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.

Thursday, August 1, 2019

ELIZABETH WARREN: STILL THE STRONGEST CANDIDATE

ICHEOKU says the outcome-determined  polling, which places Joe Biden on the front burner notwithstanding, the Democratic Party must bite the bullet and pick a candidate who stands some chance of mounting a serious contention for the presidency in 2020 or at least would acquit   himself or herself well, trying. 

The Democrats must allow the process to pick a winner and not mire it down as they did in 2016 with Hillary Clinton's selection over the more populist Bernie Sanders. A repeat of 2016 must not be tolerated in 2020, otherwise the same result will be had. 

The pack of twenty candidates have just completed their second debate and only the Senator from the great State of Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, has proved herself very capable of taking a serious shot at the presidency 2020. Democrats must therefore forget their old book of politicking and try something new, refreshing and exciting; by fielding a feminist female extraordinaire who is not shy nor afraid to get down on the mat and battle it out with the president. 

Elizabeth Warren checked all the departments of the big umbrella Democratic Party, especially the new paradigm, going into the 2020 presidential election. She is a female, she is a feminist, she is a white woman, she is educated, she debates quite well, she is a progressive and she is a fighter. All that is left for the Democratic Party to do, is to persuade John Delaney to pair up with her as a vice presidential candidate. 

Progressivism is the new thinking in the Democratic Party, as the core base of the party wants a forward looking candidate to lead the fight. The Democratic Party honchos must not let its base of support down by going backward with Joe Biden, because if they do, they will be punished with a rejection at the poll. Americans are a futuristic people and they do not like to go back and lick up their vomit. Joe Biden is in the past, he belongs in ancient history and should be left in the rearview mirror of American politics where he rightly now belongs. A retirement is quite in order for the good old Joe, the boy from Scranton and Amtrak riding Senator from the great State of Delaware.

However, the only issue ICHEOKU sees with such an Elizabeth Warren's headship of the ticket is that it will shut out the black minority, which is a strong support base and huge component part of the Democratic Party. This is partly why Hilary Clinton lost the presidency in 2016, because, against all advice, she refused to pick black Cory Booker as her vice presidential candidate and blacks stayed out the election because they felt they had no dog in the fight. To win, the Democratic Party must present a team that would energize black voters and make them turn out en-masse to vote. Also, if Elizabeth Warren  settles for a black male vice presidential candidate, white men will feel slighted that they were completely left out and will vote against her or stay out the election to register their anger. 

This is the only threatening issue to Elizabeth Warren's presidential candidacy as the Democratic Party has become so compartmentalized, that every constituent part of its membership is fiercely striving for a seat at the table. So, an all white ticket will not satisfy nor be acceptable to black people and Elizabeth being a minority female, cannot afford to run a two minorities team. The challenge of the Democratic Party is how to effectively balance the various competing interests on a ticket, without causing a major fractious crisis within the party. 

Kamala Harris would have been a "perfect" candidate because she checked all the markers as well, including being black; but she cannot win the primaries and her chances at defeating the president is nearly none existent. Americans are afraid of her, she has anger issues and Americans are not ready for another minority president, at least not now. ICHEOKU says provided Joe Biden is not coronated as Hillary Clinton was in 2016 and imposed on the party, it will surely be an exciting election campaign 2020 to watch and closely follow.

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