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, October 27, 2015

JEB BUSH'S FALTERING CAMPAIGN, NOT HIS FAULT?

Icheoku says lamentably the last name of presidential candidate John Ellis Bush aka JEB seems to be his greatest albatross, hounding him in his current lackluster bid for the United States of America's presidency. Unlike most people who would ordinarily draw bountiful mileage from such a storied pedigree; but not this time, as Americans have decided to say no to and reject monarchy of any type, form or color or by proxy of any sort. A matter made worse because Jeb is running so soon after the disaster that was the other Bush, his brother W. A time when the country is still struggling to recover from the escapades of the last Bush is not a good time for another Bush to seek to occupy the White House. 

Jeb's problem is his coming to ask Americans for their presidency at a wrong time and with a last name which does not inspire anyone, neither gives hope nor optimism, not any more. The other Bush took away the luster in that name such that no American really cares any longer about having yet another Bush in the White HouseThe feelers from the American people appear to be, no thanks; but not another Bush in the White House. At least not so soon following the memories of Iraqi invasion and the disastrous economic crash that saw 800,000 monthly job lost that also saw so many homeowners go under water. A Jeb without a last name Bush, who has no relationship with W and who has the record he has would have done better running for president. So peradventure, instead of looking for someone else to blame for his hydroplaning presidential nomination campaign, he should see if he can possibly change his last name and also find some magical potion to make Americans forget to associate him with the Bushes, especially W.

Icheoku says there is something usually in a name and the Canada Prime Minister elect Justin Trudeau milked his family name to an election victory. Majority of the time, having an easily recognizable powerful name is always a positive which usually works in favor of the named. But not with Jeb, who is finding it very difficult to understand why his last name BUSH is not working the campaign in his favor. A distant fourth place runner-up in the Republican Party primaries campaign polls, which has seen him seriously pondering his probable exit from the contest. It is possible he is also wishing that his last name is somewhat different and distanced from W's. It appears that following the last experience, no American wants to enter this particular Bush again, not anymore. Unfortunately too, it does not look like Jeb will ever recover his mojo which appears to be forever lost and gone. It is beginning to show with the downsizing of his campaign staff and his recent lashing out and trouncing about that he has better things to do than being president? Icheoku queries if he had better things to do, why waste his precious time running and desiring to be president?  Why is he running in the first place to do a job which is merely good as opposed to other that is better, a pastime? 

Icheoku and so many Americans who have been bitten by the bug of The Donald have no objection to what Jeb would like to do and hereby do oblige his exit. We also gladly accept his admonition that we should go vote for Trump and we plan to so do. Americans want to change course, mix things up a little, build the great wall, grow an economy that works for all and become respectable once again in the world. We have found in Donald Trump such a desired protagonist of change and we are gladly riding on his bandwagon of Lets Make America Great Again. We need a formidable leader who will not be beholden to any special interest and Donald Trump will provide that leadership. 

So as we await the formal withdrawal of Jeb from the presidential election campaign primaries, which is very imminent, Icheoku says this one reason for the rejection of yet another Bush will also play out against Hillary Clinton. America is a democracy and not a monarchy; notwithstanding the subterfuge used in passing the baton  - whether from a husband to a wife or from a father to a son and yet to another son or rather from one brother to another brother. Icheoku is emphatic that a country of more than 300 million people can do better finding a new person than having yet another Bush or Clinton in the White House. In the final analysis, the presidential election will be fought between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton; and provided Donald Trump chooses his vice presidential running mate wisely, he will defeat Hillary Clinton and will be sworn in as America's 45th. Icheoku says so long Jeb as America is not ready to gamble on another Bush, at least not in this decade. Now you have our permission to go and do those other things which you would rather be doing than being president.   

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