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.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

JONATHAN GOODLUCK, THE DESTINY (CHILD) MAN OF NIGERIA?

A man of great destiny! His life and meteoric political rise and ascendancy to Nigeria's second highest office was mercurial; a preconceived, predetermined event, and a fixed natural order in the cosmos which made him a king ever before he was born? It is an inevitable and necessary fate to which he is destined to attain and which he has attained without making much more effort than anyone else? It is also beyond any human power or control and there is nothing anyone can do to stop or prevent it, but to just wait and bear witness to its unfolding. Who are we talking about, but the medical doctor turned politician, Jonathan Goodluck, the vice president of Nigeria.
He was a discreet medical doctor with a modest private practice in Port Harcourt before he joined politics. He pitched his tent with the PDP and providence found him emerge as the deputy governor of Bayelsa State under Governor DSP Alamesiagha. His is the proverbial 'never say never?' The medical doctor turned politician was previously an unknown quantum in Nigeria national stage until destiny threw him up like a whirlwind; to first become the deputy governor to DSP Alamasiegbe of Bayelsa State. Before one could say holy-molly DSP fell out with the powers that be in Nigeria and Olusegun Obasanjo hounded him out of power. Who came in to replace him; his deputy governor Jonathan Goodluck. Once again in 2007, propelled by destiny, when Olusegun Obasanjo could not consummate his third term bid, he turned to Jonathan Goodluck to form the ticket with Umaru Yar'Adua as his replacement? A sickly Umaru that is, and as if destiny is working overtime, it appears that soon and very soon, the same Jonathan Goodluck will once again live up to his name - 'GOODLUCK', as he may be soon sworn in as Nigeria's president? President Umaru Yar'Adua is deathly sick and might not recover or recover enough to resume his full duties as president?
What a case of one having fame thrust upon him by circumstances; and regardless of the strength of the opposition or conspiratory gang-up, if Jonathan Goodluck is destined to be the next President of Nigeria, nothing anybody does would avert his keeping a date with his destiny. So Nigerians should start preparing themselves for a possible President Jonathan Goodluck; and who says there is nothing in a name?
In one commentators observation, he wrote, "In the end though, Mr. Jonathan accepted that which was thrust upon him and set out to remain true to the qualities which, according to rumour, made him a good choice. He is apparently very loyal to the point of docility, does not aspire to his boss’ job and has a bland mien that does not rock the boat. Well, it seems destiny is not quite done with Jonathan, as he could yet occupy the number one job as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria." The man who presently occupies the number one seat, President Umaru Yar'Adua is very ill; so ill that he may not live and if per chance he lives, may become so incapacitated or vegetated that he becomes unfit to rule? In this case however, the constitutional provision on succession will intervene to swear in Mr. Destiny, Vice President Jonathan Goodluck as Nigeria's president? What an unassuming man whom the heavens had long prepared a place for before he was even born! Icheoku says, may be Mr. Goodluck is once again marching to the tune of his destiny to the presidency of Nigeria with one headquarters at Aso Rock. Hail to the Chief designate Goodluck!
Facilitator's note:-
Correction - Our attention has been drawn by one of our visitors to the fact that Vice President Jonathan Goodluck is not a medical doctor but a PhD in Zoology. We have since further confirmed that information and are sorry for the initial misrepresentation. To the visitor who alerted us to this mistake, our gratitude!

1 comment:

  1. Goodluck Jonathan is not a medical doctor as your articles alleges. He is a zoologist with Phd. I hope you are not mixing him up with Odili or Abiye Sekibo...Your article needs to be modified

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