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, August 25, 2018

MCCAIN IS GONE: REST IN PEACE WARRIOR.

ICHEOKU says the maverick McCain, who once denied ever being a maverick; a war hero and a United States Senator from the great State of Arizona, who has been a torn in the flesh of so many people, including President Donald John Trump, is no more. Senator John Sidney McCain III, died of brain tumor and old age related infirmities. He was 81 years old. 

Recall that the Senator was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a very aggressive form of brain tumor which also killed Senator Ted Kennedy, in July 2017 and he weathered it through a little over one year before finally giving up the struggle as he succumbed to the killer disease on August 25th, 2018, by 4.28 pm, surrounded by his loving family. 

Maverick McCain will be remembered for the many things which he did, including his service to the nation as a member of the United States Navy and his being shot down and captured in Vietnam; a United States Senator and a failed presidential candidate nominee of a major party, the Republican Party. However, there are two memorable things which stood out in his life in the Senate:- his alleged telegraphing to his supporters during his failed presidential campaign in 2008 that the then candidate Barack Obama is not one of them - his infamous "THAT ONE" mouth off while pointing at Barack Obama. It registered and it stuck till this day in the minds of millions, who not only considered it offensive, but maintains it is a racist dog whistle. 

Also his thumbs down vote, which defeated President Donald John Trump's supported bill to reform Obamacare, was rather a rude shock and a big surprise to so many people, including his Republican colleagues in the Senate. Such a maverick vote by the maverick Senator John McCain was feared but not expected, because he had previously campaigned to repeal and replace Obamacare. But inexplicably, when the opportunity for him to see his wish through, "repealed and replaced", availed him, his pettiness got a better hold of him, as he decided to exert his revenge on President Donald John Trump and voted it down. His vote defeating the repeal and replace Obamacare will forever attach to his memory as one of those things that had no rhyme or reason, but which was done out of spite and for pure vengeance and it showed.

Recall that the president had questioned his hero status as a captured war hero, saying that he prefer those warriors who were not captured. John McCain who prides himself as a war hero never forgave the president and it showed in his attacks and actions against the president and he carried this animosity against the president with him to the land beyond. It became such a distasteful acts of vendetta that even when the president made some effort at rapprochement, the Senator rebuffed him; even to the extent of expressing his wish that the president do not attend his funeral. ICHEOKU says if any man was petty, little, vengeful and unforgiving, Senator John Sidney McCain III is that man; and it tarnished his legacy to the extent that no commentary of or about him will be complete without dedicating some pages on his mean demeanor and penchant for vengefulness. 

Senator John McCain may be a good husband and father to his wife and children, but he certainly had a cold unforgiving heart and it showed in everything John McCain did and spoke about. He campaigned on repealing Obamacare but when the opportunity presented itself, he refused to vote to repeal it simply because he saw voting against it as a payback to the president, with whom he has been feuding since the president rebuffed his war hero worship as a captured war veteran. Senator John McCain is also a very creepy person, as every person who watched his presidential campaign debate with then candidate Barack Obama sometimes saw him making weird moves behind or besides Barack Obama. To some people however, his death did not come soon enough as it would have spared Americans the still lurking around Obamacare disaster. To others, even at 81 years old and sickly, they would rather still have him around; except that old age and sickness ruled otherwise and today he is no more, gone to be with his ancestors. 

ICHEOKU says may the good Lord reward Senator John Sidney McCain according to his stewardship while his sojourn here on earth lasted. Although he has seven children including two adopted black children, but only her daughter Meghan McCain is known nationally and through her, ICHEOKU sends our condolences to the family of John McCain on the loss of their patriarch, Senator John McCain. May the ever restless Senator now rest and hopefully the Governor of the great State of Arizona will appoint a replacement, worthy of the honor of truly flying the Republican flag as a bona fides Republican conservative and not a RINO (Republican in name only); and who will proudly stand shoulder to shoulder with the president and help the president accomplish his Make America Great Again agenda. Adieu John. 

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