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 25, 2011

DEBT CEILING/CUT TALKS, TWO GOATS ON A NARROW BRIDGE?

Icheoku says the protracted and unresolved bickering in Washington DC between the Democrats and the Republicans, about raising the United States debt ceiling as well as cutting the debt responsibly, reminds one of the proverbial two goats which met on a narrow bridge across a deep and fast moving water? The consequence of United States not meeting its debt obligations will be very far reaching as the economy of the world are hooked unto the United States economy like spokes to a bicycle hub and any disturbance on the hub affects every spoke. This should not be allowed to get to that point and now is the time for both sides to show their love for country.

It is all about political pandering to their respective bases that is preventing a common sense resolution of the sticking grounds, which could be reasonably resolved by each party making some hard sacrifices to accommodate one another. The President and the Democratic Party wants some cleverly worked tax increases on the very rich to help cushion the tiller while the Republican will have none of that but just straight cuts in services; leading to the point on the narrow bridge where each must make needed sacrifices to avoid a major economic catastrophe. Like the two goats, which in some legend both eventually fell into the river and drowned because none would yield its obstinate position; and in some other legend one of them became more sensible enough to lie low for the other one to cross first before proceeding, Icheoku says the later is a better option and both parties must and should act fast as if their house is on fire. 

This is not a case of winner takes it all, but a case of win some and lose some. If the fringed Tea Party hostage-takers of the Republican Party does not like it, too bad and same goes with those far left wing section of the Democratic Party. Now is for leadership of both parties to truly lead and not be distracted by the ravings of the Rush Limbaughs of America and the talking heads of the other side - people who are just there to cause trouble and create divisions as they smile to their banks with advertiser's money.

Enough of the stretch, President Obama and Speaker Boerner alone should go into a private meeting and together come to a compromise, which they should in turn force their respective sides to swallow in the interest of America's general economic good. Icheoku says any other thing to the contrary or trying to secure every member of their sides to agree on a workable solution is foolhardy and unattainable, judging from the super-charged political atmosphere pervading the country. Please show leadership, do something and if it means sacrificing your offices as a bargain so be it - just do it for the greater good. Your office is a privilege and not a right so please fall on the sword if that is what it requires to arrive at a resolution. Now is the time to do it as the whole world waits in trepidation as America equivocates with raising its debt ceiling as well as meeting its financial obligations.

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