, by George Orwell, written in the aftermath of World War II, is a stark warning about authoritarianism that holds … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Cautionary Tale, Conscience, God, Queer, Rules, Soul, Surreal, Time, War
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POEM: Toying With An Explosive Future — Owed to Cluster Bombs
The U.S. is pondering it’s grave commitment to banning the use of cluster bombs — between wars that is. Weather or knot to endow Ukraine with such weapons of war, that is, the madder of contention. In case you didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Children, cluster bombs, Future, Kids, War
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POEM: Iraq and a Hard Place
This poem tells a story — a story of patriotic fervor in slaughtering America’s foes. This story was told to me by a retired Grumman engineer, a literal rocket scientist and career military-industrialist. His story was prefaced by a glorious … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Ancient, Awe, Bullshit, Defense, Evil, Farce, Hell, Humanity, Irony, Job, Media, Mercy, Military, Money, Necessary Evil, Patriotism, Technology, War
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POEM: What Gives? Owed to Mutually Assured Destruction
This poem was inspired by a recent conversation with an apologist for the Cold War doctrine of mutually assured destruction, infamously known as MAD. I am not a fan of so-called “necessary evil”; if evil is necessary, then it is … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Doctrine, Ethics, Evil, Guns, Moral, mutually assured destruction, Necessary Evil, State, War
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POEM: A Dubiously Fresh Pickle
They effaced a moral dilemma Support human rights Or economic favor A dubiously fresh pickle In a blue moon That hoary question Of prophets verses Profits And what they seed Their lukewarm revelation Hallowing out What we may no Knot … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Capitalism, Economic, Evil, Human Rights, Humanity, Life, Moral, National, Poems, Poetry, Political, Prophet, Responsibility, Surreal, Terrorism, War
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POEM: Victor
The war ceased And deceased Telling their tales Red the same With blood mingling As parents and children At won’s mercy The fodder of another Bequeathing its soul prize And ultimate price as Victor Victor Frankenstein With monstrous mettle So … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Capitalism, Children, Conspiracy, Control, Death, Frankenstein, Hell, History, Humanity, Image, Life, Mercy, Poems, Poetry, Reality, Soul, Truth, War
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FREE Anti-Trump POSTER: DUMP Trump, TRUMP Dump — It all makes sense when you realize that the “T” is silent
Confused about the daily antics of Donald Trump and his regime of toadies? Perhaps this will clear it up. I give you this FREE Anti-Trump POSTER: DUMP Trump, TRUMP Dump — “It all makes sense when you realize that the “T” … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Political and Philosophical Musings, Web Specials
Tagged America, anti-Trump, Army, Business, Children, Citizens, Community, Conflict, Congress, Constitution, Donald Trump, Ethical, Ethics, Family, Female, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Free Speech, government, History, Housing, Job, Justice, Law, leadership, Media, Military, Mock, National, National Security, Police, Political, Poor, Power, President, Protesters, Responsibility, Russia, Security, State, Supreme Court, Time, Transgender, Violence, War, War Crimes, Work
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Testimony for National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service — END DRAFT REGISTRATION
I prepared the below testimony to present at a public meeting in Chicago before the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, a commission created by Congress to deal with questions of draft registration, most specifically, whether to end … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Anti-War, Health, News, Peace, Peace Signs, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, and Public Service, Balance, Blessing, Business, Change, Character, Charity, Children, Choices, Citizens, Citizenship, Civil Disobedience, Coercion, Community, Compulsion, Congress, Conscience, Conscientious Objection, Conscription, Constitution, Constitutional Rights, Control, Cowardice, Creation, Crime, Culture, Democracy, Draft Registration, Education, Elite, Employment, Enemies, Evil, Experience, Failure, Faith, Family, Farce, Fear, Female, Freedom, Freedom of the Press, Future, Gandhi, God, government, Grace, Haiti, Heart, History, Holy, Honesty, Hope, Hospitality, Human Rights, Humanity, Ideals, Idolatry, Inspiration, Ironic, Jesus, Job, Justice, Labor, Law, Life, Love, Meaning, Media, Mennonite, Mercy, Military, Modern, Moral, Murder, Muslims, National, National Commission on Military, National Security, Nature, Necessary Evil, Noncombatants, Obedience, Patience, Peacemakers, People of The Book, Perspective, Political, Politics, Poor, Power, Present, President, Prison, Public Health, Questions, Radical, Reality, Refugees, Religion, Religious, Religious Freedom, Resistance, Rhetoric, Risk, Rules, Russia, Sacred, Security, Selective Service System, skin in the game, Social Justice, State, Status, Suffering, Supreme Court, Surreal, Terrorism, Time, Toledo, Truth, Values, Violence, War, Women, Work, Worship
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Free Political Poster: BULLY TRUMP – Trump Toadies Celebrate Latest Victory – MOST Lunch Money Collected By Any President EVER – Trump and Toadies Spotted Increasingly Out To Lunch
Trump is a bully. Trump’s bullying may be his most signature style — MOST signature style EVER! Trump’s chronic bullying is particularly surreal in the context of alleged peacemaking. Even the notion of Trump being mentioned for a possible Nobel … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Free Stuff, Peace, Political and Philosophical Musings, Political Cartoons
Tagged Absurdity, Apocalypse, Change, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Heart, History, Iran, Life, Military, Modern, Money, nobel peace prize, North Korea, Ode, Parodies, Political, President, Religion, Resistance, Rich, Satire, Surreal, Violence, War
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COMMUNITY FORUM REMARKS: Need to address the main driver of criminal and criminalized behavior, substance abuse, and that the failed law enforcement model needs to be supplanted by a public health model driven by evidence and community benefit
The Community Solidarity Response Network of Toledo (CSRN), our local Black Lives Matter group, and the ACLU hosted a forum on “What Does a Safer Toledo Look Like?” This forum was in response to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ National Public Safety … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, Community, Crime, Criminal Justice System, Education, Failure, Health Care, Housing, Illegal, Jeff Sessions, Job, Justice, Law, Law Enforcement, Mental Health, National, Play, Poor, Poverty, Prevention, Probability, Public Health, Society, Solidarity, Substance Abuse, Toledo, War, Willingness, Work
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RAMBO JESUS CARTOON: Will of Rambo Jesus Revealed – Protect The Fodder-land
I’ve always been dumbstruck how Christians so easily justify violence, especially since there is so little in the Gospels that can be fodder for envisioning a violence-advocating Jesus. Violence always strikes me as a deathly perilous game of “means” and … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Free Stuff, Peace, Political Cartoons
Tagged Acceptance, Cartoon, Christianity, Compassion, Conflict, Funny, Heart, Humor, Jesus, Parodies, Religion, Religious, Satire, Violence, War
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER: CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel Tortuously Testifies At Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
Political apologists for torture and war crimes are lining up to defend CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel, who was involved in black op torture and destruction of evidence about these operations — nothing to see here!? In honor of this surreal … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Defense, Donald Trump, Elite, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Gina Haspel, government, History, Job, Law, Moral, Nazi, Political, President, Republican, Responsibility, State, Surreal, Torture, War, War Crimes
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER: Trump Calls For Death of Drug Dealers – Pharmaceutical Companies As Corporate Persons?
Prez Donald Trump has called for death to drug dealers. He has been inspired by the war on drugs in the Philippines and China, where drug dealers are executed. I am opposed to the death penalty for anyone, except for … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, anti-Trump, China, Corporate Personhood, Death, Death Penalty, Donald Trump, Drug War, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, History, Hope, Illegal, Political, Public Health, War
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Toledo Democracy Day Testimony: Focus on Racism, White Supremacy
Below is the testimony I delivered today before Toledo City Council, or rather the three council members who showed up. The mayor also showed up for part of the testimony. Democracy Day Testimony March 5, 2018 Hi, my name is … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Community, Criminal Justice System, Danny Brown, Democracy, Drug War, Education, Failure, Housing, Income, Injustice, Institutions, Justice, Law, Life, Media, Money, Murder, Nature, Nonviolent, Police, Powers that be, Present, Pride, Prison, Public Health, Questions, Racism, Society, Solidarity, Status, Status Quo, Time, Toledo, War
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FREE Anti-TRUMP POSTER: Prez Donald Trump Deals With KAOS – The Russians have created KAOS, and it is time to GET SMART So, I’d like to introduce my new National Security Advisor and CIA Director
The Chaos-Monger-in-Chief Donald Trump knows chaos. As he declares that the Russians have successfully sown chaos in America, he advises that America GET SMART, like really smart. This free political satire poster relies on the pop culture reference of the … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, anti-Trump, Chaos, Consciousness, Culture, Donald Trump, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Funny, National, National Security, Parodies, Political, Pop Culture, Reality, Satire, Security, Time, War
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Free Anti-Trump Poster: Tweet at MISSION ACCOMPLISHED Military Parade – “MISHUN ACCOMPLICED!! Plans layed for World War 3. Expect BIGGEST WIN EVER!!! Can’t start celebating early enough. Will see which enema gets my furry first.”
Prez Donald Trump wanting a military parade is perhaps one of the clearest signals of his shallow, narcissistic, authoritarian bullying. He may start World War 3 in a vain attempt to assuage his dark insecurities. The Don pushes the surreal … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged anti-Trump, Authoritarian, Donald Trump, Enemies, Evil, Fascism, Insecurities, Iran, Military, Narcissism, Nationalism, Surreal, War
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FREE ANTI-TRUMP POSTERS: Trump Deftly Handles Nuclear Posture Review
As Prez Donald Trump continues to careen toward nuclear war, he plans to spend $1.3 Trillion (that’s Trillion with a “T”) on revamping Team USA’s nuclear arsenal. The Don’s Nuclear Posture Review lowers the bar on starting a nuclear war … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged anti-Trump, Donald Trump, Nuclear War, War
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER: Senate Intelligence Committee Disbands After Finding None
Intelligence does not equal wisdom. The Senate Intelligence Committee uses the term “intelligence” in reference to the dozen or so official agencies that function as covert gatherers of information about potential enemies, which means virtually everyone on the planet, and … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Accountability, America, Bipartisan, Character, China, Conspiracy, Corruption, Democracy, Enemies, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Funny, Green Party, History, Jill Stein, Media, Normal, Political, Power, Russia, Senate Intelligence Committee, Stupid, Third Party, Time, Truth, War, Wisdom, Women, Work
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