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.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

AUSTRALIA V. GHANA WORLD CUP MATCH, 10-MAN TEAM IS AS STRONG!

When Icheoku wrote that red-carded Sani Kaita was not the reason for Nigeria's loss to Greece, but an incompetent coach Lars Lagerback, who is not technically sound enough to make needed adjustments, we knew we were right. Australian national team Soccer-Roos has additionally affirmed and buttressed our position; - they just proved Icheoku right. They out-played Ghana with a ten-man team, having suffered a red card loss of a midfielder early in the first half, but still held Ghana to a 1-1 draw. Congratulations Aussies for a stellar performance under adversity!
The result shows that no African team participating in the world cup is really prepared for South Africa 2010; which unfortunately may be the last time the fiesta will be held in Africa in the nearest future. How can these Africans not fully appreciate the stakes here - both in honor and respect, being the host; but instead they played hopelessly, purposelessly, clueless-ly and vision-lessly as if nothing really mattered. Ghana was a complete flop, a total disappointment and reckless as they could not make use of a God given opportunity to over-run a ten-man Australian side. Ghana's below-par performance against the ten-man Australian side, a lowly-rated side and weakest link in their group, playing with only ten men against their full eleven is nerve-wrecking. It is also instructive that the Ghanaians own goal came through a penalty kick, admitted it was perfectly taken and delivered, begging the question, does the Ghana national team have active strikers? Or is it another case of an incompetent foreign mercenary-coach who is not good enough to lead a team to a world cup competition, having failed to exploit such one man advantage Ghana? Simply put, the Ghana match against Australia was just another mediocre African performance by another African country at the first ever world cup competition hosted on the African continent! Ghana's failure to beat a 10-man Aussie side is apologetic and uninspired.
Also yesterday, the United States of America proved what a motivated, driven and brave country looks like as they rallied from a 2-0 half-time deficit to cancel both goals; and went further to even score a would have been winning goal, but for another African nightmarish refereeing which inexplicably disallowed a world class goal by America's Edu.
Icheoku hopes Nigerians are watching and seeing what big time competition is all about - a clear head and guts; so they must stop blaming Mallam Sani Kaita and instead just fire that coach Lars Lagerback, the culprit here. Coach Lagerback failed woefully to read the match and adjust a ten-man side to continue the play, himself not technically astute for such judgment calls. Nigeria should also take a cue from other well-performing footballing countries of the world by looking inside their own boarders for coaches instead of these incompetent foreign mercenary-coaches they import from third rate footballing countries. Argentina is being coached by one of their former international Diego Maradona, so is Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Italy, Spain, Japan, North Korea, United States of America and the list goes on. If Nigeria cannot hire a foreigner to be their president or governor or senator or IGP or Central bank governor etc, why must they always resort to cheap foreign coaches for their national team, expecting them to deliver on what they do not know and lacks the patriotism to give a skin in the fight. These foreign coaches have no dog in the fight and sees their assignment as a money making opportunity which they bilk to the maximum; if in doubt recall coach Clems Westerhof pulling out of Amokache and Amuneke in the world cup match against Italy when the Eagles were beating Italy 2-0 until that conspiratorially decision and the rest is history. Icheoku calls on Nigeria Football Association to immediately fire the incompetent coach Lars Lagerback for being in breach of his performance-based contract. Also they should embark on a far-reaching football reform that will de-emphasis the culture of reliance on incompetent foreign coaches and evolve a football master-plan that is both truly altruistic and enduring.

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