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, July 3, 2019

NIKE BETSY ROSS SHOES: AN AVOIDABLE CONTROVERSY.

ICHEOKU says when you think that Colin Kaepernick has disappeared with his kneeling down controversy and that chapter of his disruptive activism was finally closed, here he resurfaces with yet another more weightier controversy, impugning American flag and forcing Nike to withdraw a beautiful flag themed shoes, which many people would have bought because it is a thing of beauty. 

The Betsy Ross flag shoes which Nike had planned to release for America's Independence Day commemoration, a well intended honor for the woman who first designed the American flag, has now been hounded down with a needless controversy about slavery, as Nike was forced to beat a retreat and pull them from its stores. 

ICHEOKU says why was Colin Kaepernich not first consulted for his input during the design and approval stages of the shoes; and why did Nike wait until now that the shoes were ready for launch before seeking Colin Kaepernick's opinion, resulting to the current imbroglio. Imagine the amount of money spent on getting the shoes to the market, in design, production, logistics, advertising as well as marketing and all of these will now go to waste simply because Colin Kaepernick gave a thumb down. Speaking of a manufactured crisis and this otherwise avoidable controversy, about a 13 Stars representing  13 States themed flag design, is absolutely really one. 

This is a flag which even black American President Barack Obama did not find offensive and used it during his inauguration ceremony; but suddenly Colin Kaepernick woke up and decided it is henceforth offensive because it was designed during slavery, without regards to the fact that America had thirteen States at the time the flag was designed, which  founded the thirteen stars representing the 13 States in the Union. But acting as devil's advocate to the Colin Kaepernick crowd, ICHEOKU says, should America now destroy everything that was built and founded during the same period of slavery, before it was abolished; and if yes, what will still be left standing in America, knowing fully well that majority of America's vast wealth could be traced to slave labor. 

ICHEOKU says does not support slavery, but it is a historical part of America which cannot be simply easily wished away. Therefore, holding Nike hostage because of a supposed "slave" flag, which was then at the time of its design time appropriate, is not right. Nike should have instead proceeded to sell the shoes and donate all the proceeds of sale to causes which Colin Kaepernick approves and supports. But to just condemn the entire stock of such beautiful shoes and waste all the money spent on bringing it to the market as well as expected profits from sales, is simply incomprehensible and a colossal waste of resources. 

Colin Kaeprnick should have been more reasonable not to suffer Nike such a loss of money; and instead accept a donation of the proceeds to ameliorating causes to blacks and other disadvantaged peoples of America, as well as those foreign slaves in those sweatshops which make those Nike beautiful shoes. Query, should Joseph Biden now be prohibited from running for president in the Democratic Party, simply because, according to him, his Great State of Delaware was a slave State? Enough of all these needless, petty righteous indignation that only further polarizes Americans and create additional fissures among Americans. #BringBackBetsyRossShoes&DonateTheProceedsOfSales.

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