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.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA, WHAT IS GOING ON?

Icheokudotcom is a fan and an avid supporter of Obama 08. We are continually following your leadership with the same fired-up enthusiasm as were mobilized to catapult you to the presidency of America; and we are not backing down, at least not yet. However, Icheokudotcom is not very comfortable at your attempted wholesale resurrection of the Bill Clinton's presidency through the appointments you have so far made. The 2008 mandate was given to the then Senator Barack Obama and not to the Clintons, after-all a Clinton ran in that primaries but was rejected in preference to your candidacy. You must therefore own up and manage your presidency fully and totally.
What we are saying is that the incoming administration should be a President Barack Obama's administration both in form and substance. It should not in anyway be suggestive of a co-presidency with the Clintons or lean towards that necessary implication. Admitted that you are deferring to them for their effort at securing your victory at the polls but deference must not be so emphasized to become a caving-in. Enough of the Clinton's staff or does it mean that when you stepped out into the arena, you did not have your own people marshaled out and ready to go? The trajectory of your current transition should not be seen or interpreted as a deal with the devil which you now found yourself obliged to perform like by technically sub-contracting your presidency to the Clintons. Your primary obligor is the American people who overwhelmingly rallied you to victory; and to them and them alone should you absolutely defer to. Icheokudotcom asks, is the present direction of your government, as could be garnered from your so-far made appointments, the change we can believe in? We just hope that you have not settled for the change that is available or possible; or are you that trusting to believe that these particular Clintonian clique have a special magic wand they can easily wave, to bring about the change we can believe in? What about their loyalty to you juxtaposed with the Clintons? We hope you are still in charge of what is transpiring before our eyes.
Furthermore, Icheokudotcom asks, are you getting the wise counselling of Uncle Senator Ted Kennedy, Oprah Winfrey, Senator John Kerry, Collin Powel as well as Governor Bill Richardson with this your transition? Vice Presidential-elect, Senator Joe Biden, the first American to publicly attest to your stellar qualities has been compensated with the vice presidential slot, we love Joe and hope he participates in your transitional decisions so far. These people were the real warriors of your campaign as they threw their hats into the ring when it was not politically savvy to do so with Bill and Hillary Clinton still so much covetous of the presidency. Senator John Kerry introduced you to America at Boston 2004 and supported your campaign throughout. Senator Edward Kennedy's endorsement and support was humongous and Bill Richardson even went up against his former mentor the Clintons to support you. Our own lady Oprah's weighty support of your candidacy was spectacular. BO, please be mindful of these priceless supporters as they love you more than you can imagine! As for the Clinton's switch-overs, always remember that you were not their first choice and hence courtesy is all that you owe them.
Also, remember the change you promised America should reflect in your cabinet - we need to see more Blacks, Latinos, Asians and Native Americans in important places, too. Like your chief of staff, Rahm Emmanuel's father said, his son is not going to the White-house to clean floors and we hope that will not be the case with minorities in your White-house? The change cannot be restricted to the top of the cabinet, just you; no, we need to see America in the broader spectrum truly reflected in your cabinet and not just more of the same faces. If we wanted the Clintons we would have nominated/elected Hillary Clinton instead. If you are not comfortable with or fear that minorities are not "qualified enough" for these positions, then make them the deputy/under-study of the helmsman/woman for their eventual elevation to the top post someday down the road of your administration.
In conclusion therefore, Icheokudotcom says that you should make this administration, an Obama administration and then reflect minorities in top positions in your cabinet to really manifest the change we all fought tirelessly to bring about. Good-luck, Mr. President-elect.

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