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, September 16, 2013

YET ANOTHER MASSACRE IN THE USA?

Icheoku says Boko Haram or no Boko Haram, Nigeria seemingly might afterall be safer than so many countries including the United States of America? At least in Nigeria, the scourge of Boko Haram is confined within the Islamic enclave of Northern Nigeria especially Northeastern Bornu State and surrounding states. So relatively speaking, one knows where to avoid in order to still stand a chance at staying above the ground; but in America, every place could be the it - someone's last breath on earth. Everyone, literally speaking, is a potential gunman, a time-bomb, waiting to go off and at anytime with or without any direct provocation from the victim. There are guns everywhere and so many crazed out people are just pulling those triggers without first considering the irreparable harm they are causing and the damage they are inflicting on the society's general psyche with their blatant disregard for human lives and public safety. People are afraid and for a good reason, although not intimidated.

Not in the church, not in kindergartens, not in High schools, not in universities and colleges, not in movie theaters, not on the roads, not in court houses, not in police stations, not at other workplaces, not even in your own house despite the hefty mortgages and rents - just any place could be the place you take your last breath on earth. And now it appears military installations has been brought under this fog of needless massacres in America. Following Fort-Hood, another military installation, a Navy Yard in Washington DC has fallen prey to one of these lunatics of America who must take people along with them as they, tired of living, make that conscious decision enroute their exit from this earth. Aaron Alexis of Texas has entered the annals of these despicable mass murderers of America. Icheoku bemoans this latest killings in Washington DC's Naval Yard that took the lives of twelve innocent people whose only crime was that they went to do their jobs in order to earn their living wages. When shall this madness end, America? Admitted that guns do not kill people, people do, using guns; but what is the solution America? 

Also it is important to note that today's gunman is a BLACK-MAN which led one commentator to post that "If Obama had a son he will look like the gunman;" alluding to the president's remark about Trevor Martin. Icheoku says to the poster of this comment, that the gunman is not young enough to be Obama's son and that there is no need trying to input a racial undertone to this mass murder as a killer is a killer regardless of his skin color; but if you must know, Icheoku reminds you that this is the only gunman in recent history whose skin color is not pale. To some extent, Aaron Alexis's skin color does not fit the typical profiled mass murderers of America and there goes the verdict for crying out loud. To the victims of Navy Yard in Washington DC, Icheoku says rest in peace; to the families of the killed, please take heart; and to Aaron Alexis, why? Admitted that many atimes, one's button could be so often pushed and to such an extent that thoughts of the unthinkable starts gushing into one's mind, BUT you should have walked away and tried your luck elsewhere. Icheoku admonishes that no amount of provocation whatsoever justifies the taking of lives. What another bloody workplace day in America except that it will not still persuade those holding out on meaningful gun legislation from turning the corner. Quite unfortunate.

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    The FBI identified the gunman killed in the Washington Navy Yard attack as 34-year-old Aaron Alexis of Texas. He died after a running gun battle with police.

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    Joel Bayan4:42 PM+2
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    Guns don't kill people! police and soldiers with guns, kill people!

    Reshma W4:44 PM+6
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    Human beings pulling the trigger kills!

    Kristine Hernandez4:45 PM+6
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    People with guns are safe people...no issues with guns in America...

    Daniel Mora4:46 PM+4
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    #Texas! Go figure.

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    The only thing that stops a Texan with a gun, is another Texan with a gun.

    Greg Bodnar4:53 PM+6
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    American gun culture is one of the reasons I have zero interest in visiting the US as a tourist. Not worth it.

    Craig Olsson4:59 PM+1
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    +Joel Bayan Why do you not mention criminals? Is it only police and soldiers who kill people with guns?

    GREG KELLY5:00 PM+7 If Obama had a son he would look like this...

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