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.

Showing posts with label Peter Strzok on the hot seat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peter Strzok on the hot seat. Show all posts

Friday, July 13, 2018

PETER STRZOK: STRUCK OUT IN CONGRESSIONAL HEARING.

ICHEOKU says he was evasive, combative and dodgy throughout the hearing session and his holier than thou self righteousness mien were visible for even Steve Wonders to see. He came across as somewhat arrogant, cocky and as someone who feels that he is better than everyone else, including those elected members of Congress in the hearing committee, who were asking him questions. 

His utter evasiveness and refusal to answer direct questions; and when he tried, did not answer truthfully or invented his own version of the interpretation of what his text really meant, was quite telling and seem to fly in the face of the ordinary meaning of the English words which he used in his text messages. Many of his texts were plainly discernible and needed no interpretation to reveal their true purport and meaning; yet he was bold faced in denying the obvious and thus insulting the collective intelligence of the American people and implying their lack of capacity to read with comprehension to understand what was written in plain English language. 

It is so unfortunate that such a highly placed former FBI officer would lie, lie and lie without shame or compunction. It is sad and it has diminished the bureau in the eyes of America as well as the wider world which hitherto regarded the FBI as above reproach and straight as an arrow. In fact, what he did or did not do or intended or did not intend, is not actually important as the appearance is the controlling factor here. How does the average America perceive what went down? Did it look like the fix was in and indeed that things were fixed, despite all the denials and affirmation of professionalism? To an ordinary person looking from the sideline, how will he or she feel about the while story and will such a person still have unreserved faith in the FBI and that they did not try to influence an outcome. This is the imperative as justice must not only be done but must be seen to be manifestly done; but not as perceived in this case. 

In what Sean Hannity described as a verbal gymnastics, calling him a verbal contortionist, Peter Srrzok did a lot of verbal acrobats and cleverly evaded a lot of questions. In fact, lived up to the billing as he was evasive throughout his questioning. In some case, he outrightly chose to develop a selective amnesia just to avoid giving an answer; and as it soots him and as was necessary to shield him and prevent him from answering some pointed questions and in some cases, he simply parried them off. One other commentator described his performance as indicative of someone who has an unfaithful relationship with the truth. While yet another said that Peter Strzok has a hard time with the facts and that his conduct successfully created a dichotomy that erodes the American justice system. Concluding, he opined that the eventual successful politicization of American justice system, as begun by Peter Strzok and crew, will only mark the end of America's constitutional democracy as we know it. 

Overall, most Americans saw through the charade he tried to put up, a show of perfidy, meant to throw a wool over the eyes of watchers and put a cloud cover over his conduct. Peter Strzok tried to paint a different picture from the obvious conspiracy his band of do-gooders mounted to derail the election of President Donald John Trump. The hearing was indeed a chaos in Congress as Shannon Bream described it and ICHEOKU agrees with Ms Bream that a lot of dive and dodge occurred during the hearing session as Peter Strzok was not there to help unearth the truth but to mount a water clad defense of his actions. But regrettably, it did not fly as he came across as not comfortable with being confronted with the facts and would rather he did not place himself in such exposed position. However, Peter Strzok is apparently brilliant and a gifted mind; and he would certainly make a good advocate, although he refused to come clean and reconcile himself with truthfully speaking.