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, July 27, 2009

VERNOM FORREST, THE MAN WHO BEAT SHAUN MOSLEY, IS DEAD!

He knocked his opponents out in a few and now, it took only some bullets to knock him out cold and forever. Ex-boxing champion Vernom Forrest, 38, is dead; shot to death multiple times in a robbery, this weekend in downtown, Atlanta Georgia. Like many cases involving black-folks, no suspects having been arrested yet and he might as well go down as one of the statistics of unsolved murder of black-males of America?
According to the story, the 1992 Olympian stopped at a gas station to put some air in his car tires when a panhandler approached him and asked for some "change". As he pulled his wallet out to find fella something, the man became greedy and decided to take everything. He snatched the purse and ran for it but Vernom, being the boxer he is, decided to fight back. He pursued the fleeing purse snatcher. Icheoku says, that was mistake number one, never pursue a man who needs your stuff so much and probably more than you do, that he had to snatch it from you and make a dash for it? Continuing, the thief feeling cornered, turned but already Vernom had begun to go back to his car, but nevertheless, started firing at the retreating Vernom, hitting him multiple times? Fulton County Georgia medical examiner's office confirmed the homicide, stating that autopsy result showed Forrest died from "multiple gunshot wounds involving the torso and thigh."
The lesson of this sad incident is, 'do not bring out your wallet out to hand folks some "change" as they may turn instantly greedy'. If you ain't got a "quarter" and there is no independent one dollar bill hanging loose somewhere in your pocket, lie to him that you have only credit cards! Safety is very important and probably Vernom was killed for some loose change, of plus-minus one hundred dollars, as no one carries that much cash-money in his wallet anyways? We live and we learn, and this may have the downer effect of people giving to some down on their luck people any hand, anymore.
Forrest, a native of Augusta, Georgia, who lived in Atlanta, was a member of the Barcelona Olympic team along with Oscar De La Hoya. He later won welterweight and junior middleweight titles and compiled a professional record of 41-3 with 29 knockouts. He won his first world title by defeating Raul Frank at Madison Square Garden for the vacant IBF welterweight belt in May 2001, and less than a year later handed Shaun Mosley his first career loss to capture the WBC title. Forrest also recorded a boxing win over Ike Quartey and Carlos Baldomir for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title.
Vernom Forrest was not married but was survived by his son, Vernon Jr.
It will be recalled that Vernom Forrest's death makes it the third high-profile death of a boxing champion recently:- Hall of Famer Alexis Arguello, the mayor of Managua, Nicaragua, was found dead at his home on July 1 in an apparent suicide; and just last two weeks, Arturo Gatti was found dead in a condominium in Brazil with his wife as the prime suspect? Icheoku says, whatever it is that is knocking our boxers out and cold, should please cease and desist as three are quite an alarming number to go just these few weeks. Farewell, champ!

1 comment:

  1. It's really sad. It's so confusing what to do when someone is begging for money. Some say carry non perishable foods ready in your car to give them because they use the money for drugs. I guess the lesson here is - do not pull out your well stuffed and expensive wallet in front of these people.

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