GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

NIGERIA, A CURSED LEADERSHIP!

The President, Campaign for Democracy, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, has described Nigeria’s leadership as a curse on the citizenry.

The president said it is the responsibility of Nigerians to change “a leadership which recycles tired brains and bones, recycles empty promises, recycles thieves in public offices and is generally out of tune with the global trends of nationhood and leadership.”

Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin in a keynote address entitled, “Arise O Compatriots” said that the major problem with the Nigerian state was that it was big on rhetoric but small on realities. Continuing, she observed that there was an ever present curious willingness by succeeding administrations to restrict emerging nationalists to regional spaces, thereby curtailing nationalism in the process. According to this egg-head, the current state could not call on compatriots across the nation as it lacks the essentials to do so. The political leadership is a picture of doom, it does not inspire confidence in anyone except in the few beneficiaries of culture of instituted looting in Nigeria. Dr. Okei-Odumakin called on Nigerians to rise up as citizens who desire to create a new leadership; as the longer these discredited tired men and women are allowed to remain in power, the farther the beacon of civilisation dims in Nigeria for Nigerians! Concluding she said that Nigerians must create a new leadership, a new nation which competes with its peers - a nation where the people own ownership!
Icheokudotcom says, what a well spoken and articulated speech! However the elite middle-class of Nigerians ought to join to bring about the desired change in leadership which Nigeria desperately needs. In Pakistan, the lawyers were able to bring down President Musharraf from power because they had bigger clout which attracted formidable attention to their cause. So when is the Nigerian middle class answering this call?

1 comment:

  1. The problem with Nigeria is partly caused by people like Dr. Okei-Odumakin who is repeating the same mistakes made by good and intelligent Nigerian leaders from Prof Wole Soyinka to Late Dr Beko Ransome, and Chief Gani inclusive.
    All they did and are doing is talk and talk and talk. If they are serious in changing the lives of Nigerians, they need to go for the power and change things. They all need to come together and form a political party and contest for elections. And if the elections are rigged, they all should be prepared to stand and fight and defend the mandate even with the use of force if need be.I am prepared to join the fight. This is how things would be change. All these useless talks has never and will never achieve anything.
    oluwakkie- NJ USA.

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