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.

Sunday, January 11, 2015

SIRI LANKA ELECTION 2015, SHOWS NIGERIA THE HOW-TO WAY?

Icheoku says with the just concluded presidential election in Siri Lanka, one thing that emerged therefrom is the independent of the country's military. It stood firm and it stood its grounds and refused to help or collude with the outgoing incumbent president keep hold unto power, against the expressed will of the people. According to sources, when the early returns were not favorable, the incumbent president contacted the military top hierarchy with staggering inducements, to influence their support to enable him maintain his hold unto power; but the country's military assertively said no to the president. The result, today there is an incumbent president who was defeated in an election and who now stands officially ousted; and there is a new president-elect, waiting to lead that tiny Indian Ocean Island-country. Icheoku says way to go Siri Lanka military, kudos.

Icheoku says this Siri Lanka's election is very important because it is the first country to conduct its presidential election this 2015, the same year presidential election is scheduled to hold in Nigeria on February 14. The Siri Lankan election was peaceful, devoid of much bitterness, rancor and acrimony; and it was also conclusive too. The incumbent president was voted out of office and having lost power, a new president-elect is known and would soon be sworn in to take over the mantle of leadership of the country. Icheoku says Siri Lankan's election commission did a very good job too successfully in holding a free and fair election and conclusively too. Icheoku hopes the Nigerian experience would similarly be this kosher. However, all these pluses are not what particularly made it very remarkable for Icheoku; no, what is so remarkable about this election is that the outgoing president wanted to keep himself in power at all cost and approached the country's military to help him sustain power. But the military told him, no, we will not be a party to such illegality neither will we support an illegal hold unto power; and the president aware that his reign is over, then conceded defeat. 

Icheoku says the Nigerian military must be prepared to emulate their Siri Lankan's counterpart and show their independence in the event the incumbent President Jonathan is voted out office just like the Siri Lankan's incumbent president. Icheoku is not saying nor wishing that the result of the Nigerian February presidential election would go the way of the Siri Lankans; but just in case it does and the president wants to play a fast one, the Nigerian military must be able to resist the pressure to sustain an illegality. Nigerian military must be able to exhibit their independence and impartiality and allow whoever wins the February election to have a safe power retention or have power smoothly transferred to him, regardless of the influence or pressure or inducement. 

This is the beauty of democracy and in a functioning country where the different institutions of government are independent and can easily hold their grounds, irrespective of the wishes of an overbearing incumbent president.  Icheoku says it is perfidious for any incumbent president, who is on the final leg of his terms limit, to change the rule midstream like the outgoing president; or its attempt, like Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria with his failed Third Term bid. Admitted the outgoing president of Siri Lanka successfully did havoc to and changed the country's constitution to accommodate his third term greed, but the people of Siri Lanka had the final say and rejected this aberration through the ballot box. Way to go Siri Lankans and congratulations to the country's armed forces for not being a party to term elongation through the backdoor. Icheoku says congratulations to the people of Siri Lanka and their newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena. To the outgoing President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Icheoku says have a happy retirement and please always remember that it is never a good thing for one to outlive one's welcome on the stage. A good riddance; move over outgoing President Rajapaska and please welcome President-elect Sirisena.

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