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, April 15, 2020

OBAMA ENDORSES BIDEN: THE 2020 CAMPAIGN NOW BEGINS FOR REAL.

ICHEOKU says interesting, except that all the encomiums which he poured on Joe Biden as eruditely qualifies him for president, were all supposedly still in Joe Biden when Barack Obama advised him not to run for president. Recall the Obama's infamous, "Joe, don't do it" remark to Joe Biden when he intimated Obama about his intention to run for the office. So, what changed now or did Joe Biden's alleged promise to run with a woman vice presidential candidate, particularly one named Michelle Obama, changed the calculus. But hey, no amount of endorsements ever make a candidate president. For most part, it is still a self wrought achievement and anyone in doubt should ask Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton why she is not in the White House today, despite her gazillion endorsements. 

In 2016, the same Barack Obama endorsed Hillary Clinton and campaigned for her as a sitting president with all the levers of the office, yet somebody else won the 2016's presidency. So what weight anyone attaches to Barack Obama's endorsement of his former Vice President Joe Biden is as weighty as that person wants it to be; but it is not broadly the proverbial silver bullet that will shoot down President Donald John Trump's 2020 reelection bid. Joe Biden has to literary earn it by himself. If indeed Joe Biden wants to be president, Joe Biden has to work for it; as nobody who does not want to vote for Joe Biden will now say because of Obama's endorsement, he or she will vote for him. Also there is nobody who wants to vote for President Donald John Trump who will now say because of the Obama's endorsement, he or she will no longer vote for Trump. 

It is a fact of consequence that President Donald John Trump's presidency was a rejection of the Obama/Biden administration, which many Americans found wanting and did not want it to continue. The litany of reasons for their disillusion at their presidency is very lengthy, including the infamous Iran nuclear deal and the $150 billion that allegedly exchanged hands. So what changed within four years to now merit their rehabilitation with an ushering back into the White House. Anyway, ICHEOKU shall leave the full excavation of the tomb of the Obama/Biden's ineptitude for later days of the campaign, as this write up is only about the endorsement which finally came. Now the battle begins for the votes of American people on who they would rather have at the tiller of State at this time of great peril in the land, both from the Coronavirus contagion and an economy on life support.

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