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, January 16, 2020

RUSSIA UNDER PUTIN: A JOKE OF A DEMOCRTIC COUNTRY?

ICHEOKU says is always worried and concerned about the power vacuum that will exist in Russia the day Vladimir Putin is finally no more, gone to be with the angels of mother Russia. But as long as Putin lives, he will always find a way to manipulate himself into power, regardless of any term limits whatsoever; his latest move of what post 2024 Russia power hold will be like,  factored in. The stuff dictatorships are made of that the absolute control of Russia is firmly in the grip of just one man. 

How can Russians explain their willingness to be led by the nose, dictated to and controlled by one man since 1999; that's 21 odd years now, yet they pride themselves as a civilized society and ridiculously claims to be democratized. What is going on in Russia under Vladimir Putin is what somewhat gives some ironical relief to what the Democrats are doing to the president, showing the world that America people can freely attack their president and that there is no consequences for doing that. Imagine trying to pull off such stunt in Vladimir Putin's controlled Russia and Nancy Pelosi and her coterie of hate Trump minions would have been since cooling off in a gulag in Siberia, forgotten. 

Vladimir Putin tweaks Russia however he sees fit and pleases; and as would give him advantageous control over Russia. First he was an executive president, then he transmuted to an executive prime Minister who his hand picked President Medvedev reported to. Thereafter he morphed back to being president, restoring his executive control over Russia, while making the same Medvedev his prime minister. Now, he is planning to dilute the powers of the president and return powers to the DUMA, the Russian congress, with powers to appoint a prime minister from among themselves, who will now report to a council, likely to be chaired by the same Vladimir Putin. It is also instructive that whatever Constitution Russia might have, if any, is such a watered down document that it can be so easily manipulated to fit into just one man political gimmicky. 

Could somebody please tell ICHEOKU how what Putin is doing in Russia with Russians is any different from what Saddam Hussein did in Iraq or Moummar Gaddafi did in Libya. Why is the West not insisting that Russia democratize or is it a case of what is good for the goose not being good for the gander? Where are the once proud Russians that kicked out the Tzars and led the Bolshevik revolution? Did they not transfer their genes to the current Russians that seem to have been humbled and humiliated by a potentate, who admits of no opposition and has imposed his will on Russians for 21 years now. 

Although Russians feel good about Putin's tough guy image and see him as defender of Russia from the West, but don't Russians worry about what will become of Russia when eventually Putin assumes room temperature down the years to come; afterall no person lives forever. Are they not afraid that a power vacuum created by his absence could lead to power struggle which could unravel their country. But hey, it is the Russians and they are quite different and do things in somehow different manner; but that they would acquiesce to the Vladimir Putin's never ending manipulations is rather shockingly surprising, especially when they still want to lay claim to being a civilized democratic society.

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