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.

Monday, February 23, 2009

AS 2011 LOOMS, NIGERIAN POLITICIANS PREPARE FOR WAR!

What a breaking news, that is? Nigerian politicians, arming themselves to the grits, in order to continue holding Nigerians hostage? If there is any one out there, who still questions the type of democracy being practiced in Nigeria, Icheoku says, look no further? Just ask yourself, what are these fleets of armoured vehicles being procured, meant for? A total war and anarchy come elections 2011!
And these disgruntled, endemically- corrupt scoundrels, masquerading as politicians, who nobody really ever votes for; are telling Nigerians 'whether you like it or not, we shall continue to hold you down by our brute force'? Icheoku says, these politicians are armed-bandits who willy-nilly and forcibly, steal governance in Nigeria. They intimidate, maim, kill and bulldoze their way into offices and for this reason, do not feel they owe any obligation/allegiance of performance or good-behaviour to the Nigerian public. Icheoku says, what a state of siege Nigeria has been put in by these urchins; which invokes some nostalgia for the khaki boys! - at least they are usually very few of them looting the state's treasury unlike the politicians, who are a swarm of bandits.

In a civilized society none of this present crop of usurpers of office in Nigeria will ever be returned to office come 2011 should they continue on their present trajectory of abysmal performance or total lack thereof. Yet with this fact known to them, they are still hell-bent on stealing it by brute force. Look at the president, Umaru Yar'Adua whose only achievement in office is his incapacitation to perform the duties of his office? His promised rule of law is conceited? His other promise to declare power emergency on day one of his administration has been aborted by the Generator-Mafias of Nigeria, who has no regard to global warming or the environmental impact of the carbon-monoxide being pumped into the atmosphere by their machines.
With such a blank resume of performance, even President Umaru Yar'Adua is scheming and possibly arming for a second term in 2011? Icheoku asks what does he plan to run on? On what achievement- tableux does this very sickman from Katsina plan to run? None, zero, zilch, nada! And same goes with many of the governors and legislators, both federal and state. Icheoku says, were these politicians performers, there will be no need for all these armoured cars since their good-works would be sufficient to guarantee their tickets for second terms. But no, they have to fight and wage war against Nigerians to forcibly govern them and loot their treasury dry. Unfortunately, this is the political class of today's Nigeria without the Chukwuma Nzeogwus of the Nigerian military of yore to provide the very much needed cleansing?

It is an open-secret that some government officials and politicians have started preparing for war; and are now placing orders for weaponry including armoured-vehicles in preparation for the violence which they plan to unleash on Nigerians during 2011 election? Such armoured vehicles being ordered for the 2011 elections are of multiple-capabilities, - they can stop bullets as well as withstand IEDs! Who still doubts that Nigeria is a failed state, and now ranks with Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia? How can preparation for a change of government be tantamount to preparation for war? Only in Nigeria, the land of all possibilities!

Texas Armoring Corporation (TAC), of America, through its Executive Vice-President, Marketing, Jason Forston, confirmed that there are orders for various categories of armoured vehicles by “high-profile Nigerian politicians and government officials". According to a release by the company, to date, 100 of such vehicles, worth about $20 million USD, are being processed for these Nigerian government officials. Some of these vehicles are being armoured up to "Levels B6 and B7 to withstand AK-47 and M-16 weapons as well as Armor-piercing rifles". Icheoku queries, if these discredited politicians can find $20 million dollars for weapons procurement, why is there no electricity, food, good roads, health-care, and possible job-creation for the jobless youths of the country? This is exactly how not to prioritize! Nigerians, cry for thy beloved country is gradually but surely headed off the cliff in the hands of such politicians who would rather invest such scarce resources to protect their brigandage!

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