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.

Friday, August 21, 2009

TOM RIDGE CONFESSES, TERROR ALERTS WERE MANIPULATED!

Icheoku says, his confession is simply a ploy to hype and sell his upcoming book; so, do not fall for it. Instead, just boycott the book, do not buy it! Protest the frequent rides of the American people by politicians and government officials, particularly this unwarranted 'terror-alert level, code yo-yo', which drastically jeopardized our security and health. FYI:- The book comes out on September 1, 2009 and is titled, "The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege ... And How We Can Be Safe Again"?
He is not credible because when he was supposed to stand up and be counted, he capitulated and kept silent through elections 2004 to 2008 until now? The question is why did he not speak up and/or resign when it mattered most, when it would have made an impact; only to come now after the fact, to yak about events which he was a potential corroborator, whether tacitly or necessary implication? His options then were clear, either sign in with the plot or fall out in the cold, and he chose to stay in, a made-brother? When can't real men go to their graves with some privileged information rather than rat on confidences once shared?
Icheoku asks, to whom did Tom Ridge swear an oath of office to serve, - President George W. Bush or the American people? What about the inconveniences suffered by the American people, fearful of imminent danger to their lives and properties? What about the grandmas and grandpas who died just because their hearts could no longer withstand the frequent color-coded torture of impending "doom" to America? How about the inconveniences suffered going through airports as a result of added scrutiny of travelling passengers, many of who were nearly strip-searched because of heightened security alerts? How about economic activities that were affected because many people chose to remain indoors and not go to the malls to shop, afraid of possible terrorist attacks? What about cancelled flights and other travel plans? What about the psychological trauma suffered by the American people, who were hoodwinked by Tom Ridge and his inner-circle raising the security alert level unnecessarily and just for mundane things other the its intended objective?
Icheoku says, Tom Ridge committed 'treasonable felony' and should be arrested immediately and tried for jeopardizing the American people's life; and also for conspiracy to torment American people through frequent and unreasonable raising of the color-code, just because his Republican party wants to remain in power? Does this Tom Ridge know that what he 'conspired' to do created panic, tension and high-blood pressure in so many Americans, fearful that the terrorists are gonna get them? Does this guy, Tom Ridge, understand that what he just confessed to reduced him in the eyes of many Americans and that a true patriot will not be found dead around such devastating conspiracy? Does he know that by raising the security alert unreasonably, that he played into the hands of the terrorist whose primary objective is to keep Americans fearful? Where was this guy's loyalty?

Icheoku condemns Tom Ridge's action and calls on the American people not to support such a fraud by buying his book; they should reject same as the product of a fraudulent conspiracy, a made-up tales of unprovable dimension. Who is there to corroborate his account of what allegedly transpired between him, John Ashcroft and Donald Rumsfeld? Possibly it is a figment of his imagination, a tale by the moonlight, concocted to boost sales of his upcoming book? Why should this guy be rewarded with the purchase of his book when he was then advising Americans to stockpile on duct-tapes and plastics-sheets to seal their windows in case of a dirty-bomb attack? Who pays for the expenses incurred duct-taping our windows? Someone employed by tax-payers money to protect them, turned around to cause untoward panic and fear on his employers, just for a fickle reason to win an election for his boss? Why didn't this guy resign his office immediately or put up a seasoned protest; and because he did none of this, that makes him a traitor, a corroborator, an American hater and a political jobber who danced to any tune simply to keep his tab at the seat of power? Where was Tom's backbone to resist evil and call it for what it is? This will make American people to be more distraught with their government as the trust relationship was further tarnished with this confession; the chasm between the government and the governed further widens, and a cynical people are a less motivated people.
If according to his confessional, 'top aides to then-president George W. Bush pressured him to raise the "terror alert" level to sway the November 2004 US election', Icheoku asks, why did he not resign rather than become a corroborator in such a scheme to frighten the American people into running to President George W. Bush for cover and protection from the imaginary terrorist-wolves? It is our position that Tom Ridge waited too long to make this confession, which is now too little too late as the consequential damage caused were unquantifiable and cannot be fully repaired. Tom Ridge is simply put, a turn-coat who sold his war heroics for the office of the Home Land Security and did not stand up for the American people? Tom Ridge for the records, is a former governor of Pennsylvania and the first secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security, created in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and other places.
Reacting to the bombshell dropped by Tom Ridge, one observer said, "Just like they did in Iraq, the Bush Administration manipulated intelligence to cause fear in the public to further its political goals". The allegation that such a top-dog of the Homeland Security department as Tom Ridge "was often blindsided during daily morning briefings with President George W. Bush as he was never invited to sit in on National Security Council meetings", we find quite absurd! Who then will be sitting in a meeting to discuss 'national security' matters without the head of the homeland security department? Icheoku says, whatever happens, please maintain your dignity, do not buy that book, do not be fooled twice as fool me once shame on you, but fool me twice, shame on me. Ask yourself, how much is really too much to take that these people will continue to take the nation on a jolly-ride just for their personal and political aggrandisement?
In conclusion, Icheoku says, Tom Ridge's allegation that "they tried to make me do it" does not fly in the face of what is known by everyone as government's 'wag the dog' syndrome? It is our position that the elicitation never took place and if it did, it was with Tom's full acquiescence and cooperation and that he willingly acted on it. Those numerous, frivolous security color-coded alerts he declared during his tenure at the Homeland Security department bears this position out. He very much admitted same when on one occasion, he owned up to using a three-year old stale intelligence to cause an alert level to be raised; otherwise how else does one explain such randomness? Further, what did he do when he was allegedly prospected? Did he shout, raise an alarm, put a protest or even resign his office on grounds of irreconcilable differences or lack of free-hand to perform and discharge the duties of his office?
No, none of that happened and who is available to confirm his present allegation; except for the mentioned individuals who will at a future time, rightly deny it ever took place? It will then be his word against theirs; and every one of us will be back to square one, in our perplexity of the complexity and betrayals of what was once the Bush administration's inner circle? Icheoku says, he who keeps silence in matters where common sense dictates that he should have spoken up, raised some protest or alarm is ordinarily defined as a corroborator, and Tom Ridge aptly fits the template! So, please do not buy that book, it sucks and contains so many untruths!

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