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.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

SENATOR TED KENNEDY'S 47 YEAR-OLD SEAT, BUNGLED BY THE DEMOCRATS!

It is shocking, disappointing, unbelievable, unacceptable, regrettable and unforgivable that the Democratic Party would stand literally hands akimbo and watch the seat held by late Senator Ted Kennedy for 47 long years, lost to the Republicans; and technically a light-weight Republican for that matter? Icheoku says, Uncle Ted does not deserve to lose his seat so soon after his death last August of brain cancer? He must be reeling in his grave at this spite on the nose by his Democratic Party, knowing fully well that they did not do all they could have done to keep his seat blue and democratic! A loss caused primarily by the apparent lacklustre performance and seeming abandonment of his cause which led to the 180 degrees turn by the voters of Massachusetts?
The question is why; and what explanation does the Democratic Party have for losing this somewhat very secured seat in Massachusetts of all places? If this is the way they repaid Ted for all his fights and struggles as a veteran Democrat of 47 years and counting; then many of us need to do some rethinking about our membership of a party with no real back-bones and which is easily outflanked and out-foxed by the other guys? A Democratic Party that occupies the White House, controls both the Senate and the House of Assembly as well as Massachusetts State governor's office and majority of the legislators, have no excuse to give for losing this Kennedy's very important seat. Why were all the stops not pulled, if not for the candidate, may be for the memory of Late Senator Ted Kennedy and as a continuum for his legacy? Icheoku does not get it, nor will ever make any attempt at understanding this avoidable loss; and as consequence thereof, will consider placing itself for now, on a Democratic Party's "DO NOT CALL" list? No more solicitation of funds of any kind from or by me until the current trend which saw the party lose New Jersey, Virginia and now Ted Kennedy's senate seat in Massachusetts is changed. How can a party that every one worked their hearts out for just less than a year ago, now become this complacent and not feisty enough to fight for every seat in the land until the whole country becomes fully 'democratised?' What is wrong in a 100 seat Democratic seats in the United States Senate? Or even a 49 out of 50 governorship majority? What about 93% Democratic controlled House of Representatives? More is always better and only an arrogant party will go to sleep thinking that the work which started in 2006 has now been completed with their control of three tiers of government? Why is this party not fully aware that the other guys are not sleeping but are pulling all the stops until they reclaim their coveted trophies?
The panacea and to prevent future situations, the leadership of the party must come together to find out what is eroding their hold on the American polity? If it is message, then change or fine-tune it? If leadership, then change it? If Rush Limbaugh, rein him in, or get his match to counter his propaganda? If candidates, then adopt Rahm Emanuel's tactics of giving the voters who they would rather vote for? So where were liberal Democrats for Massachusetts? Just do something; otherwise the current trajectory might see President Barack Obama becoming only a one-term president, serving only one four years term in office? Where has all the magic of "YES WE CAN" gone to so soon after the political tsunami that swept away the Republican Party out of office and out of contention? Remember it is not yet too late for the democrats, and if the Republicans can begin to turn the tide around within such a short period of time since they left office, then the Democrats can still do something to get back their mojo. If it means replacing the current power-bearers of the party, so be it; but the people wants to see something done to stem the current tide which have seen the Democrats losing so many important contests. Icheoku believes the problem is not specifically with the agenda or the health care reform; but that President Obama's team may not afterall be what the doctor ordered; they may not all be fully loyal to him and in tandem with prosecuting his agenda? Irrespective of all the facades of camaraderie, Icheoku says, it is possible that personalities still loyal to the other primary election candidate may be undermining President Obama and not advising him properly in order to make him vulnerable during 2012 primaries? Just a penny for your thoughts!
After all the arm twisting that was done at the senate to secure the 60 votes, it is rather shocking that the party will stand and watch their one assured vote of the 60 just fly out the window and in Massachusetts? Admitted that nothing good comes easy, we are convinced that the health care reform is a good cause, hence the untiring fight by some interest group to thwart and sabotage the effort and at all cost possible. If ithe health care reform wasn't reformatory, why the frenzied interest by special interests; except their nests will be pruned and they do not want any of that. Democrats must therefore boldly bond together to ensure that this health care reform bill sails through, and then gear up on other party's agenda, knowing the fight the Republicans will now bring alongside with their 41 to 59 rabble-rouser of senate seats. So all the blame games over who did what to cause the Massachusetts election disaster must stop immediately and a game plan marshaled out for the future course of the party. There is already enough blame to go round for the loss of Senator Ted Kennedy's seat, from President Barack Obama, to Harry Reid, to Nancy Pelosi, to John Kerry to Patrick Duval, to the party chairman, to the foot-soldier democrat etc; the whole nine yards are all answerable to the country and to the late Ted Kennedy for sleeping on duty while his seat slipped to the Republicans.
Icheoku had always known that the candidate was not a good Ted Kennedy's look-alike or replacement as she does not possess the personality of the late senator? With her matronly look, the now also ran, dubbed Massachusetts version of German's Angela Merkel, the senator wanna-be, Martha Coakley, did not do the senate seat fight any good by not presenting the image of a fighter, which Uncle Ted represented all through his 47 years in the United States Senate. She was rather docile and somewhat not inspiring enough to make the people want to troop out for her, come rain come snow or shine? The turn out of under 2 million people when considered with the number of registered voters therein, then peoples apathy had much to do with the loss rather than the other guy's ability? And why were the people not motivated, one may ask; leading to the answer, because Martha Coakley was nothing closely resembling their beloved late Senator Ted Kennedy? She was not a shoe-in or as amiable, so Kennedy was missing in the Coakley and game over it was. The Kennedy brand was not found in Martha and end of story. This is the bitter lesson the Democrats high-ups must now learn and exploit same with their future nominations and primaries, in order to curb the erosion currently doing overtime on the party. As a sport, may Icheoku now congratulates the freshman senator-elect from the State of Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown, who is now headed to Washington to occupy Late Ted Kennedy's 47 year old senate seat! Lets us pray that he does not find it too onerous a task, or too big a seat, far greater and more challenging than tooling around in his truck! But what an anniversary present for President Barack Obama as he marks his first full year in office:- a Republican Brown's 52 percent over Democrat Coakley's 47 percent election upset over Late Ted Kennedy's senate seat? Once again it has been shown that a disappointed Democrats and an uneasy Independents are usually NOT a GOOD combination for the Democratic Party!

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